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contents Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

12 A Year Ending, Another Beginning

This is the circle of live

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20 Cancer, Part 1 of 3

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21 Interview with Louise Hay

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On loving yourself to ageless health

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healthbriefs Body Symmetry Correlates

with Male Strength Low Magnesium R Levels Linked to Kidney Disease

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study from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that people with low levels of magnesium in their blood have a significantly greater risk of chronic kidney disease. The researchers correlated the blood levels of magnesium in 13,226 people ages 45 to 65 with the incidence of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease among them. Subjects who had blood serum magnesium levels below what is generally considered the normal range (0.7–1 millimole per liter) were associated with a 58 percent increased risk of chronic kidney disease and a 139 percent increased risk of end-stage renal disease.

Abnormally low levels of magnesium may result from a number of conditions, including inadequate intake of serum magnesium due to chronic diarrhea, malabsorption, alcoholism, chronic stress, and the use of medications such as diuretics.

Low magnesium is common; an estimated 75% of the population is deficient.

Low magnesium is also associated with migraine headaches, muscle cramps, anxiety, heart arrhythmia, insomnia, depression, impaired cognitive function, and other disorders. Left untreated, it can lead to heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and other chronic conditions.

Foods rich in magnesium include leafy greens, nuts and seeds, beans, whole grains, avocados, bananas and figs.

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esearch from Germany’s University of Göttingen has determined that men with greater body symmetry also have greater strength. The scientists sampled 69 heterosexual, righthanded adult men, measuring handgrip strength as a scientifically recognized means for determining power and strength, as well as fluctuating asymmetry (FA), a measure of subtle, random deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry in traits that are typically symmetrical in the general population. FA was evaluated by measuring and comparing 12 body feature traits on the right and left sides, including breadth of the hand, wrist and elbow; finger length; and facial features.

After eliminating the effects of body mass index, the researchers determined that the men with the greatest physical symmetry were stronger. Facial symmetry in males was associated with greater intelligence and better information-processing efficiency at age 83.

Phototherapy Reduces Knee Pain

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esearch from Brazil’s Universidade Nove de Julho has confirmed that pulsed lasers and LED therapy applied during treatment can significantly reduce knee pain. The 86 patients who participated in the study were divided into two groups; one received 12 treatments using superpulsed red laser and infrared LED phototherapy and the control (placebo) group received 12 treatments using non-therapeutic phototherapy instruments.

The patients given therapeutic phototherapy reported feeling significantly less pain, beginning with and continuing after the tenth treatment through a one-month follow-up visit, and showed improved quality of life compared with the study’s placebo group.

Yoga Breathing Helps Ill Kids’ Lungs

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esearchers from Brazil’s University of São Paulo have found that hatha yoga breathing exercises can significantly improve lung function in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a disease that often ends in premature death from respiratory failure.

The average age of the 26 children who completed the study was nine-and-a-half years old. Participants were taught how to perform hatha yoga breathing exercises and instructed to perform them three times a day for 10 months. The researchers performed spirometry (breathing) tests before, during and after the study period. At the end of the 10 months of practice, the scientists found the breathing exercises improved both the children’s forced vital capacity (the volume of air that can forcibly be blown out after full inspiration) and forced expiratory volume in one second (the volume of air that can forcibly be exhaled in one second after full inspiration).

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Secondhand Smoke Harms Children’s Hearing

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esearchers from São Paulo’s School of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa have found that secondhand smoke negatively affects a child’s hearing. The researchers tested 145 students between ages 8 and 10 who showed normal hearing in standardized tests. Their secondhand smoke exposure was measured by the level of a nicotine metabolite in the children’s urine. The 60 youngsters who had been exposed to secondhand smoke showed significantly lower responses to certain frequencies in both ears when compared to the others who weren’t exposed to the smoke.

Researchers suspect that the affecting mechanism may be the acrolein gas that forms from burning tobacco cigarettes. The chemical was found to damage ear cells in a study published in the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. A 2012 study of diesel exhaust, which likewise produces acrolein gas, by the Republic of Korea’s Dongguk University, also showed damage to middle ear cells.

Supporting these results, a study published in the American Medical Association Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery journal found that smoking during pregnancy almost triples the risk of low-frequency hearing loss in the child. The study tested 964 adolescents between ages 12 and 15, of whom 16 percent were exposed to prenatal smoking.

