Prenatal Nutrition

An expecting mother has the joy and the responsibility of creating an inner paradise for a life hidden to human eyes. Most mothers take great care to create the best environment they can for their unborn child. They create a sort of Eden, even at great sacrifice to themselves.

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Strong Bones

Calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D are nutrients often not available when the body needs them to make strong bones. Many other nutrients control the hormones, which influence the body’s decision to turn a calorie into bone. In other words, the hipbone is connected to the hormones and nutrition can improve the hormones. Less commonly known is that some components in our diet and most definitely smoking can prevent strong bones. Various treatments are available to remove such toxins.

Have you stepped on the scale a week into your exercise plan, and noticed that the scale doesn’t budge? Good. You are right on track. Why am I so confident of that? Well, losing weight is like buying a home. A home loan has us paying interest before the principal comes down. Exercise is interest, paid before the scale shows a reduction in the principal. That’s because exercise builds muscle, and it is muscle that increases our metabolism and our metabolism that burns fat. If you want to see progress sooner, get a new scale!

Why paternal metabolism matters

Men’s metabolism matters! Men, too, have a biologic clock, although it may not tick as loudly as a woman’s and the batteries may last a few years longer. At the time of conception, the father can confer longevity, and unfortunately, can also confer birth defects.

Preventing Macular Degeneration

I once stayed in a hotel which had installed a heater at eye level, behind each bathroom mirror. Although the heater itself was invisible, its benefit became clearly visible as I emerged from a steamy shower – a mirror without fog!

Nutrients for High Blood Pressure

Suppose Alan Greenspan, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, decided retirement was not for him. He could become a cardiologist. “High blood pressure,” Dr. Greenspan would explain, “is similar to inflation. Medications can be used to control hypertension the way I bumped interest rates to control inflation. Neither medications nor interest rate hikes are cures. Unfortunately, cures for hypertension such as diet and exercise can prove as difficult as decreasing foreign debt and consumer spending.”

In ancient times, healers dispensed herbs. The Middle Ages replaced herbs with prayers. The Renaissance replaced prayers with medicine. Today many say medicine is too strong, too expensive and too late. Give me that herb! In short, “there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9

We are taught to accept a present with grace. “Never look a gift-horse in the mouth.” Why stare at a horse’s maul anyhow? The mouth says a lot about overall health for horses and humans. Possibly the most powerful diagnostic tool in my black bag is the tongue depressor, affectionately known as the aah stick.

Nutrition for gut immunity

The gut is continually deciding what food to absorb and discard. The gut’s immune system is highly specialized to serve as the first line of de-fence. Think of the gut as exactly that, a 10-meter-long fence. When it comes to building fences, take advice from Wyoming ranchers. Make your fences bull-strong, horse-high and pig-tight.