Now that spring is fast approaching, I want to encourage everyone to get out there and support your local farmer’s market. Supporting local farmer’s, (particularly if they are trying to grow organic produce), is healthy not only for you and your family, but also helps to support your community.
I’ve read that in some cases, our food typically can travel over 1,000 miles before it makes it to our table. Can you imagine?! Of course the produce is picked weeks before, then transported and packaged and then makes it to the store where again, it sits until we come along and buy it. During this transportation process, the food has lost ALOT of nutritional value.
When you buy your produce from LOCAL farmers, you’re certainly not guaranteed that it was picked that morning, but it sure is more likely that the produce is fresher than purchasing from a supermarket. Be sure to have a conversation with your farmer and ask him about his planting, growing, picking and storing procedures.
Whenever possible, try to support your local farmers and eat locally grown foods. This way you’ll enjoy the health benefits of consuming produce that is actually ripe and nutritionally-dense AND you’ll help support your local community as well.
If you live in or near San Antonio, here are some websites that can get you started on your search. There are quite a few farmer’s markets throughout San Antonio. If you’re not in San Antonio, a simple search on Google with the name of your town/state and Farmer’s Markets, should yield plenty of results.
http://www.picktexas.com/farm_market/santon.htm
http://www.sanantoniofoodshed.com/
http://www.mysanantonio.com/life/food/Farmers_Market.html
http://www.fruitstands.com/states/texas.htm
http://www.farmersmarketonline.com/fm/Texas.htm
Tags: Nutrition/Food, Resources
This is a very common question that I get asked ALOT. Almost daily in fact, someone will ask me if I have “anything” that can help them with…. (insert ailment, condition, symptoms here). Some of the more common questions are:
Can you help with my headaches?
I’m depressed and I have anxiety….Can natural remedies help?
Can you help with my stomach problems? I’m constipated or I have IBS….
Can you help with my pain? My joints hurt or my back hurts….
I’m always tired and have lots of fatigue…is there a natural substance that can help my energy?
I have allergies and don’t want to take allergy shots anymore….
My child has been diagnosed with ADHD or ADD and I wonder if there is something nutritional that I can do to help him/her?
I don’t get good sleep and taking sleeping pills makes me groggy the next day…is there something natural that can help?
These are just a few of the more common questions that I get asked. And the answer is always YES. Yes there are natural substances, herbs, essential oils, etc., that can assist with helping you feel better and help your body get back into balance.
The beautiful thing about working with natural health remedies, therapeutic essential oils and whole food nutritional products, is that those items are all very supportive of the human body. They help to restore balance INSIDE the body. While you do your part to work on changing your lifestyle, daily habits and dietary intake, the supplements that I recommend not only support you in that endeavor, but actually FEED your body “the good stuff”…..vitamins, minerals, enzymes, phytochemicals, antioxidants, etc. All of that good stuff helps your body repair damage, grow new cells and get back in balance once again.
The human body is designed to be “in balance”. We are not meant to have all of these symptoms and ailments that unfortunately, plague many people today. Typically, natural substances do not cause side effects like most prescription medications. But instead they bring about gentle healing and support so you can get back to feeling your best.
So again the answer is YES. There are a wide variety of natural and herbal products that probably can help you with your (insert symptom or ailment here). Remember that no matter your health condition, nutrition and natural and herbal therapies will be SUPPORTIVE and HEALING and combined with other therapies, can help you be the best you can be.
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As a Naturopath, Health Coach and Aromatherapy Consultant, I am passionate about helping you become the best you can be utilizing natural therapies. Please learn more About Me, the various Natural Health Services that I offer, read the Testimonials and Contact Me to get started today!
Tags: Alternative Medicine, aromatherapy, Essential Oils, Herbs, Natural Therapies, Nutrition/Food
Last night on the CBS Hit Show “CSI: Miami“ (Bad Seed, 10/19/09), the show centered around two people that had been poisoned. It turns out, that both had been exposed to bacteria. One person had eaten bacteria that was exposed to E-Coli and the other had eaten corn that had been genetically modified (GMO) and produced with bacteria to control insects from eating the crop. The bacteria in the GMO food ended up having problems and in the end, the person died from Botulism.
So it got me thinking about our food supply. Of course, I’ve known about genetically modified foods. But so many people I talk to, have never even heard of it nor do they know what it means. So I thought I would talk about it and educate you about this as this is one very serious thing that is poisoning our food supply and robbing us of our health.
