tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63888828738519712932024-03-10T12:13:49.565-07:00Healing Arts NYCUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-46212675563367381622023-09-10T18:23:00.010-07:002023-09-10T18:33:49.620-07:00Serve to Win<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Watching Novak win the US Open today brought me back to when I first saw him play in person at the US Open in 2011 and I was like who is this guy? He had a different game than what I was used to. Watching him on TV you noticed he played differently but in person it was even more confusing. I love watching tennis and played in high school. When I watched him that day in person I wasn’t sure if he was bringing to the court a Serbian way of playing or just his way. I wasn’t sure if his wins were pure luck or actual skill. Did he have an actual strategy or was he just that fast and flexible as he literally skidded from side to side at the baseline? </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">After reading his book, </span><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/231912/serve-to-win-by-novak-djokovic/" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ad1dc3; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><em style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Serve to Win</em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">, I know now he had a strategy and was playing differently because he was accentuating his strengths which happened to be his speed and agility which he attributes to only having after giving up gluten. Before giving up gluten any major tennis match he would lose his endurance and start making errors but once he gave up gluten he became number one in the world in 2011 and continues to go strong 11 years later, winning Wimbledon just a few months ago in July. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">What you eat makes a difference in your health and your performance. What you eat can make the difference between being number 1 in the world versus number 2 and Novak is a walking testimonial of that. The idea of going gluten-free was introduced to him by a doctor who uses </span><a href="https://youtu.be/eYb6_w5nusc" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ad1dc3; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">muscle testing</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. We use homeopathic test kits in the office to muscle test the body for all sorts of foods and toxins but what this doctor did was put a literal piece of bread to Novak’s body and his arm went weak showing Novak he is sensitive to gluten. </span></p><div class="entry-content e-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1694395025731_331" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1660788110473" id="item-62fd9ab613db973db98fcfc8"><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1694395025731_330" style="margin-left: -17px; margin-right: -17px; position: relative; width: auto;"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1694395025731_329" style="float: left; padding-right: 0px; width: 734px;"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1660787349613_38177" style="clear: none; height: auto; outline: none; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1694395025731_718" style="outline: none;"><div class="sqs-html-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1694395025731_717" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5qEoJ_H6Bn0YYlFy-O2FCvSoABx2e3LZSWXYawR-7jIFjLcyBUEzGE-bu2uzcp7mCIRj0F4ZZTXeew3Zokneo3mjUKDZOO_A4IXSa9VK2GqNP2GZRmw-jbEHVMiQvoV0c7ibQJsEXAEVXZ4Sq091DRJFLUSmry9wu-jtOdlRUcAz62E7plmyQ7zvLPS1/s1280/tennisquote.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5qEoJ_H6Bn0YYlFy-O2FCvSoABx2e3LZSWXYawR-7jIFjLcyBUEzGE-bu2uzcp7mCIRj0F4ZZTXeew3Zokneo3mjUKDZOO_A4IXSa9VK2GqNP2GZRmw-jbEHVMiQvoV0c7ibQJsEXAEVXZ4Sq091DRJFLUSmry9wu-jtOdlRUcAz62E7plmyQ7zvLPS1/w400-h400/tennisquote.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></span></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: europa; font-size: 16px;">Novak couldn’t believe what he was feeling. He describes the first time he gets muscle tested in the book as mind blowing. I can’t imagine what it felt like for Novak to be muscle tested, for </span><em style="font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">his</em><span style="font-family: europa; font-size: 16px;"> arm to go weak. We innately want to be strong but Novak’s life dream depended on the strength of his arm. He also writes about how hard it was to give up gluten for his family owned a pizza parlor. Bread was his life, literally. He writes, ‘‘The idea of giving up bread and other gluten content, foods that are so precious to me, so ingrained in my life, my family, and my culture, was scary. I’m sure you can relate.” He went threw withdrawal. His family thought he was crazy but he was determined to give it up for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the doctor told him to have a bagel and see how he felt. Novak was miserable and since then he has never had gluten and this was 13 years ago. </span></p><p class="" style="font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The book is an easy, enjoyable read. Novak gives reference to one of my favorite books, Power Vs Force, that explains more about muscle testing. For more about Power vs. Force watch this video <a href="https://youtu.be/tFH_LoR1syM" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/tFH_LoR1syM</a> of my explanation. He even explains that if you muscle test with your cell phone as a party trick the radiation from the cell phone will make your arm go weak and it’s fun to watch people’s expressions.</p><p class="" style="font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is a section of the book titled New Food, New Life where Novak explains the Chinese medicine theory that not only does your body have an innate biorhythm but so does each of your organs at a different time of day. I already knew about this Chinese medicine theory of each organ having a different biorhythm and believe in it. For example Heart is weakest at 11pm-1am and strongest 12 hours later 11am-1pm. So sleep during this time is so effective for restoring the body. It is also why medical doctors say that after a heart attack if the patient makes it through the night then their chance of survival skyrockets. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: europa; font-size: 16px;">The book has meal plans, great recipes and chapter 6 is about mindfulness. He titles it ‘Training the Mind’. Novak gets it. How important it is to manage stress, what stress does to the body and how important mind AND body health are. The body cannot heal if the mind keeps stressing out. It’s that simple. He then shares easy mindfulness tips that can make a big difference in your life. If you need motivation on your healing journey I highly suggest this quick easy read to inspire you!</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-59445053755205902242023-05-13T10:19:00.000-07:002023-05-13T10:19:18.256-07:00Keto Green<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am truly saddened by the state of human health in today’s modern society and frustrated with our medical system that has not been addressing the underlying reasons we are getting sick. Chronic diseases are the number one reason that our lifespan is getting shorter, despite access to top medical care. Through my medical practice and research, I’ve come to understand that systemic inflammation and hormone imbalance is the common denominator in diseases like heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, cancer and others. What is the the main reason why one would have inflammation?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The answer is in the food we eat.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As scary as that sounds, the reality is that we have control over it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That what you eat makes a difference and that the incredible reality is that you have the power to prevent and even reverse symptoms of aging and degeneration, and achieve optimal health and longevity. I know this to be possible because I see it every day in the office. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love muscle testing to get specific biofeedback from the body on what foods to eat or not eat to help patients with all sorts of symptoms.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Headaches, infertility, skin rashes, allergies can all be helped by what you eat. To help patients eat low-carb and more veggies my favorite book to recommend is <a href="https://drannacabeca.com/products/keto-green-16" target="_blank">Keto-Green</a> by Anna Cabeca.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5sgcnP_t6n14Gh1nNVCySshPQ_n4jhL-R4zVjkdA4kHzczNJLDSmLQWe8x6wgzLiTIDNK2D7xWZ99sp8PUyUwFVQpk9jB4v3jodXVjht_1JF6G9WK019qBycsjESjkdcFGOxxVe0nRv6slcQIfg1mvXhxjZGVZ_EvTssoDZD9DNpET0zp2MreqN8lw/s990/Keto-Green-16_Dr.-Anna-Cabeca.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5sgcnP_t6n14Gh1nNVCySshPQ_n4jhL-R4zVjkdA4kHzczNJLDSmLQWe8x6wgzLiTIDNK2D7xWZ99sp8PUyUwFVQpk9jB4v3jodXVjht_1JF6G9WK019qBycsjESjkdcFGOxxVe0nRv6slcQIfg1mvXhxjZGVZ_EvTssoDZD9DNpET0zp2MreqN8lw/s320/Keto-Green-16_Dr.-Anna-Cabeca.webp" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the book she explains how it works to eat low carb and put the body into keto.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s not like the original Keto diet because it doesn’t have dairy in it and does a lot of veggies and healthy plant-based fats. Vegans and vegetarians can do the Keto-Green diet too. She tells you exactly what to buy to stock your kitchen with Keto-Green foods to cover all of your bases.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Standard American Diet (SAD) model over previous decades has pushed the low-fat diet paradigm, which has led us down a dangerous path. In the end, more and more individuals and health experts are realizing that this dietary false assumption was actually making us sick and fat, not to mention leaving us hungry, cranky and deprived. Thankfully, science has solidly proven that healthy fats are definitely not what is making us fat, and in fact is necessary and foundational to human health and hormone balance. The real culprits are excess carbohydrates, refined carbohydrates and sugars that contribute to obesity, diabetes, heart disease and many other chronic diseases in modern day society. For 21 days I have tested all of the recipes from the Keto-Green book and rest assured, they are easy to follow (the average dinner takes 30 minutes to make) and they won’t spike blood sugar.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You’ll adopt a plan that keeps you truly satiated while supporting weight loss, fat burning, hormone balance, alkalinity, and better health.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">A good general rule of thumb when grocery shopping is to stick to the perimeter of the grocery store, as this is where the real foods live. By real foods, I mean fish, meat, vegetables, fruit, </span>nuts, seeds and (for some) high quality dairy. You might peruse the inner aisles for oils and a few other ingredients for your kitchen, but in general you’ll be looking for unprocessed foods that come from nature. As the well-known health writer Michael Pollan eloquently asserts: “don’t eat anything your great grandparents wouldn’t have recognized as food.”</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The book gives you a list of 16 food types that you can eat, carefully chosen for their ability to burn fat, balance hormones, keep your body in an alkaline state, promote a healthy gut microbiome, support cognitive health and much more. If you are looking for better health and want to reduce inflammation and/or balance hormones I highly suggest Keto-Green diet.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-25500811166549856102023-02-05T06:29:00.001-08:002023-02-05T06:29:06.405-08:00Energy Medicine: Medisend Therapy<p> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">At Healing Arts as we research and our understanding of the human body continues to grow we are discovering new ways to help support and heal the body with energy. We are already getting great results with the </span><a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/pemf" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Pulsed Electromagnetic Frequency Therapy (PEMF)</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. It helps with reducing inflammation, improving circulation, pain relief and increasing energy especially in patients with chronic fatigue. I loved the results with PEMF therapy that we have also applied energy medicine to create personalized </span><a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/infoceuticals" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">homeopathic tinctures</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> that we now make at the Tea Bar. </span></p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Having personally struggled with on and off again parasite infections for years knowing that herbal medicine and <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/what-is-nutrition-response-testing">Nutrition Response Testing</a> could kill it but every 6 months or so they would come up again I felt like I wasn’t getting rid of the parasite infection completely but managing it well. Having grown up on a farm I’m sure parasites were part of my daily life being around so many animals so wanting to get rid of the parasites that have been in my body for decades I turned to energy medicine and fell in love with the Medisend machine.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">To understand how the Medisend machine works you have to understand that the human body has an electrical current running through it and this electricity creates a magnetic field around the body. A strong magnetic field equals a healthy body. A weak magnetic field equals an unhealthy body. A great example of how the human body has electricity running through it is that electricity is applied to a stopped heart to get it to contract again. The common defibrillator uses high voltage of 200-1,000 volts to shock the heart and force it to resume its normal electrical activity. <br /></p><p class=""></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJ-qaK0MrFy__Dqz5gautFlcFk3fobh1WEh1840jrG5BkTu_XtsqGD9-jFTWzQ0gwoJlyeq1eyKN-AoSK4yVTQ8aWwCZhUOdWG5bs3D4bWgxiOLxwKL5YV8FYVJjb2rcHaXS_OnAs3_r3rIvkuz8b0e5yPXhH-G4etKl0mUL9rEmU4XpGdm0T7QN-Pg/s4032/image0%20(10).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJ-qaK0MrFy__Dqz5gautFlcFk3fobh1WEh1840jrG5BkTu_XtsqGD9-jFTWzQ0gwoJlyeq1eyKN-AoSK4yVTQ8aWwCZhUOdWG5bs3D4bWgxiOLxwKL5YV8FYVJjb2rcHaXS_OnAs3_r3rIvkuz8b0e5yPXhH-G4etKl0mUL9rEmU4XpGdm0T7QN-Pg/s320/image0%20(10).jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="text-align: left;">The Medisend uses electricity and magnetic voltage to give the cells healthy battery juice and not shock the system back to life like a defibrillator. The magnetic field therapy device developed by Dr. W. Ludwig generates alternating electromagnetic fields which create biological resonance effects with the body. It resets the nervous system to regulate the body and activate the self-healing capacities. The device works with weak, rapidly changing electromagnetic fields in the low and high frequency range.</span><strong style="text-align: left;"> </strong><span style="text-align: left;">As the energy goes into the body patients usually don’t feel anything. The energy is that subtle to not disturb the body’s natural process as it goes into the cells. This type of energy medicine works because it directly interacts with the cells in your body. By offering treatment at the cellular level, your body can begin repairing itself at a deep level, a level that sometimes nutrition or chiropractic can’t get to by itself. That’s how the use of the Medisend can really excel improvements. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Medisend technology was developed by Dr. W. Ludwig's (1927 – 2004). His ambition was to generate a device that created electromagnetic waves that the body would understand and use to heal. They have to be natural as in undisturbed nature to be able to cause a reaction in the body. Therefore he did research about the environmental signals that surround us naturally. (Schumann frequency, Geomagnetic and Solar frequencies). His doctoral research study was about the influence of electromagnetic fields to the nervous system. In the 1970s he designed his first magnetic field device in a plastic soap dish.</div></span><p></p><br /><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-68670070453861189262022-12-28T05:09:00.001-08:002022-12-28T05:09:13.568-08:00The Science of a Gut Feeling <p> </p><p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">That gut feeling that creeps up at times is more accurate than most people realize. The gut-brain axis is a system of communication between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the brain that goes both ways and is responsible for monitoring physiological homeostasis. It connects both the emotional and cognitive areas of the brain with functions associated with the intestines including immune activation, intestinal permeability, and endocrine signaling.</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bi-directional communication between the gut and brain is largely carried out by the vagus nerve, which carries a wide range of signals between the gut and brain and is involved in many bodily processes ranging from swallowing to heart rate regulation to digestion. Other systems also contribute to the gut-brain axis, including the sympathetic nervous system, enteric nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, endocrine and immune systems. The gut-brain axis is being increasingly studied for its role in the development, but also the therapeutic treatment, of inflammatory bowel disease, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Yes, depression and PTSD can be helped if you heal the gut. </p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">The role of of healthy gut microbiome in the gut-brain axis</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">The gut microbiome is an extremely important part of the GI tract, and as such, a critical player in the gut-brain axis. Bacteria in the gut microbiome synthesize and produce important metabolites that affect the brain, including the <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/18/10028/htm">neurotransmitters</a> dopamine, serotonin, GABA, acetylcholine, and histamine.</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">These metabolites can signal at the local level or travel to the brain where they affect signaling and function in brain cells. Other components of the gut microbiome, including healthy fungi, also contribute to the communication along the gut-brain axis.</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bacteria in the GI tract also synthesize compounds that may act as neuro-mediators in the brain, including short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), aromatic amino acids, and bile acids. SCFAs indirectly affect the gut-brain axis through inducing the release of several gut hormones, including leptin, which interact with the vagus nerve and receptors in the brain. SCFAs also contribute to the maintenance of physical barriers including the intestinal barrier, via tight junctions, as well as the blood brain barrier. Tight junctions are critical to the maintenance of intestinal permeability, preventing pathogens from entering the bloodstream and causing immune and inflammatory responses, including neuroinflammation. In our office we do a lot to help heal the intestinal wall. When it leaks we call it <a href="https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2019/06/leaky-gut-help.html">leaky gut</a> and a lot can be done with food to heal it. We also do a lot to help heal a <a href="https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2020/07/poison-and-blood-brain-barrier.html">leaky brain</a> too. </p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Imbalance in the composition of the gut microbiome, called dysbiosis, can affect the gut-brain axis and peripheral organs. Unhealthy diet, stress, infections, and antibiotics contribute to dysbiosis, leading to altered SCFA production and gut permeability, which induces systemic inflammation, increases blood brain barrier permeability, and ultimately results in neuroinflammation, an important step in the development of neurological conditions such as depression and even Alzheimer’s disease.</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gut hormones</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">The gut-brain axis is heavily involved in the digestion process, including regulating the rate of nutrient absorption and release of gut hormones. Gut hormones are regulatory peptides that influence the control of food intake by regulating satiety, gastric emptying, and energy balance. Signaling molecules released after ingestion of food are communicated to the brain via the gut-brain axis and the brain can then signal for the release of hunger-regulating hormones, such as ghrelin and leptin, to help with the digestion process via the gut-brain axis.</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Gut-Brain Axis and the HPA Axis</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">The gut-brain axis and the HPA axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis), which coordinates the response to stress, both involve signaling in the brain and the ability to respond to stimuli. Signaling molecules that are generated by the HPA axis in response to stress travel throughout the body and affect the gut microbiome and gut microbiome conversely influence HPA axis response to stress. The vagus nerve is critical in coordinating the connection between these axes as it is able to detect different metabolites produced by the gut flora responding to stress and generate a response in the central nervous system.</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because the HPA axis and gut-brain axis are closely connected, improper activation of the HPA axis affects the gut-brain axis. Dysregulation of the HPA axis can alter the composition of the gut microbiome, negatively affecting intestinal barrier integrity, and negatively influence the metabolism of tryptophan metabolites, important modulators of the gut-brain axis. Improper activation of the HPA axis can also lead to increased intestinal, systemic, and neurological inflammation. </p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Disorders Related to the Gut-Brain Axis</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because the gut affects so much we specialize in creating a healthy gut microbiome by first helping patients detox and then kill bad gut flora. After that is accomplished we then put good gut flora in. Even when it comes to depression and anxiety, we help patients heal the gut and they feels so much better! To understand more about the 4 steps to heal the gut watch this video: <a href="https://youtu.be/83xHeFqR62w" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/83xHeFqR62w</a>.</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">The composition of the gut microbiome and diet, among other lifestyle factors, can lead to emotional balance and mood disorders. However, mood disorders and emotional balance are also linked to changes in gut microbiome and to a poor diet, which can further exacerbate the issue. When patients first come to Healing Arts they are stuck in a cycle where they don’t feel good so they eat poorly and end up feeding the bad gut flora that grows and continues to make them feel bad. Stopping this cycle is the first thing we have to do. </p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Probiotics</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Treatment with probiotics has been shown to decrease stress-induced inflammatory responses, reducing symptoms of stress including anxiety- and depression-like behaviors. Probiotics may be able to restore neuroplasticity in certain areas of the brain as well as restore intestinal barrier integrity and help regulate the HPA axis. So not only does it work in the gut but also the brain. Probiotics with anti-inflammatory effects that may be useful in treating patients with psychiatric disorders have been given a new grouping, called psychobiotics. There are lots of different types of probiotics and getting muscle tested for the specific one for your body is important. </p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dietary components</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Diets high in saturated fats, including the Standard American Diet, can lead to gut microbiome dysbiosis and obesity, characterized by high levels of inflammation. This can lead to changes in neurotransmitter metabolism, further impacting the gut-brain axis. A high fat diet may also result in impaired neuroplasticity in key brain regions and impair the intestinal barrier and mucus layer of the gut.</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conversely, the Mediterranean diet, rich in fruits, vegetables, omega-3 fatty acids, nuts, whole grains and lean protein foods, provides many dietary compounds that support both brain and gut health. If you aren’t going to get <a>muscle tested</a> for your specific diet then you may want to consider the Mediterranean diet. A Mediterranean-style diet can reduce intestinal inflammation, cognitive impairment, and risk of certain neurological diseases. The diet is also full of dietary fiber which helps promote SCFA production, increases the diversity of the gut microbiome, and inhibits neuroinflammation induced by a high fat diet. Healthier diets also tend to contain more fruits and vegetables which are naturally higher in prebiotics and polyphenols. Polyphenols exert anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects and can also modulate the gut microbiome.</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Exercise</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging in regular exercise, including aerobic exercises and yoga, supports the health of the gut-brain axis. Exercise improves cognition and can improve symptoms of both mood and psychological disorders. It can also boost the diversity of the gut microbiome, leading to an increase in SCFA production, which promotes healthy functioning of both the gut and brain, decreasing depression and anxiety and increasing HPA axis balance.</p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">The gut-brain axis connects emotional and cognitive areas of the brain with gut functions. What was once thought to be two distinct systems of the body are intricately connected and regulated, with important consequences for the rest of the body. A healthy gut = a healthy brain and emotional life.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-23124115378648833422022-12-14T03:25:00.004-08:002022-12-14T03:25:32.322-08:00Tea to Help with Blood Sugar<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">I love getting muscle tested for a personalized tea blend at the <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/587ce48ce6f2e1f8d7a70934/t/6061296cf246010457219ada/1616980332567/Tea+Menu+PDF.pdf" target="_blank">Healing Arts Tea Bar</a></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">. It is the holiday season and with that comes more treats so having a tea specifically to lower blood sugar can be helpful.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">There are 8 specific teas we test for that can lower blood sugar.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">When we make a personalized blend people usually test for 3 different teas that we then blend together before putting in the tea bag and serving.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">If you don’t test for teas to help with blood sugar you may test for other ones.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We have over 25 different organic teas from around the world! Our tea menu is different than anything you have ever seen before.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We have the teas listed and you can pick one and enjoy it either stay at the tea bar or take it to go but what is different is on the back of the menu is a list of symptoms and you can choose the symptom you want to work on and then get muscle tested for which 3 herbs your body needs.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So you don't choose your tea but your body does!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Besides getting a cup of hot tea we can also make a container for you of your personalized blend that is 12 servings. Here is the list of teas we have that can help balance your blood sugar:</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Black tea-Digestion, blood sugar, lowers cholesterol, brain health, heart health, improves blood pressure</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Cinnamon- Blood sugar, anti inflammatory, lower cholesterol Robots</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Nettle-Blood sugar, anti-inflammatory, pain relief<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Holy Basil/Tulsi - Digestion, blood sugar, anti-inflammatory, lower cholesterol, brain health, immunity booster, weight loss support, skin support, respiratory support, eye support, detox<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Marshmallow Root- Digestion, blood sugar, acid reflux, immunity booster, weight loss, women’s health, skin support, anti-aging, constipation, detox, liver support pain relief, heart support</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Ginger<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Digestion, anti-inflammatory, lower cholesterol, brain health, immunity booster, weight loss, women’s health, pain relief, heart support, blood sugar</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Green tea<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Heart support, anti-aging, weight loss support, immune support, brain health, anti-inflammatory, blood sugar</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-50008644935986740722022-11-22T02:40:00.000-08:002022-11-22T02:40:00.382-08:00Herbal Support for Brain Health and Beyond<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The use of plants to support cognitive performance and protect against cognitive decline has been a part of traditional herbal practice for centuries. Clinical studies across various ages and life stages demonstrating support for such beneficial effects as:</span></p><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-c896a83ba8e5a22e606c" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><ul data-rte-list="default" style="margin-left: 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Supporting working memory, storage, recall, learning, and knowledge retention.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enhancing attention, focus and concentration.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slowing or preventing the onset of age or Alzheimer’s-related cognitive decline</p></li></ul><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Herbs that help the brain and nervous system this way are often referred to as nootropics, which can be any substance considered to enhance memory and learning, improve cognition, and impart neuroprotective effects. Many herbs with nootropic properties will also often have complementary effects upon the body’s stress response, helping to reduce anxiety, inflammation, and ultimately help result in improved mental and emotional well-being which is extremely important at Healing Arts. After 16 years in practice we have never seen so much stress, anxiety and depression in our office. We want you to know that supporting the brain and nervous system along with mindful techniques LINK we have helped so many people feel better during this trying time. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">While simultaneously benefiting brain health, the overlapping actions of many herbs useful to enhancing cognition include adaptogens, nervine tonics, and nerve relaxants. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scientific studies plus the evidence at Healing Arts is that herbs have the potential to support cognitive performance while also mitigating the damaging effects of stress (mental, emotional, and oxidative). Considered beneficial at any age, these plants can provide a well-tolerated, preventative treatment for declines in cognitive function associated with disease or aging, and for anyone looking to sharpen the mind while operating under stress.</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you feel like your nervous system could use some support or you want to do preventative medicine and support the brain as much as you can then ask us at your next appointment to test you for these herbs.</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1668625391111_41760" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1669113505317_189"><div class="