Eucalyptus Oil Inhibits TB

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any of the natural compounds in the essential oil of Eucalyptus citriodora may prevent the airborne spread of the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), according to a study from the Institute for Tuberculosis Research at the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy. Several of the compounds in the eucalyptus oil inhibited the airborne spread of the infection by 90 percent, while the major component of the oil was only weakly active, at 18 percent.

The scientists used an array of analytical laboratory tests to measure the airborne spread of TB from contagious patients.

They also identified 32 active airborne compounds within the essential oil of eucalyptus and studied the impact of the interaction of multiple components in artificial mixtures.

The researchers undertook the study because “the rapid emergence of extensively and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis has created a pressing public health problem… and represents a new constraint in the already challenging disease management of TB.”

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Om-Based Care

Holistic Healers Reach Out to the Underserved

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n annual report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that up to 33 percent of uninsured people are avoiding needed treatment for economic reasons.

Lifestyle changes and natural remedies like yoga and massage therapy can be highly effective when treating conditions such as high blood pressure, depression, or aching joints, and groups nationwide are making these modalities more affordable for everyone.

At California’s Healing Clinic Collective (HealingClinicCollective.

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The Third Root Community Health Center (ThirdRoot.org), in Brooklyn, helps arrange for acupuncturists, herbalists, Reiki practitioners and others to treat low-income people in New York City.

The Samarya Center (Samarya Center.org), in Seattle, Washington, uses revenue from its yoga studio to provide free yoga to critically ill patients served by the city’s BaileyBoushay House and the local VA hospital, and also to patients with chronic pain at the Pike Place Medical Clinic, which treats many homeless and lowincome Seattle residents.

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wo companies in Japan will begin building two huge new solar power islands that will float on reservoirs, following the inception of the Kagoshima floating solar plant as the country’s largest, which opened in late 2013 just off the country’s southern coast.

The new direction comes as Japan looks to move on from the Fukushima atomic disaster of 2011 and meet the energy needs of its 127 million people without relying on nuclear power. Before the incident, about 30 percent of the country’s power was generated by nuclear plants, but Fukushima destroyed public confidence, and with earthquakes highly likely in regions containing reactors, Japan is looking for alternatives.

Solar islands could also be a solution for other countries where space or nuclear concerns are an issue. It’s possible that one day a significant portion of Europe’s power could come from use of the technology; experts believe the engineering challenges can be surmounted.

Source: DailyGalaxy.com

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America’s Huge New Underwater Park

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he Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument— about 470,000 square miles of ocean surrounding a couple of remote U.S. Pacific islands—is now officially set aside to protect its pristine habitat from deep-sea mining and commercial fishing. Although smaller than the nearly 800,000 square miles of its original plan, the park is still twice the size of Texas.

In a final compromise, fishermen will have access to the waters around half of the islands and atolls, while the other half remains protected. Only 2 percent of the entire Pacific enjoys similar protection.

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he Boxed Water Is Better company was launched in 2009 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to provide a more sustainable alternative to the ubiquitous plastic containers that are made from petroleum products and clog U.S. landfills.

Boxed Water containers resemble milk cartons and are far more sustainable because about 75 percent of the box comes from a renewable resource—trees in certified, well-managed forests—and are completely recyclable.

The company uses reverse osmosis and carbon filters for its purified drinking water from the municipal source at the location of their filling plant, and then ships the product to retailers via the shortest route to curtail the transportation footprint.

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or healthy eaters, Super Bowl parties’ bent toward rich, calorie-laden foods compete with our desire to shed some holiday pounds and return to regular diet regimens. Whether supplying eco-beer selections for guests or bringing refreshments to a gathering, armchair players can score green points both in terms of natural ingredients and supporting the domestic economy and environment.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company’s plant in Chico, California, uses 10,000-plus solar panels and a large on-site water treatment facility for recycling and conserving water. “It’s the number one ingredient in brewing,” says Sustainability Manager Cheri Chastain. “You can generate more energy, but you can’t make water.”

Other American microbrews deploy varied eco-solutions. Dave’s BrewFarm, in Wilson, Wisconsin, for instance, obtains most of its energy via a wind-powered generator. Goats “mow” the grass outside the Anderson Valley Brewing plant in Boonville, California.

Odell Brewing Company, in Fort Collins, Colorado, practices waste reduction and recycling and uses renewable energy sources. The 100 percent windpowered brewery also encourages employees to bike to work and/or carpool, and uses biodiesel-powered delivery trucks (the biodegradable fuel emits 78 percent less CO2 than standard fuel).

