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Drug Free Approaches to Mood Challenges
Many people today suffer from mild to moderate depression and/or anxiety and are able to ease those symptoms minus the prescriptions. The following methods have all been scientifically proven to help ease the symptoms of depression. I have included those methods that are free or nearly free so that anyone can add one or more of these protocols to their lifestyle. Here's what the research has to say about it: Exercise: A free and effective way to boost neurotransmitter production, exercise has...
Stress and its Effect on the Body
This time of the year can be a time of joy accompanied by exhaustion if we let it. We want to make sure that we come out on the other side of these holidays happy and healthy. Two very important systems that can be affected by seasonal stresses are the heart and the adrenal glands. Both of these systems respond to the fight or flight reaction the body exerts under stress, and if not dealt with can lead to chronic stress. Some signs of chronic stress are; fatigue or exhaustion, circles under...
Holiday Joy or Winter Dread?
Over the years I have found that I can see in my patients eyes whether or not they are the kind of person that looks forward to the holidays or dread them. It's not that they don't like the season, or that they don't appreciate holiday music in October, its simply that their schedule which already seems like its bursting at the seams, needs to somehow accommodate all the holiday activities. Children's parties, work parties, school parties, acts of community service, decorating, shopping, all...
Why Eliminate Certain Foods?
Today I want to discuss how and why it's a good idea to eliminate certain foods and junk foods from your diet a couple times a year. One main reason to eliminate certain foods from your diet from time to time is that they may not be very good for you, they can be inflammatory and cause enough irritation of the gut to create food sensitivities. Perhaps you already know some of the foods that give you trouble but you eat them anyway, the body knows it doesn't agree with you and can create a...
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