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Roses are added to a range of products for both their fragrance and potential health benefits. Roses are also often used in the kitchen, especially in Middle Eastern, Indian, and Chinese cuisine. The aromatic flower is added to cakes and jams.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drinking rose petals in tea may have originated in China. Rose tea is an important part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where it is used to regulate qi, or life energy. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rose comes in tea form and can be tested at our<a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/tea-bar" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"> Tea Bar</a> </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">benefits include:</p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">mental benefits, such as to treat dementia and seizures</p></li></ul><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28832226/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28832226/</a> </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586833/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586833/</a></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">relaxation, stress reduction, and antidepressant effects <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737971/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737971/</a></p><h2 style="font-family: poppins; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 200; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bacopa</h2><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bacopa is a treasured Ayurvedic herb native to India where it has been regularly consumed for thousands of years as a rejuvenating tonic to promote longevity and strengthen cognitive function. Consistently found in many Ayurvedic preparations prescribed for cognitive dysfunction, Bacopa was initially described around the 6th century A.D. as an herb taken to sharpen intellect and improve memory and concentration. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bacopa’s mechanism of action has been studied extensively and demonstrate significant antioxidant and neuroprotective effects including increased cerebral blood flow.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clinical studies with Bacopa have focused on its potential to support memory, focus, and cognition across various life stages and particularly with taking for more than 3 months. From significantly improving memory in seniors, to improved cognitive and behavioral outcomes in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Studies also show additional benefits such as attenuation of task-induced ratings of stress and fatigue, and in one case a simultaneous significant reduction in anxiety. </p><h2 style="font-family: poppins; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 200; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rosemary</h2><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rosemary leaf has a long history as an herb associated with remembrance both literally and symbolically. In ancient Egypt it was used in the process of mummification, and later by the Greeks and Romans as a memory enhancer. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rosemary oil is regarded as a tonic towards the central nervous system and is often used to strengthen mental clarity and improve memory. When using the rosemary essential oil you inhale and the olfactory nerve from the nose goes straight into the brain allowing the Rosemary to provide increased alertness and lowered anxiety, producing a more relaxed yet alert state </p><h2 style="font-family: poppins; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 200; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eleuthero</h2><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eleuthero, sometimes referred to as “Siberian Ginseng” is a root with a long history of use in Traditional Chinese Medicine to reinforce Qi and calm the nerves in cases of stress and insomnia. More modern uses have focused on its role as an adaptogen which can increase mental alertness and physical performance particularly when under stress. As cognitive support, Eleuthero therefore becomes particularly helpful in cases of brain fog due to overwhelm and/or high-pressure working conditions, aiding the body’s ability to perform and withstand such mental stressors.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eleuthero extract has been shown to improve short-term memory, improve mental and physical performance and stamina of workers, as well as endurance and concentration in athletes.</p><h2 style="font-family: poppins; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 200; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; white-space: pre-wrap;">Schisandra</h2><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Schisandra berry is a tart fruit commonly used in Traditional Chinese Medicine formulations to calm the nervous system in cases of anxiety and insomnia, and also to aid in memory loss. It also has a reputation as an adaptogen and nervine tonic.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Schisandra demonstrated many beneficial health effects particularly upon the brain and nervous system, showing significant improvements in cognitive and behavioural functions including:</p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="margin-left: 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Increasing memory and cognition in the presences of excessive beta-amyloid pigmentation, suggesting potential use in symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reducing activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, attenuating rises in cortisol and catecholamines associated with stress and physical activity, and reducing behaviours associated with anxiety.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neuroprotective effects against stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative damage within the brain.</p></li></ul><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">We wanted to share with you details of how herbs can heal the brain and nervous system. If you are wondering if any of these can help you just let us know at your next visit and we will test you on all of them to see which your body prefers.</p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-65734037105184772022022-09-25T12:25:00.001-07:002022-09-25T12:25:18.864-07:00How Chiropractic Saved My LIfe<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve been reminiscing lately and realized that after writing all these blogs I never really shared my story, my healing story. At 12 years old I was diagnosed with asthma after landing in the hospital not able to breath after my first NYC trip. Ironic that the air pollution of NYC gave me my first asthma attack and that where I decided to open up my practice 16 years ago. I was a runner throughout middle school and high school and my asthma was getting worse and worse. At 16 years old we were looking for alternatives because my asthma was so bad I had to quite cross country and track. I was sick and tired of the inhalers and emergency room visits. I absolutely hated the prednisone medication….and i was getting worse and worse every year so we were desperate to find a solution. My mom heard of a chiropractor who may be able to help but he was 2 hours away. Well, we were desperate enough to give it a try. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">He used muscle testing also known as applied kinesiology to help me find out what toxins were in my body causing the asthma and also directed me in what supplements to take that would support my lungs. With the right nutritional support and lifestyle changes I was asthma free in 2 years and I have not used my inhaler since!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being so inspired I knew I wanted to do what he did and he was a chiropractor who specialized in nutrition. So I naturally went to chiropractic school.</span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chiropractic medicine is a health care discipline which emphasizes the inherent recuperative power of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs and surgery. We go to different colleges than medical doctors. We don’t learn about drugs but have more anatomy and physiology and learn how to help the body by working on the muscles, joints and spine. The practice of chiropractic focuses on the relationship between structure (primarily the spine) and function (as coordinated by the nervous system) and how that relationship affects the preservation and restoration of health.</span></p><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-ac6f0173c7e994ea087c" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">The Goal of Chiropractic </strong>Because chiropractic treatments are primarily applied to the spinal region, many individuals incorrectly assume that chiropractors treat only back and neck issues. While we do quickly and effectively eliminate back and neck pain, it’s not the only goal. The objective is to restore and optimize human health by better nerve and blood flow to all areas of the body. We do this by correcting misalignments in the spine, opening up tight muscles strengthening weak ones. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">How can the same chiropractic treatment which effectively treats my back pain also optimize my health? The answer can be found by looking into the relationship between the spine and the nervous system.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you may already know, the nervous system is the master controller of all living cells, tissues and organs; orchestrating and coordinating all cellular functions. The spinal column encases the nervous system (spinal cord and nerve roots) and is responsible for its protection.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because of this intimate relationship, misalignments in the spinal column can irritate parts of the nervous system. This irritation can result from inflammatory biochemicals released during injury or may result from direct pressure during an injury. In either case, the functioning of the nervous system is negatively influenced as is the nerves themselves and the organs that they go to.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">In short, because the body’s innate recuperative powers are affected by and integrated through the nervous system, correcting spinal abnormalities which irritate the nervous system can lead to a number of favorable results in patients suffering from various, seemingly non-spinal health conditions.</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1661432042980_38040" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1664133876720_267"><div class="
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We also want to open up and relax tight muscles not only to help patients get out of pain but also because muscles attach to joints and if they are too tight they can pull the joint out of place and our adjustments do not hold. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Healing Arts, we use Applied Kinesiology to check the patient’s spine for any misalignments, fixations or other abnormalities (vertebral subluxations). If subluxations or other abnormalities are detected, the chiropractor will generally apply a gentle force in a corrective manner to the affected spinal area using their hands or an activator. Chiropractors use many specialized techniques to identify and treat these spinal abnormalities and optimize overall health. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to spinal adjustive techniques we also use soft tissue techniques, physical therapies, and lifestyle modification programs to help the patient regain health.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">We also use the muscle testing or Applied Kinesiology to identify which organs are weak in the body and using these homeopathic vials identify which toxins are causing the organ to go weak and then what nutritional supplement to use to help that organ. This is how we identify the root cause of a person’s health concern. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chiropractors first got into the nutrition field in the 1940s when they realized that their adjustments were not holding well. What used to take a chiropractor 2-3 adjustments to heal was now taking 12+ adjustments and it wasn’t like they were worse adjusters. So chiropractors started looking for the source and realized that people were becoming more toxic and these toxins were interfering with the nervous system not allowing the adjustments to hold. This time period also correlated with food companies putting more sugar into the food and the birth of canned foods. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even though chiropractors understood that what you ate and lifestyle changes made a difference in your health it wasn’t until the 1960s that Dr. George Goodheart developed Applied Kinesiology, also known as muscle testing. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">The Benefits of Chiropractic</strong></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Short-term and regular chiropractic care can offer a number of benefits including but not limited to:</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">spinal and extremity pain relief</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">headache relief</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">increased mobility and range of motion</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">decreased stiffness and muscular spasms</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">arthritic joint pain relief</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">increased joint health</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">increased performance and energy</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">increased sense of well being and relaxation</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">increased balance and coordination</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">reduced degeneration and risk of injury</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">enhanced tissue healing</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">decreased tissue inflammation</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">We also treat kids and babies and help them with</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">earaches</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">trouble sleeping</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">colic </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">too much spitting up</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">constipation</p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-74384645166389555452022-04-04T17:28:00.005-07:002023-04-01T10:36:26.321-07:00What to Do With Seasonal Allergies<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you experience:</span></p><div class="yui3-widget yui3-block-base yui3-block-parent-base sqs-block-html sqs-block html-block" id="block-8c8d50d9b694bd0656d1" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: none; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-html-content sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_20163" style="outline: none;"><div class="sqs-dd-invalid-handle yui3-widget sqs-html" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_20180" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="sqs-html-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_20182" style="min-height: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Environmental allergies that make you dread seasonal changes?</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Food Allergies” that severely limit your diet (and nourishment)?</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sensitivities to things in your environment that restrict your quality of life?</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Symptoms or unwanted health conditions that simply won’t respond, or only respond to treatment temporarily?</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">These symptoms could be signs of allergies. If you have allergies, there is an alternative to medication and the impracticality of avoidance…It is AACT, Accelerated Allergy Clearing Technique. Dr. Armitstead has been doing the technique since 2009 with great success.</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Allergies are versatile. They can show up just about anywhere in your body and provide a variety of issues. They can affect your nose, eyes, throat, lungs, stomach, skin and nervous system. They can give you a bellyache, a rash and even bring on fatigue and headache.</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">In our experience, when major allergies, both food and/or environmental, are present and not handled, they are often interfering with the body’s normal function, repair, and self-correcting mechanisms. Autoimmune disease have risen dramatically due to high levels of pollution in the air. This represents a major health problem that experts now think affects one third of the whole population. And if they are not managed properly, people begin to deal with it by avoiding the modern world.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_20759" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Food sensitivities, environmental allergies, and chemical sensitivities are afflicting more and more people and an individual can be allergic or sensitive to any number of substances including: foods, molds, pollens, animal dander, chemicals, fabrics, medications, MSG, food additives, etc. Allergy symptoms can be over-reactions of the immune system while and/or an imbalance in the body's nervous system. An imbalance in the body's energy can lead to decreased health, so clearing allergies and sensitivities is one way to improve the overall immune system. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p></div></div></div></div><div class="yui3-widget yui3-block-base yui3-block-parent-base sqs-block-image yui3-block-image-base yui3-block-image sqs-block image-block sqs-float-right sqs-col-6" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_3388" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #1f1f1f; float: right; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-left: 17px; outline: none; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 367px; z-index: 10;"><div class="yui3-block-image-content sqs-block-content image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline image-position-left" data-scrolled="true" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_20260"><div><div class="yui3-widget sqs-image stretch sqs-intrinsic intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_20292" style="margin: auto; max-width: 2048px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); user-select: none;"><div class="sqs-image-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_20294" style="overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 221.938px; position: relative; user-select: none;"><img data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-resolution="500w" data-parent-ratio="1.5" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587ce48ce6f2e1f8d7a70934/eea13e2c-6cf0-4daf-9b8b-38cb1441b9dd/allergies.PNG?format=500w" style="border: 0px; cursor: auto; display: block; height: 221.938px; left: 0px; max-width: none; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% center; position: absolute; top: 0px; user-select: none; width: 333px;" /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yui3-widget yui3-block-base yui3-block-parent-base sqs-block-html sqs-block html-block sqs-block-focused" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_7241" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: none; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-html-content sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_20602" style="outline: none;"><div class="sqs-dd-invalid-handle yui3-widget sqs-html" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_20619" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="sqs-html-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1649068204700_20621" style="min-height: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The allergy clearing procedure is a gentle, painless, non-invasive way to relieve symptoms by utilizing acupressure, muscle testing, and nutrition to address underlying problems and bring balance to the body. It is safe on the youngest to oldest of patients. Most begin to notice improvement in just a few sessions, but the full benefit is seen as a patient's overall health improves with the combination of the clearing plus vitamin supplementation. Some common changes with the allergy clearing include: elimination of lactose intolerance, reduction or elimination of IBS, sinus relief, seasonal allergy relief, elimination of eczema and hives, reduction of fatigue, improvement of ADD symptoms, decreased gluten intolerance and bowel gas, and elimination of asthma, just to name a few. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The following are symptoms that may be related to allergies or sensitivities. If you experience any of these conditions and have not found relief, you may be a candidate for allergy clearing. Symptoms including: acne, canker sores, dark circles under eyes, eczema, hives, itching, constipation, diarrhea, gas, heartburn, vomiting, IBS, asthma, coughing, sinusitis, stuffy nose, bedwetting, joint pains, anxiety, fatigue, bloating, hyperactivity, learning disorders, arthritis, hay fever, post nasal drip, red ear lobes, red cheeks, ear infections, headaches, sore throats, and weight gain.<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Besides AACT we also have very natural, strong anti-histamine supplements that can help reduce your allergy symptoms without the drowsy side effects of medication. One supplement in particular Dr. Armitstead developed called inflammation relief that can help. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Patients come to Healing Arts with all sorts of health concerns. Headaches, bloating, acne, constipation, insomnia, fatigue, infertility, eczema, brain fog, the list can go on and on. Our answer is always the same, <a href="https://www.muscletestingnyc.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">muscle test</a> the body to see what toxins the body is holding in order to reduce inflammation. Inflammation in the head is a headache or migraine. Inflammation in the joints is pain. Inflammation in the gut is bloating. You take a deep breath and if the body reacts to the dust or pollen in the air inflammation will increase in the body, causing your allergy symptoms. The root cause of all dis-ease is inflammation. What we find with the muscle testing is why. Is the reason for the inflammation heavy metals, heavy chemicals, bad flora, parasites, or a food sensitivity? We fell in love with the technique of muscle testing because it is so fast and noninvasive, giving me and my patients answers. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">When starting to detox and supporting the body with the right nutrition it takes time to get the inflammation down and yet we wanted patients to get symptomatic relief as soon as possible and we have noticed throughout the years we would have to give 2-3 different anti-inflammatory supplements to do the job depending on how severe the inflammation or allergies were so Dr. Armitstead decided to make her own supplement, called <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/blog/2022/4/3/inflammation-relief-a-new-supplement" style="background-color: transparent; background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Inflammation Relief</a>, that contained everything to help lower the inflammation. It contains Curcumin, Pepperine (Black Pepper), Fenugreek, Gotu Kola, Quercitin, Boswelia, Bromelain, and Magnesium lactate.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can also <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/blog/2021/5/28/the-benefits-of-oil-pulling" style="background-color: transparent; background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">oil pull</a> every morning to help clean out the lymphatic system and reduce inflammation especially in the sinuses. Oil pulling as we know it today, was introduced in 1992 by Dr. F. Karach, MD. He claimed that oil pulling could cure a variety of illnesses ranging from heart disease and digestive troubles to hormonal disorders. Dr. Karach’s method of oil pulling emphasis swishing, not gargling, the oil in the mouth. The oil is “worked” in the mouth by swishing and chewing it around the mouth and ‘swizzling’ it (pushing it through the teeth) for a period of 15 to 20 minutes. The best time is in the morning before eating breakfast, but can be done before any meal on an empty stomach.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/tea-bar" style="background-color: transparent; background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Healing Arts Tea Bar</a> we also have teas that can help with allergies that we can muscle test you for your own personal tea blend. For allergy symptoms we test for Cinnamon, Turmeric, Green Tea, Ginger, Sarsaparilla, Nettle, Holy Basil, Lemongrass, Peppermint, and Echinacea. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also at the Wellness Center to help with allergies and get the inflammation down we have the <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/blog/2021/7/18/ozone-for-the-sinuses" style="background-color: transparent; background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">nasal ozone</a> treatment and <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/saltbooth" style="background-color: transparent; background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">salt booth therapy</a>. For nasal ozone treatments breathe in microscopic organic olive oil (made in a glass jar to be Healing Arts approved because it can’t be in plastic or aluminum) treated with the extra oxygen from the ozone. Inhaling ozone this way helps to reduce allergy symptoms, sinus pain, headaches and inflammation throughout the body. The salt booth is where you take deep breaths of air with microscopic salt in it. The specialized salt goes into the sinuses and lungs breaking up mucus and reducing inflammation. </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">So if you are suffering from allergies this spring know that we can help and there are lots of different ways to help support the body.<br /></p></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-46070514034524347002022-03-27T12:30:00.001-07:002022-03-27T12:30:06.281-07:00How Detox Therapy Can Strengthen the Immune System<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Averta, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;">The New York wellness destination, Healing Arts, offers patients a range of services to help them detox and get healthy. The first step when patients visit Healing Arts is to get muscle tested; (</span><a href="http://www.muscletestingnyc.com/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Averta, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">www.muscletestingnyc.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Averta, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;">) determining which organs are weak, and which are strong using biofeedback from the body. The second is to have a personalized detox program created depending on what the muscle testing reveals. Detoxing can help to increase the strength of the immune system; especially important considering the current times. Dr. Armitstead says, ‘with less toxins in the body the ability for the immune system to fight infection is increased tremendously.’</span></p><div class="Article-boundingContainer" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Averta, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: auto; max-width: 1050px;"><div class="ArticleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 60px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131;"><div class="Article-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Lymphatic Therapy</span></p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="Article-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/lymphatic-therapy" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lymphatic therapy</span></a><span style="color: #313131;"> is useful to strengthen the immune system as well as improving the efficiency of the circulatory and lymphatic system. Lymphatic therapy works by lowering the volume of retained fluid and toxins in the body. This service is also beneficial for postpartum and post-surgeries. The practitioner uses the Lymphstar Pro Fusion machine; an electrical device that moves the lymph deeply using low-grade electrons. The practitioner will glide the bulb over the skin; if it sticks to the skin there is lymphatic congestion, when the bulb glides smoothly there is no congestion. If the bulb sticks, then the practitioner will move the bulb over the area until it stops sticking. With better lymphatic and blood flow toxins can move out of the body and white blood cells can fight infection easier.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify;"><img alt="" height="216" loading="lazy" src="https://www.getnews.info/uploads/03bfc382a9f05928c2690a8b5a3a3e75.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: none !important; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="324" /></p><p></p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131;"><div class="Article-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Himalayan Salt Booth Therapy</span></p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="Article-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/saltbooth" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Salt therapy</span></a><span style="color: #313131;"> is another way to strengthen the immune system and detox. Healing Arts’ unique S.A.L.T. booth offers patients a private and customized experience. Patients sit in the comfortable booth taking deep breaths while the booth circulates salt in the air. As the salt goes into the lungs and sinuses it helps detox and reduce inflammation and mucus helping people with sinusitis, headaches, asthma and other breathing problems.</span></p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131;"><div class="Article-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Foot Detox Bath</span></p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="Article-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #313131;">Here, practitioners use a specific </span><a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/footbath" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;" target="_blank">f</a><a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/footbath" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">oot detox machine</span></a><span style="color: #313131;"> that helps to draw toxins out of the body using negatively charged electrons that attract positively charged toxins in the body. The electrons are like a magnet; binding to heavy metals and toxins present in the body and pulling them out through the feet.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Ozone Sauna Therapy</span></p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="Article-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/ozonesauna" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ozone therapy</span></a><span style="color: #313131;"> helps to break up lactic acid, improve blood circulation, speed up recovery of damaged tissue and more. Ozone sauna therapy combines steam and ozone gas. The patient is placed in a pod that covers them from the neck down. Once the patient is in, they will start to sweat due to the steam, opening the pores and allowing the skin to absorb the ozone while sweating out toxins.</span></p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131;"><div class="Article-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify;">Customizing a detox program using these services is what makes Healing Arts successful at helping people get well and stay well. With the right support the body can detox and heal itself. Dr. Armitstead says, ‘detoxing mold and parasites from people is very common in the office because Western medicine isn’t looking for it as a root cause of disease’.</p></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-10195602255949327742022-03-08T02:30:00.005-08:002023-06-08T03:03:53.278-07:00Stress Relief, A New Supplement<div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-d5fc2a9879b7b0947aed" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Healing Arts we have helped thousands of people with anxiety and depression by detoxing and supporting the body with the right nutrition. A lot of times their personalized nutrition programs include repairing the microbiome in the gut because the neurotransmitters for the brain are made in the gut. For more info on the gut/brain axis, <a href="https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2019/12/good-gut-flora-good-brain-health.html" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">read here</a>.