Breathing How . . .

In a recent post I discussed the importance of using controlled breathing as a body cleanse to lower hormones that can cause anxiety or fear and as a technique to calm yourself. I thought it wise to discuss two simple exercises on some breathing. There are many more breathing exercises available on YouTube. The first […]

Stress – How to Recognize It

Stress is defined as your body’s response to a stressor such as a threat, environmental condition, challenge or demand.  Stress can be positive; it keeps you safe or helps you meet a deadline.  The question becomes how we recognize when stress becomes too much.  At times we become too busy with life, kids and work […]

Breathing Cleans What?

Breathing is obviously the most important thigs that we do.  You take air into the lungs and then expel it.  The average person’s breathing is around 12-16 breaths per minute.  All sorts of changes happen in the body  As we breathe, we exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide in a rhythmic pattern that can be calming […]

Body Keeps the Score — Say What?

Have you heard of epigenetics? For years science believed tha a particular gene produces a particular result.  Surprise!  Research is now indicating that genes are not fixed, they operate with other bio chemical messages, they can be turned on and off or left with “markers” that affect how they operate, and thus the health of […]

Informed Consent

The Canadian medical system requires that we are provided with “informed consent” — we trust this.  If we are required to have surgery, usually we are presented with “informed consent” paperwork requiring our signature.  The documents list all the surgery outcome, risks and possibilities for us to sign but, sometimes this is all verbal.  This […]

Exercise – Just Do It!

We all know, or have been told about the importance of exercise, but do we really know how important it is, and the types of exercise required for optimum health? Results of exercise studies have been somewhat mixed, but there is a growing consensus that high intensity weight-bearing exercise and resistance training generally increase, or […]

Tongue Tie, Huh?

Why am I writing about a this? There is a strong link between tongue tie and B12/folate issues (MTHFR genes) – but what is a tongue tie actually? (caugheydds.com) A tongue tie “is a condition in which an unusually short, thick or tight band of tissue (Lingual Frenulum) tethers the bottom of the tongue’s tip to the […]

Really It is About The Water!

Water is considered one of the most important nutrients. If we fail to consume our vegetables and fruits this may result in deficiencies over the span of weeks, months or years, but we can only go without water a few days. Water is comprised of 60 percent of the average person’s body weight. Our brains […]

Natural Health Fundamentals

The term natural health implies that a state of well-being has been achieved through natural means. Dr Carl Pfeiffer MD, a physician and biochemist who researched schizophrenia, allergies and other diseases, stated it in this way “for every drug that benefits a patient there is a natural substance that can achieve the same effect.” Natural […]

What’s B12 Got To Do With It?

B12 is the most chemically complex of all vitamins and the only vitamin that must be sourced from an external source such as animal or plant. It is the most important vitamin for normal function of the nervous system for neural maintenance. Animal protein is the biggest bang B12 acts as a cofactor in the […]

Communication

Step ONE: Understand the definition of communication (according to Google) is defined as, “the imparting or exchanging of information or news, the sending or receiving information, such as phone lines or computers. Step TWO: I am sure that most of you have watched the short movie Fantastic Fungi on Netflix or YouTube. For those that […]

Molecules of Emotion

Molecules of Emotion was written by Candace B. Pert, PhD and internationally recognized neuroscientist and pharmacologist who has published over 250 research articles.  Candace’s work began to gain recognition in the 1908’s, the book was published in 1997.  That was 25 years ago!  The original key paper written in 1985 identifying that she had proved […]