The Real Problem with Grains and Pain

If you are dealing with any kind of pain, then dietary changes might be in your future. We Americans have been led to believe that certain foods are “good” for us, but our immune system often sees some foodstuffs as the enemy. Do you have brain fog, headaches, fatigue, loss of energy, pain in your […]

Blood Sugar and Joint Pain

Sugar, in its many forms, is a menace. In 1988, the forward-thinking Nancy Appleton wrote a book entitled Lick the Sugar Habit, implicating sugar in 141 diseases. Today we understand that too much sugar – hiding under many names in endless combinations of glucose and fructose – causes a host of health problems, including PAIN. People […]

Meditating to Relieve Pain

Mindfulness is effective for treating chronic pain symptoms. If you struggle with chronic pain, you may

Center for Disease Control Recommendations for Chronic Pain

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a report on March 18th, 2016 improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice.These new guidelines will ensure patients have access to safer, more effective chronic pain treatment while reducing the number of people who misuse, abuse, or overdose from these drugs.

Stubborn Belly Fat: Are Your Adrenals to Blame?

If you’ve been doing “everything right” with the goal of losing weight – like eating right and exercising – but the weight just isn’t coming off, it may be time to look at your overall stress load. Here’s why: your adrenal glands help you cope with all of life’s stressors, and once that stress load […]

Your Waistline: Inches Speak Volumes About Your Health

A patient who was overwhelmed with a number of health issues, including blood pressure and diabetes, recently asked me where he should start. What should he focus on first? He was actually relieved when I told him to focus on what could be the single biggest predictor of health and disease. I explained that no […]