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is with the pandemic hitting that of course anxiety rose but after 2 years that anxiety has stayed and depression has followed. After 15 years in practice I am seeing worse and worse cases of anxiety and depression in ways I never have before. That’s why I designed a new supplement called Stress Relief that can address both anxiety and depression because often a patient has both. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">You would think because we’re almost through the pandemic and things are opening back up and people are starting to go back to the office that collectively our anxiety and depression would go away but it has seemed to stay with us. The stress started two years ago with the fear of getting COVID-19 and now I think it’s a different type of stress of managing our lives and finding a<a href="https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2020/04/create-new-normal.html" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"> new normal</a>. </p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-right sqs-text-ready" data-aspect-ratio="156.75675675675674" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1646696100788_6385" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #1f1f1f; float: right; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-left: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 367px; z-index: 10;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1646735156909_150"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1646735156909_149"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1646735156909_148" style="margin: auto; max-width: 3024px;"><a class="sqs-block-image-link" href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/stress-relief" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1646735156909_147" style="background: transparent; color: #1f1f1f; display: block; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1646735156909_146" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1646735156909_145" style="overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 522px; position: relative;"><img alt="" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="3024x4032" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="622697cf06cc3e7fe59d74e5" data-image-resolution="500w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587ce48ce6f2e1f8d7a70934/c7eaf706-123f-4dad-bd77-5e61e09bbaae/image0+%283%29.jpeg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587ce48ce6f2e1f8d7a70934/c7eaf706-123f-4dad-bd77-5e61e09bbaae/image0+%283%29.jpeg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587ce48ce6f2e1f8d7a70934/c7eaf706-123f-4dad-bd77-5e61e09bbaae/image0+%283%29.jpeg?format=500w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 522px; left: -29.25px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 391.5px;" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1646696100788_8624" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 17px 17px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to fully understand stress management and to discover a place of balance with out daily stress, it is important to understand a hormone in the body called cortisol. Cortisol is known as “the stress hormone,” but it is also responsible for three major mechanisms that help to keep the body in a state of balance, or homeostasis: raising blood sugar, increasing blood pressure and regulating inflammation. Through these mechanisms, cortisol essentially influences nearly all that we do, and is directly responsible for modulating:</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">digestion</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">circulation</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">sleep/wake patterns</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">physical activity</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">sexual response</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">behavior and mood</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, with this prestigious list of roles and responsibilities, why is it that experts suggest that cortisol imbalance is the most common form of hormone imbalance in the modern world even before the pandemic?</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Cortisol is released by the cortex (or outer layer) of your adrenal glands. It is naturally secreted in an ebb and flow rhythm that repeats daily. Ideally, cortisol is highest in the morning to help us wake up in a productive, alert, and energetic manner. It then tapers throughout the day and evening, lowest at night when we are meant to be sleeping soundly, and at which point the soothing, anti-inflammatory hormone melatonin takes over.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to this daily cycle that helps us wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night, cortisol is released as part of the natural human stress response. In threatening situations, a surge of cortisol primes the body to react swiftly and appropriately. This very primal system is called the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis). Whenever a stressor is perceived, the hypothalamus (a gland in the brain) signals to the pituitary (a hormone gland in the brain) that something is up. The pituitary then sends a chemical alarm via a hormone called ACTH, signaling to the adrenals to release a burst of cortisol and other hormones like adrenaline, preparing the body for “flight or fight” mode. This is where cortisol’s three primary mechanisms really come in handy: the surge increases glucose to the muscles so that one can fight or run, and blood pressure is raised to ensure a plentiful supply of fresh oxygen to the brain so that one is able to think clearly. Simultaneously, non-immediate functions such as digestion, sexual arousal and immune system reactions are temporarily suppressed, enabling energy to flow more steadily towards the vital functions that keep us alive. When the threat subsides, the alarm in the hypothalamus is shut off and the body is restored to a state of harmony, recovering and awaiting the next alert.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">This method works great when there is an accident or medical emergency. Yet unfortunately the HPA Axis responds not only to those acute stressors, but also to those that are anticipated and perceived- our looming worries and fears. The HPA system is helpless in differentiating between psychosocial stressors like getting stuck in traffic or planning a dinner party, and physical threats such as being in a burning building. Therefore if we aren't careful, our daily life can have stressors everywhere and worry is rampant, so the HPA alarm is almost constantly stuck in the glowing red ON position. I think that’s what has happened to us the last 2 years. The HPA alarm isn’t made to be stuck ON for 2 weeks let alone 2 years! If cortisol levels soar in an unruly and destructive manner at bizarre times of the day and night, then suddenly small tasks such as packing a lunch or responding to an email, morph into treacherous evil threats that we feel like we just can’t handle.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over time, the body simply can’t compensate for this hormonal instability and we start to burn out. The adrenals simply cannot keep up with the burden of constantly being told to secrete cortisol, and our systems slowly falter and shut down under such demands. This phenomenon is often called adrenal fatigue, and is coupled with the experience of depression. This is when someone suffers from both anxiety and depression and should be helped by the right nutritional support for the adrenal glands. For some people this burn out stage may not include depression but instead other troublesome conditions as heart disease, sleep problems, digestive issues, memory impairment, excessive weight gain and worsening skin conditions.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">As much as we might close our eyes tightly and try to resist and control it, stress is an inherent part of life. However, through adequate nourishment and care, we are able to put the body's biochemical systems back on track, shifting the way that we relate to stress so that it does not shatter our everyday experience and stifle our creative expression. Building a nutrient dense diet is essential to healing the adrenals, as is participating in healthy fitness that involves adequate amounts of rest and recovery. That's why practitioners at Healing Arts <a href="https://www.muscletestingnyc.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">muscle test</a>, working with the biofeedback from your body to devise a detailed diet and lifestyle plan that works for you. We can now muscle test you for Stress Relief to see if that can be part of your healing plan to get the adrenal gland back on board. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />To help the stress reaction in the body Stress Relief contains herbs and vitamins to support the nervous system and the HPA axis response to stress so anxiety doesn’t get out of hand causing depression, insomnia, weight gain and other symptoms. Stress Relief contains red sandalwood, SAM-e, vitamin B12, ashwagandha, kava kava, glutamate, lemon balm, passionflower, and vitamin D.</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Red Sandalwood is known for it’s anti-aging properties and healing the skin by purifying the blood. Red sandalwood has nutrients in it that can cross the blood brain barrier allowing the blood in the brain to be purified as well, helping with anxiety and depression. However it is contraindicated for people with amenorrhea. <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/4/2/130" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">SAM-e</a> is very well known to help with both depression and anxiety. SAM-e stands for S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine and is a naturally occurring molecule present in all living human cells that plays an important role in cellular metabolism. SAM-e is an important methyl donor, an essential step in the synthesis of several<a href="https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/depression/evidence-s-adenosyl-l-methionine-sam-e-treatment-major/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"> neurotransmitters</a> for the brain. The antidepressant effects of SAM-e are probably related to multiple mechanisms of action including increased brain levels of serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. The synthesis of these neurotransmitters by SAM-e requires vitamin B12. Many depressed individuals are deficient in B vitamins, thus individuals taking Stress Relief for depressed mood will benefit from the added vitamin B12 in the supplement. Do not take SAM-e and therefore do not take Stress Relief if on a narcotic or cough syrup. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/cn/2021/00000019/00000009/art00008" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Ashwagandha</a> is perhaps best known for its ability to reduce stress. It’s classified as an adaptogen, a substance that helps the body cope with stress and helps with both anxiety and depression. Ashwagandha appears to help control cortisol which is exactly what we need to do in order for the body not to have a stress reaction. If the body has a stress reaction and the anxiety cannot get back in control then it leads to depression which we are trying to prevent. That’s why when patients come in with both anxiety and depression I know their HPA axis has been not working properly for months. Besides helping to control cortisol Ashwagandha also controls and reduces the activity of the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC6979308/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">HPA axis</a> to start working correctly again. This calms the nervous system down.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kava Kava is another herb that can calm the nervous system down. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ptr.1609" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Studies</a> have been done to show that kava kava could be used as an alternative to certain anxiety drugs and other antidepressants. Kava Kava is also known to help people sleep better if taken right before bed.</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC3205453/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Glutamate</a> is a type of neurotransmitter that acts in the brain. Almost all brain cells need glutamate to communicate with one another. Glutamate is an <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC8311508/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">excitatory</a> neurotransmitter helping people when they are feeling depressed. Glutamate can also do the opposite and calm the nervous system down because the body can use glutamate to make <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16400245/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">GABA</a>, a different neurotransmitter that has a very calming affect and is helpful when feeling anxious. GABA calms and glutamate stimulates, the two are counterparts and an imbalance in one impacts the other. So if the body has glutamate it will do what it needs with it, either use it directly to excite the nervous system or convert to GABA to calm the nervous system. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Lemon Balm contains chemicals that seem to have a sedative and calming effect to help people with anxiety but <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34449930/#:~:text=Based%20on%20meta%2Danalysis%20results,respectively%2C%20without%20serious%20side%20effects" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">research</a> shows it is also good for depression. Being part of the mint family lemon balm is really good for the stomach and for people who put their stress in their gut. I’ve seen many different versions of IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, where constipation and diarrhea alternate and get worse when stress occurs. The way the body works it is very easy to put stress in our stomach. that’s why we have so many sayings, ‘I’m so nervous I could throw up,’ ‘I have butterflies in my stomach,’ ‘I have a knot in my stomach,’ etc. Lemon balm’s essential oils, polyphenols, and tannins work together to stimulate digestion and strengthen your gut when taken consistently over time. It might also reduce the growth of some viruses and bacteria. Having less bad gut flora is important for the body to make the right amount of neurotransmitters; for the neurotransmitters for the brain are made in the gut. I have used lemon balm successfully for cold sores, anxiety, stress, insomnia, indigestion, poor memory and depression.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Passionflower has certain phytochemicals and alkaloids that promote feeling energized and positive. Passionflower contains quercetin and kaempferol which are widely accepted as mood enhancers and recognized for their ability to actually reduce the level of stress hormones in the body. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-2710.2001.00367.x" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Studies</a> show it is as good as oxazepam to reduce anxiety without the side effect of drowsiness. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The last ingredient, Vitamin D, is added because when stress goes high, immune system goes low and vitamin D is an immune booster. Plus people who are feeling depressed usually run low on vitamin D. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">With 15 years experience in holistic healthcare I saw how something new was needed for these trying times and am so grateful for the results I see patients getting with Stress Relief. </span> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-26128338795714756282022-02-22T03:23:00.002-08:002022-02-22T03:23:35.783-08:00Learn These Foot Reflexology Points<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For thousands of years, reflexology has been used as a way to help people get relief from many types of physical conditions. Reflexology uses the notion that putting pressure on certain areas of the body, not only the feet, but also the hands and ears, can help decrease inflammation, increase blood flow and nerve flow to certain organs, and return the body to optimal health.</span></p><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-678a20facd89b322eb74" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Foot reflexology is the application of pressure on different pressure points of both feet that come from Chinese Medicine. These pressure points are linked to specific parts of the body and when applying the right type of pressure a foot reflexology session can provide pain relief and help the body by facilitating energy flow, also known as chi, throughout the body. With stimulating certain points on the feet I have personally seen great results with foot reflexology helping people with digestion issues and females with PMS concerns. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />In a 30 minute foot reflexology session for $50 pressure is applied to both feet where <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/maureen" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Maureen</a> feels that certain points need to be released. The pressure is not too hard and most people find a session quite relaxing. Here are some common points that people need released during a session. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Tai Chong</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Tai Chong is also called the LV3. This point is found by placing your finger between your big toe and the second toe. It is just at the point where the tendons come together. Applying pressure on this area for just a few seconds can help reduce stress.<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">It can also relieve headaches and can reduce feelings of irritability, anxiety, and anger. Women who are suffering from menstrual pain may also benefit from applying pressure at this reflexology point. This point is also used for treating people who are feeling depressed.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Yong Quan</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-7 span-7 float float-right sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1645495946228_3109" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #1f1f1f; float: right; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-left: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 428.156px; z-index: 10 !important;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1645528856508_132"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper
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It is also often referred to as the kidney one. It is located in the depression that you feel located below the big toe joint. It is in between the second toe and the big toe. This pressure point is used to help to calm the spirit. In this way Yong Quan can help with blurry vision, headaches, sore throat, dizziness, and loss of voice. Applying pressure in this area can be calming and relaxing for most people. Massage this point for two or three minutes and then switch to the other foot.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Tai Bai</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">To find the Tai Bai acupoint on the foot you will want to apply pressure on the side of the foot until you reach the depression point. This will be located in the middle side area of the foot. It is near the ball. Once you have located this point on the foot you will want to apply pressure. You can apply as much pressure as you can stand.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main function of this pressure point is to help with gastric issues. This includes ailments such as abdominal distention, dysentery, constipation, gastric pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and sluggishness. This point on the foot can also provide support for the spleen when you are feeling sluggish or heavy. This reflex point can also be great for arthritis and joint pain. It is useful for sugar cravings as well.<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Shen Mai</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Find the bony bump that is located on the outside of the ankle. This is where the Shen Mai pressure point can be found. When you apply pressure to this area of the foot it can help promote patience. It also can help reduce anxiety and fear. If you have a cold, pressure on this point of the foot can help alleviate some of the symptoms that you are experiencing.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have pain and stiffness in the neck or are suffering from a painful back or pain in the legs, using this point may help. It can also help alleviate symptoms from a headache.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hope this helps explain how some foot reflexology points work. If you are wondering if a session can help you email Maureen for a 10 minute free demo @ <a href="mailto:maureen@healingartsnyc.com?subject=Free%20Demo%20Foot%20Reflexology" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">maureen@healingartsnyc.com</a></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-70196679687510603272022-01-30T06:07:00.001-08:002022-01-30T06:13:54.972-08:00What to do For Your Health After Having COVID-19<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unfortunately with Omicron I have now seen enough post-COVID patients from various </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">strains to write this blog. Good news is if you have gotten COVID and still feel off in any way I have some health tips to help you feel like your old self again. This blog is for those who got COVID and please share with your friends and family so we can help each other post-COVID.</span></p><div class="entry-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1643550426011_135" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><div class="e-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1643550426011_134"><div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1642988409115" id="item-61ee035c45abed068a09545d"><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1643550426011_133" style="margin-left: -17px; margin-right: -17px; width: auto;"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1643550426011_132" style="float: left; padding-right: 0px; width: 734px;"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-f40dfead69a704fd1cf5" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Post COVID or long haul COVID are the terms used when symptoms or signs persist for more than two weeks after COVID-19 onset. I have seen symptoms continue for months after and include fatigue, headaches, poor focus or attention, shortness of breath, and so much more. Symptoms after having COVID-19 continue after the initial infection because the SARS-CoV-2 virus goes into the body causing more inflammation than the average virus. The number one place that inflammation hits is the air ways and lungs because that’s how it gets into the body. The second place this virus hits is the liver. We are aware that it affects the lungs but no one is talking about the liver. So our goal at Healing Arts is to help boost up your immune system to reduce the inflammation while supporting the lungs and liver. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Due to the affect the virus has on the liver DO NOT go for any medical procedures that include anesthesia for 6 months after having COVID-19 even if you don’t have long haul COVID. The liver will not be able to handle the anesthesia and you will have a hard time detoxing it from your system afterwards. So unless it’s life or death, no anesthesia during this time. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />The attack that the SARS-CoV-2 virus does on the liver is actually similar to what the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) does to the liver. EBV causes mono and is prevalent in high schoolers and college kids. Besides causing mono and attacking the liver, EBV has a third stage of attacking the thyroid and causing the autoimmune disease known as Hashimoto’s. I am now seeing in patients post-COVID, whether they have long haul symptoms or not, the SARS-CoV-2 virus also in the thyroid. It is supposed to take months to years for the EBV to hit the thyroid and that’s only after having a chronically weak liver. I’m seeing the SARS-CoV-2 virus hit the thyroid in weeks. What takes EBV years, is taking the SARS-CoV-2 virus weeks. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Using muscle testing I pick up on thyroid weaknesses due to an Epstein Barr virus energy a lot in my office even without the patient knowing there is a thyroid issue. It is because we are picking up on it before it becomes an issue. Western medicine has done a lot of studies saying that the majority of Hashimoto’s patients have Epstein Barr antibodies so there might be a correlation and I will tell you that there definitely is from what I see in the office. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inflammation can happen in any organ due to any pathogen or heavy metal or heavy chemical. Toxins cause inflammation period. That’s why our goal at Healing Arts is to help the body detox and with the right nutrition it can heal. When we start supporting the body to kill pathogens we have to be careful that the body does not have a die off reaction or a <strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">herxheimer reaction. </strong>It<strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </strong>occurs when any immune challenge: virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite, is being killed too fast. When these things die, toxins are released, literally pus and mucus build up and the body releases proinflammatory proteins (known as cytokines) in response. While some cytokine activity bolsters the immune system to fight infections, too many of these chemicals can have adverse effects. An overabundance of cytokines in the body leads to muscle and joint pain, fatigue, a suppressed immune system, skin rash and brain fog. It is with some post COVID patients that 8 weeks later I am still seeing a high level of cytokines in their body and this is even after putting them on a program to reduce the inflammation. Even if your COVID symptoms were mild, less than 24 hours of a slight cold, when I muscle test I am seeing cytokines stuck in the liver or thyroid causing inflammation. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think SARS-CoV-2 weakens the body to feed off of glutathione and that’s why it loves the liver. SARS-CoV-2 goes into the body through the airways and starts attacking the lungs because that’s where it settles first but as it gets stronger and finds it way to the liver it feeds off glutathione and becomes even stronger. This stage 2 in the liver doesn’t happen for everyone if the immune system is strong enough to fight it off before SARS-CoV-2 makes a home in the liver. Stage 3 is when it burrows itself in the thyroid the same way EBV does. So the stages of EBV and COVID-19 are very similar except SARS-CoV-2 goes through the stages so quickly the body does not have time to recuperate and a lot more inflammation occurs with SARS-CoV-2. </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Depending on the body this inflammation can look like a lot of different things. A <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-95565-8" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">study</a> was done to show 50 different symptoms post COVID. The majority of symptoms were fatigue and headaches followed by attention disorder and hair loss. Besides supporting the immune system to fight COVID-19, then supporting the lungs, liver, and thyroid depending on what stages the body is going through we also support the headaches or attention disorder or hair loss by doing everything we can to reduce inflammation. What I am seeing in the office that is testing the most often with great results besides the usual vitamin D with vitamin K, zinc and vitamin C are these four supplements: <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/inflammation-relief" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Inflammation Relief </a>, <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/wellnessblend" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Wellness Blend</a> , <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/hydroxygen-cellcore" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Hydroxygen</a> and <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/glutathione" target="_blank">Glutathione</a>. </p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-right sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643023117369_4562" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: right; height: auto; margin-left: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 367px; z-index: 10;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1643550426011_131"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none sqs-narrow-width" data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1643550426011_130"><figure class="sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1643550426011_129" style="margin: auto; max-width: 1280px;"><div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1643550426011_128" style="line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1643550426011_127" style="overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 187.312px; position: relative;"><img alt="" class="thumb-image loaded" data-image-dimensions="1280x720" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-id="61ee8b0f9d08aa19350a8370" data-image-resolution="500w" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587ce48ce6f2e1f8d7a70934/743427e0-e87f-4603-82d7-66cf742b581a/post-covid-syndrome.jpeg" data-load="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587ce48ce6f2e1f8d7a70934/743427e0-e87f-4603-82d7-66cf742b581a/post-covid-syndrome.jpeg" data-type="image" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587ce48ce6f2e1f8d7a70934/743427e0-e87f-4603-82d7-66cf742b581a/post-covid-syndrome.jpeg?format=500w" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 187.625px; left: 0px; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: -0.15625px; width: 333px;" /></div></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643023117369_6533" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 17px 17px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Inflammation Relief is a supplement I made to reduce inflammation in the body including the cytokine response. The supplement contains: Curcumin, Gotu Kola, Quercitin, Boswelia, Bromelain, Magnesium, Black Pepper, and Fenugreek which are all amazing herbs to reduce inflammation. This supplement is good for the post COVID patient who is still having headaches or muscle aches.</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wellness Blend is the first supplement I ever formulated to really help boost up the immune system when sick or to take to prevent getting sick. Ingredients include garlic, liposomal vitamin C, mugwort, echinacea, oregano, lysine, eucalyptus and goldenseal. This supplement tests well for patients who just need that extra immune system support. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hydroxygen are drops of oxygen that the body needs to heal faster. These drops are especially good for the post COVID patient that is still coughing or having trouble breathing. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Besides giving the body the right supplemental support we also want to replenish the glutathione that SARS-CoV-2 used. We muscle test to see if the glutathione supplement will help and here are some ways to increase your glutathione naturally. Glutathione is one of the body’s most important and potent antioxidants. Antioxidants are substances that reduce oxidative stress by combating free radicals in the body. While most antioxidants are found in the foods you eat, glutathione is produced by your body. It is primarily made up of three amino acids: glutamine, glycine and cysteine. There are a number of reasons why your body’s glutathione level may become depleted, including poor diet, chronic disease, infection and constant stress. Glutathione is also known to decrease with age. Maintaining adequate levels of this antioxidant is incredibly important for your health in general, not just post COVID. Here is what you can do to ensure healthy glutathione levels. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Consume Sulfur-Rich Foods</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sulfur is an important mineral that occurs naturally in some plant and protein foods. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16702336/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Sulfur</a> is required for the liver to make glutathione. Sulfur is found in beef, fish and poultry as well as cruciferous vegetables. Cruciferous vegetables are a family of vegetables known for their sulfur content and include broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, boy choy, arugula, radishes, watercress, collards and mustard greens. Eat too much at once and it can bloat you due to the sulfur. Allium vegetables, including garlic, shallots and onions, also boost glutathione levels also due to their sulfur-containing compounds. </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Increase Your Vitamin C Intake</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vitamin C is found in strawberries, citrus fruits, papayas, kiwis and bell peppers. This vitamin has many functions, including working as an antioxidant to protect cells from oxidative damage. It also maintains the body’s supply of other antioxidants, including glutathione. Researchers have discovered that vitamin C may help increase glutathione levels by attacking free radicals first, thereby sparing glutathione. They also found that vitamin C helps reprocess glutathione by converting oxidized glutathione back to its active form (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12499341/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12499341/</a>). </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The same study also showed that taking 500-1,000 mg vitamin C supplements increased glutathione levels in white blood cells in healthy adults by 18%.</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another study showed that taking 500 mg of vitamin C supplements per day increased glutathione in red blood cells by 47% (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8317379/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8317379/</a>).</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Vitamin C’s relationship with glutathione is why intravenous Vitamin C drips are helpful when treating COVID. Dr. Andrew G. Weber, a pulmonologist in NYC, has been giving his intensive-care patients who have been infected with the coronavirus 1500mg of intravenous Vitamin C several times a day - as part of an anti-viral protocol.<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Add Selenium-Rich Foods to Your Diet</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Selenium is an essential mineral and a glutathione cofactor, meaning it’s a substance needed for glutathione to work. Some of the best sources of selenium are beef, chicken, fish, organ meats, cottage cheese, brown rice and Brazil nuts. By increasing your intake of selenium, you may help maintain or increase your body’s supply of glutathione.</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />4. Eat Foods Naturally Rich in Glutathione</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The human body produces glutathione, but there are also dietary sources. Spinach, avocados, asparagus and okra are some of the richest dietary sources. However, dietary glutathione is poorly absorbed by the human body.</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />5. Add Turmeric to Your Diet Which Helps absorb Glutathione</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turmeric is a vibrant yellow-orange herb and a popular spice in Indian cuisine. The <a href="https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2016/01/candida-can-cause-cancer-turmeric-can.html" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">medicinal properties of turmeric</a> are likely linked to its main component, curcumin. The curcumin content is much more concentrated in a turmeric supplement, compared to the powder we use to cook with. Just make sure the supplement has black pepper added to it because black pepper contains the bioactive compound piperine, known to increase the absorption of curcumin into the body by 2000% (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9619120/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9619120/</a>)</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Numerous studies have shown that turmeric and curcumin extract have the ability to increase glutathione levels (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15650394/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15650394/</a>). Researchers conclude that the curcumin found in turmeric may assist in restoring adequate levels of glutathione and improve the activity of glutathione enzymes.</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Consider Milk Thistle</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milk thistle supplements are another way to boost glutathione levels naturally. Milk thistle is a herb comprised of three active compounds, collectively known as silymarin. Silymarin is well known for its antioxidant properties and shown to increase glutathione levels. Researchers believe that silymarin is able to maintain glutathione levels by preventing cell damage (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1360480/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1360480/</a>). </p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">8. Get Enough Sleep</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">A good night’s rest is essential for overall health. Interestingly, long-term lack of sleep can cause oxidative stress and even hormone imbalances (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25945148/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25945148/</a>). As if that wasn’t bad enough, other research has shown that chronic lack of sleep may decrease glutathione levels. Therefore, making sure you get good, restorative sleep each night may help maintain or boost your levels of glutathione. If you don’t sleep well here are my sleep tips: <a href="https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2020/05/sleep-well.html" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2020/05/sleep-well.html</a></p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">9. Exercise Regularly</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Regular physical activity of course is good for both your physical and mental health. Recent research shows that exercise is also helpful in maintaining or increasing antioxidant levels, especially glutathione. Studies show it is a combination of both cardio and circuit weight training that increases glutathione the most, compared to completing cardio or weight training alone (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17925621/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17925621/</a>). However, overtraining without a balanced diet and proper rest can deplete your levels because too much exercise can be stressful to the body.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The good news is viruses can only affect us if we have a weak immune system. For the most part, a strong healthy body, virus comes in and virus goes out, creating very little damage, even SARS-CoV-2. The body’s own innate immune system is the strongest thing against any virus or other germ for that matter. Having a strong immune system is dependent on a healthy nutrient dense diet and a healthy lifestyle of exercise and good sleep. The less stress the better for mind and body health, and a body void of as many toxins as possible. We live and breath this concept at Healing Arts. We live this lifestyle, eat healthy and take our supplements for optimal health.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-66747293633773665682022-01-18T03:29:00.000-08:002022-01-18T03:29:00.107-08:00Collagen For Weight Loss<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Collagen is a protein that’s naturally found in the body. It makes up 25% to 30% of the proteins in your body and gives structure to connective tissue like your skin, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, muscles, bones and blood vessels. I test for collagen supplements to help people improve skin elasticity, reduce appearance of skin wrinkles, increase skin hydration, reduce bone loss, improve brittle nails, boost hair health, support heart health and improve weight loss. Because collagen helps gives so much structure to the body it can be used for lots different reasons in the body. When I test for collagen ! test for it in capsules or powder. There are lots of different kinds out on the market and they are not all made the same so before you add it into your daily life I highly suggest getting muscle tested for it. </span></p><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-1db33ea1c9c8596f8172" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2017/02/all-you-need-to-know-about-bone-broth.html" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Bone broth</a> is the number one food that has collagen in it and the question is do you test better for chicken bone broth or beef? It is best taken on an empty stomach. This way the body can absorb more nutrients from it. If you are doing the capsule or powder that can be taken with food. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Let me now explain how collagen can help with weight loss goals:</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promote satiety</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Collagen supplements may increase satiety, or the feeling of fullness. This could aid weight loss by reducing hunger, and therefore, how many calories you eat in a day. Collagen might have this effect because it’s a protein. According to a <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7539343/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">2020 study</a>, high-protein diets increase satiety hormones. They also suppress ghrelin, which is a hunger hormone. According to a <a href="https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/87/5/1558S/4650426" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">2008 study,</a> increased protein intake can also increase thermogenesis, which is the ability of the body to produce heat. The more heat your body makes the more calories it will burn which will help with weight loss. The study also notes that higher protein diets may stimulate muscle protein anabolism, “favoring the retention of lean muscle mass while improving metabolic profile.”</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-right sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1641074006212_4683" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #1f1f1f; float: right; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-left: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 367px; z-index: 10 !important;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1642504848427_155"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper
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That’s because muscle burns more calories at rest than fat does, increasing overall calories burned. Taking collagen supplements helps increase muscle mass. Remember, collagen is the main structural protein in your muscles. In a <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/collagen-peptide-supplementation-in-combination-with-resistance-training-improves-body-composition-and-increases-muscle-strength-in-elderly-sarcopenic-men-a-randomised-controlled-trial/9426E375742D094F91029FD0364815C4" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">2015 study</a> involving older adults, participants with sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss) completed 12 weeks of weight training. Half of the participants took collagen peptide supplements, while the other half took a placebo. Those who took collagen peptides experienced a greater improvement in muscle mass and strength. They also lost more fat mass than the placebo group. These results suggest that collagen supplements can support loss of body fat by enhancing the effects of weight training on muscle mass.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reduce fat accumulation</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">There’s some evidence that collagen may reduce the development and accumulation of fat cells. A <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6471368/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">2019 study</a> found that collagen from skate, a type of fish, reduces body fat in humans. The amount of fat lost was small, but suggests potential benefits for weight loss.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Relieve joint pain</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Collagen supplements might indirectly help weight loss by reducing joint pain. Healthy joints are needed to move comfortably during exercise and daily activities. Engaging more regularly in physical activity could then in turn support weight management. A <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24852756/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">2015 study</a> found that collagen peptides can help people with osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis happens when your joint cartilage wears down, causing joint pain and stiffness. If joint pain prevents you from working out, let us know at your next appointment so we can muscle test you to see if a collagen supplement can help!</p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-25222698639543410772022-01-18T03:26:00.005-08:002022-01-18T03:29:14.151-08:00Brain Boosting Tea<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love getting muscle tested for a personalized tea blend at the</span><a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/tea-bar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ad1dc3; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank"> Healing Arts Tea Bar.</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> When I want more focus I specifically get muscle tested for a Brain Boosting blend. Our tea menu is different than anything you have ever seen before. We have the teas listed and you can pick one and enjoy it either stay at the tea bar or take it to go but what is different is on the back of the menu is a list of symptoms and you can choose the symptom you want to work on and then get muscle tested for which 3 herbs your body needs. So you don't choose your tea but your body does!</span></p><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-41845eb0030cdd6f049c" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Besides getting a cup of hot tea we can also make a container for you of your personalized blend that is 12 servings. Here is the list of teas we have that can help boost your brain health:</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bergamot-Digestion, lowers cholesterol, brain health, acid reflux, immunity booster, energy booster, weight loss, skin support, constipation, hydrates</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Black Tea- Digestion, blood sugar, lowers cholesterol, brain health, heart health, improves blood pressure</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Butterfly pea -Eye support, skin support, improves blood pressure, hair support, lung support, brain health </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Cat’s Claw-Digestion, brain health, immune support, improves blood pressure</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Earl Grey- Digestion, brain health, immune booster, energy booster, weight loss, hydrates, and great skin support</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Echinacea- Immune booster, respiratory health, digestion, anti-inflammatory, brain health, skin, anti-aging</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Ginger - Digestion, anti-inflammatory, lower cholesterol, brain health, immunity booster, weight loss, women’s health, pain relief, heart support</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-right sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1642471572689_2824" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #1f1f1f; float: right; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-left: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 367px; z-index: 10 !important;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1642504848427_131"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper
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So if you haven’t tried a personalized tea blend yet you must at your next visit!</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />More on brain boosting health listen to our <a href="https://healingarts.buzzsprout.com/894679/4731317-poison-and-the-blood-brain-barrier" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">podcast</a>. <br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-4838923200465810492021-12-20T02:38:00.000-08:002021-12-20T02:38:05.309-08:00 Coconut is our Favorite Superfood<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Whether it hits after lunch or a few hours before the workday ends, even the most motivated people can find themselves skipping workouts and putting off important projects because of midday fatigue. </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Before you pull that third shot of espresso… </i></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">What if the one thing your body craves isn’t more caffeine, but some critical fatty acids from a coconut?</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">MCT oil which is a type of oil from the coconut, is known for fueling your brain for more energy and focus throughout the day. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">So, a few teaspoons in the morning or before a workout can fuel your brain and body for hours —better than any other food or coffee drink.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">And because the body metabolizes MCTs at a higher priority than carbs or other fats (<i>and optimizes your metabolism for fat-burning</i>), they’ll help you burn calories instead of packing them away as fat.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">So what is this magical oil?</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">MCT oil or medium chain triglycerides (MCT’s) are unique fatty acids that are found naturally in coconut and palm oils.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They have a remarkable ability to stabilize blood sugar and enhance ketone body production.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This process makes MCT’s a powerful tool to reduce inflammation, improve metabolism and enhance cognitive function.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The term “medium” is in reference to the length of the chain of fatty acids.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Oils can have short, medium or long chains.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Most oils are a combination of short, medium and long chain fatty acids.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MCTs are the easiest type of fatty acid that your body can burn for calories. They get absorbed directly from the gut to the liver and then are used for energy instead of being stored as fat.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Research confirms that MCTs can make you lean and healthy. In one study, researchers compared the results of MCTs with long-chain triglycerides on body fat, energy expenditure, appetite, and other aspects of weight loss in overweight men. They put these men on different diets for 28 days. One group ate a coconut-oil-rich diet high in MCTs. The other group ate a diet rich in long-chain triglycerides like olive oil. They then switched the diets so that they could see differences in the same subjects.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The researchers found the coconut group lost more body fat, which they attributed to a greater increase in energy expenditure and burning fat. Coconut oil actually sped up their metabolisms, allowing them to lose more belly fat and curbing their appetite compared with the men on the olive-oil-rich diet.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">In fact, studies suggest that MCTs can help men burn about 460 extra calories a day and women about 190 extra calories (I know, women it’s just not fair!).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MCTs also affect your hormones, including appetite-controlling hormones, helping you feel full.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Part of what makes MCT oil magical is the ketones it contains. Ketones are unique energy producing molecules made from fatty acids.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Our bodies can make them from stored fat or from MCTs.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ketones feed all the cells of the body, but in particular they are a preferred fuel for the brain.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This is what makes MCT oil brain food.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Research has demonstrated that MCTs can readily cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and be oxidized by the brain. Not all food can do that. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">More information on brain health is in Healing Arts podcast <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/894679/4731317-poison-and-the-blood-brain-barrier" target="_blank">Poison and the Blood Brain Barrier</a> and includes steps to follow to help with ADD, poor memory, lack of motivation, depression, and dementia by d</span>etoxifying the body of pesticides,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and heavy metals, eating probiotic foods to keep the gut balanced. and eating more essential fatty acids than just coconut oil which are vital for the brain, like avocado, flaxseed, hemp seed, oily fish, pumpkin seeds, and walnuts.. Good brain health includes making quality sleep a priority and reducing psychological and emotional stress through exercise, meditation, journaling.</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">You need to be careful of the MCT oil you purchase.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Read what type of oils make up the MCT oil.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The best MCT oil is made of caprylic and capric acid.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>An MCT oil is processed in a manufacturing plant to remove all the longer chain fats and other compounds except these two fatty acids.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Your MCT oil should also be tested for purity and heavy metals. Th MCT oil we use at Healing Arts is <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/mct-oil" target="_blank">Jarrow</a>. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3K8jqDusg1YTbDPMv-UIADe518x8xnEc3tCOPevx8k2KQ7lyC57qEUbTvGOX8X_KGuryXsvlRBl6DslmbRbrDPr-Mk_1Oz1Wtw6ErKtqT7qpx0EmDpLpR78iOfVkPZNIQfvGNFieqiTAI8LzXOVXJFhi5uCLGcfhChSelnj0BW5oHr4CupB7CgSJumw=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3K8jqDusg1YTbDPMv-UIADe518x8xnEc3tCOPevx8k2KQ7lyC57qEUbTvGOX8X_KGuryXsvlRBl6DslmbRbrDPr-Mk_1Oz1Wtw6ErKtqT7qpx0EmDpLpR78iOfVkPZNIQfvGNFieqiTAI8LzXOVXJFhi5uCLGcfhChSelnj0BW5oHr4CupB7CgSJumw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">MCTs raise up ketones and lower blood sugar naturally.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They have a strong blood sugar stabilizing effect that helps to reduce inflammation. For more on Reducing inflammation through the diet<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Listen to our podcast on <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/894679/3696469" target="_blank">Chronic Inflammation</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">You might be hesitant to use coconut oil or MCT oil because it's high in saturated fat, which has unfairly been demonized for decades. There is a world of difference between quality saturated fat in coconut or MCT oils and what you might get in a fast-food meal.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">You can get MCTs from whole foods:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Coconut oil: 15%</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Palm kernel oil: 7.9%</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Cheese (if you tolerate dairy): 7.3%</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Butter: 6.8%</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Milk: 6.9%</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Yogurt: 6.6%</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">But you can also get MCTs from specially concentrated MCT oil, which is much more concentrated.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A tablespoon of coconut oil will give you 2 grams of MCTs while MCT oil will give you 15 grams of MCTs.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Most people tolerate MCT oil very well, however, too large of a dose too quickly can cause gastrointestinal problems such as nausea, and diarrhea.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you have this problem, don’t panic and give up on MCT oil right away. You can easily reduce or eliminate these symptoms by starting with very small doses at a time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This would mean ½ tsp once a day and slowly increasing the dosage as tolerated.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Adding MCT oil can substitute for some of the oil in your diet but should not be used to replace all the fat in your diet.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Begin using MCT 1 tablespoon per day and slowly increase over several days.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1-3 tablespoons per day is recommended. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">It can be used as a salad dressing, in smoothies, for cooking or just straight up off the spoon.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Cooking Oil:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MCT oil is highly stable under heat like coconut oil but no coconut flavor</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Salad Dressing:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>No major flavor so combine it with herbs and vinegar</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">In Coffee & Tea:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Great for thickening up coffee or tea and improving their health benefits. Putting it in coffee started with Dave Asprey and is called Bullet Proof Coffee.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Smoothies:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Add 2 tbsps of MCT oil in a smoothie to curb hunger and have the smoothie keep you satisfied longer.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">If you are thinking of adding MCT oil to your diet ask me at your next appointment and I will muscle test you for it. 90% of patients test well for it.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">But there are a couple of issues with most MCTs you’ll find on grocery store shelves…</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i>They’re packed with fillers and derived from low-quality sources…</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Clumpy powders and tasteless oils don’t mix well and are hard to get down...</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i>They’re not optimized for absorption!</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The one I use, JARROW is different. It contains emulsified MCTs for unparalleled absorption. Plus, it will completely disperse when mixed into any liquid (no blender required).</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Besides the MCTs coconut oil has many health benefits.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Coconut oil is great for hair care, skin care, stress relief, cholesterol level maintenance, weight loss, boosting the immune system, proper digestion and regulating metabolism. It also provides relief from kidney problems, heart diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV, and cancer. I have also seen it help improve dental quality and bone strength. These benefits of coconut oil can be attributed to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid, and their respective properties, such as antioxidant, anti-fungal, antibacterial and soothing qualities.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">For Hair care:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Coconut oil is one of the best natural nutrients for your hair. It helps in healthy growth of hair and gives your hair a shiny quality. It also provides the essential proteins required for nourishing and healing damaged hair. By regularly massaging your head with coconut oil, you can ensure that your scalp is free of dandruff, even if your scalp is chronically dry. It also helps in keeping your hair and scalp free from lice and lice eggs.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Heart diseases:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">There is a misconception spread among many people that coconut oil is not good for heart health. This is because it contains a large quantity of saturated fats. In reality, coconut oil is beneficial for the heart. It contains about 50% lauric acid, which helps in actively preventing various heart problems like high cholesterol levels and high blood pressure. The saturated fats present in coconut oil are not harmful as you commonly find in vegetable oils. Coconut oil does not lead to increase in LDL levels, and it reduces the incidence of injury and damage to arteries and therefore helps in preventing atherosclerosis.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Digestion:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">A tablespoon taken before each meal can help improve digestion. It can also be taken in warm ginger tea to sooth heartburn or nausea.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Skin care:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Coconut oil is an excellent massage oil for the skin. It acts as an effective moisturizer on all types of skin and has a natural SPF 4. It also delays the appearance of wrinkles and sagging of skin which normally accompany aging. It makes for a great after-shave lotion. Coconut oil also helps in treating various skin problems including psoriasis, dermatitis, eczema and other skin infections. It can relieve the pain of hemorrhoids when used topically. When put on cuticles it helps nails grow and also makes a great eye-makeup remover!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Weight loss:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Coconut oil is very useful for weight loss. It contains short and medium-chain fatty acids that help in taking off excessive weight. It is also easy to digest and it helps in healthy functioning of the thyroid and endocrine system. Further, it increases the body’s metabolic rate by removing stress on the pancreas, thereby burning more energy and helping obese and overweight people lose the weight.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Immunity:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Coconut oil is also good for the immune system. It strengthens the immune system because it contains antimicrobial fats. Yes, these fats kill germs, lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid which have antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral properties. A tablespoon melted into a cup of warm tea can help sooth a sore throat.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Candida:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Coconut oil has been shown to prevent and even cure candida. It provides relief from the inflammation caused by candida, both externally and internally. Its high moisture retaining capacity keeps the skin from cracking or peeling off. Further, unlike other pharmaceutical treatments for candida, the effects of coconut oil is gradual and not drastic or sudden, which gives the body an appropriate amount of time to slowly kill the fungi and prevent adverse symptoms that can occur when killing the fungi too fast. Adverse symptoms of treating candida to aggressively is known as a die-off reaction. But, in the treatment of this condition, people should systematically and gradually increase their internal dosages of coconut oil and shouldn’t initially start with a large quantity. Start with 1/2 teaspoon and work up to 3 tablespoons over several days.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When having a yeast infection you can soak a tampon in coconut oil and insert it overnight for topical treatment.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Now there are different types of coconut oil: refined, virgin and pure.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Only use organic coconut oil and for cooking use refined organic coconut oil. For the skin, hair, medicinal uses it could be pure or virgin organic coconut oil. It's best to get muscle tested to see which one works best for your body. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">There is also a great book by Bruce Fife for even more info on coconut oil called <a href="https://booksvooks.com/the-coconut-oil-miracle-pdf-bruce-fife.html" target="_blank">"The Coconut Oil Miracle”</a>.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">There has also been in recent years a lot more coconut based foods being made.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Three years ago coconut water was just making an appearance on store shelves and now you can get it anywhere. There are all kinds of enhanced waters these days, but coconut water is the real deal. The drink quickly became a staple everywhere from health food stores to fitness studios but it's sweet, nutty taste isn't for everyone. Do the nutrition facts back up the hype? Here's what you need to know.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Coconut water is the clear liquid inside coconuts. You'd typically get coconut water from young, green coconuts—those harvested at five to seven months of age, whereas the browner coconuts, are a better source of coconut milk.</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Drinking coconut water for post-workout recovery is amazing! I’m so grateful there is something out there other than gatorade.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Just like gatorade, coconut water is abundant in several electrolytes including potassium, sodium, and magnesium. If you're having an intense sweat session, especially in the summer months when you may be sweating more, grab a coconut water and not regular water.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The electrolytes in coconut water can help regulate fluid balance, prevent dehydration, and even ensure proper muscle function. Of course, you'll want to make sure you refuel with enough carbohydrates and protein post-workout as well but coconut water really can help prevent muscle soreness and cramping.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Coconut water also helps reduce blood pressure and stroke risk. Bananas are notorious for their high potassium levels, but just one cup of coconut water contains more potassium than a medium sized banana. Research suggests that potassium-rich diets can help support the heart by reducing blood pressure and even protecting against stroke.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Coconut water helps with digestion because it contains magnesium, a mineral that helps to keep things moving and prevent constipation. Magnesium also helps prevent cramping.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">If you're under the weather, the body can lose a tremendous amount of fluid from vomiting and diarrhea. Coconut water can help with hydration status and balance electrolytes better than regular water in this scenario and you don’t want to drink ginger ale with all the added sugar.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Also use coconut water as an alternative to sugary beverages. Unlike sugar sweetened juices and sodas, coconut water usually has little to no added sugar (in unflavored varieties) and is yet still sweet. This makes it a great choice for those craving something sweet and yet trying to reduce their consumption of added sugar.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">I personally add 4 ounces of coconut water to my morning superfood smoothie because it has a way of enhancing the health benefits of the other superfoods in it so I can get even more nutrition out of my smoothie. I only drink one type of coconut water, Harmless Harvest. I was first attracted to it being organic and not thermally pasteurized and after trying lots of different coconut waters it’s the taste that keeps me loyal to this brand.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> For your convenience and my enjoyment we sell Harmless Harvest coconut water at the office. </span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-23869918400995385532021-12-01T03:28:00.002-08:002023-05-28T03:32:38.908-07:00 What Foods to Eat for Better Health<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">Health is all about eating well and it is in this blog that I get into the details of why certain foods test poorly during a <a href="http://www.muscletestingnyc.com" target="_blank">muscle testing appointment</a>.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">The top 2 foods that most people have to stay away from for a period of time to help the body heal is sugar and wheat.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;">When you eat too much sugar it can cause depression, it can cause you to store sugar as fat instead of using it for energy.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">It can cause you to have highs and lows in your energy, and it can lead to diabetes. Sugar makes you gain weight, and feel tired. Eating fat doesn’t make you overweight, sugar does. Eating too much sugar and carbs is the reason that most people are tired all the time as well. Not to mention that sugar zaps the collagen in your skin, and dulls your complexion. There is no nutritional value to white refined sugar, which most of it now comes from genetically modified beets, or white sugar from sugar cane which is now labeled as cane sugar or evaporated cane juice.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">There is very little nutritional value in real brown sugar because the molasses holds some nutritional value but not much.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Brown sugar really is just one step away from being white sugar.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The molasses content is 3.5% molasses (</span><b style="font-family: Arial;">light brown sugar</b><span style="font-family: Arial;">) to 6.5% molasses (</span><b style="font-family: Arial;">dark brown sugar</b><span style="font-family: Arial;">). </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">When it comes to wheat sometimes patients have to stay away from wheat but other times they have to stay away from gluten.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Gluten is a protein found in grains including wheat but gluten is also in oat, spelt, rye, and barley and some people have a true allergy to it where their body cannot digest it so when consumed, their digestive track becomes inflamed, the intestinal wall gets damaged and over time celiac disease forms. Celiac disease is diagnosed by blood tests and examining a small piece of tissue from your intestinal track to see if it's damaged.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">But a lot of people who feel that gluten may be an issue for them go for the celiac disease test and it comes back negative, yet they know they somehow feel better if they don't eat gluten. So even though there is no true gluten allergy causing a disease there could be a gluten sensitivity causing symptoms. That is why I muscle test to see if gluten is a problem for the body to digest and once off gluten their symptoms become better. Symptoms helped by not eating gluten when indicated by the muscle testing include acne, constipation, diarrhea, gas, acid reflux, headaches. A lot of the times patients inform me about weight loss that occurs as a result as well.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px; min-height: 14px;">Sometimes though, when testing the body, I don't find gluten as a problem for the body to digest but wheat itself is a problem. Whereas the other grains, oat, rye, spelt, and barley are okay for a patient to eat. So why would wheat be an issue but not gluten? The answer is because wheat has been genetically modified and the body looks at it as a toxin instead of a food. So for some bodies it is a "perfect, chronic poison," according to Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist who has published Wheat Belly. Davis said that the wheat we eat these days isn't the wheat your grandma had: "It's an 18-inch tall plant created by genetic research in the '60s and '70s." This thing has many new features nobody told you about, such as there's a new protein in this thing called gliadin. It's not gluten. The gliadin protein is an opiate. This thing binds into the opiate receptors in your brain and in most people stimulates appetite. Opiates include chemicals like morphine, heroin and opium.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So this genetically modified wheat is addicting and not easy to get off of without some determination. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The original wheat plant is averages 48 inches and also has less gluten in it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So this new genetically modified American wheat is shorter, with up to 3 times more gluten in it and a new protein, gliadin in it that makes it addictive.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Genetically modified wheat is not a food but a poison.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This is why the ‘gluten-free’ trend is not a trend but a healthy lifestyle that is here to stay since they changed the plant 50 years ago. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">When I talk about staying away from wheat I include white flour in that as well because white flour comes from the wheat plant but when it is made in the mill it is bleached with chlorine.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That is the difference between wheat and white flour, bleach, which we would never drink in a million years but is in our food.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When buying wheat look for ‘unbleached flour’.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If it just says flour then assume it is bleached. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">My patients and I notice when we go to Europe and we eat the wheat there it doesn’t make us feel bad and that is because Europe’s wheat is not genetically modified,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and our body knows how to digest it and use it as food.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>it is illegal to bleach it too in Europe.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Instead it is the millers’ job to separate the heat bran, wheat germ and pure white flour in order to get the unbleached white flour.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>One of my really good friends is Italian, living in Paris, and explains to me that they purposely stay away from American food with wheat or white flour in it because they know it doesn’t make them feel good.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They call it ‘American wheat’ and they purposely go out of their way not to buy it.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">So when people stop eating wheat, just like when people stop eating gluten, they tend to lose weight. My patients have also found relief in digestive issues, fatigue, headaches, acne, severe PMS and brain fog when not eating wheat. When making food options while staying off of wheat you know if it's gluten-free then it won't have wheat so buying/ordering gluten-free is an easy way to go about cleaning up the wheat in your diet.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Besides staying off of the bread, pasta, bagels, pretzels which are obvious white flour/gluten containing foods one should be careful of gravies, soups and salad dressings which tend to use wheat as a thickener. Soy sauce has gluten in it as well and so a lot of my patients go to a health food store and get gluten-free soy sauce and bring that to the restaurant when ordering sushi or sashimi.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfFlE4YzYuz7HFq_qs3_7WLMGzk3u8hnyYRyKfysFeSfGDLXLeFaxnmhb0VZGkQbBKQXPCbHVL2GpycQt62FYH0RvJY1GTGEMZShjN5yZxw2THj1UKv02mBNMvy5FOIU3JgNZm2PbjuKC/s1200/Eat_Healthy_Blog_15May19-1200x800.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfFlE4YzYuz7HFq_qs3_7WLMGzk3u8hnyYRyKfysFeSfGDLXLeFaxnmhb0VZGkQbBKQXPCbHVL2GpycQt62FYH0RvJY1GTGEMZShjN5yZxw2THj1UKv02mBNMvy5FOIU3JgNZm2PbjuKC/w475-h316/Eat_Healthy_Blog_15May19-1200x800.jpeg" width="475" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">There is something called ‘sprouted wheat” which we test as a different food than wheat or gluten.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When wheat is sprouted it keeps many of it’s nutrients.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Other grains such as oats, rye, rice, and quinoa can also be sprouted and are healthier for you compared to regular grains.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Refined, processed grains are stripped of most of their nutrients, as the bran and the germ of the grain are removed. When making white flour, most of the vitamins B1, B2, B3, E, folic acid, calcium, zinc, iron, and fiber are lost leaving you with a useless starchy food that has a host of negative health consequences.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Eating refined grains can directly contribute to obesity, high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. This is why sprouting your grains or buying them sprouted is so important. As much as 5x more nutrients are found in sprouted grains compared to processed grains and if you have ever had sprouted wheat bread you know there is a huge difference compared to Wonder bread.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s brown and heavier; dense with nutrition and your body digests it better too.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Before the usage of commercial farm harvesters, grain naturally sprouted in the field before it was milled into flour. During the industrial revolution grain was quickly harvested unsprouted and moved to storage bins.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Sprouted foods are considered superfoods. They rank as the most nutritious of all foods available.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Benefits of Sprouted Flour:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Easier to digest - sprouting breaks down the starches in grains to simple sugars so your body can digest them like a vegetable</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Increased Vitamin C</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Increased Vitamin B</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Increased Carotene - sprouting increased the carotene up to eight times</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Increased enzymes - enzymes are produced during sprouting</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Reduction of anti-nutrients - Sprouting neutralizes enzyme inhibitors and phytic acid which is present in the bran of all grains that inhibits absorption of calcium, magnesium, iron, copper and zinc.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Sprouted grains are significantly higher in protein, vitamins and enzymes. In fact, one of my favorite protein powders is Garden of Life because they use sprouted grains for the protein. Sprouted grains have low glycemic index so they are digested more slowly by the body, keeping the blood sugar levels stable for longer, making people feel more satisfied. This leads to snacking less.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Those who have allergies or intolerances to wheat or grains in general may find that they have absolutely no negative health reactions to sprouted grains.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Nuts, seeds and beans are packed with healthy fats, protein and minerals just like grains, but to get that all good stuff assimilated into your body, it is recommended that you prepare them by soaking them. Just like grains, nuts, legumes and seeds contain phytic acids and enzyme inhibitors to keep them from sprouting until nature delivers the sun and rain that they need to grow. Have you heard people, maybe even yourself, say “nuts or beans are hard on my stomach”? Well, enzyme inhibitors/phytic acids are the reason. By soaking, enzyme inhibitors are neutralized, the beneficial enzymes are activated and the vitamin content increases. Soaking makes seeds, nuts and legumes easier to digest and the nutrients more easily absorbed. The process helps to alkalize the body. Why is this important? Bacteria and disease don't seem to flourish in alkaline environments. When nuts are soaked or sprouted, their pH increases, which makes them more alkaline and in turn can be a part of an alkaline-rich diet that takes your body from more of an acidic state (think inflammation), to an alkaline state. The process helps to alkalize the body. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">We have a nut/seed vial and we also have a bean/legume vial to test people for.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A third vial we have is just for peanuts.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We muscle test peanuts separately because in the manufacturing of peanuts mold easily grows on them and is the main reason why peanuts are a true food allergy that can cause anaphylactic reactions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s not the peanut but the mold that grows on them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When people test for no peanuts it could just be a sensitivity and we want them to stay away from peanuts, peanut butter and peanut oil. So read labels carefully. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">STEP 1, SOAK // In a large glass mason jar, pour your seed/grain/legume along with enough water to cover completely with an each or two above. The measurement of water doesn’t matter here, it’s only for soaking purposes.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Where to buy: If you’re looking for sprout seeds (alfalfa, broccoli, mung, etc.), check out your local health food store.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">STEP 2, WAIT // Let the nut/seed/grain/legume soak for the given time. I will leave a link to a sprouting chart that will tell you how long to soak. (<a href="http://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-24-at-2.39.19-PM-e1395690006116.png"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">http://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-24-at-2.39.19-PM-e1395690006116.png</span></a>) <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Soaking and sprouting times differ amongst each grain, seed, nut, or legume.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Note in the chart that soaking times take about 8-12 hours and sprouting times take 2-4 days so try to plan accordingly. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">STEP 3, RINSE // Follow the soaking process with thorough rinsing. Rinse the water until it becomes clear, pour the old water out, fill with new clean water and repeat until clear. If you’re using a sprouting jar this is incredibly easy because you just pour water through the mesh lid and rinse as well- no needed to use a strainer. If you’re using a strainer simply rinse water on top and pay close attention for the water to become clear.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The process can stop here for most nuts/seeds and grains as they can be used just soaked and not sprouted. For example, making your own nut milks from the soaked nuts/seeds is perfect. Also, if you want to cook immediately your soaked grains and legumes, you can do so. Another option is to continue to STEP 4 and sprout them, dehydrate, and then enjoy.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">STEP 4, SPROUT // Refer to the sprouting chart for the times on how long it will take each nut/seed/grain/legume to sprout as they all differ. Essentially what you will be doing for this sprouting time is rinsing with filtered water several times/day- think of it as “watering” a plant (do this at least twice/day). The goal is to rinse the nut/seed/grain/legume and drain the rest of the water off (I do this by putting my sprouting jar upside down at about a 45 degree angle in my kitchen dish drying rack, it’s perfect because all the excess water goes right down the sink and gives the seeds enough air circulation to grow!</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">STEP 5, GROW // As the nut/seed/grain/legume starts to sprout, you’ll notice tiny “tail” coming from the seed, this mean it’s growing and sprouting! Sprouting times can vary from 1-4 days, you’ll know it’s finished when the seeds have a tail or they’ve sprouted greens!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px; min-height: 14px;">STEP 6, STORE // Keep sprouts fresh in the fridge by wrapping them in a mesh cheesecloth and use within 3-4 days.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You have to be strict about eating them for only 3-4 days and keeping them refrigerated because sprouts are at risk for contamination with food illnesses and bacteria such as E. coli. This can simply be avoided by keeping your kitchen clean, jars cleaned, hands washed, and purchasing organic seeds/nuts/grains/legumes. I’ve been sprouting almost weekly for the past 8 years and I’ve never had an issue.<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Besides testing wheat versus gluten versus sprouted grains when it comes to carbs we also test white rice versus brown rice.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Brown rice is known to be healthier and people voluntarily eat brown rice thinking they are making the healthier choice but what if they aren’t?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is true, brown rice has more fiber and nutrients than white rice but sometimes the fiber doesn’t do well with people who have an inflamed gut.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The fiber can be scratchy to the intestinal wall irritating the inflamed gut.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The second reason why someone would test negatively for brown rice is that the brown rice plant has the ability to absorb arsenic from the soil.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Arsenic is not normally found in soil but if the soil is contaminated it will absorb it. Believe it or not arsenic is found in conventionally raised poultry because it is in commercial chicken feed. It is also in wine, treated wood, pesticides, insecticides, paints, table salt, and tobacco smoke.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Obviously arsenic poisoning is just a way of life that no one told you about. A healthy body arsenic in, body will detox it and arsenic out but those who are sensitive to it need to stay away for some time until we can get the body healthier and able to detox on it’s own.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Just a quick sidetone, kale will absorb thallium from contaminated soil just like brown rice absorbs arsenic.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Kale is a superfood that people are eating like crazy to be healthy but if your detox pathways aren’t open and you can’t handle the thallium then you need to be careful. That’s the beauty of muscle testing, knowing exactly what foods are healthy for you. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">To learn more about detoxing heavy metals, listening to this podcast: </span><a href="https://healingarts.buzzsprout.com/894679/3022864-heavy-metal-detox">https://healingarts.buzzsprout.com/894679/3022864-heavy-metal-detox</a></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Now white rice has very little nutritional value and can spike up the blood sugar easily.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Eating sprouted rice is healthier and it does not absorb arsenic or have fiber that can be irritating so it can be a very neutral food for people.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Neutral meaning it does not harm nor has much nutritional value and can be an easy carb to eat when avoiding gluten/wheat.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Oats is another carb that people think is healthy and is known specifically to be heart healthy but there are so many people that have to take a break from their daily oatmeal after being muscle tested precisely because they are having it daily.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Foods need to be rotated for optimal health.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The body cannot eat the same thing over and over again.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It puts too much stress on the digestive system.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The body needs variety.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It needs the different nutrients from different foods.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>My rule of thumb is to rotate foods every four days.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So you will need three different breakfasts. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Speaking of breakfast, one of the other things we test for are organic eggs versus common egg versus egg white versus egg yolk.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We want to be very specific about what type of egg you can eat if any.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If so, you may think that buying organic eggs is the best you can do… but there’s more! Organic eggs are really just a single step up from regular eggs.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">If you see the word “organic” on a label, including eggs, you might think that the hens who laid the eggs lived in better conditions and enjoyed happier lives than their battery cage friends, but even certified organic eggs can come from birds who are subject to living in inhumane factory conditions.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Most industrial egg-laying operations get by following the minimum standards required. They are allowed to do this by simply including a small porch area attached to a two-story building where their chickens are housed, and they can call this “outdoor access.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Certified organic eggs come from hens that are raised on hormone-free and antibiotic-free organic feed full of corn and soy, and have “access” to outdoor areas. But with those living conditions the chickens are not at their healthiest to produce the healthiest eggs.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">If you can’t even trust a certified organic label for eggs, which eggs can you buy? Here are some other terms used to label the various conditions under which eggs are produced and what they mean:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Cage-free: This is a loose, unregulated term describing eggs which could be from hens confined to a barn, OR from chickens with access to outdoor space. There is no specific regulation for the term cage-free and there is a big difference between these options! Cage-free egg producers are not audited by independent inspectors, unless they are also certified organic.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Many people buy cage-free eggs thinking that these hens have access to outdoor pasture, but the truth is that they usually live inside dark enclosed sheds. The chickens are free to roam around within the confined space and to stretch and spread their wings, which is a significant improvement over cage conditions, but they still don’t typically have free roaming access to outdoor pasture.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px; min-height: 14px;">Free-range: Even though it sounds good, “free-range” doesn’t mean pasture-raised any more than “cage free” does. Free-range hens, you would think, should have access to the outside, but again, there is no regulation that guarantees how long they need to be outside, how much room they are given, or any other standards that would make them “free-range.”<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Free-range hens can still be fed GMO feed, given antibiotics, and other animal by-products. They often live in overcrowded conditions, and they may or may not have access to more comfortable nests and perches.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Omega-3 Enhanced: Omega-3 enhanced eggs come from chickens that consume significant amounts of flax, which contains high levels of omega-3 fatty acids. Most omega-3 enhanced egg laying hens in battery cages. The amounts of omega-3 fatty acids in these eggs is unregulated and can be quite variable.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Pasture-raised: Authentic free-range eggs come from hens raised on grassy pastures. These eggs are visibly more nutritious than eggs obtained from cage-free, or confined environments. Free-range producers are not audited by third parties unless the eggs are also certified organic so make sure you talk to your supplier about the eggs, but pasture-raised would be your best bet for the best eggs ever.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The color, flavor and texture of a pasture-raised egg is distinctively noticeable, and due to high amounts of Vitamin A, D, E, K2, B-12, folate, riboflavin, calcium, zinc, beta carotene, choline, and loads of omega 3 fatty acids, a pasture-raised egg is a true superfood. If you’ve never eaten an egg from a hen raised on sunshine, bugs and grass, then you are in for a treat!</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Note that some eggs are labelled “pasteurized” and this means something different from pastured. Pasteurized eggs have been treated to eliminate bacteria such as salmonella so they can be eaten raw.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">If you are not sure how the eggs you buy rate, use the<a href="https://www.cornucopia.org/scorecard/eggs/" target="_blank"> Organic Egg Brand Scorecard</a> link to learn more about the source of eggs available to you and to help you choose a healthier, and more humanely raised egg!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px; min-height: 14px;">Another food we test for is corn.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Corn sounds easy to stay away from.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If I tell people to stay away from corn they think, “that’s fine, no corn on the cob, corn chips or corn flakes.’<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But it also includes corn oil, popcorn, high fructose corn syrup and some people are so sensitive to it that they have to make sure that the eggs and meat they are eating are not from animals eating corn but are instead pasture raised or grass fed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Without those labels you can assume the animals are eating tons of corn, soy and antibiotics.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Corn and soy are extremely cheap to produce and America produces a lot of them so the food companies find new ways to incorporate them into our foods.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That’s where high fructose corn syrup comes from.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Do you think we need another processed sweetener in our food? No, but the FDA found a cheaper version than cane sugar and beet sugar when it made high fructose corn syrup.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you are allowed to eat corn it is very important to only eat organic.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Otherwise the corn you are eating is genetically modified and ladened with pesticides.<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px; min-height: 14px;">We muscle test for soy as well. A lot of studies have been done about the ill effects of soy (<a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/wp-content/uploads/FDASoyReferences.pdf"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">http://www.westonaprice.org/wp-content/uploads/FDASoyReferences.pdf</span></a>).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Soy contains something in it that acts like estrogen in our body.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We call it phytoestrogen.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Phyto means plant and when something acts like estrogen in our bodies it really does disturb our hormone pathways.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Animals eating a lot of soy and being given hormones is the main reason why I think girls reach puberty and get their periods at a younger and younger age each generation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Science also shows phytoestrogens have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Soy phytoestrogens are known to harm the thyroid too and cause hypothyroidism and may even cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px; min-height: 14px;">Soy, like beans, have high levels of phytic acid which reduces assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow cooking. Vitamin B12 in soy is not absorbed and actually increases the body’s requirement for B12. Soy also increases the body’s requirement for vitamin D.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So instead of being nutritious, soy depletes our body of nutrition. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px; min-height: 14px;">When asking patients to stay away from soy, besides avoiding edamame, tofu, and soy sauce eating only good quality pasture raised meat and eggs are in order otherwise the animals eat a lot of soy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Also read food labels to look for hidden sources of soy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Soy is hidden in so many foods as soybean oil, soy lecithin and MSG.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monosodium glutamate or MSG, is a extreme neurotoxin, and is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods.<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">When it comes to drinking milk, specifically cow milk, there is a lot of controversy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Is it good for us?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Don't we need the calcium from it?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Is whole milk really the best with a higher concentration of fat? The questions can go on and on.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">So let's take it step by step.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Is cow milk healthy for us?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>My answer, which is my answer for everything, is it depends on how you muscle test for it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So to all my patients who do test well for milk the best cow milk to drink is A2 milk.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A2 milk is cow's milk that mostly lacks a form of β-casein proteins called A1 and instead has mostly the A2 form. Beta-casein makes up about 30 percent of the protein in cow's milk. A1 and A2 are two variants of beta-casein. Historically, cows produced milk that contained only the A2 form of beta-casein. So the genetic change that makes A1 protein is harder for us to digest.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The percentage of the A1 and A2 beta-casein protein varies between herds of cattle, and also between countries. While African and Asian cattle continue to produce only A2 beta-casein, the A1 version of the protein is common among cattle in the western world. Goat, sheep, water buffalo and human breast milks all contain only A2-like proteins, and thousands of years ago, cow’s milk also had only A2.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">During the breakdown of A1 in the gut, a peptide fragment (a chain of amino acids) called BCM-7 is formed. This fragment can slow down digestion, trigger inflammation and cause symptoms such as bloating, gas, abdominal pain, diarrhea and constipation (<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/7/9/5339/htm">http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/7/9/5339/htm</a>). No such fragment is formed with A2 digestion. If those symptoms sound similar to those of lactose intolerance, it’s because they are. And many people may be misdiagnosing themselves when it is really A1 they need to avoid.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Milk that contains only A2 milk was brought to market by The a2 Milk Company from New Zealand in 2000 and is sold mostly in Australia, New Zealand, China, United States and the United Kingdom. I just recently found it at a local grocery store called Shop Rite.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A genetic test, developed by the a2 Milk Company, determines whether a cow produces A2 or A1 type protein in its milk. The test allows the company to certify milk producers as producing A2 milk.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Whole fat A2 milk is the best type to drink because the extra fat content is how Mother Nature made it so your body can digest it better.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Research even shows that among adult women, higher intake of high-fat dairy was actually linked to less weight gain than intake of low-fat dairy (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26912496/"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26912496/</span></a>). And a recent study of children ages 1-6 years old found that those who drank whole milk had higher vitamin D levels and lower BMI (body mass index) than those who drank low-fat fat (<a href="https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/104/6/1657/4668588"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/104/6/1657/4668588</span></a>).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">For those of you who don't drink milk but have read this and now are worried about not getting enough calcium in your diet here are other calcium sources: http://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2018/06/got-milk-if-not-try-these-other-calcium.html.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Besides milk we also test for cheese in a separate vial.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Due to the fermentation process sometimes people will test fine for cheese but not for milk.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Other times it’s the other way around and because of the mold during the fermentation process someone will test negatively for cheese and okay for milk.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Butter is also a dairy product but tends to be fine for more people because it has barely any lactose or casein in it which are the two main culprits of why someone would react poorly to milk and cheese.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Again, to know for sure if butter is okay for your body, it is best to get muscle tested.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Fruit can be a sensitivity that some people have to stay away from because the fruit sugar also known as fructose is stress full on the body, especially the liver.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Even when people test fine for fruit sometimes I limit the fruit to only one serving a day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>There is a lot of vitamins and minerals in fruit but the fruit sugar can cause stress on the body.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Also with genetic modifications and our soil being depleted of minerals an apple today contains more fructose and less minerals than 50 years ago.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A good book on this topic is Empty Harvest by Dr. Bernard Jensen. Our food unfortunately isn't as nutritious as it used to be.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Depending on the person’s muscle testing sometimes fruit has to be limited even more to only berries, limes and lemons because the sugar content of those fruits is less than other fruits.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Other times, the muscle testing shows that a person cannot handle any fruit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at all.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If the person is really going through a blood sugar situation or an adrenal fatigue phase we have to stay away from fruit because even fructose can cause an increase in blood sugar.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Even a small spike in blood sugar can elicit a hormonal reaction from the adrenal glands that sometimes the body cannot handle. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">I do look at tomatoes as a fruit that gets muscle tested separately because tomatoes are also a night shade.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Night shades are a group of foods that can cause chronic pain due to the inflammation that they cause.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Besides tomatoes night shades also include peppers, potatoes, eggplant, and goji berries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The other thing about tomatoes is the lectins. Lectins are microscopic proteins that plants evolved to defend themselves from predators, including insects and animals (that includes humans!). They are essentially indigestible and have the unique ability to increase the permeability of your intestines which eventually can cause a leaky gut or more intense situations.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">That means that lectins and other small particles of food can pass through the wall of your gut, and will be treated as foreign invaders by your immune system. This causes an inflammatory response, which is a main reason for food sensitivities but can also set the stage for a host of diseases, as well as weight gain. If you have leaky gut until that gut is healed you will have food sensitivities. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Dr. Steven Gundry popularized the lectin-free diet. He is a former heart surgeon who switched his focus to food and supplement-based medicine. Dr. Gundry describes lectins as the main danger found in the American diet. In response, he has written a book that provides information on how to avoid lectins, alternative food choices, and recipes, The Plant Paradox.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">According to the book when lectins are harmful, leaking through the gut and causing inflammation, the auto-immune diseases that can be created are celiac disease, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, cancer, and depression.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Following a lectin-free diet could be a way to lower inflammation in the body. The best way to know if avoiding lectins would make a difference in your health is to get muscle tested to see how your body responds to lectins. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">According to Dr. Gundry, people should limit the following foods when trying to avoid lectins:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>legumes, such as beans, peas, soy, lentils, and peanuts</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>squash</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>nightshade vegetables, such as eggplant, peppers, potatoes, and tomatoes</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>fruit, although in-season fruit is allowed in moderation</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>all grains</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>corn</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>meat from corn-fed animals</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A1 milk</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Soaking beans overnight in water and some baking soda, then draining them and thoroughly boiling or pressure cooking them, can eradicate nearly all lectins. In fact, pressure cooking vegetables and legumes is also an excellent way to decrease lectin content in those plant foods.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But, using a pressure cooker doesn’t get rid of all lectins – it won’t even touch the lectins in wheat, oats, rye, barley, or spelt.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Likewise, sprouting grains, seeds, and beans releases enzymes that reduce lectins, and the process of fermentation can cut the lectins in dairy and vegetables.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Peel and deseed your fruits and veggies – If you’re going to use lectin-rich plant foods, make sure to peel and deseed them. Often, the most harmful part of a plant is it’s lectin-filled hull, peel, or rind. To reiterate, the peels and the seeds are often where lectins are hiding, so you can significantly cut down on your intake by eliminating that part of the plant.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Finally, if in fact you must eat grains, opt for white over brown. So, instead of brown rice, eat white rice. Instead of whole wheat bread, find a healthier version of white bread.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Turns out, though many believe brown rice is healthier than it’s white counterpart, those who eat rice as their staple grain have always stripped the hull off of brown rice before they eat it. That’s because the hull contains all the dangerous lectins.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">A lectin-free diet is not easy to follow but the science is there to back up why lectins would cause inflammation in the body and lead to certain diseases.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you think it may help you and you can’t get muscle tested then try not eating lectins for 2 weeks and then add them back in and if you notice a difference then maybe avoiding lectins is the best thing you can do for your body.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Now what food blog would not be complete without talking about the health of chocolate?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Over the past dozen of years or so, a steady stream of science has emerged, showing that cocoa possess extraordinary life-imbuing and disease-fighting properties, is extremely anti-inflammatory and even helps in weight loss (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24100674/"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24100674/</span></a>). Cocoa also demonstrates significant benefits for the cardiovascular system, helping to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, reduce the risk of high blood pressure, and even reduce the risk of cancer (<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696435/"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696435/</span></a>).</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Cocoa contains over 700 known compounds. And for all we know, there may be many more that remain undiscovered. Of particular interest to scientists are the antioxidant compounds in cocoa. Antioxidants are compounds that plants manufacture to prevent their own cells from premature destruction due to exposure to heat, light, air, moisture and time. In the human body, many of these compounds prevent reactive oxygen species (ROS) from destroying cells and causing premature aging and disease. Cocoa is especially rich in polyphenols, a group of protective antioxidant compounds found in many plant foods such as red wine and tea. Yet, of all foods, cocoa has the highest antioxidant polyphenol content, and provides the greatest cardio-protection.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Cardiovascular disease is the primary killer of adults. The polyphenols in cocoa are cardio-protective in two ways. They help to reduce the oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL), or so-called ‘bad cholesterol.” Oxidation of LDL is considered a major factor in the promotion of coronary disease, most notably heart attack and stroke. Additionally, polyphenols inhibit blood platelets from clumping together. This clumping process, called aggregation, leads to atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries. By inhibiting aggregation, polyphenols reduce the risk of atherosclerosis.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Another dimension of the benefits of cocoa and chocolate consumption concerns mood. Cocoa is rich in agents that enhance the production of various feel-good chemicals in the brain, notably serotonin and dopamine. This means that cocoa possesses anti-depressant, mood-elevating properties. This may be no surprise to the millions of people who self medicate with chocolate every day and now you know why you do. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Of the mood-modifying compounds in cocoa, one is PEA, or phenethylamine. This chemical, which occurs in chocolate in small quantities, stimulates the nervous system and triggers the release of pleasurable opium-like compounds known as endorphins. It also potentiates the activity of dopamine, a neurochemical directly associated with sexual arousal and pleasure. Phenethylamine increases in the brain when we fall in love.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The giddy, restless feelings that occur when we are in love are at least partly due to PEA. This adds a rather remarkable dimension to cocoa, and may account for why it is so highly prized. For while there are a great many agents in nature which boost libido and enhance sexual function, (High Libido Diet: <a href="https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-high-libido-diet.html">https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-high-libido-diet.html</a></span>) chocolate alone actually promotes the brain chemistry of being in love. Chocolate is a main gift at Valentine’s Day for this very reason.</p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Cocoa additionally boosts a sense of well being by increasing brain levels of serotonin, the so-called feel-good brain chemical. For this reason cocoa provides a highly desirable mood boost to women during PMS and menstruation, when serotonin levels are often down. In fact, women are consistently more sensitive to cocoa than men. Women typically experience stronger cocoa cravings than men. And for many, cocoa is the perfect PMS prescription. A little cocoa can restore a feeling of well being.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px; min-height: 14px;">The one thing that hinders chocolate from being a great super food is all the sugar we put with it. Find chocolate that is made with coconut sugar, stevia or monk fruit instead and even when it’s made with a healthier sweetener make sure you have at most only a serving a day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-56187766413276944582021-11-28T03:12:00.001-08:002021-11-28T03:12:41.143-08:00Healthy Sugar Alternatives<p> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Healing Arts has their own </span><a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/blog/2021/6/20/healing-arts-food-pyramid" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Food Pyramid</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. At the top of the pyramid is minimal sugars. Minimal sugars include honey, stevia, real maple syrup, monk fruit, molasses, and coconut sugar. It does not include white sugar, brown sugar or cane sugar. Maximum allowed of these healthy sugars is a serving a day and better if you were to have it only once a week. You can get muscle tested to know what specific natural sugars work for your body. Does your body do better with honey? Or maybe your body does better with coconut sugar?</span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Very rarely do we allow agave because it is a syrup that comes from the cactus plant and by the time it is bottled it is too highly processed. Anyone with blood sugar issues should stay away from it. Another thing to know, is if you have monk fruit it also counts as a fruit serving as well. </span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">When it comes to honey, not all honey is made the same and the honey in the plastic bear is definitely too processed. Instead try to find raw, organic honey. Honey is one of the oldest known sweeteners. In Russia, the extremely potent honey from Siberian bees was given out as a prescription for almost all ailments. In ancient Egypt honey was used to heal wounds. Honey is extremely heat sensitive due to the sheer number of beneficial enzymes, vitamins and minerals. Honey that has been processed in any way losses most of its benefits. Also, honey that was not properly harvested and made by bees that have been fed sugar instead of naturally collecting pollen from flowers can contribute to a loss in nutrients. This processed honey is just as bad as sugar.</span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Raw honey is the best honey. It is an alkalining food that doesn't ferment in the stomach. It can be used to counteract acid indigestion. When mixed with ginger and lemon juices it also relieves nausea and supplies energy. Raw honey is also good to take for respiratory infections, liver problems. stomach ulcers, digestive problems, constipation, strengthening the immune system and promoting general vitality.</span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Manuka honey is most nutritious of honeys. I have never been able to find it raw but it is worth the hype and the price. It is only made in New Zealand and Australia from European honey bees foraging on the manuka tree. To be labelled New Zealand manuka honey at least 70% of its pollen content should come from the manuka tree. In 2004 Britain's National Health Service (NHS) licensed the use of medical grade manuka honey as a wound dressing. And in New Zealand, Peter Molan, director of the Honey Research Unit of the University of Waikato, has been studying the antibacterial properties of manuka honey and he says it kills every type of bacteria, including MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant “superbug”. For some reason this antibacterial property is stable and doesn't lose its potency when exposed to dilution, heat or light as in other processed honeys. So I always have a jar of it in my house that I take out when I feel I am starting to come down with something. Manuka honey comes with a number on the label +5, +10 etc. The higher the number the more enzymes are in the honey and so the more medicinal the honey is but also the more expensive it is. So I buy the highest number and use it only when I feel my throat or lungs need it and when I just want something sweet I use raw honey. </span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Also made from bees is bee pollen and it is so full of nutrition it is labeled as a super food! It is about 40% protein and since about half of that is in the form of free amino acids it is ready to be used directly by the body and can contribute significantly to one's protein needs. So that’s why I add a teaspoon every morning to my breakfast smoothie. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It interestingly cannot be synthesized in a laboratory. When researchers feed bees manmade pollen the bee dies even though all the known nutrients are present in the lab-produced synthesized food. It is important to recognize that one teaspoon of pollen takes a bee working eight hours a day for one month to gather.</span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Pollen is known to improve endurance and vitality, aid in recovery from chronic illness, reduce cravings and addictions, regulate intestines, build new blood and boost the immune system. It is thought to protect against radiation and to have anti-cancer qualities. Pollen is rich in proteins, free amino acids, and vitamins including B-complex and folic acid. A true superfood!</span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Besides honey we do allow minimal amounts of maple syrup. Of course, it has to be the real organic maple syrup and not the corn syrup kind. With antioxidants that support the body’s immune system and heart health as well as several beneficial vitamins and minerals, maple syrup is a great sugar substitute in any recipe. The conversion of maple syrup versus sugar in recipes can vary depending on the recipe, but typically one cup of white sugar can be replaced with 2/3 to ¾ cup of maple syrup. Maple syrup comes in different colors. Maple syrup is classified from light to dark grades that include extra light/light (grades AA/A), medium (grade B), and amber/dark (grades C and D). It is grade D that you want because darker syrups show significantly higher phenol and antioxidant content, along with more phosphorous, calcium and total mineral content than the other syrups.</span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Maple syrup having such nutritional content gives it a strong anti-inflammatory effect. Especially the antioxidants content which lowers the impact of free radicals and prevent oxidative stress, which increases the risk of chronic diseases and chronic inflammation throughout the whole body. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Phenolics have attracted significant research attention for their potential role in the prevention and treatment of several chronic human diseases including cancer. Studies show that phenolics from maple syrup can stop colon cancer from growing. I’m sure phenolics can also help with other types of cancer but the research has not been done yet. If you are wanting to use maple syrup medicinally add 1 tsp.grade D to your diet a day but do not heat it. It loses some of it’s medicinal value if it’s heated. Other food high in phenolics are berries, spices, nuts, green tea, and olive oil. </span></p><article class="entry h-entry hentry author-alicia-armitstead post-type-text article-index-3" data-item-id="6175a575c1049443bf2c9bf1" id="article-6175a575c1049443bf2c9bf1" style="margin-top: 128px;"><div class="entry-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1638045389741_180"><div class="e-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1638045389741_179"><div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1635100464807" id="item-6175a575c1049443bf2c9bf1"><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1638045389741_178" style="margin-left: -17px; margin-right: -17px; width: auto !important;"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1638045389741_177" style="float: left; padding-right: 0px; width: 734px;"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-left sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1635104024868_10302" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: left; height: auto; margin-right: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 367px; z-index: 10 !important;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1638045389741_176"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper
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The harvested sap is reduced to a thick syrup and then boiled until it is reduced to a granulated form similar to that of brown sugar. Coconut sugar has many culinary applications, but my favorite way to work with it is to use coconut sugar in baking. Coconut sugar does not taste like coconut (disappointing to coconut fans, I know!), but instead has a unique caramel flavor. While it is similar in texture to light brown sugar, it isn’t quite as “wet” and doesn’t pack down quite as tightly as real brown sugar. It also doesn’t have the same molasses notes, so it brings a lighter overall flavor to baked goods. Despite these differences, coconut sugar can be used like both white and brown sugar in recipes. Do use coconut sugar as a 1:1 substitute for white or brown sugar. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just like maple syrup, coconut sugar retains a significant amount of the nutrients from that sap, unlike traditional table sugar that is stripped of nutrients. Coconut sugar contains zinc, potassium, magnesium, calcium, copper, phenolics, specialized fiber, vitamin C and other antioxidants, rather than the basic “empty calories” of traditional sugar. However, coconut sugar is still very high in fructose, and just like the other healthy sweeteners, should be used in moderation. When the liver processes fructose, it releases triglycerides, which are a form of fat that you want to make sure doesn’t get too concentrated in the body because it is not heart healthy. Fructose is fruit sugar and is a different type of sugar than glucose. This is the main reason why my rule of thumb is a serving of fruit a day. You don’t want too much fructose in your diet. Evolved chocolate and Hu chocolate are vegan chocolate companies that use coconut sugar if you want a sweet treat. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stevia is very healthy sugar alternative made from the green leaves of the stevia plant that is native to South America. Only stevia provides zero calories and is the healthiest sweetener for diabetics. While stevia is an excellent substitute for sugar, it's twice as sweet than sugar, and because of this you really can't use it to replace sugar at a 1:1 ratio. It’s better to cut the stevia amount in 1/2. Look for stevia in powder or liquid form in supermarkets and health-food stores. You’re likely to find it in the baking goods aisle. Major U.S. soda companies now sell soda sweetened with stevia. Some flavored waters also have stevia but unfortunately they come in aluminum cans so I haven’t tried them. Unlike the other sweeteners I feel like stevia can have an aftertaste and different brands do have a slightly different taste so you will want to experiment. Lily’s chocolate is a healthy chocolate sweetened with stevia that tastes good. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 2015 a study came out that stevia can kill the bacteria that causes Lyme’s disease (<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681354/pdf/eujmi-05-268.pdf" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681354/pdf/eujmi-05-268.pdf</a>). Ever since then I have been using stevia with success not only with my Lyme’s patients but also with other patients fighting bacterial and fungal infections. It has to be an organic liquid stevia and it’s amazing how it works! </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blackstrap molasses is another healthy sugar alternative produced by refining raw sugar cane. It is also known as the final by-product of cane mills. Thick and dark, with a sticky, syrup-like texture, molasses is what's left over once no additional sugar can be crystalized from sugarcane or sugar beets. Molasses comes in light, dark and blackstrap. It is only the blackstrap that has nutritional value. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">While blackstrap molasses contains roughly the same amount of carbohydrates as sugar, it stabilizes blood sugar levels and is digested more slowly because it is full of nutrients. Blackstrap molasses is an excellent source of calcium that promotes good bone health, aids in the removal of toxins from the colon, boosts the function of the enzyme system. It is loaded with magnesium which aids in the functioning of the nervous system. Magnesium also balances the amount of calcium in the body, allowing the blood vessels and nerves to relax. Blackstrap molasses is also an excellent source of vitamins and minerals including pantothenic acid and vitamin B6. Deficiency in these vitamins can trigger headaches, stress, asthma, and fatigue. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also suggest taking one tablespoon of blackstrap molasses a day as a good vegan source for iron. Blackstrap molasses contains about 3mg of iron which is not enough iron to treat anemia when the average person needs 15mg of iron a day. Besides iron, blackstrap molasses could increase antioxidant intake to a level similar to that found in a serving of berries or nuts. Blackstrap molasses is used in food products like gingerbread, baked beans and barbecue sauce. It has a very distinctive taste that you can't substitute other sweeteners in any recipe that calls for blackstrap molasses specifically and would not be a good substitute for regular sugar. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also apply molasses topically on the skin to treat minor injuries and burns. I first clean the injured area and then apply a thin coat of molasses and cover it with a dry, clean bandage. It works like magic. If I don’t have molasses handy then I will use non toasted sesame seed oil instead. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monk fruit is a newer healthy sugar alternative that is zero calories like stevia. Monk fruit, also called luo han guo, is a small green melon that was cultivated for centuries by Buddhist monks—hence its name. This fruit is native to southern China and northern Thailand, and most of the world's monk fruit is still grown in that region. The extract is derived from the monk fruit once it’s dried. It has a sweeter flavor than sugar and offers many health benefits. Stevia and monk fruit are the only two sugar alternatives that are keto-friendly because they have zero calories. Additionally, monk fruit has anti-inflammatory and infection-fighting properties. It contains fructose but its sweetness doesn’t come from the fruit sugar but instead comes from certain antioxidants in the fruit called mogrosides, and unlike sugar, this diabetic-safe ingredient even promotes weight loss.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monk fruit sweeteners can be used to sweeten almost anything, such as coffee, smoothies, hot cereals, tea, and sauces. And since monk fruit sweeteners are heat-stable, they are safe to use in baked goods. Since it is sweeter when you use monk fruit I would cut the amount in half, so for every 1 cup of sugar use 1/2 cup of monk fruit. </p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Follow these healthy sugar alternative guidelines and I truly believe you can create a healthy life no matter what you suffer from. It is amazing, food can really be medicine and we can help!