Five of the 2014 Good Food Awards’ winning beers—exceeding the criteria of recycling water, local sourcing and banning genetically modified ingredients—are Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, Virginia; Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Oregon; Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, California; Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, Pennsylvania; and Ninkasi Brewing Co., Eugene, Oregon (GoodFoodAwards.org).

ChasingGreen.org offers information on many other U.S. craft breweries that operate in sustainable ways, including the Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, New York; New Belgium Beer, Fort Collins, Colorado; and the Great Lakes Brewing Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

If none of these brews is yet a current favorite, seek them out at a specialty beverage retailer that stocks from multiple regions in order to score a touchdown for us and the Earth. Some just may become part of local fans’ first-string beverage “team” after the game is over.

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A Year Ending, Another Beginning This is the Circle of Life

by Nuris Lemire, MS, OTR/L, NC

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s people move through this wheel of life, continuously experiencing the different emotions that go along with living, it’s important to remember that emotions are not just an abstract concept, but a real, tangible, energy-driven manifestation of all that makes up each person. (It has been said that emotion is E-motion, or energy in motion.)

Emotions, for example, are heavily influenced by one’s culture. The culture dictates how one responds to grief, or loss of a loved one, a job loss, divorce, or a lost opportunity.

A diagnosis of cancer might be encountered a year or two after such an event. (It takes that long for the cancer to develop enough to yield evident symptoms or a diagnosable lump.) Such a correlation between stressful events and subsequent cancer diagnosis or recurrence of previously treated breast cancer (Ramirez AJ, et al., Stress and relapse of breast cancer, British Medical Journal, 1989; 298: 291-293) has been observed by traditional practitioners.

Remember the sayings such as “Boys do not cry” or “Demonstrating emotions = weakness.” These myths are passed down through the generations, until they are accepted as truths.

The result is that feelings are internalized, swallowed, and suppressed until much damage is created in the individual.

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inappropriately suppressed can they open the door to disease.

Students and practitioners of Chinese medicine learn how the organs are connected to the different emotions, and how often disease is in direct connection with out-of-balance emotions. Primarily five emotions are studied:

Anger: affects the liver. Can manifest through headaches, high blood pressure, which can be followed by problems with the stomach and spleen.

Joy: over-stimulation, agitation affects the heart. This can lead to insomnia and palpitations.

Grief: affects the lungs and breathing. This can manifest in sadness, asthma, irregular breathing, congestion, and loss of smell or voice.

Fear: connected to the kidneys.

The kidneys are considered the “life essence.” Imbalance can be seen through urinary problems, bedwetting, dental problems, and hearing problems like ringing in the ears.

Worry: manifests through the spleen. Excessive mental work affects food digestion and energy, along with the formation of blood. It also affects thinking and memory.

The great news is that through lifestyle changes, nutrition, nourishment, and healing of the emotional components which often are the underlying causes of many “named” diagnoses, reversal and healing of chronic conditions can be achieved.

In the book Prevention and Treatment of Carcinoma in Traditional Chinese Medicine (1985, The Commercial Press, Hong Kong), Jia Kun gives 10 recommendations for prevention. In addition to good environment and personal hygiene, proper levels of work (exercise) and rest, good eating habits and proper food, avoiding smoking, and timely treatment of all ailments, he states, “Emotional changes, such as worry, fear, hesitation, anger, irritation, and nervousness should be prevented.

Mental exhaustion is harmful and life should be enriched with entertainment.”

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ur body’s hormones work like an orchestra.

When one instrument is out of tune, the entire production struggles to maintain harmony. Each plays a part in influencing the others and determining how well the whole concert works.

Fortunately, our body has masterful conductors, including the endocrine system, which coordinates all of the glands and the hormones they produce. “Players” include the adrenal, hypothalamus, pancreas, pineal, pituitary, reproductive and thyroid/ parathyroid glands.

“A healthy endocrine system is essential to making hormones in appropriate amounts throughout our life,” says Theresa Dale, Ph.D., a naturopathic doctor who practices as a traditional naturopath and clinical nutritionist in Oxnard, California, and has authored Revitalizing Your Hormones. “For example, when the ovaries shut down after menopause, the adrenal glands continue producing progesterone and other essential hormones.”

Dale, dean and founder of the California College of Natural Medicine, further assures that contrary to assertions from some conventional medicine reports, the body is able to produce necessary hormones throughout our entire life.

Hormones function as chemical messengers that commute through the bloodstream as part of the information superhighway that connects the brain to the DNA managers of the

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body’s cells. “Hormones communicate with chemicals produced by the brain called neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine, which greatly influence energy levels, moods, and other bodily functions such as moving memories from shortto long-term storage,” explains Dale.

