New Year, New YOU – Finding the Drive to Change

New Year, New YOU – Finding the Drive to Change

by | Jan 8, 2015 | Depression, Fatigue, Natural Weight Loss, Way of Life

The beginning of the year is a great time to figure out how you want to improve your life and become more of the person you’d like to be. However, all too often people make only half-hearted commitments and attempts at self-improvement, which inevitably fail. Most often, this is because they really don’t know WHY they want to make changes and/or the reason for making the changes doesn’t really resonate with them deeply enough or aren’t really important enough to make the tough choices necessary to meet their goals. (more…)

How to Change

How to Change

by | Dec 30, 2014 | Men's Health, Way of Life, Women's Health

This is the time of year when many people think about the year(s) past and try to figure out how they what things to be different in the coming year(s). This usually revolves around how that person wants to be different – that is, how they can change their behavior and/or way of thinking to create the life that they want. (more…)

Optimal Plan to the Rescue

Optimal Plan to the Rescue

by | Dec 23, 2014 | Digestive Support, Eating Naturally, Natural Weight Loss, Nutrition

Yes, it is officially holiday season. Christmas is this week. We know that health and wellness goals tend to go out the window around this time. Many people feel too busy to focus on weight loss and find it easier to put it off until the New Year. The Optimal Plan can change that for you. It will allow you to go through the holidays feeling great and you will get a head start on those new years resolutions.

The Optimal Plan is a 30 day program that is simple, tasty, low-cost and extremely effective at helping people lose weight quickly. It takes you step-by-step through every day so you know exactly what and when to eat, gives you recipes and menus for each day and even provides guidance on supplementation and further testing that may help you accelerate your results.

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Amino Acid Therapy Can Help Lose Weight Thru the Holidays

Amino Acid Therapy Can Help Lose Weight Thru the Holidays

by | Dec 16, 2014 | Amino Acid Therapy, Natural Weight Loss, Way of Life

Ah – the holidays – a time of good cheer, getting together with friends and family and wading through a bountiful bonanza of tantalizing foods that can make your buttons burst just by thinking about them for too long. The holidays – which for all practical purposes now stretch from the end of October through the beginning of January – are often a time of strife for those trying to maintain or lose weight. (more…)

Neurotransmitter Imbalance – The Underlying Cause of Many Disorders

Neurotransmitter Imbalance – The Underlying Cause of Many Disorders

by | Nov 25, 2014 | Naturopathic Health

When most people think of neurotransmitter imbalances, they think of disorders such as depression, anxiety, insomnia and possibly ADD/ADHD and Parkinson’s disease. Usually, that’s because the drugs used to treat these disorders attempt to manipulate various neurotransmitters – including serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine and GABA – in order to help alleviate symptoms.

However, neurotransmitter imbalances affect almost all of the body’s systems and functions. Therefore, neurotransmitter imbalances can cause a whole host of symptoms and have been implicated in an extremely large and diverse number of disorders, as shown in the table below (click on the table to enlarge):

neurotable

Table taken with permission from Marty Hinz, MD.

If a person experiences symptoms of any of the disorders listed above, especially if that person is experiencing multiple symptoms or disorders listed in this table, it is highly probable that neurotransmitter imbalance is a root cause that must be properly addressed in order for that person to experience long-term relief of symptoms.

Dietary Solutions for Migraines

Dietary Solutions for Migraines

by | Nov 20, 2014 | Eating Naturally, Migraine, Natural Pain Relief, Natural Remedies, Naturopathic Health

There are many common triggers for migraines, with diet playing a major role for many people that suffer from migraine headaches. Some of the most common foods that can trigger a migraine are:

  • Chocolate
  • Citrus fruits
  • Alcohol (especially red wine or beer)
  • Meats preserved with nitrates (ham, bologna, luncheon meats, etc.)
  • Pizza
  • Aged cheese
  • Caffeine (especially while cutting back or eliminating), including coffee, chocolate, soft drinks, over-the-counter and prescription medications that contain caffeine (consult with your physician before changing or discontinuing any medications)
  • Nuts
  • Fermented, pickled, cured or marinated foods
  • Foods prepared with monosodium glutamate (MSG)
  • Foods high in tyramine, including aged meats, avocados, bananas, beer, cabbage, canned fish, dairy products, eggplant, hard cheeses, potatoes, raspberries, red plums, tomatoes, wine, and yeast

This is a long (and by no means all-inclusive) list of foods for a person to try and avoid. However, keeping a food journal and completing food hypersensitivity testing can help each person determine their exact triggers to make avoidance more manageable.

In addition to avoiding foods that can trigger a migraine, there are a number of foods that can help improve the production of key neurotransmitters, including serotonin and dopamine. Eating these foods daily can help maintain proper neurotransmitter function.

The pesticides, herbicides and insecticides used on many foods can also disrupt proper neurotransmitter function. Buying these foods organically or substituting them with foods that are lower in chemical exposure can be a great help. To learn more about dietary solutions for migraines, click here.