Toxic, heavy metals: you are exposed to them, I guarantee it. Not one person living in modern civilization is not exposed to toxic, heavy metals. The question to ask is: “how efficiently does your body eliminate toxic metals like aluminum, mercury and lead?” Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) is an outstanding laboratory biopsy to use to monitor
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“All diseases begin in the gut.” -Hippocrates, 460-370 BC Hair tissue mineral analysis is a laboratory biopsy that can reveal a lot about mineral activity in the tissues. The “Low Minerals” pattern on a hair test tells a lot about digestion and assimilation. In many instances, the low minerals pattern tells that minerals are not
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Meditation is a conscious practice of awareness of oneself. It is the deliberate practice of detaching from the ordinary activities of the conscious mind and engaging faculties of the mind which are more latent. There has been a cacophony of research studies on the effects that meditation has upon the brain and nervous system. Having
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The pancreas is unique in that it is both an organ and an endocrine gland. It serves the function of producing enzymes that are essential for the breakdown of fat, protein and carbohydrates. In addition to this, your pancreas produces the hormones insulin, glucagon and somatostatin. Elevated insulin levels are primary concerns for diabetics and
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Its adrenal time. The amount of demand placed upon the adrenal glands due to modern day stress factors is immense and unprecedented. Stress can be identified as having both internal and external origins. Adrenal stress can result in symptoms such as exhaustion, chronic fatigue, insomnia, sleep disturbances, poor immunity, thyroid issues, metabolic dysfunction and other
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The Berkeley, CA hotel was jam packed with perhaps 100-125 alternative health professionals. The event was a 2-day seminar hosted by the long-standing nutritional supplement company Standard Process, featuring presentations from master herbalist Kerry Bone, PhD and chiropractor Michael Dobbins, DC. The seminar centered around the Six Most Common Health Challenges faced by the Modern
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This week’s focus on blood chemistry analysis is digestion and liver function. Both of these are related to each other. The digestive system involves liver function. The liver, whose function includes digestive activities, is a massive organ that has multiple roles in the body’s biological processes. Click HERE to review the major functions of your liver. The
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Let’s go! Stop waiting and let’s get busy with improving your health. Have you reached the breaking point yet? So many of the people I work with have either reached the breaking point, are sick and tired of being sick and tired, or have no choice but to improve their health. It takes motivation. The
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Hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) is a tissue level biopsy which can reveal a lot of very important data regarding the activity of the adrenal and thyroid glands. Additionally, HTMA and the study of minerals is highly complex and intriguing, and if used as a long-term lab test, can reveal information not obtained by any
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De-regulated blood sugar levels have become epidemic in the western world. The incidence of blood sugar-related diseases such as diabetes now strikes tens of millions of people. Type II diabetes is a disease that is totally preventable, and in many instances reversible with abeyance to good dietary principles, exercise and a change in attitude and
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