</p><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><article class="entry h-entry hentry author-alicia-armitstead post-type-text article-index-4" data-item-id="616cabd49bedac0b5f147867" id="article-616cabd49bedac0b5f147867" style="margin-top: 128px;"><header class="entry-header" style="margin-bottom: 36px; text-align: center;"><div class="meta-above-title" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><div class="entry-byline" style="color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); display: inline;"></div></div></header></article>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-89482219383151419922021-11-11T02:58:00.003-08:002021-11-11T02:58:24.110-08:00Foods to Help Protect Against Radiation<p> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Now radiation is a huge topic. Also known as EMF’s or electromagnetic frequencies we have to be very careful because there’s no way of getting around this toxin. With our constant use of computers, cell phones, iPads, Bluetooth headphones, Bluetooth everything we are bombarded with EMFs. At Healing Arts our goal is to minimize the effect of radiation on the body by healthy lifestyle choices and support the body with the right nutrition to help detox it. The first step is to get an EMF blocker for your cell phone. Unfortunately there are a lot of EMF blockers out there on the market that do not work so do your research and find one that works. We like to use </span><a href="http://emf-harmony.com" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">EMF Harmony</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. They have ones for the cellphones but other products as well. </span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Lifestyle changes include not having your cellphone in your pocket. Carry it in a bag instead and do not charge it by your bed. At least have it across the room on airplane mode and better yet would be to have it charging in a different room but I know a lot of us use it as an alarm. Try not to have laptops or iPad directly on you when using them but on a table or at least on a pillow. Now the bluetooth headphones people have are an EMF disaster, having that sit right there in your ear, so close to your brain drives me crazy. For those of you who have them I”m sure you love them and they do look nice but it’s better to go without especially if you are suffering from high blood pressure, headaches, neck pain or other joint inflammation. Go back to the headphones with a wire and actually I like those headphones better than holding the phone to your ear too. So when you are using your phone and you can use your headphones with a wire or put the phone on speaker and off your body that is the safest way to use your phone. </span></p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">At Healing Arts we are all about using food to heal. Food that you want to add to your diet specifically to help detox radiation includes chlorella, spirulina, broccoli, Brussel sprouts and seaweed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWE2iTOaULnif2m8sKNUROr1WQpzJXkfL5lIogGc7rZ2f3omHXuQ2PbXJ2NWMBw8tt15LE_8UjxVIljlv84R0sOF6xniXFI4hj6AJwHZ5WQMuFv8QztlPRwdN9IZuKUacttXhnTkTC1ifb/s168/emf.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="168" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWE2iTOaULnif2m8sKNUROr1WQpzJXkfL5lIogGc7rZ2f3omHXuQ2PbXJ2NWMBw8tt15LE_8UjxVIljlv84R0sOF6xniXFI4hj6AJwHZ5WQMuFv8QztlPRwdN9IZuKUacttXhnTkTC1ifb/w314-h309/emf.jpeg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Spirulina is nutrient-dense, with just one tablespoon of this powdered supplement containing 11% of the recommended daily intake of iron and four grams of protein. After the Chernobyl incident in 1986, the Institute of Radiation Medicine in Minsk proved that children experienced enhanced immune systems, T-cell counts and reduced radioactivity with 5 grams of spirulina a day for 45 days. Spirulina can be found in most health food stores as a green powder that can be added to smoothies. I personally add a raw paste one from <a href="https://www.rawlivingspirulina.com/">https://www.rawlivingspirulina.com/</a> that is organically harvested from Florida. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Chlorella is another type of algae and has the highest chlorophyll content. Studies show it helps protect against gamma radiation. So eat your green veggies to have more chlorophyll in your diet. Chlorella and liquid chlorophyll can also be found in most health food stores.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Brassica vegetables and high beta-carotene vegetables – Researchers have found that all the brassica family plants protect your cells from the damaging effects of radiation. Beta-carotene has also been researched and found to protect your cells against radiation. Brassica vegetables include broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, turnips, broccoli rabe, collards, kale, kohlrabi, mustard, and bok choy. Beta-carotene can be found in concentrated amounts in foods such as sweet potatoes, carrots, kale, spinach, turnip greens, winter squash, collard greens, cilantro, fresh thyme, cantaloupe, romaine lettuce and broccoli.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Beans and lentils have high nucleotide concentrations. Nucleotides are the building blocks that make up RNA and DNA. Nucleotides also carry out several critical functions needed for cell replication, as well as neutralizing toxins, increasing cellular metabolism, improving the response and efficiency of the immune system, enhancing the effects of antioxidants and increasing the body’s ability to heal and repair. Other foods high in nucleotides include spirulina, chlorella, algae, liver, anchovies and mackerel.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Fatty acids, such as cod liver oil and olive oil can protect against radiation. Studies have been done to show olive oil helps protect the liver against radiation given during cancer treatments. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Make healthier choices when it comes to using electronics and eat your veggies to protect yourself from EMF toxicity. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-64147025714921883402021-09-27T03:12:00.006-07:002022-02-06T03:51:29.484-08:00Our Favorite Coffee Alternatives<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coffee is one of the vials we test for in our </span><a href="https://www.muscletestingnyc.com/testing" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ad1dc3; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">food test kit</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Due to the acidity and making the adrenals push out more adrenaline than necessary it definitely isn't a healthy drink for everyone. We also test caffeine in a separate vial to see if the sensitivity is to both or just one or the other. We know coffee can be extremely hard to quit and you may even go through caffeine withdrawal with a 3 day headache with it FINALLY being okay on the fourth day. So we wanted to take the time to give you some coffee alternatives. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />1. <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/goldenmilk" target="_blank">Golden milk</a><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />This drink does quite the opposite of coffee for it helps you relax and is a good drink to have after dinner to relax. For all my nondairy drinkers out there, don't worry, you can use seed or nut milk instead of regular milk. Dr. Armitstead's favorite way to make golden milk is with coconut milk. But first, here are 9 reasons to start drinking golden milk or turmeric lattes:</p><ol data-rte-list="default" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; counter-reset: rte-list 0; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turmeric helps build immunity</p></li><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Helps sleep</p></li><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is a good remedy for digestive problems.</p></li><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">It supports the liver.</p></li><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Helps <a href="http://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2016/01/candida-can-cause-cancer-turmeric-can.html" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fight cancer</a></p></li><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clarifies the skin.</p></li><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gives relief from autoimmune diseases</p></li><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Good for the brain and fighting <a href="http://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2016/04/turmericis-brain-health-miracle.html" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Alzheimer's disease</a></p></li><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is anti-inflammatory</p></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">When adding it to your diet you need to know that adding black pepper to it helps turmeric become more bioavailable. Which is another way of saying your body can absorb more turmeric if you add black pepper with it. Drinking golden milk before bed can help sleep because turmeric reduces inflammation, lowers your blood sugar levels, helps your liver to detoxify, boosts your immune system and eases your digestive system – all of which help you to get to sleep faster, to sleep better, and to wake up feeling refreshed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHciZYmcZdOEGrfD5dOLRSxrqDnQSLF0SYnfyUrOoG9pi4eIgbB-FQ8-uDT3VOaNPmucQg3y1m2mqWc2mOqQ-i735Ke5EPB6HAJRyhM5HkyAo1BrAIptDZbUxRbEGtR6Sp7ek8JKz8XGd5/s1000/goldenmilk.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHciZYmcZdOEGrfD5dOLRSxrqDnQSLF0SYnfyUrOoG9pi4eIgbB-FQ8-uDT3VOaNPmucQg3y1m2mqWc2mOqQ-i735Ke5EPB6HAJRyhM5HkyAo1BrAIptDZbUxRbEGtR6Sp7ek8JKz8XGd5/w442-h294/goldenmilk.jpeg" width="442" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />How do you make golden milk?<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Serves 2<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Ingredients</p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">½ cup warm water</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 cup coconut milk (or any milk you prefer)</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 tsp turmeric powder</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 tsp virgin coconut oil</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">½ inch ginger knob, peeled and grated</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">1/4 tsp. black pepper or 2 black peppercorns, crushed</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">½ tsp cinnamon powder</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">½ tsp nutmeg powder</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">¼ tsp cardamom powder</p></li><li style="list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">*Optional 2 tsp raw organic honey or pure maple syrup for the vegan version</p></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Preparation</strong></p><ol data-rte-list="default" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; counter-reset: rte-list 0; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whisk coconut milk, cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, honey, coconut oil, black pepper, and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan; bring to a low boil. Reduce heat and simmer until flavors have melded, about 10 minutes.</p></li><li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1; list-style-type: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make ahead of time. Golden milk can be made 5 days ahead and reheated.</p></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Golden milk powder with the exact ratios of spice can be bought at the office or <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/goldenmilk" target="_blank">here</a>. Just add a teaspoon to simmering coconut milk or almond milk and you're done!<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />A great place to buy a turmeric latte with almost any type of milk you want is at Gregorys Coffee with the closest one to the Manhattan office being on 40th St. and Madison Ave.<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />2. Mud/Wtr<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Is a spin of Golden Milk with a little caffeine and health benefits of mushrooms. All organic ingredients with 1/7th the caffeine as a cup of coffee, you get focus, energy and immunity without the jitters, crash and dependency. Ingredients: Cacao, Masala chai, Turmeric, Himalayan salt, Cinnamon, Chaga, Cordyceps, Reishi, and Lion’s mane. The mushrooms boost your immunity in a way that Golden milk does not but it is missing black pepper for the turmeric to be better absorbed. It can only be found online<a href="https://mudwtr.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />3. Teeccino <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Is a dark roast of chicory and barley with other plants that make it taste good and is actually like a dark tea. It is the darkest hot drink we can find other than coffee and does not have any caffeine. They have over 20 different flavors however not all flavors are organic. Some flavors include mushrooms. A great one has dandelion in it to help the liver detox. Teeccino can come in tea bags or like ground coffee depending on how you would like to make it. It can be found at health food stores, local grocery stores and <a href="https://teeccino.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">online</a>. Flavors include Chaga Ashwagandha Butterscotch Cream, Chocolate Raspberry, Dandelion Coconut and so much more!, </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-92013382335633144522021-09-12T18:07:00.000-07:002021-09-12T18:07:02.024-07:0010 Tips for a Healthier Home<p> </p><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-965706ee48c16e833a97" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">TAKING CARE OF YOUR BODY WHICH IS YOUR LIFELONG HOME IS SO IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH YOU HAVE. WE CANNOT TAKE OUR HEALTH FOR GRANTED AND LEARNING TO BE HEALTHY BY EATING THE RIGHT FOODS AND USING LESS TOXIC MATERIAL IN OUR DAILY LIFE IS WHAT WE TEACH AT HEALING ARTS. THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE SPEND MUCH OF OUR TIME IN ALSO HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. THESE 10 TIPS FOR A HEALTHY HOME WILL COVER A WIDE RANGE OF WAYS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR LIVING SPACE AND PROMOTE WELLBEING, MIND AND BODY.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. DRINK (AND BATHE) IN CLEAN WATER</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ALTHOUGH CITY TAP WATER IS CONSIDERED SAFE ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, IT CONTAINS AN ARRAY OF CHEMICALS TO TREAT IT THAT ACTUALLY CAN BE QUITE HARMFUL TO YOUR BODY OVER TIME. ADDITIVES LIKE CHLORINE HELP KILL THE BAD BACTERIA THAT MAY MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE TOWN WATER SUPPLY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, CHLORINE ALSO KILLS GOOD BACTERIA. SINCE OUR BODY’S HEALTH DEPENDS HEAVILY ON THE HEALTH OF OUR MICROBIOME OR OUR GOOD GUT FLORA, CONSUMING CHLORINE DAILY BY DRINKING AND BATHING IN TAP WATER IS NOT HEALTHY.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">IDEALLY, YOU WANT TO BE CONSUMING WATER OUT OF GLASS BOTTLES OR WATER FILTER. I LOVE A BERKY WATER FILTER! SHOWER FILTERS ARE HIGHLY SUGGESTED FOR ANYONE WITH SKIN OR HAIR CONCERNS. THE ONE I LIKE ADDS VITAMIN C TO THE WATER WHICH IS AMAZING FOR THE HAIR AND SKIN, <a href="https://www.sonaki.com/collections/featured/products/tornado-vitamin-c-showerhead" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">SONAKI</a>. <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />ANOTHER OPTION IS TO GET A WHOLE-HOUSE REVERSE OSMOSIS FILTER INSTALLED FOR YOUR HOME. REVERSE OSMOSIS USES THE CITY TAP WATER AND PUTS IT THROUGH A RIGOROUS FILTRATION. ALTHOUGH IT STRIPS THE WATER COMPLETELY OF ALL BAD <em style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">AND</em> GOOD ELEMENTS (LIKE MINERALS), MANY FILTERS REMINERALIZE THE WATER. YOU CAN ALSO ADD MINERALS TO YOUR DRINKING WATER AFTER THE FACT.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. KEEP IT CLEAN</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">KEEPING YOUR HOME CLEAN IS IMPORTANT, EVEN IF NOBODY IS COMING OVER TO VISIT. HAVING A CLEAN HOME SPACE IS GREAT FOR MENTAL HEALTH, AND PROMOTES SENSATIONS OF RELAXATION AND GENERAL PROMOTION OF WELLBEING. WITH ALL THE STRESS OF WHAT THE WORLD IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A HAVEN THAT FEELS SAFE, CLEAN, AND COZY. IF FOR SOME REASON YOUR LIVING SPACE CANNOT BE KEPT CLEAN CHOOSE A ROOM OR PART OF A ROOM TO PRIORITIZE TO KEEP CLEAN. HAVING A CLEAN SPACE, NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR BIG IT IS, IS A REFLECTION OF SELF-CARE AND SELF-RESPECT. </span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. USE LOW VOC PAINTS</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (OR VOCS) ARE THE SOLVENTS THAT GET RELEASED INTO THE AIR AS THE PAINT DRIES. <a href="https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/indoor-environment-in-dwellings-asthma-allergies-and-sick-building-eKybJ8ARWK" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">VOCS</a> ARE EXTREMELY HARMFUL TO HUMAN HEALTH BECAUSE AIRBORNE INGREDIENTS LIKE FORMALDEHYDE, BENZENE, AND ACETONE, MAKE THEIR WAY INTO YOUR LUNGS, PROMOTING AN ARRAY OF SIDE EFFECTS RANGING FROM IMMUNE SUPPRESSION AND ASTHMA TO ENDOCRINE DISRUPTIONS. CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO VOCS CAN LEAD TO LONG-TERM DAMAGE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM, KIDNEYS, AND LIVER.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">NOT ALL PAINTS CONTAIN HIGH DEGREES OF THESE VOLATILE COMPOUNDS, AND SOME CONTAIN NONE AT ALL. BY ASKING AT YOUR LOCAL PAINT STORE, OR READING THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU BUY ONLINE, OPTING FOR A LOW VOC OR NO VOC PAINT IS A STEP TOWARDS A HEALTHIER HOME.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4. NATURAL LIGHT</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">LIGHT PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN REGULATING OUR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. THIS INTERNAL BIOLOGICAL CLOCK CALLED OUR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A WIDE RANGE OF FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING THE TRIGGERING OF SLEEP/ WAKE HORMONES.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">WHEN WE EXPOSE OUR BODIES (AND ESPECIALLY OUR EYES) TO ARTIFICIAL LIGHT THAT HAS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF THE BLUE LIGHT SPECTRUM, IT ACTUALLY TRICKS THE BODY INTO THINKING THAT IT’S DAYTIME. IN DOING SO, OUR BODY HOLDS OFF ON THE RELEASE OF MELATONIN, A CRUCIAL SLEEP HORMONE THAT INDUCES A DEEP, RESTFUL, AND RESTORATIVE SLEEP. FURTHERMORE, ARTIFICIAL LIGHT COMES WITH A FLICKER, THAT IS UNNOTICEABLE TO THE NAKED EYE BUT CAUSES LOW LEVELS OF CHRONIC STRESS ON THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">OPTING FOR MORE NATURAL LIGHT SOURCES (WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS) FOR DAYTIME USE CAN REMOVE THE IMPACT OF FLICKER STRESS. AVOIDING ARTIFICIAL BLUE LIGHT CAN BE DONE BY OPTING FOR SOFTER LIGHT, LIKE INCANDESCENT LIGHTBULBS, RED BULBS, A PINK SALT LAMP, OR CANDLES. THIS SWITCH TO NATURAL LIGHT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AFTER SUNDOWN TO PROMOTE DEEPER SLEEP. BLUE LIGHT BLOCKING GLASSES ARE ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, AS THEY HELP FILTER OUT THE BLUE SPECTRUM OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. IF YOU THINK THE COMPUTER SCREEN BOTHERS YOUR EYES I HIGHLY SUGGEST THEM. </span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5. KEEP THE AIR CLEAN</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">REDUCING THE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN YOUR HOME STARTS BY REDUCING THE EXPOSURE TO THESE COMPOUNDS, FOUND IN THINGS LIKE TOXIC PAINT, ARTIFICIAL RUGS, AND FURNITURE. BUT THESE DAYS, VOCS ARE ALMOST NON-AVOIDABLE, SINCE TOXINS ARE BEING GASSED OFF BY ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING, FROM PLASTIC ELECTRONICS TO BUILDING MATERIALS.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> TWO GREAT WAYS TO ENSURE THE AIR INSIDE YOUR HOUSE STAYS CLEAN IS TO USE PLANTS AND AN AIR PURIFIER. PLANTS THAT HELP PROMOTE AIR PURIFICATION INCLUDE DEVIL'S IVY, PEACE LILY DWARF DATE PALM, SPIDER PLANT, BOSTON FERN, AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS. THE MORE, THE BETTER! THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THEM ALL OVER THE HEALING ARTS WELLNESS CENTER INCLUDING THE MOSS AND IVY FRAME.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">FOR INDOOR AIR PURIFIERS, INVEST IN A HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR FILTER (KNOWN AS HEPA FILTERS). HEPA FILTERS ACTUALLY TRAP POLLUTANTS INCLUDING DUST MITES, POLLEN, PET DANDER, AND TOBACCO SMOKE, BY FORCING THEM THROUGH A FINE MESH. I LOVE ONE THAT ALSO USES <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/blog/2021/7/18/ozone-for-the-sinuses" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OZONE</a> TO KILL BACTERIA AND VIRUSES IN THE AIR, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G62N5SO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_YAGAM8YZ12KGR76484AH" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">FOUND HERE</a>. </span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6. GROW SOME FOOD</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">GROWING FOOD IS ONE OF THE MOST RADICAL ACTS OF REBELLION YOU CAN DO TO EMPOWER YOUR SELF. WHETHER YOU HAVE ACRES OF LAND OR NO BACKYARD AT ALL, THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY TO GROW AT LEAST SOMETHING FOR YOU TO EAT.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">START WITH A SIMPLE WINDOW-BENCH HERB GARDEN. PICK 3 OF YOUR FAVORITE HERBS, AND SIMPLY GROW A LITTLE WINDOW-SIDE GARDEN THAT REQUIRES VERY MINIMAL MAINTENANCE OR SKILL. IF YOU HAVE MORE SPACE, CONSIDER TAKING A LOCAL GARDENING COURSE TO KNOW WHICH PLANTS ARE MOST SUITED TO YOUR CLIMATE AND SOME BASIC SKILLS TO ENSURE YOUR GARDEN FLOURISHES. THERE'S ALSO MANY COMMUNITY GARDENS, ESPECIALLY IN BROOKLYN. <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></span></h3></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1629656792120_4962" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; padding: 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1631495116852_145"><div class="
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AVOID MOLD</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> HOUSEHOLD MOLD IS ONE OF THE MOST INSIDIOUS WAYS THAT YOUR HOME CAN BECOME A GENUINE HEALTH HAZARD. MOLD FORMS DUE TO DAMPNESS AND THE AIRBORNE SPORES (KNOWN AS MYCOTOXINS) THAT ARE RELEASED AS A RESULT CAN CAUSE VARIOUS HEALTH ISSUES INCLUDING ALLERGIES, SUPPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEM, DAMAGE OF LUNGS, AND EVEN DNA DAMAGE. </span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">YOU WANT TO PREVENT MOLD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT BECOMES AN ISSUE BECAUSE ONCE SPORES ARE PRESENT, THEY CAN NEVER BE COMPLETELY ERADICATED. VISIBLE MOLD IS GENERALLY LIKE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG BECAUSE MANY PLACES MOLD GROWS INITIALLY IS HIDDEN (BEHIND THE DRYWALL, UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS, OR ABOVE THE CEILING TILES). </span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">AVOIDING MOLD IS PREDOMINANTLY A MOISTURE CONTROL ISSUE. HAVING TOO MUCH MOISTURE IN THE HOUSE PROMOTES THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT THAT MOLD THRIVES IN. IF YOU LIVE IN A HUMID ENVIRONMENT, KEEPING AIRFLOW IN THE HOUSE AND INVEST IN A DEHUMIDIFIER. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN HIGH-MOISTURE ROOMS LIKE BATHROOM, KITCHEN, LAUNDRY ROOM. WATER LEAKS ARE A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEVASTATING MOLD PROBLEMS.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">IF YOU DO FIND YOURSELF IN A MOLDY HOME OR APARTMENT, ACT SWIFTLY. VINEGAR IS ONE OF THE BEST SOLUTIONS TO REMOVE MOLD, USING AN 80% WHITE VINEGAR TO 20% WATER (OR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE) SOLUTION. BE MINDFUL OF PROPERLY RINSING OFF YOUR BRUSH BEFORE EVERY APPLICATION, AS TO NOT RECONTAMINATE THE SURFACE WITH MOLD SPORES. THERE IS AN ARRAY OF ESSENTIAL OILS THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THE MIX FOR AN EVEN MORE POTENT MOLD KILLER, INCLUDING TEA TREE. THE UNDERLYING HUMIDITY OR LEAK MUST BE ADDRESSED AS WELL SO THAT THE MOLD WILL NOT RETURN.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8. GET RID OF DUST MITES</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">DUST MITES ARE MICROSCOPIC CREATES THAT RESEMBLE SMALL BUGS. THEY ARE THE SOURCE OF AN ARRAY OF UNFAVORABLE HEALTH SYMPTOMS INCLUDING SKIN RASHES AND ALLERGIES. THE SYMPTOMS (THAT INCLUDE RUNNY NOSE, POSTNASAL DRIP, CONGESTION, SNEEZING, AND ITCHY/ RED EYES AND THROAT) ARE CAUSED BY INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSE AND NASAL AIRWAYS. </span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">GETTING RID OF DUST MITES IS FAIRLY STRAIGHT FORWARD: AVOID THE COLLECTION OF DUST. VACUUM RUGS, CARPET, AND UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. WASH SHEETS, BLANKETS, COMFORTERS, AND PLUSH ANIMALS ONCE A WEEK IN HOT WATER. FOR LARGER ITEMS THAT AREN’T CONVENIENTLY WASHED ONCE A WEEK, DUST MITES CAN ALSO BE KILLED OFF BY THROWING THE ITEMS INTO THE DRIER ONCE A WEEK. ENSURE YOU PROPERLY EMPTY OUT VACUUM BAGS AFTER EACH USE TOO.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">9. LOWER EXPOSURE TO ARTIFICIAL EMFS</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ELECTROMAGNETIC FREQUENCIES OR FIELD (EMFS) ARE THE FORCES THAT QUITE LITERALLY MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND. NATURAL EMFS ARE EMITTED BY THE SUN AND THE EARTH, BUT ARTIFICIAL ONES WERE INTRODUCED WITH THE ADVENT OF ELECTRICITY. ITEMS LIKE RADIOS, LIGHTBULBS, WIFI, TOASTERS, MICROWAVES, AND CELL PHONES EMIT THESE NON-NATIVE EMFS THAT INTERFERE WITH OUR NATURAL HUMAN FREQUENCIES.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">HUMANS HAVE MAGNETIC FIELDS THAT EMIT FROM THE HEART AND BRAIN, AND AN ARRAY OF FUNCTIONS (INCLUDING MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVITY) OPERATES WITH ELECTRICAL ENERGY. KEEPING ARTIFICIAL EMF EXPOSURE DOWN INSIDE THE HOME IS PARAMOUNT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROMOTING DEEP SLEEP. ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL DEVICES I HAVE SEEN TO REDUCE EMF EXPOSURE IN THE HOME OR APARTMENT IS THE <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/eqa4d5p10bx776lf6ar2ut1m3r5vlq" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">LUMERIAN PLUG</a>. WE HAVE THEM ONLINE OR AT THE OFFICE FOR PURCHASE FOR $39.</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10. ENABLE MOVEMENT</span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ALTHOUGH THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE ARE WELL UNDERSTOOD, MANY PEOPLE WHO EXERCISE DAILY ARE STILL CONSIDERED SEDENTARY. WORKING OUT IN THE GYM OR PLAYING A SPORT, EVEN DAILY, CAN STILL QUALIFY FOR A SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE IF YOU SPEND THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER 23 HOURS OF THE DAY SITTING OR LAYING DOWN. </span></h3><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ENABLING A MOVEMENT-FRIENDLY HOME IS A FANTASTIC WAY TO KEEP YOUR BODY MOVING, AND MOBILE, NATURALLY. A FEW WAYS INCLUDE HAVING LOWER TO THE GROUND BEDS, WHICH PROMOTES A LARGER RANGE OF MOTION GETTING IN AND OUT OF BED DAILY. CONSIDER SITTING AROUND A COFFEE TABLE, ON THE FLOOR, INSTEAD OF THE UPRIGHT IN A CHAIR. STANDING DESKS ARE A GREAT OPTION TOO BUT REMEMBER: TOO MUCH STANDING ALSO CREATES STAGNANCY. PLACING THE BOWLS AND PLATES IN LOWER CABINETS INSTEAD OF AT EYE LEVEL IS ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO REGULARLY PROMOTE MORE NATURAL RANGES OF MOTION.<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />HOPE THESE TIPS WERE HELPFUL FOR A HEALTHIER HOME AND A HEALTHIER YOU!</span></h3></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-56031325596583627582021-09-12T18:02:00.003-07:002021-09-12T18:02:56.381-07:00Feeling Wired But Tired? We Can Help!<article class="entry h-entry hentry author-alicia-armitstead post-type-text article-index-1" data-item-id="613e98e53219e32ec34c687a" id="article-613e98e53219e32ec34c687a"><div class="entry-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1631493431409_133"><div class="e-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1631493431409_132"><div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1631492840051" id="item-613e98e53219e32ec34c687a"><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1631493431409_131" style="margin-left: -17px; margin-right: -17px; width: auto !important;"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1631493431409_130" style="float: left; padding-right: 0px; width: 734px;"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-1cc909ac80b39976bcc5" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 0px 17px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p class="" style="margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">In helping a patient restore their health using muscle testing a question we get a lot in the office is, ‘Why not just do x-rays, blood tests, or some other technologically advanced clinical exam? Aren’t they more reliable?’<strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> </strong></p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">In some cases yes, in other cases no. As a rule, <a href="https://www.muscletestingnyc.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">muscle testing</a> does not substitute clinical exams, rather the two are used in conjunction. I do look at a lot of blood work and X-rays in my office as other tools to help. Yet, clinical exams are designed to detect frank pathology or disease where I am trying to identify an issue before it becomes a disease. Muscle testing can also detect frank pathology, but its uniqueness lies in the fact that it can pick up problems before they've arrived as full-blown disease.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">For example, many suffer from chronic headache or back pain, and travel from doctor to doctor, undergoing test after test, only to be told that there is nothing wrong with them because the tests don't show anything. When people ask me what I specialize in they are asking me wondering if it is headaches or digestive issues or infertility etc. but I feel like I specialize in people who have been to doctor to doctor and no one can tell them what is wrong but the patient knows there is something off, they don’t feel well and their body is not healthy. Using muscle testing the true causes of problems like headaches or back pain are addressed in an earlier stage and bigger problems are prevented.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">So here’s another question: ‘Besides headaches and low back pain, are there specific examples of when muscle testing is preferable to Western medicine?’</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are countless examples. Sandy is an example. She came to Healing Arts office at 41 years old complaining of trouble sleeping, fatigue that was not helped with a good night sleep when she did sleep well, brain fog with trouble focusing and a constant bloat no matter what she ate. She was in a high stress job and would work 60 hours a week for the last 4 years and was gaining weight the last 2 years even though she ate and exercised the same. </p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upon muscle testing Sandy, her nervous system and adrenals went weak. They needed nutritional support. Sandy was a perfect picture of adrenal fatigue syndrome. It’s an extremely common condition especially in our NYC patients that goes largely unrecognized by the medical community. The adrenal glands produce adrenaline during times of stress. When a person is stressed for long periods of time like Sandy was, his/her adrenal glands get depleted, and begin to under function. For an MD doctor, adrenal fatigue syndrome is only significant when it arrives at full-blown Addison’s disease. For a muscle tester practitioner, adrenal fatigue syndrome has relative stages.</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-col-6 span-6 float float-right sqs-text-ready" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1631492841875_5986" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: right; height: auto; margin-left: 17px; padding: 17px; position: relative; width: 367px; z-index: 10 !important;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1631493431409_129"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper
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The second stage is when it turns into being tired all the time. If nothing is done about it, the third stage is what I like to call, ‘wired but tired’, where you are so tired and yet when it’s time to sleep the body can’t calm down enough to relax and so restless nights start to happen and can turn into insomnia. Fourth stage is when it starts to affect other parts of the body. A person can all of a sudden have low back or knee pain, or they may have tired feet and ankles halfway through the day. They can also experience depression, low immune system, hair loss, weight gain, dark circles around eyes, digestive problems or lightheadedness due to the adrenals being burnt out. While the root causes of all of these symptoms are depleted adrenal glands, a traditional medical doctor would never recognize this because they are not looking for it. As long as there is no diagnosis of Addison's disease, there's no problem with the adrenal glands. Compounding the problem, the patient will usually get treatment to the areas causing pain, the knee, the low back, or the digestive symptoms, and all the while, the underlying cause is burned out adrenal glands that haven’t been addressed yet and is bound to cause even greater problems later on unless addressed.</p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">A muscle testing doctor would see adrenal fatigue syndrome in the early stages maybe even before the patient started noticing any fatigue because the examination process is thorough. Caught early on, a patient will be on the road to recovery before more serious stages set in. </p><p class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do the adrenal glands burn out in the first place? It is lifestyle. Not giving the body enough rest, on the go lifestyle, is what burns the adrenals out. Also a lifestyle of emotional stress can burn out the adrenals. When you live in a stressful state the adrenal glands produce adrenaline but they can’t for too long so when you are under stress for too long a period of time the adrenals will burn out. So besides giving the adrenals the right nutrition, stress management is key, otherwise the adrenals will heal much slower if they have to keep responding to stress. With Sandy her job was high stress, she was going to have to continue working those 60 hour weeks but if we could do better time management so she could add in meditation with breath work for 20 minutes twice a day that would calm her mind and nervous system down to give the adrenal glands a break and the ability to sleep better at night. She already had exercise in her routine and she did eat well for the most part. I had to tweak her diet and get her to stop drinking caffeine and coffee. Both things we test for in the office separately because the body does respond differently to them. Sometimes people can have coffee but are sensitive to the caffeine. Other times it is the coffee that is just too acidic but the caffeine is okay.</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />It’s important to get that specific when building nutritional programs because many people we see have eaten themselves into their current state of ill-health, to one degree or another. The deficiencies or imbalances may not lead to a breakdown in the adrenal glands but somewhere else in the body, lowering the body’s resistance, lowering immunity, and a loss of the body’s ability to cope with environmental toxins. Wherever the breakdown is in the body, know that with muscle testing, we can identify what organs go weak and which organs are strong and then from there identify what toxins need to be detoxed from the body and which foods to avoid as a personal cleanse while we rebuild the body using organic food supplements from a farm called <a href="https://healingartsnyc.standardprocess.com/products" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Standard Process</a>. This is how we help people get well and stay well!</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><article class="entry h-entry hentry author-alicia-armitstead post-type-text article-index-2" data-item-id="612e2dfd0061164bbcbd0c60" id="article-612e2dfd0061164bbcbd0c60" style="margin-top: 128px;"><header class="entry-header" style="margin-bottom: 36px; text-align: center;"><div class="meta-above-title" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><div class="entry-byline" style="color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); display: inline;"></div></div></header></article><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-58774553048650506032021-07-24T11:24:00.001-07:002021-07-24T11:24:42.706-07:00What Teas are Good for Digestion<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">I have loved switching to iced tea at the Healing Arts <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/tea-bar" target="_blank">Tea Bar</a> this summer. We have found a way to do personalized iced tea for your enjoyment and have loved the feedback from everyone, especially on our digestion tea blends. Whether it's indigestion, bloating, IBS, constipation etc. using tea as medicine can really help especially if taken on a daily basis. Food is medicine and I enjoy tea so much that I forget that it can actually help your body too.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">Our <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/587ce48ce6f2e1f8d7a70934/t/6061296cf246010457219ada/1616980332567/Tea+Menu+PDF.pdf" target="_blank">tea menu</a> is different than anything you have ever seen before. Yes, we have the teas listed and you can pick one and enjoy it to either stay at the tea bar or take it to go but what is different is on the back of the menu i</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">s a list of symptoms and you can choose the symptom you want to work on and then get muscle tested for which 3 herbs your body needs. So you don't choose your tea but your body does!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_lS1KAm5wuy8oinW3POaRJwxw4Y2m7clqB6-6G3sl7WL1_Tx9nPym_sVRWkYolYdngivv1SChOShCNd6FosPn2aOfdvIjTPKKI6_y7kjHJS4kch_2SSVkaPu4Q0rgeyDDdGuujWVhnow/s4032/IMG_0614.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_lS1KAm5wuy8oinW3POaRJwxw4Y2m7clqB6-6G3sl7WL1_Tx9nPym_sVRWkYolYdngivv1SChOShCNd6FosPn2aOfdvIjTPKKI6_y7kjHJS4kch_2SSVkaPu4Q0rgeyDDdGuujWVhnow/s320/IMG_0614.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Besides getting a cup of iced or hot tea we can also make a container for you of your personalized blend that is 12 servings.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial;"> Before opening the Tea Bar w</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">e experimented for months and came up with some great blends when muscle testing for helping digestion.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here is the list of teas we have that can help your gut and other things as well.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span>Bergamot <span> </span></b>Digestion, lowers cholesterol, brain health, acid reflux, immunity booster, energy booster, weight loss, skin support, constipation, hydrates</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b>Black Tea <span> </span></b>Digestion, blood sugar, lowers cholesterol, brain health, heart health, improves blood pressure </p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b>Cat's Claw <span> </span></b>Digestion, brain health, immune support, improves blood pressure</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b>Earl Grey <span> </span></b>Digestion, brain health, immune booster, energy booster, weight loss, hydrates, skin support</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b>Echinacea <span> </span></b>Immune booster, respiratory health, digestion, anti-inflammatory, brain health, skin, anti-aging</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b>Fennel <span> </span><span> </span></b>Digestion, weight loss, immunity booster, energy booster, women’s health, respiratory health, eye support, detox, improves blood pressure, diuretic </p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Ginger <span> </span><span> </span></b>Digestion, anti-inflammatory, lower cholesterol, brain health, immunity booster, weight loss, women’s health, pain relief, heart support</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Holy Basil</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Digestion, blood sugar, anti-inflammatory, lower cholesterol, brain health, immunity booster, weight loss support, skin support, respiratory support, eye support, detox</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Jasmine <span> </span></b></span>Liver support, relaxation, brain health, digestion</p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Marshmallow Root </b></span>Digestion, blood sugar, acid reflux, immunity booster, weight loss, women’s health, skin support anti-aging, constipation, detox, liver support pain relief, heart support</p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Mugwort <span> </span><span> </span></b></span>Diuretic, women’s health, energy booster, brain health, digestion</p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Peppermint </b></span>Digestion, respiratory, anti-inflammatory, brain health, pain relief, sleep support, women’s health, weight loss, skin support, immune support, relaxation, brain health</p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Rose <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></b></span>Hydrates, respiratory support, skin support, sleep support, women’s health, immunity booster, brain health, digestion </p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Turmeric <span> </span></b>Pain relief, eye support, immunity booster, brain health, lower cholesterol, anti-inflammatory (for more on turmeric, <a href="https://healingartsnyc.blogspot.com/2016/04/turmericis-brain-health-miracle.html" target="_blank">click here</a>)</p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;">We also have blends to help inflammation, energy, women’s health, brain health, high blood pressure and more.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So if you haven’t tried a personalized tea blend yet you must at your next visit!<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-32741731387008232572021-07-18T15:18:00.003-07:002021-07-18T15:18:27.947-07:00Ozone for the Sinuses<p> </p><div aria-labelledby="yui_3_17_2_1_1626645333742_9511" class="yui3-widget yui3-block-base yui3-block-parent-base sqs-block-html sqs-block html-block" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1626645333742_9352" style="clear: none; 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Breathe in microscopic organic olive oil (made in a glass jar to be Healing Arts approved because it can’t be in plastic or aluminum) treated with the extra oxygen from the ozone. Inhaling ozone this way helps to reduce allergy symptoms, sinus pain, headaches and inflammation throughout the body.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Studies have mixed reviews on directly breathing in ozone through the lungs and yet the extra oxygen that ozone gives can be so beneficial for the body. Dr. Armitstead loves putting ozone in the air having been asthmatic in her childhood. It cleans the air, kills germs and makes it easier for her to breathe. Knowing these benefits she loved brining the ozone sauna into the office. To be able to absorb the ozone in through the skin has done wonders for our patients. We have seen wonderful changes in the reduction of pain, eczema, and psoriasis, less toxins, and better sleep. Did you know that the <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/ozonesauna" target="_blank">ozone sauna</a> can also help with fertility? It really is amazing! Knowing how amazing it is to absorb ozone through the skin made us want to also offer it through the nose and sinuses. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswl8zKNuy-ODDgeuevi4lY6SsHfT4gMxyMDiTegzKoNl-gXU2DS5NDVPx-H7uGapExn7OFm3Y-YcKhmxvBX6RLKz9cI8vdapZMha6F1MCZUiiAY5tDDaOSGUmmwD3pSJpl9DTicw610Jn/s900/nasal_ozone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswl8zKNuy-ODDgeuevi4lY6SsHfT4gMxyMDiTegzKoNl-gXU2DS5NDVPx-H7uGapExn7OFm3Y-YcKhmxvBX6RLKz9cI8vdapZMha6F1MCZUiiAY5tDDaOSGUmmwD3pSJpl9DTicw610Jn/w455-h303/nasal_ozone.jpg" width="455" /></a></div><br /><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Using nasal insufflation is another safe and easy way to bring extra oxygen into the body. We first have the ozone react with olive oil and then have the client breathe it in. Ozone reacts with the oil to form ozonides and terpenes. It does not contain any active ozone gas so it will not cause irritation. This chemical reaction keeps the lungs safe while still having the health benefits. Health benefits include reduction in sinus pressure and irritation, decrease inflammation in the nasal passages, provides relief from both acute and chronic sinusitis, kills bacteria and viruses, helps with asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia and other respiratory infections, reduces brain fog, and promotes overall health and wellness. I will personally do a 20 min treatment once a week to stay healthy. Depending on what you need it for, recommendations vary. For an acute sinus infection you may need it 3 times a week until the infection is gone. Whereas for a chronic infection with no pressure you want once a week for at least four weeks. </p><p class="" style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">$40 for 20 min. </strong></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">$50 for 30 min. </strong></p></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block-outline" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1626645333742_12262" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 1px solid transparent; bottom: -1px; box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; right: -1px; top: 0px; transition: border-color 0.2s ease-in-out; z-index: 1000;"></div><span class="sqs-block-label-tag" data-test="block-label" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1626645333742_9511" style="background-color: #4669be; color: white; font-family: Clarkson; font-size: 9.75px; left: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.75px; line-height: 11px; opacity: 0; padding: 2.5px 6px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase; top: -15px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-in-out 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.2s; visibility: hidden; white-space: nowrap; z-index: 1001;"></span></div><div aria-labelledby="yui_3_17_2_1_1626645333742_12268" class="yui3-widget yui3-block-base sqs-block-modelsync sqs-block-button yui3-block-dialog-editable-button sqs-block dialog-editable-button-block" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1626645333742_12124" style="clear: both; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; outline: none; padding: 17px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="sqs-layout-insert-point-container" style="height: 100px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 951px;"></div><div class="yui3-block-dialog-editable-button-content sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1626645333742_12126"><div class="sqs-block-button-container--center" data-alignment="center" data-animation-role="button" data-button-size="medium" style="text-align: center;"><a class="sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-block-button-element" href="https://jaci-pearse-xc3l.squarespace.com/booking" style="-webkit-appearance: none; border: 2px solid rgb(173, 29, 195); color: #ad1dc3; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 15px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: normal; padding: 21px 34px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: background-color 0.1s linear 0s, color 0.1s linear 0s; width: auto;" target="_blank">BOOK NOW</a></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-4626199263717425512021-07-11T11:29:00.003-07:002021-07-11T14:24:35.404-07:00Toxins are a Hidden Factor in Slow Metabolism<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">Researchers and medical experts recently uncovered a disturbing fact. Toxins from your food, water, and environment can make you gain w</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">eight.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">They call these toxins obesogens. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">From </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">blood sugar imbalance to insulin resistance and more, toxins can change your metabolism and may just be the reason you can’t shed excess weight like you used to.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">If you’ve ever struggled with stubborn fat, where diet and exercise aren’t working like you think they should… it’s time to focus on detox.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">The body is smart and does not want environmental toxins in the organs so there's two places it goes: into the fat cells and into joints. If it goes into our fat we gain weight in an unexplainable way and if it goes into our joints we will have joint pain or stiffness that will eventually lead to arthritis.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">Helping you detox is how we can help!</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">We use <a href="https://www.muscletestingnyc.com/the-process"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">muscle testing</span></a> to identify what specifically needs detoxing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Using homeopathic vials we test for heavy metals, heavy chemicals, food sensitivities, parasites, candida, and bad gut flora like bacteria, and viruses.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For more details on what we test for visit: <a href="http://www.muscletestingnyc.com"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">www.muscletestingnyc.com</span></a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>No matter what your health concern is we muscle test all these toxins on every visit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The whole point of health in our office is to help the body detox and with the right nutrition your body can heal. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Once we identify the toxin stressing out the body we then muscle test for the supplement that is going to help detox.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The majority of supplements we use come from an organic farm in Wisconsin called <a href="https://healingartsnyc.standardprocess.com/products"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Standard Process</span></a>. We truly believe food is medicine and giving the body the right nutrition can help so many of your symptoms and also prevent disease.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you are observing the health of your parents and want to prevent going down the same road as them know that there is hope.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For example, detoxing aluminum not only helps the brain function better, helping our dementia and Alzheimer’s patients but it also helps prevent Alzheimer’s.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Another example is for both men and women, detoxing plastic at any age below 45 helps with fertility and hormones.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgtVzasEhQpY56zZ34ng0Ln5Vf10CVnfM32ghAgBkGcAE_8BACoEvFkk-ORG3dV2wgCPoVCjaMevlzGg18TwGV1NRK_6GE2tF5w9npLov0Q6_2xywKv-TsaN9zv4kX5BNznRr5c5DWU84/s950/obesogens.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="700" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgtVzasEhQpY56zZ34ng0Ln5Vf10CVnfM32ghAgBkGcAE_8BACoEvFkk-ORG3dV2wgCPoVCjaMevlzGg18TwGV1NRK_6GE2tF5w9npLov0Q6_2xywKv-TsaN9zv4kX5BNznRr5c5DWU84/w334-h453/obesogens.jpeg" width="334" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Besides using organic food supplements from Standard Process we also use <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/bind"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">BIND</span></a> from Systemic Formulas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Detoxing does not have to cost $3,000+ in I.V. chelation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Besides the cost, I don’t prefer chelation because it forces the body to dump the toxins too fast which burdens the liver and kidneys and usually makes a patient feel worse before better.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In our wellness center the key is to help the body detox by supporting the body’s own detox pathways with the right food and supplements, not to force the body to get rid of toxins.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">BIND is a powerful supplement that combines super-activated carbon with humates and key botanicals to efficiently bind and eliminate toxins. And while most activated charcoals interfere with nutrient absorption, BIND is designed to eliminate up to 300x its weight in toxins while providing critical minerals, not blocking their absorption.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">If you think BIND can help you detox ask at your next visit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Less toxins = better health.</span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388882873851971293.post-72475912525557749592021-07-05T17:56:00.003-07:002022-11-22T02:53:27.794-08:00How to Gua Sha Using a Facial Roller<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gua Sha, also known as “coining”, “skin scraping”, or “pressure stroking” is an ancient instrument-assisted lymphatic technique utilized in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The best way to learn how to do gua sha on the face is by watching a demonstration, so I’ve included an in-depth video tutorial at the end of this post. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">When done on the face, gua sha can reduce fine lines and wrinkles, restore firmness and elasticity, promote a brighter complexion, relieve jaw tension, promote lymphatic drainage, and decrease puffiness. It can also help with sinus congestion and headaches. I find that when I do it in the morning it helps with mental clarity and reducing brain fog. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gua sha on the body (back, shoulders, and neck are the most common areas) and gua sha on the face are performed quite differently. While the point of gua sha on the body is to draw out transient therapeutic bruising, you do not want to do that when practicing on your face. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />I first got into gua sha when looking for something to help patients with eye strain which is a symptom that patients started complaining about more when the pandemic hit. A lot of people working from home had to increase their screen time. I have also seen gua sha help with other symptoms related to vision such as light sensitivity and eye dryness. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also have chronically reactive lymph nodes behind my ears (I suffered from a lot of ear infections as a child) and many tender points on my face (especially in front of my ears and along my hairline) which correspond to specific acupuncture points that have benefited from stimulating daily with gua sha.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOGdslZPNfORD1HZGaoaAlgiaA9GUCfYF28p7caDAJaU-YFk4OJGpxrNGnmIGqKAU1f0aypeG1yzpU0YmPY612Gi8mAnnP9VpYS_OV79oyG4W0CPyTrK-8uJlilfFqiSy4YiDTdiZqFL0/s981/guasha.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="750" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOGdslZPNfORD1HZGaoaAlgiaA9GUCfYF28p7caDAJaU-YFk4OJGpxrNGnmIGqKAU1f0aypeG1yzpU0YmPY612Gi8mAnnP9VpYS_OV79oyG4W0CPyTrK-8uJlilfFqiSy4YiDTdiZqFL0/w316-h413/guasha.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">BODY VS FACIAL GUA SHA</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Chinese medicine, gua sha on the upper back, shoulders, and neck is a common treatment for colds, influenza, and fevers. It is also good to do if you have been exposed to someone who is sick or if you feel a virus coming on. </p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are interested to know more about the science of body gua sha, PUBMED includes studies that have found gua sha to effective in treating <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22928824/" style="background: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">back and neck pain</a>, migraines, liver inflammation, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29705467/" style="background: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">perimenopausal symptoms</a>, and breast distention/mastitis. </p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because body gua sha is painful and the point is to dig deep enough to create bruising for healing it can be uncomfortable and make people not wan<span style="color: #1f1f1f;">t to do it. That’s why I fell in love with the lymphstar machine that we use for<a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/lymphatic-therapy" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"> lymphatic drainage session</a> in the office. With this type of technology you get the lymphatic healing benefits without the bruising or pain during a relaxing 30 minute or 60 minute session. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Having fallen in love with the health benefits of lymphatic drainage I was super excited to be able to show patients how to do it for the face at home. I would not try body gua sha at home. So what are the benefits of facial gua sha? Facial gua sha is great for lymphatic drainage of the face which helps with detox from the brain and mouth and also less puffiness which people tend to get around the eyes. It’s advertised as anti-aging for wrinkles but I want people to understand that less wrinkles is secondary to the movement of lymph and toxins which is very healing.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Facial gua sha also helps relieve muscle tension in the head and neck which not only helps with TMJ problems, headaches and neck pain but can also prevent them. I am so surprised when I do the facial gua sha how many tender spots I feel. Spending extra time on the tender spots brings circulation to the area helping to prevent pain. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since this is a technique that originates in Chinese medicine,I find it fascinating to look at all of the acupuncture channels (meridians) that are on the face and neck that you can stimulate with facial gua sha. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Starting at the center of the face moving outward and down, these are the channels that run down the face: </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • Governing Vessel, also called Du (GV); </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • Urinary Bladder (UB); </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • Gallbladder (GB); </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • Stomach (ST); </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • San Jiao, also called Triple Heater/Triple Burner (SJ); </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • Small Intenstine (SI); </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • Large Intestine (LI)There are different gua sha tools you can use made of different stones. There are flat stones that are made for scrapping and to get in deeper. There is also rollers that have a softer affect that I prefer because I realized patients were using the flat stones too intensely which helped but also caused too much inflammation in the process. So I do highly suggest the roller over the flat stones. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />We carry in the office 3 different stones because I couldn’t decide on just one stone. We have jade, rose quartz and opal <a href="https://healingartsnyc.com/shop/u8me4w4pgyrih388z21pjguwf72aem" target="_blank">facial rollers</a>. I prefer to muscle test each person for which one works best for their body.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Rose Quartz Roller:</strong> Increase Circulation, Promotes Production of Collagen, and Calms Sensitive Skin. Best Used at Night and for Soothing.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Green Jade Roller:</strong> Helps Reduce Puffiness, Help Tone and Firm Skin Cells, and Stimulate Collagen Production. Best Used in the Morning and for Balance.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Opal Roller:</strong> Good for all Skin Types, Can help to Cool and Refresh Fatigued Skin.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3sU_So9HH3SepoFdhSCdfswukDzuhUk293rqXW30qVppSAW0n6bgi4vIy_5CAE4j6j67nyIG7hXZvXxpExPzgDdBVnD_LvK-AXwHTmYawxNCO5kVCq8QqtJTWpJqD6k_lTmAS5REG8AGP2ecFjPRSYj1FkLAvdu4SeGubeuDNlY9TQjYXFc-ooiD1Q/s4032/image0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3sU_So9HH3SepoFdhSCdfswukDzuhUk293rqXW30qVppSAW0n6bgi4vIy_5CAE4j6j67nyIG7hXZvXxpExPzgDdBVnD_LvK-AXwHTmYawxNCO5kVCq8QqtJTWpJqD6k_lTmAS5REG8AGP2ecFjPRSYj1FkLAvdu4SeGubeuDNlY9TQjYXFc-ooiD1Q/s320/image0.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The flow of lymph only goes one way: towards the heart. So when you use the gua sha the strokes should be from the center of the face outward and moving down the face and neck (see video for demonstration). </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the biggest positive cosmetic benefits I notice when I perform facial gua sha on myself is a reduction of facial puffiness, most notable in my cheeks. You could say that it sculpts my cheeks. Others may notice de-puffing of their eyelids, jawline, under their eyes, or in the forehead. The reason that facial gua sha reduces puffiness is due to the drainage of lymph out of the face and neck. The lymph’s job is to carry toxins so that’s why I say it’s good for detox. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also notice a reduction in the appearance of fine lines, especially the number ones between my eyebrows. If I wake up from a night of frowning in my sleep, the evidence disappears quickly after my morning gua sha session. So here’s my advice, use my video as a starting place to explore gua sha. If you don’t do it hard enough or if it’s too hard you aren’t going to damage anything so it really is safe. Pull the tool across your face, don’t push it. Think of spreading butter on toast. Pulling comes more naturally when you use the same hand as the side of the face you are working on; if you try to use the opposite hand you’ll be more likely to try to push the tool. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the gentlest and most relaxing type of gua sha facial, use long, slow, meditative strokes with a thicker tool laid as close to flat against your skin as possible. You can vary the pressure from light to more firm. You can even turn it into a type of moving meditation by coordinating your breathing with the strokes. When doing this style, it’s best to anchor the skin where you begin each stroke using your other hand. You’ll need to allot more time for this style, ideally at least 5-10 minutes, but you can drag it out even longer if you wish. For a more invigorating facial, use rapid, short strokes with light pressure. Use firm pressure when doing gua sha on your neck, medium pressure on your face, and feather light pressure around your eyes. And don’t forget to take before and after photos so you can see how these techniques affect your skin!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The stones are smooth so you don’t have to use lotions or oils. I prefer to do it on bare skin after I wash my face in the morning since it helps my mental clarity and reduces brain fog. But you can do it at night, too. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contraindications:</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do not do gua sha on fresh botox. Talk to the provider who injected it to find out how soon you can safely implement facial massage.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do not do gua sha on top of injected fillers in the face.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s best to talk with us first if you are dealing with any kind of skin problems like acne or rosacea. It’s best not to do scraping on top of areas of active inflammation, but to instead do the strokes on the other areas of the face, and especially on the neck to promote lymphatic drainage in order to get the inflammation down. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can place your gua sha stones and rollers in the fridge or in a bowl of ice water (just dry it off first) and press it gently into areas of inflammation. If you suffer from puffiness using a cold roller or flat stone could give more benefits. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />If you are still uncertain whether gua sha is something you should add into your daily routine please let us know at your next visit and we can help you decide with our expertise and then muscle test you also for which stone would be best: jade, rose quartz or opal. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />This <a href="https://youtu.be/vaJiBU83tWo" style="background: transparent; color: #ad1dc3; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">video </a>contains a demonstration to empower you to begin your own facial gua sha practice. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: europa; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0