Our Favorite Coffee Alternatives

Coffee is one of the vials we test for in our food test kit.  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.  

1. Golden milk
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:

1. Turmeric helps build immunity

2. Helps sleep

3. It is a good remedy for digestive problems.

4. It supports the liver.

5. Helps fight cancer

6. Clarifies the skin.

7. Gives relief from autoimmune diseases

8. Good for the brain and fighting Alzheimer's disease

9. Is anti-inflammatory

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.

How do you make golden milk?
Serves 2

Ingredients

• ½ cup warm water

• 1 cup coconut milk (or any milk you prefer)

• 2 tsp turmeric powder

• 2 tsp virgin coconut oil

• ½ inch ginger knob, peeled and grated

• 1/4 tsp. black pepper or 2 black peppercorns, crushed

• ½ tsp cinnamon powder

• ½ tsp nutmeg powder

• ¼ tsp cardamom powder

• *Optional 2 tsp raw organic honey or pure maple syrup for the vegan version

Preparation

1. 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.

2. Make ahead of time. Golden milk can be made 5 days ahead and reheated.

Golden milk powder with the exact ratios of spice can be bought at the office or here.  Just add a teaspoon to simmering coconut milk or almond milk and you're done!

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.

2. Mud/Wtr
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 here.

3. Teeccino 
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 online.   Flavors include Chaga Ashwagandha Butterscotch Cream, Chocolate Raspberry, Dandelion Coconut and so much more!,

10 Tips for a Healthier Home

 

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.

1. DRINK (AND BATHE) IN CLEAN WATER

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.

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, SONAKI. 

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 AND GOOD ELEMENTS (LIKE MINERALS), MANY FILTERS REMINERALIZE THE WATER. YOU CAN ALSO ADD MINERALS TO YOUR DRINKING WATER AFTER THE FACT.

2. KEEP IT CLEAN

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. 

3. USE LOW VOC PAINTS

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (OR VOCS) ARE THE SOLVENTS THAT GET RELEASED INTO THE AIR AS THE PAINT DRIES. VOCS 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.

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.

4. NATURAL LIGHT

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.

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.

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. 

5. KEEP THE AIR CLEAN

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.

 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.

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 OZONE TO KILL BACTERIA AND VIRUSES IN THE AIR, FOUND HERE. 

6. GROW SOME FOOD

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.

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.  

7. AVOID MOLD

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. 

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). 

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.

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.

8. GET RID OF DUST MITES

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. 

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.

9. LOWER EXPOSURE TO ARTIFICIAL EMFS

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.

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 LUMERIAN PLUG.  WE HAVE THEM ONLINE OR AT THE OFFICE FOR PURCHASE FOR $39.

10. ENABLE MOVEMENT

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. 

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.

HOPE THESE TIPS WERE HELPFUL FOR A HEALTHIER HOME AND A HEALTHIER YOU!

Feeling Wired But Tired? We Can Help!

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?’

In some cases yes, in other cases no. As a rule, muscle testing 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.

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.

So here’s another question: ‘Besides headaches and low back pain, are there specific examples of when muscle testing  is preferable to Western medicine?’

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.   

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.

In the early stages of adrenal fatigue syndrome, a person may just feel tired, hard to wake up in the morning or hit that 2-4pm slump in the afternoon. 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.

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. 

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.

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 Standard Process. This is how we help people get well and stay well!