Category: Conditions
Ask Dr. Jeff! Your Veterinary Homeopath
I’m honored and excited to be here to answer all of your natural and holistic veterinary care questions! Many of the readers of this magazine have alr [...]
How Bacteria Keep You Well
Probiotics are healthy bacteria and yeast that reside on and in our bodies. They outnumber our own cell count 10:1! With so many bacteria living off o [...]
Chinese Medicine & Today’s Immune System Issues
More and more diseases have been found to be related to the immune system today. The term "immune system" has to be borrowed from Western medicine. A [...]
How Our Mythology Influences Our Immune System
Autoimmune Disease (AD) is an illusive, painful and sometimes deadly force moving through our modern culture. It affects over 23 million people in the [...]
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Gut-based Interventions
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) the prevalence of autism is now 1 in 68. This is a 119.4% increase over the rate of 1 in 150 that wa [...]
Finding Fertility in the Grocery Store Aisle
The secret ingredient to improving fertility might just be in the grocery store. While no single food can magically help someone conceive, a well-roun [...]
Beyond Calcium: Nutrients Critical to Bone Health
There is a general presumption, fed by dairy industry advertising, that adequate calcium
is all you need to maintain strong bones. However, several [...]
Got Winter Depression? How Moms Can Find ‘Better’ Feelings this Season
Toward the end of last winter, I found myself crying one day- for what seemed like no apparent reason at all. I felt horrible. Horrible about myself [...]
Ask Dr. Jeff! Your Veterinary Homeopath
I’m honored and excited to be here to answer all of your natural and holistic veterinary care questions! Many of the readers of this magazine have alr [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Is Estrogen Blocking Your Weight Loss?
Estrogen is a very well known hormone important for bone density, menstrual cycle regularity and brain function. But when it comes to weight loss this [...]
Can Our Lifestyle Affect Our Risk of Depression?
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), 7.6% of Americans aged 12 and up are depressed. This number was much higher for females and those b [...]
Depression is Not a Chemical Imbalance
Depression has become an epidemic in the United States. According to the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), in 2013, 9.2 percent of adults i [...]
Infertility: The Holiday Season’s Biggest Grinch
The holidays can be the happiest time of year… or the saddest. According to the National Institutes of Health, there is a high incidence of depression [...]