September 25th, 2009 02:10pm
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Erika Crotta N.D. Ph.D.
Modern medicine provides us with miraculous procedures to deal with the end result of a disease process (e.g., cancer: removing the tumor; heart attack: bypass surgery). These lifesaving techniques provide quick relief. However, if the patient doesn’t change his/her habits after these events, then the conditions that inspired the problem in the first place will remain, inviting the disease to return. Hippocrates said, “A disease …
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September 18th, 2009 03:11pm
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Ed Bauman, Ph.D. & Barbara Liss NE
Our bodies create substances from fats that are necessary for good health – hence the term “essential fatty acids.” Fat is used to store energy, make hormones, and transport vitamins, among other important functions. For a moderately active person, approximately one third of one’s daily calories can come from healthy fats.
It is useful to think of fats as building blocks – and the better …
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September 11th, 2009 01:09pm
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Jeff Friedman D.C.
The causes and correction of lowered adrenal function.
In nature, when an animal is attacked, it can respond with extraordinary feats of strength and endurance. This is accomplished with the mobilization of hormones – specifically, adrenalin. The same response also occurs in humans, but with a very significant difference. Once an emergency has ended, the animal will recover quickly from the galvanizing effects of adrenalin. Humans, however, live with …
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September 5th, 2009 01:49pm
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Richard Strozzi-Heckler Ph.D.
Aikido practice happens in the dojo. Dojo is a Japanese word that refers to the place to “train in the Way”. The origin of the word is from the ancient Sanskrit, Bodhimandha, which means place of awakening. Place of Awakening! How extraordinary this is! Ever since human beings have spoken about what is important to them they have attributed great importance to a place in which …
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