Warning about Stopping Medications (see your doctor!)

This is a quick note in response to any people asking if they should stop medications they are on. You should NEVER stop medications or wean off meds, go "cold turkey" on medications without a doctor's supervision and OK.

That being said many more functional medicine or holistic doctors or naturopathic doctors are going to be on board with lowering or trying to get you off medications completely. Always do your own research and make sure any doctor you choose has great recommendations. Any doctor can be great or awful and make sure you are OK with what they are telling you to do and what protocol they tell you to follow. The are working for YOU and YOU can call some of the shots, they are many doctors out there that will listen to you, the patient, as they should!

Mold in Foods in NY (Winter)

As winter turns to spring here in NY, I was told by my holistic doctor to avoid moldy foods. Right away I thought avoid grains, nuts, beans, sugary foods, root veggies, tropical fruits and more...foods stored for long periods are most at risk.

The problem is in NY the growing season ends in November and  between November til April/May, NY gets food "trucked" in from FL ,CA , and then tropical locations as well.

When the not usually moldy foods are on trucks/ships for a week/2 weeks or more to get here...guess what? EVERYTHING gets moldy! It was VERY frustrating to find foods that were not moldy.

Now, thank goodness it is the end of May and the farmers are cranking out those veggies and there I will be to get FRESH veggies/fruits from their fields.

Another way to make sure your food is fresher is to grow it yourself.

I have realized gardening is not one of my strengths, although I love to see things grow!

http://www.jillcarnahan.com/2015/02/08/low-mold-diet/

Natural and Holistic Pancreatitis Treatments

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Some Favorite Holistic Sites and Holistic Health Practitioners

I will add to this post..this is a preliminary

Stephen Sinatra MD----  Holistic Cardiologist

Natural Mentor (website)

Andrew Weil MD

Gerson Institute

Hippocrates Health Institute

Doctor Oz MD

Tapping Solution

Fred Pescatore MD

Dr. Joseph Mercola MD

Tufts

Mike Adams

Brenda Watson

David Wolfe

Dr. Becker MD

Woman to Woman

Mark Hyman MD

Christine Gizoni (chiropractor/nutritionist))

Doctor Donielle Wilson ND

Steve Nenninger ND

Peter Osborne (chiropractor/nutritionist)

Gluten Free Society

Kevin Gianni

Matt Monarch

Donna Gates Body Ecology

Ron Teeguarden

Earthing

Dr. Daneil Amen MD and Tana Amen

Robyn Openshaw

Kushi Institute

Truth Calkins

Christina Pirello

healing lupus Stacey Becker

Daniel Vitalis

https://www.shosteo.com/ Stephen Braun D.O.

More Great Holistic Healing Books

The Autoimmune Solution: Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum od Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases by Amy Myers MD

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause by Izabella Wentz, PharmD, FASCP with Marta Nowosadzka MD

The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments: Defeat Lyme Disease with the Best of Conventional and Alternative Medicine by Bryan Rosner

Overcoming Adrenal Fatigue: How to Restore Hormonal Balance and Feel Renewed, Energized and Stress Free by Kathryn R. Simpson MS

The Adrenal Reset Diet by Alan Christianson NMD

Inflammatory foods

 

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Elimination diets can be sooo helpful to find the foods that are causing inflammation and thereby causing you pain in your joints, headaches, muscle aches, sinus pain, etc They're not the same for everyone, but for folks with joint issues/ diseases there are some  foods that are much more common offenders.

Watch the gluten, wheat ,barley, rye, and even oats (even gluten free oats) dairy and eggs of course...

But when people eliminate the wheat, eggs and dairy...many add in corn, white potato, gluten free grains /oats (broken down to sugars), and sugar ...these can also cause inflammation.

Some foods that cause pain, in many with joint problems, are beef (not sure if grass fed beef would be less inflammatory- seems to be a plausible theory), tomatoes (and other nightshades- eggplant, white potato, bell peppers etc),  bananas, and peanut butter.

When you do an elimination diet, pay special attention to these foods if and when you add them back in.

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Coping Strategies for Families with Chronic Ilness

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Research for Yourself With These Great Holistic Books

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My Favorite Health Sites and Doctors

I will add to this post..this is a preliminary

Stephen Sinatra MD----  Holistic Cardiologist

Natural Mentor

Andrew Weil MD

Gerson Institute

Hippocrates Health Institute

Doctor Oz MD

Tapping Solution

Fred Pescatore MD

Dr. Joseph Mercola MD

Tufts

Mike Adams

Brenda Watson

David Wolfe

Dr. Becker MD

Woman to Woman

Mark Hyman MD

Christine Gizoni

Doctor Doni

Steve Nenninger

Peter Osborne

Gluten Free Society

Kevin Gianni

Matt Monarch

Donna Gates Body Ecology

Ron Teeguarden

Earthing

Dr. Daneil Amen MD and Tana Amen

Robyn Openshaw

Kushi Institute

Truth Calkins

Christina Pirello

healing lupus Stacey Becker

Daniel Vitalis

Natural Mentor is a great site!

I signed up to get emails/blog posts from these folks. They seem to have some terrific information. Check them out!
http://naturalmentor.com/

Tana Amen's Blog

Tana Amen is a nurse and wife of Dr. Daniel Amen. She has important info to share on eating healthy caused by her own extreme health challenges in the past. She says gluten free is the way to be for EVERYONE!

http://tanaamen.com/blog

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Scanner That Tells Your Anti-Oxidant Levels by "Reading" Your Skin

Had this anti-oxidant scan done this past weekend at a festival. I got 66,000! I'm proud! I eat lots of veggies and fruits and nuts. And I take supplements recommended by a holistic doctor. Yay! I have lots of anti-oxidants! They have a cool video in the link below, from the Dr. Oz show explaining the scanner and the audiences results. Please click the link below and scroll down to watch the Dr. Oz video

http://anti-oxidant-scanner.com/

42 Things You Should Know About Gluten Sensitivity from the Gluten Free Society

Found this list of 42 Things... on Face Book. An outrageously informative list with links to learn more please click below! And forward to your friends with health issues.Any health issues!

http://www.glutenfreesociety.org/gluten-free-society-blog/42-things-you-should-know-about-gluten-sensitivity/

Chronic Illness and Marriage from Focus on the Family

A really great article on chronic illness and marriage. I saw a statistic that 75% of marriages fail, when one partner is diagnosed with a chronic disease. Life changes when one is diagnosed and some parts of marriage life must be mourned. Also one of the "best" ways to cause your relationship to fail is to "bother" the chronically ill spouse saying things like "Why don't you do more/work more.? Are you REALLY sick? Please read the article below.

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/facing_crisis/chronic_illness.aspx