For 20 years, she has seen patients with critical hormonal imbalances respond to her recommended threemonth, endocrine-rebuilding diet, comprising three daily meals of steamed, sautéed and raw foods, fish, whole grains, legumes, seeds, nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables, plus two raw vegetable or seed snacks. The regimen strives to balance metabolism, cleanse the body, restore immune function, and revitalize the endocrine system.

Sylvia Egel, national director of coaching and education for Metabolic Balance, a personalized nutrition plan to balance metabolism and hormones, optimize health and increase energy at any age, agrees that hormones can be restored and balanced via proper food selections. “Our lifestyle and dietary choices strongly affect our metabolism and hormonal health, as do stress levels and sleep patterns. Eating at the wrong time, in the wrong place or in the wrong order, and even poor combinations of healthy foods, can

be almost as problematic as eating junk food,” says Egel. She also warns against snacking, emotional eating, eating on the go, skipping breakfast, and waiting too long between meals.

Diana Hoppe, an obstetrician and gynecologist in San Diego, California and author of Healthy Sex Drive, Healthy You, leads clinical trials related to women’s health at the Pacific Coast Research Center. She, too, sees firsthand how what we eat directly affects our hormones. She attests that our bodies need a balance of three macronutrients: carbohydrates, protein and fat. “But for 20 years, we have been advised to decrease fat intake in favor of fat-free options that have been detrimental to us. We need fat to produce hormones and maintain healthy hormone function. Certain fatty acids and cholesterol serve as building blocks in hormone production and cellular function, especially the reproductive hormones of estrogen and testosterone,” says Hoppe.

Food can be medicine for hormones. One of the most important hormone-balancing fats is coconut oil, which heals skin, increases metabolism, and supplies a quick source of energy. Egg yolks are a good source of choline and iodine, essential to the production of healthy thyroid hormones, and they are rich in vitamins A, D, E and B-complex vitamins. Avocados have lots of healthy fat that helps deliver nutrients. Nuts and seeds, olive oil and salmon are all rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids that help stabilize hormone levels. Eating the right foods and incorporating healthy fats into meals increases overall energy, reduces hormonal fluctuations, and helps us feel more balanced.

Says Dale, “The majority of individuals are surprised to learn that hormone health doesn’t depend on age, but rather on a complex of factors, like the air we breathe, the water we drink, the quality of our diet, good sleep and adequate exercise, plus the relative health of our relationships and emotional life—and that’s just for starters.”

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings.

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Avoid Joint Surgery!

Get back to doing the things you love.

by Nelson Kraucak, M.D.

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s the pain and discomfort of arthritis or osteoarthritis keeping you from having an active lifestyle? Do you have a meniscal or ligament tear, a rotator cuff tear, or tennis elbow? Have you been told you need a knee or hip replacement and you don’t want surgery?

If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) and Adult Stem Cell procedures might be options worth considering.

Patients often experience improvement in function and quality-of-life parameters. This treatment stimulates the immune system, promotes cellular regeneration, and improves symptoms associated with orthopedic injuries and osteoarthritis. Conditions include synovitis, capsulitis, articular cartilage, ligament tears, and severe injuries.

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is often used with stem cell therapy.

PRP is blood plasma that has a high autologous concentration of a group of cells called platelets. These cells release growth factors and other proteins that promote wound healing in bone and soft tissue. When PRP is injected, the high concentration of platelets delivers powerful doses of growth factors that accelerate and enhance tissue repair and healing.

These growth factors also attract stem cells to the site of injury. When injecting PRP, more than one injection is recommended to maximize results.

PRP is obtained with a simple and safe blood draw.

Stem cells are precursor cells that have the potential to develop into a variety of specialized cell types. Many people still equate this technology with the controversial use of embryonic stem cells. However,

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this new technology uses adult stem cells derived from the bone marrow concentrate (BMC) or fat (adipose tissue) of the individual himself; this is the body’s richest source of stem cells in both animals and humans. Bone marrow stem cells have a superior ability to repair and differentiate into ligaments, cartilage and bone, while adipose stem cells have excellent regenerative properties to make new blood vessels, a process that is essential for oxygen and nutrient delivery to the tissues. Since the individual’s own cells are being used, there is no ethical debate and there is almost no risk of rejection or reaction.

