Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
A useful run-down from my former homeopath, Karen, on useful remedies to have in for coughs, colds and Wintery nastiness. Some of these I know from experience, can stop a problem developing pretty darn quickly. I always have this First Aid kit in my cupboard for just such eventualities; it contains the most common ones …
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Great TEDx video here for you today with a chap who has interviewed some of the leading experts across the world on anxiety and depression. He wanted to know why so many people are seemingly not coping with life as well on a day to day basis, why mental health issues are on the rise. …
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Saw this today and thought you'd like it. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You …
Interesting piece today for you on the use of steroid injections for joint inflammation eg. knee, shoulder or hip pain. Dr Brownstein used to give them until, as he says, he discovered that they can do more harm than good. He now advocates ozone injections instead and finds they help about 80% of his patients. …
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This popped into my Inbox this morning and, given the difficulties with family illness and moving house currently that some of you know about, it was rather timely, so I thought I'd share it. RICK'S REFLECTION: ACCEPT DIFFICULTY Sometimes things are difficult. Your legs are tired and you still have to stay on your feet another …
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Great piece from Dr Kharrazian today on email which gives me my latest gut tip for you. (If you missed any, you can catch up here). Is your chronic gut problem really a brain problem? Read on... How could the gut possibly affect mood? While they may be far apart on an anatomy diagram, the …
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OK, so here is Gut Tip #4 for you if you are following the series. Many people take probiotics to help their bacteria balance, to establish a good 'microbiome', in the gut. However, sometimes I see that, even when someone has taken billions of bacteria daily for weeks or months, the bacteria balance is still …
Here's #3 in the Gut Tips series for you. Here's #1 and #2 for you if you missed them. Working out what is behind your bloating can give you a good idea of how to treat it. This is how I always think of it: If you have trouble after eating protein/meat-rich meals, you likely …
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As promised, here is tip number 2 in my Gut Tips series as I go through my Kharrazian course on Gut Mechanisms. Don't Forget Low Stomach Acid or the Gallbladder I have always gone on about the importance of low stomach acid. I think I first wrote about it over 20 years ago now. I …
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I am currently doing a lecture series with the renowned Dr Datis Kharrazian and am working through his Gut Course over the next couple of weeks to refresh myself - it has reminded me that I really am quite obsessed with bowels 😉 I thought it might be nice if I picked out one useful …
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