Author: ESS_Naples

Oral Ecology: Prebiotics, Probiotics, & Alternative Natural Sweeteners
In high school biology, a small amount of time is spent on the topic known as ecology. Most students study this subject to pass a test, but few realiz [...]

How Does Our Diet Affect Inflammation?
It is no longer a question as to whether or not inflammation contributes to chronic disease. While it is a process essential to human existence, it ca [...]

What the Mind Believes, the Body Can Conceive
The Infertility statistics in the United States are a bit inconsistent, depending on the source you reference; but let’s face it, if you’re someone wh [...]

The Common Cold of Mental Illness
Because of its prevalence in our society, depression is often referred to as the “common cold” of mental illness. It may be common, but depression is [...]

Coconut Flour Cinnamon Swirl English Muffin
Coconut flour is made from dried coconut meat and contains no grain or gluten. It is light in color and texture, although it becomes much more dense [...]

Got Milk? Get real! Coca Cola super processes milk
Message from the American Dairy Association: Please buy this homogenized, pasteurized, defatted, fortified “milk”, from animals that have been fed G [...]

There Is No “One-Size-Fits-All” Diet
There are so many diet books out there in stores, on TV and online. Each one offers “the answer” to what ails us. High fat, low carbs, no carbs, high [...]

What Makes Her Fit Could Make You Fat!
Dieting. Oh what a daunting task! Counting calories, daily trips to the bathroom scale, enjoying ALL those Valentine chocolates vicariously through [...]

How Echoes in the Energy Body Inhibit Fertility
There is a specific kind of pain that results from the loss of life in the womb. Many people have experienced this nameless pain and rarely find a saf [...]

Is My Diet Affecting My Ability to Conceive?
Many people have heard the saying “you are what you eat”, well this saying is especially true for a couple trying to conceive. Never has nutrition p [...]

Can You Create Your Reality From a Simple Thought?
If I asked most people, what is the most important thing they wanted to change about themselves in order to create an ideal life, I would hear the fol [...]

Holistic Physical Therapy for Chronic Pain
How often do we feel pain? Unfortunately, for some of us, it is a daily and constant experience. As many of you can attest to, chronic pain can become [...]

Financial Survival of a Divorce: The 9 Most Costly Mistakes to Avoid
Each year there are nearly 1 million divorces in the United States, or about 50% of all marriages. The real tragedy, however, is the financial hardshi [...]

Natural Relief from Gout
Scientists estimate that 6 million adults age 20 and older report having had gout at some time in their lives.
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Ancient Wisdom for Hormone Balance and Weight Loss
Have you ever had the experience of trying to lose weight and you just can’t. “Doctor, I have tried everything and I can’t lose weight!” is a common t [...]

Why Do 80% of All Diets Fail?
You either don’t lose the weight, or you do lose it and gain it all back. The average dieter begins and breaks four diets a year. Four. We start out [...]

Ask Dr. Jeff! Your Veterinary Homeopath
Is raw fresh raw food safe to feed to your dog or cat? Is it better for me to vaccinate every 3 years rather than annually? What about not vaccinating [...]

Winter and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) states that people should live in harmony with their environment. During winter, this means slowing down and keepin [...]

Mindful Eating Meets Mindful Self-Compassion
Another new year dawns and with it comes the barrage of weight loss plans, some balanced, others not and most promising a ‘quick fix”. The diet indust [...]

Try Quinoa for a Great Alternative to Grain
I adore grains of any form. I love the coarse texture, chew, nuttiness, and wholesome, satisfying taste. When quinoa recently became popularized I qu [...]

A Mom Who Healed Autism and ADHD
Several years ago, my youngest son was showing signs of being severely autistic and my older son had PDD (and probably more had we tested him before w [...]

How Did I Get This “Muffin Top”!
Carl and Cindy have always lived active lives. Married 30 years, they still enjoy biking and golfing, and they pride themselves in their healthy lifes [...]

The New Role of Your Dentist
The next time you go to the dentist, the first question you may be asked is, "How is your health in general?" Over the last couple of decades, the rol [...]

How to Break the Failed Relationship Cycle
Another relationship down the drain. More time spent hurting, wondering why it didn’t work out, and dreading having to “go back out there” again. Why [...]