If you live in a hot climate like the US Southwest or have sweltering summers anywhere in the world from early May to approximately the 3rd week of October you are likely spending most of your time in an air conditioned environment. That’s approximately 6 months in an artificially created space, whether at home or … Continue reading Summer Breeze, Summer Wheeze
Finding Your Core
Your Core. You’ve heard a lot about it if you’ve been to the gym or browsed through fitness sites or magazines. The general impression is that your core is abs, i.e. abdominal muscles, obliques, abdominal rectus muscles and back. If you’ve done pilates, yoga or strength training you have been introduced to deeper anatomical connections … Continue reading Finding Your Core
Sifting Through the Nutrients and Gravel
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree along time ago. ~Warren Buffett Well that is me today, 7:30-8:30a this morning in about 107F degrees thinking some thoughts and doing some yard work. Desert trees make some ‘real moves’ in the summer desert heat. You might never notice as you are … Continue reading Sifting Through the Nutrients and Gravel
Pear With…
Pears are in season and there are some great deals on organic pears at most any grocery store. I recommend organic. A good rule of thumb is if you will be eating the peel eat organic to minimize chemical exposure from pesticides and herbicides. For specifics on smart produce choices see: https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/clean-fifteen.php https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php Have you … Continue reading Pear With…
I’m Breaking Up With Almond Milk
I’m breaking up with Almond Milk or for that matter any commercially manufactured alternative nut/seed/bean milk. I know, I know, I have spent a lot of clinical time and effort recommending patients get off dairy milk and try out the alternatives. I strongly believed that these easy to use, good tasting substitutes were a godsend … Continue reading I’m Breaking Up With Almond Milk
Happy Noo Year!
Happy Noo Year! See what I did there? It’s not a typo, or my attempt at the jargon of the day or that I’m just saying Noooo! in an emphatic way to avoid ringing in 2018. This blog is to introduce a new word to your vocabulary. Nootropic. Nootropics are nutrients or drugs used to … Continue reading Happy Noo Year!
Fall Tune-in; Tune-up!
The Fall and Winter seasons bring colds and flu to many. If you or your family members have seasonal illness that impacts your daily life it’s time to tune-in and tune-up. Taking a look at your overall health and the causes of disease can get you and/or loved ones on a better path to health … Continue reading Fall Tune-in; Tune-up!
The Puzzle; I Still Don’t Feel Better!
You’ve cleaned up your diet, increased water and are exercising several times a week and you still don’t feel any better. You may wonder and worry . In talking with your family, they tell you it’s your thyroid. You consult the internet and it says it’s your adrenal glands and maybe your hypothalamus. Your TV says it’s deficient reproductive hormones and you better get replacement...continue reading.
Southwest Monsoon Gardening; The Three Sisters
When the Southwest monsoon season strikes each year we find ourselves asking is there ANYTHING good about this smoldering desert and it's oppressive humidity? Imagine you are suddenly living by your wits in the southwest desert, without an air-conditioned home, car and or grocery store? Add the beautiful and moving landscape of the desert's sky, winds … Continue reading Southwest Monsoon Gardening; The Three Sisters
Clarify Your Diet
The word clarify is used in facial products; clarifying serum or clarifying skin wash. It’s used to describe how butter is turned into ghee, a clear heat stable cooking oil. It’s definition is 'to make something less confusing or more clearly comprehensible'. I’m coining this term today for how you eat; what makes sense to … Continue reading Clarify Your Diet
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