Stem cell treatments are done in an office setting, under local anesthesia. This eliminates the risks associated with surgery or general anesthesia. During the procedure, either adipose stem cells are collected via a mini-liposuction procedure, or bone marrow cells are aspirated from the hip bone. The stem cells are then injected into the patient’s damaged joint, where they stimulate regeneration and aid in repair of the damaged tissue by providing long-term anti-inflammatory effects, slowing the progression of cartilage degeneration, and initiating healing of the damaged tissue. This provides pain relief within a few days to a few weeks after the injection, with further improvement as healing progresses over the next six months. During the post-operative period, some patients experience pain and soreness. Patients can return to work after one or two days, depending on the site of the treatment and the amount of job-related physical activity.

Multiple studies have shown that stem cells from fat or bone marrow

for patients with any number of orthopedic conditions are effective in cartilage healing, reducing pain, and improving function. Therefore, adipose-bone marrow stem cell treatment appears to be a good option for osteoarthritis treatment in elderly patients. Stem cell therapy from adipose tissue has also been used for many other conditions including congestive heart failure, erectile dysfunction, macular degeneration, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsons, rheumatoid arthritis, spinal core injuries, and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Not all patients are candidates for stem cell injection therapy. While stem cell therapy is a very safe procedure, there is always a chance of side effects. It requires a complete medical evaluation to determine if you are a candidate for this therapy. Individual responses may vary. No guarantee is assumed.

HealthCare Partners Family Medicine in The Villages, Florida, is among a select group of centers around the country to offer PRP and stem cell treatment. Although stem cell therapy is not FDA approved, standard regulations for patient safety and laboratory practices are strictly adhered to. To schedule an evaluation with Dr. Nelson Kraucak or for more information, please contact HealthCare Partners at 352-750-4333 or Sheila Keene-Lund at sklund@md-one.net.

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Do You Suffer from TMJ, Migraines, Vertigo, Tinnitus, Headaches, Neck Pain ... ?

by Perry Ekstrand, DDS, LVIF, The Swedish Dentist

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ntil 2008, I was only familiar with TMJ because my patients would complain of pain and popping in the jaw. Except for recommending oral surgery, I was at a loss to help.

Then, in February, 2008, quite by accident I happened to get an education in TMJ. I went to the Las Vegas Institute of Advanced Dental Studies to get what I thought was advanced education and CEUs in cosmetic dentistry. This three-day session rocked my 26-year dental career and that of my team who accompanied me on this educational journey.

We learned about TMD (Tempro-Mandibular Dysfunction), which in its wake includes the TMJ (Tempromadibular Joint) and symptoms of pain, but carries along abnormal symptoms one might never associate with the issues of what I will now call a “bad bite” or bite disease: migraine headaches, neck and back pain, numbness and tingling of the extremities, facial tics, tinnitus and countless others—too many to mention here. The ones we are more familiar with include worn teeth, fractured teeth, abfractions (notches at the gum line), limited opening, popping and crackling in the joint (ear area), and locked jaw to mention a few.

Many people live with symptoms like these for decades, not knowing or understanding where they are originating from. Some are taking pain

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medications for years when what they really need is simply to have their bite, muscles, and posture examined and evaluated.

For some patients this can go way back. There is some evidence that even breast feeding vs. bottle feeding can have an impact on the development of the maxilla (upper jaw) and roof of the mouth. A tall vault in roof of the mouth, which also is the floor of the nose, can cause challenges when it comes to breathing through the nose, and a child can become a mouth breather. This will further the development of a challenged bite.

Try this right now: close your lips and breath through your nose. The tip of you tongue is behind your front teeth and the body of your tongue is placed between your upper teeth. Now, open your mouth and breath through your mouth. The tongue is comfortably lying between your lower teeth on top of the floor of the mouth. Your cheeks are exerting pressure on your upper teeth, subtly pushing them inwards. The tongue is there to push them outwards, creating a balance and keeping the teeth where they are supposed to be.

For the mouth breather, the tongue is not there, it is at rest on top of the floor of the mouth. This means that the cheeks possibly can push the top teeth so far so that even a cross bite is developed, causing an even higher roof of the mouth/floor of the nose, meaning further breathing problems, and so on.

If you or anyone you know are

experiencing these challenges, find a dentist who understands what you are going through. One way is to go to www.lviglobal.com and find a doc in your area.

