The 4 phases of a Migraine Prodrome Phase: About 2/3 of migraine sufferers experience vague changes (physical / emotional) 2 hours to 2 days before the headache starts. Symptoms – fatigue, excessive yawning, less appetite, food cravings, mood changes, muscle stiffness, dizziness, digestive changes and frequent urination. Aura (visual migraine) phase: About 1/3 of migraine […]
When I first opened my clinic, I thought that it was likely that few of my patients would be men because women tend to seek help from health care professionals more often than men do. Contrary to my initial hypothesis, 40% of my patients are men. Most of them came to see me initially because […]
The word aromatherapy may at first bring to mind the feeling of being overwhelmed with sickeningly sweet perfumes while walking through a department store or a candle shop. But aromatherapy is quite the opposite. Using the organic, essential oils from flowers like lavender and chamomile, aromatherapy stimulates and sedates the sensory organs without overwhelming them. […]
The modern world of healing has embraced another wonderful ancient technique that has powerful results. Massage cupping is a modified version of “cupping therapy,” which has been used extensively in Chinese medicine for several thousand years. By creating suction and negative pressure, massage cupping is used to drain excess fluids and toxins; stimulate the peripheral […]
Grains and starches that contain gluten: wheat wheat germ rye barley bulgur couscous kamut semolina spelt Foods that often contain gluten: malt/malt flavoring soups commercial bullion and broths cold cuts french fries processed cheese (e.g. Velveeta) mayonnaise ketchup malt vinegar soy sauce teriyaki sauces salad dressings imitation crab meat, bacon etc egg substitute tabbouleh sausage […]
Food Sensitivities Testing (Blood Test) is NOT as same as Food Allergy Test you might have done (scratch test) at your allergist’s office. Here’s the site explains very clearly the differences between Food Allergy and Food Sensitivity Test. Please read this first to understand the differences between these two. The partial list of Food and […]
Eat Sweet Potatoes! Why sweet potato? One medium-sized baked/steamed sweet potato contains: nearly 700 mg of potassium more than 28,000 IU (international units) of vitamin A which is 561% of your recommended daily value Stop taking synthetic vitamin A usually listed as ” Beta-Carotene (Vitamin A Precursor) and eat organic Japanese yam. The local Whole […]