Boosting your immune system naturally is the best way to prevent and overcome the flu. Have you noticed the flu seems to be hitting everyone hard this year? The flu shot has been found to be dismally ineffective in preventing the flu. While flu vaccinations may have some value for certain individuals for whom catching a flu could be very dangerous, […]
Month: January 2015
Dr. O’s Tips: Grains, even “whole grains”, are completely unnecessary in a healthy, balanced diet.
There is nothing beneficial in grains that you cannot get elsewhere in your diet, but lots of bad qualities unique to grains. We do not need grains for fiber, vitamins or minerals. Our bodies prefer to receive fiber, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and carbohydrates from colorful vegetables. In fact, the way that wheat has been produced, processed and added to food in […]
Dr. O’s Tips: Connection is more important than diet and exercise
Connecting with and helping others is more important to having a long, vital and happy life than a healthy diet and exercise program. A powerful resolution for this New Year with long-lasting and far-reaching benefits could be to finally join the club or class you’ve always considered, start a weekly dinner or game night with friends, or […]
Do You Need to Detoxify?
From Clean by Alejandro Junger, M.D. Do you get headaches more than occasionally? Do you get colds or viruses each year? Do you have bowel movements less frequently than after each meal? Do you have bowel movements that are not soft and easily passed? Do you have diarrhea more than very rarely? Do you get […]