So what does genetically engineered or genetically modified food really mean? In the simplest terms, this means that Click here to continue reading »
Tags: Natural Therapies, Nutrition/Food, Resources
As a natural health practitioner and educator, I feel I must again point out about the flu vaccine and the potential for problems. Unfortunately, with the vast media attention from news TV, radio, online and newspapers, most people are being bombarded with how important it is to do the flu vaccine. The pharmaceutical industry is really pushing these drugs, but I urge you to please do your own research and educate yourself about the potential for problems.
Below is a video link of a story done on a young woman who has had a very severe, very rare reaction to taking the flu shot. My personal opinion is that Click here to continue reading »
Tags: Alternative Medicine, Colds, Flu, Natural Therapies, Naturopathic Doctor
In case you missed The Oprah Winfrey Show the other day, Dr. Mehmet Oz was on the show talking about Americans being addicted to prescription medications. The show was primarily about pain-relieving, anti-anxiety and anti-depressant related medications; those being the primary drugs that people get addicted to.
It was an intense show and although I know that Americans take too many prescriptions, I wasn’t prepared for the statistics. The DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) reports that more Americans are addicted to prescription drugs than heroin, cocaine and ecstasy COMBINED! They report that over 6 million people are addicted to prescriptions. YIKES! Those are staggering numbers.
Are you one of them? Chances are that either you, or Click here to continue reading »
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No matter your age, even if you’re in your 70’s or 80’s or even 90’s, it’s NEVER too late to make changes in your lifestyle that can directly have a positive impact on your health!
Every day I see patients that struggle to regain their health. Some come in with lists of prescription meds that they are taking that they want to stop taking. Other people come in who are just starting to have some health challenges, they’re not on prescription meds yet, but their physician may be threatening them with the prospect of having to start them. And yet other people, have a severe debilitating or even life-threatening illness. It’s NEVER too late to start to make changes and it doesn’t matter Click here to continue reading »
Tags: Alternative Medicine, Natural Therapies, Naturopathic Doctor, Nutrition/Food
On the heels of all the controversy surrounding 13-year old Daniel Hauser for refusing chemotherapy, I thought I would point out some positive aspects about the benefits of choosing natural and alternative therapies: Click here to continue reading »
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There is quite a debate going around about coffee. Depending on who you read, there are theories that suggest drinking coffee is actually good for you. It does have antioxidant value associated with it, so that can definitely be a good thing.
But for me, its how you’re drinking your coffee that matters. Personally, I don’t like the taste of coffee, so it was necessary for me to “doctor it up” to make it tolerable! I think in and of itself, coffee probably does Click here to continue reading »
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Have you ever seen these words on a cereal box, a loaf of bread or flour? Have you stopped to think about what it means? This post is going to talk about these two words and the detrimental impact they have on our food supply.
Enriched……You’ll see this most commonly on flour, breads, tortillas and pasta. What this means is that Click here to continue reading »
Well yesterday it happened. I got that funny little strange sensation that told me I was “coming down with it.” I woke up feeling good; had my usual Power Smoothie and was bouncing off the walls.
But then about 10:00 am, I hit a MAJOR slump. All of a sudden, my energy took a nose dive. This is not normal for me! I usually have fantastic energy and feel good all the time. First the energy crashed; then I noticed that my body started aching and my muscles were sore; particularly my neck and shoulders. This is a pattern I’ve noticed in myself in the past. For me, it generally starts that way and I always notice achiness and tightness in my neck and shoulders.
And then the real kicker: I wasn’t hungry. Click here to continue reading »
Tags: Alternative Medicine, aromatherapy, Colds, Essential Oils, Flu, Herbs, Natural Therapies, Naturopathic Doctor, Nutrition/Food
Well this is a great news story put out by Fox News. A noted Infectious Disease Physician has stated publicly that the Flu Vaccine is dangerous and will not give it to his children.
It is important to educate yourself and your family so I encourage you to take a moment to watch the video. Remember there are many natural supplements and foods that will help support your body and your immune system during the cold / flu season. Please Contact Me to learn more.
Tags: Alternative Medicine, aromatherapy, Cleansing, Colds, Essential Oils, Flu, Herbs, Natural Therapies, Naturopathic Doctor