By the way, please come and meet me and my team on January 30th, at “The Taste of Wellness” event at the Leesburg Community Center from 4-7pm, where many vendors will be sharing how to further enhance your life with healthier living.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

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by Kathleen Barnes

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tress saps energy, and Americans feel stressed more than ever, with 20 percent of us experiencing “extreme stress” at least weekly, according to the American Institute of Stress. Could latenight TV and the ubiquitous presence of electronic devices be the culprits?

Partly, according to information published by Harvard Medical School. While all light stimulates the brain, the blue light from electronic devices and some eco-light bulbs disrupt circadian rhythms, prevent production of melatonin and block deep, healthful, restorative sleep.

Fortunately, there’s an easy remedy, say Harvard experts: Seek abundant exposure to bright natural sunlight, and then turn off all electronic devices an hour before bedtime.

Some experts even suggest wearing orange-colored goggles for the last two waking hours to neutralize the energysucking blue rays.

Here are a few more energy thieves and ways to neutralize them.

Avoid Energy Vampires Problem: We all know someone who exhausts us, according to Dr. Judith Orloff, Venice Beach, California, author of the new book, The Ecstasy of Surrender. Maybe he or she talks endlessly about personal matters, is incessantly negative, a gossip, or a

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guilt-tripper.

Solution: “Take control. Get in the driver’s seat,” advises Orloff. “Create a circle of positive people around you. Stay calm and centered. Distance yourself from energy vampires; and if they’re family, limit time spent with them and establish boundaries.”

Recognize Time Leeches

Problem: We fall into the black hole of Facebook or cute kitten videos.

Hours pass and we fall behind in more productive activities and then feel drained and groggy.

Solution: Time management is essential to preserving energy, says Orloff. Limit time spent on social media. Check email once or twice a day instead of every 15 minutes.

“The Internet is addictive, almost like a drug,” explains Orloff. “When you’re online, your energy is cut off and you become a zombie; you’re not in your body. Take a technology fast. Talk to your mate. Make love. Go for a walk in the woods. See your best friend.”

Get Rid of Clutter

Problem: We all have way too much “stuff,” says Linda Rauch Carter, author of Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life. “If you don’t have room, you shut yourself off from the flow

of energy in your home and become exhausted,” says the Tustin, California, feng shui expert. “When I ask a client to take half of the stuff off a shelf and then ask how it feels, they almost always take a deep breath. The clutter literally chokes off breath and vitality.”

Solution: “Clear out what isn’t needed,” counsels Carter. “Keep a balance by making it a habit when bringing new things into a home or work environment to let go of a comparable number of old things at the same time.”

Beware of clutter creep, the slow accumulation of energy-sapping clutter, she says. “I believe the lack of energy so many of us experience is a nearly undetectable, chronic energy drain that seems slight, yet over time becomes a big problem.”

Stop Electromagnetic Pollution Problem: We are all surrounded by energy-draining electromagnetic fields (EMF) from myriad electronic devices and systems in homes and offices, as well as cell phone towers and transmission lines. All of these operate on frequencies that can be major energy drains, says Carter. Japanese research physician Ryoichi Ogawa found that 80 percent of his chronic fatigue patients were frequent users of electromagnetic technologies (Omega-News).

Solution: Minimize indoor exposure to EMFs by using land lines with corded phones, power strips, and shutting off electricity to nonessential appliances when not in use. “I’ve been preaching this for 20 years,” says Carter.

Protecting sleep space is a primary consideration. “Make sure no beds are near electrical outlets and cell phones.

Get rid of cordless phones, which are like mini cell towers, right there in the house,” she adds.

The easiest solution, Carter says, is to put bare feet on bare earth for 15 to 20 minutes a day. “It will pull some of that excess EMF charge right off of you.”

Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous natural health books and publisher at Take Charge Books. Connect at Kathleen@KathleenBarnes.com.

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in & Tonic

by Melody Murphy

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should have known, when I rang in 2014 bleeding copiously from the face, with a fat lip and a cracked tooth, what kind of year was ahead.

I think I did know. I think, even as I was hurrying to be with old friends in time to count down to midnight, and tripped in the darkness, and took a flying leap, and face-planted on the concrete of their front walk—I think even then, in the few seconds I lay there, too stunned to move, some part of me realized, “This does not bode well for the year ahead.”

It did not. My life was like a country song in 2014. The tears-in-mybeer kind they play just before last call in a honkytonk. If I owned a pickup truck, it would have been repossessed, or something equally befitting of lugubrious lyrics.

I won’t go into everything here, because that’s my business and not grist for the print mill, but Nashville ought to come calling with a songwriter and a check for a nice tidy sum. As of this writing, we still have three weeks to go before this song ends, so I’m holding my breath and praying we don’t end on a minor chord.

