Are you seeking: -better health? -more energy? -deeper sleep? -the motivation to get into the best shape of your life? Are you searching for answers as to why your supplements, medications, exercise programs and diets aren’t working? Or perhaps you are a health care professional feeling frustrated with just managing illness instead of actually providing […]
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Relaxing into Being This articles goes deeper into the meditation practice called incremental breathing. If you haven’t read the previous article I recommend reading it first. It is safe to say that most of us have more tension in our bodies and more pressure in our lives than we want. Maybe it is just […]
If you haven’t read part one, please do. This article will be more beneficial if you do. Water Content Doesn’t Count One of the most common sense things I have ever learned about food, especially when evaluating nutrient density of a food, is to subtract the water content first. For example, broccoli is 90-percent water, […]
Understanding Nutrient Density The first thing to consider about any food you eat is its proportions of nutrients to calories, or how nutrient dense it is. Ideally there should be an abundance of nutrients in your diet and enough calories to get you through your day. Nutrients are essential substances like vitamins and minerals, fats […]
A well-known Nelson healer has completed Returning to an Ancestral Diet, a cookbook that brings a common sense approach to healthy eating and nutrition. Michael Smith is co-founder of Nelson’s Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences. For the past 17 years, he’s been combining Traditional Chinese Medicine, functional medicine and nutritional medicine focusing on autoimmune disease. […]
If you have never had Acupuncture, you are in for an amazing and yet common sense experience. Almost everyone who has tried acupuncture recommends it as an effective therapy to their friends and family. In this article I am going to shed some light on the provable medical benefits of acupuncture and some less scientific […]
Acupuncture is a medical procedure that involves the insertion of very fine needles into the skin and muscles. I recommended that you wear loose fitting clothes or a bring bathing suit to a treatment. It is also recommended that you go to the washroom previous to your appointment. I do not recommended being under the […]
This is a beautiful analogy that is commonly used in Eastern literature and Indigenous Traditions to describe a calm and quiet Mind. Imagine a pond or a small lake at sunrise, the surface is so calm that the cloud and passing birds are reflected as if by a mirror. In this place of Mind, your reality […]
As it turns out, mayonnaise is actually a good source of healthy fats. That may sound crazy but look at what it is made of. Mayonnaise is made from an uncooked egg yolk, some lightly flavored olive oil, grape seed oil or avocado oil, some mustard, red wine or apple cider vinegar, lime juice and […]
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