Reducing Toxin Exposure

One of the most concerning health issues of our time is the increasing exposure we all face to environmental toxins. There is mounting scientific evidence that toxin exposure is playing a significant role in triggering or amplifying many chronic diseases including obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancers, and multisystem conditions such as… Read more »

Preventing Shingles

Our focus is to promote well-being and not ignore painful disorders that can be prevented. The benefits of knowing about shingles and doing something before it strikes can help alleviate pain that may alter your life and leave you with severe chronic pain. Herpes zoster, or shingles, is a viral disorder that can strike at… Read more »

The Movement Towards Personalized Medicine

Thanks to new science called gene sequencing, researchers have discovered 1,800 disease genes. This information is part of what was learned with the conclusion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. Additionally, hundreds of genes have been discovered that influence the way we metabolize nutrients, perceive taste, regulate hunger and respond to exercise. Your diet… Read more »

It’s Good to Get Sick!

Health and wellness is traditionally viewed as the absence of disease while feeling vital, energetic, happy, and content. However, the complete absence of all signs of illness is not always an adequate measure of a stronger immune system or complete vitality. In fact, it is good for a body to get sick. Getting sick for… Read more »

Detoxification Genomics

Many of the exciting new discoveries in functional medicine involve the science of genomics.  Gene mutations, also referred to as SNPs, can predispose you to conditions such as heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, anxiety, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, neurodegenerative disease, cancer, chemical sensitivities and many more diseases.  Detoxification is a word that has many meanings. In… Read more »

The Benefits of Thai Massage

If you’ve been receiving regular massage or body work then you already understand the benefit of taking care of your muscular and skeletal pains with therapeutic bodywork. Most people choose a Swedish, deep tissue or sports massage for these purposes. Thai massage is an often overlooked or misunderstood treatment that provides unique and profound benefits.… Read more »

Take Your Magnesium

In December, the Desert Sun ran an informative article entitled Is Magnesium Deficiency a Clue to Many Ailments? by David Templeton of TNS Global. It stated that 80 percent of Americans are deficient in magnesium according to the World Health Organization, and that low magnesium levels have been implicated in hypertension, coronary heart disease, type… Read more »