How’s this for a country song: Five days after we got home from burying my grandmother, our dog up and died. This was Smokey the WonderSchnoodle, a dog so wonderful that

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I once wrote an entire column about him.

I say “our dog” because he was the family dog. My parents brought him home as a tiny puppy the day I moved out of the house. (No comment.) When my father was sick, Smokey came to live with me for several months. After my father died, Smokey lived with my mother and both grandmothers. So he belonged to all of us. He loved all of us, and we loved him. Even my grandmothers, neither of whom were really “dog people,” adored him.

When my grandmother, the one who recently died, got sick, Smokey became her protector and champion.

He was her self-appointed guardian, and took his job seriously. In his old age, he spent much of his time in her room, lying by her bed. She talked to him and sang to him, and slipped him more tidbits of food than she let on. When she died, he was brokenhearted.

I really think that’s part of the reason he died. Looking back, I think he had been getting sick for a while.

When she was gone and we came back home, I think he decided his work here was done, and gave in to his decline. He was the best dog in the world, and I miss him terribly.

My other grandmother spoiled Smokey shamelessly with toys like he

was a grandchild. She once bought him a hot pink rubber squeaky bone, and for some reason, he was terrified of it. If I picked it up, he would freeze, stare at it with suspicion, and then fiercely swat it out of my hand. Not because he wanted to play with it, but because he couldn’t stand for anyone to touch it or have it near him. It offended him.

Once he had knocked it to the floor, he would stare at it warily, perhaps to make sure he had killed it.

If I stood it on end, he would knock it over and give me a baleful look. And then he would walk a safe distance away. It was the only toy that freaked him out.

I wanted him to get over it. No reason to be afraid of a pink squeaky bone. So I worked on desensitizing him to it. In time, he realized that he could get his jaws around it, and that it squeaked. And that it was not, in fact, going to kill him, or possessed by an unclean spirit, or whatever his imagination had told him.

And then he loved it.

The pink squeaky bone, once a source of fear, became a cherished toy. When I squeaked it, he would come running—but this time he would clamp it firmly in his teeth and chew on it with a happy look in his eye.

I keep the pink squeaky bone on my desk now, along with the toy truck and the lucky cats and the harmonica I wrote about in November. It’s a good reminder that if we can get over our fears, we might come to love the thing that once frightened us, turning terror into a toy. That’s life: a pink squeaky bone to get your jaws around and show who’s boss.

I hope 2015 squeaks in a different key. I’m ready to chomp on it with the crocodile jaws and can-do spirit of a wonder-schnoodle who has made up his mind.

Melody Murphy looks forward to a major modulation this year.

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Cancer, Part 1 of 3 How it works, how you can win

by Dr. Michael J. Badanek, DC, BS, CNS, DACBN, DCBCN, MSGR/CHEV

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n 2005, the American Cancer Society statistics revealed that one out of two men and one out of three women will develop cancer within their lifetime. By definition, cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. Every cell in the body has the capacity to become a cancer cell under the “right” conditions.

In essence, the shift that occurs when a normal, healthy cell turns into a cancer cell via a survival response by the cell.

As part of this process, it loses contact inhibition, which normally stops cells from growing when they become crowded and touch adjoining cells. The loss of contact inhibition leads the cells to grow larger and more profuse than normal, thereby requiring more nutrients and blood supply than other normal cells.

Next, it begins to replicate rapidly, while also making an enzyme that inhibits the cleavage of the telomeres on the ends of the DNA that cause cell death after a certain number of duplications (Hayflick’s number), thereby making it “immortal.” As a result of its rapid, unregulated growth and duplication, the abnormal cancer cell needs more and more nutrients and blood supply. To satisfy this need, it uses another trick—it employs the creation of chemicals that stimulate angiogenesis (the creation of new blood vessels) to supply its greater nutrient requirements.

This is how a normal cell becomes a “monster” or cancer cell.

Now let us distinguish between cancer the disease, and cancer the tumor (symptom). Cancer, as a disease process, is in most cases a relatively slowly developing disease. Several top cancer specialists consider the average cancer to develop and progress over the course

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of about 12 years. During the first several years (seven years or so), there is no detectable tumor; it is simply too small to be noticed, except possibly by highly sophisticated testing procedures. There are usually no significant symptoms until much later (years seven through 12) when the tumor (symptom) is directly affecting an organ or organ system. It is speculated that once the growing cluster of cells (tumor) reaches a size that can be classified as a tumor sometime between year seven and year 12, if the tumor goes unabated and unattended, it will double in size approximately every 90 days. Once the amount of blood taken by the tumor exceeds the ability of the host organ to feed both itself and the tumor, the host organ dies. Obviously, depending upon the significance of that organ, that might also mean that the host organism will die as well.

There are many factors that contribute to the development of cancer. The major ones that are fairly well agreed upon with their respective contribution are as follows: toxins, 7075%; viruses, 20-25%; electromagnetic frequencies, less than 10%; and genetics, less than 5%. Of these, toxins are the most significant. Additionally, although difficult to quantify, these factors are also likely significant contributors: psychological and emotional stress; suboptimal nutrition and nutritional imbalances leading to biochemical compromise; improper hygiene and other microbial insults (bacterial, fungal, and parasitic) leading to chronic weakening of the immune system; structural and mechanical stresses leading to compromised circulation, lymphatic movement, and neurological regulation; and several others.

When a toxin, or one or more of the other stressors mentioned, interacts with an organism, a price must be paid

in terms of reduced efficiency and disequilibrium. When the cumulative stress from these factors reaches a certain point, homeostasis will be upset. This can happen at the level of a given tissue (made up of a population of cells), an organ, an organ system, multiple systems, or the body as a whole depending upon the magnitude and length of the upset.

At some point the functional efficiency of the cells, tissue, organ system, or body as a whole, will be compromised via several mechanisms.

Ultimately, the cells’ energygenerating furnaces—the mitochondria— will be damaged. This is where the cancer cascade shows its first real signs.

The damaged cells we spoke of earlier (the cells that become cancer cells) have lost their ability to generate relatively large amounts of energy because their mitochondrias have been terminally injured. As a result, these cells are forced to create energy in the cytosol via glycolysis, a much less efficient process.

This is largely why these cells need so much more blood supply and nutrients to make energy via this much less efficient process. The damage to the mitochondria forces the cell to shift to glycolysis as its primary energy production mechanism, thereby making the cancer cell completely dependent upon sugar as a fuel source.

This pretty much sums up the causes of how cancer is initiated. In the following two upcoming articles, we will get much deeper into the processes of how the body actually produces cancer cells and what you can do to stop or derail these processes. Remember, in today’s world traditional medication treats cancer, the symptom, and never addresses cancer, the disease. You can chase your tail around all day by cutting, burning, and poisoning the symptom (tumor), but in all likelihood you will have a return of the disease with much more fiery. Treat or eliminate the causes of the disease instead of masking it.

If you or any other family members are suffering from health challenges, call Dr. Badanek for a courtesy consultation. Dr. Badanek has been in private practice in the Marion County region since 1981 and is dedicated in the quest of finding and treating the root causes of disease and not just masking symptoms.

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Louise Hay on Loving Yourself to Ageless Health

by S. Alison Chabonais

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renowned leader of the self-help movement from its early days, Louise Hay is celebrated worldwide for teaching—by personal example and through her bestselling book, You Can Heal Your Life—how each of us can transform our mind, body and spirit by changing the way we think. Her positive philosophy has sparked an industry and her Hay House publishing group.

Nourishing mind and body, loving life, learning and growing, giving back, and moving ahead—these comprise Hay’s program for creating health, happiness and longevity. At 88, she continues to travel for business and pleasure, embracing vital, joy-filled days with a thankful smile. Her new book, Loving Yourself to Great Health, co-authored with Ahlea Khadro and Heather Dane, explains how she’s taking all she knows to the next level.

Why does first applying love and forgiveness to yourself make a happy, healthy and long life possible?

Loving yourself is the foundation for living the life you want. A healthy and happy life is rooted in self-love, and forgiveness is an act of selflove. It all comes down to how you think and treat yourself.

What we give out we get back, so it

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all starts with us. Remember, no matter what the problem is, there is only one answer: loving yourself. Start with small steps and be gentle. If you start there, magical things will happen.

How do you manage to engage in a stream of loving affirmations 24/7?

Practice, practice, practice! Slowly, bit-by-bit, start each day with a loving act towards yourself. Loving affirmations and worrying about things take up the same amount of time; you still get the same things done along the way, but worrying creates stress, while affirmations will brighten your life. It can be exhausting if you fight the shift and make it difficult. If you make kindness to yourself and others a simple part of everyday life, it isn’t exhausting at all.

What are some key elements to crafting a life experience that supports and nourishes ageless being?

Choose thoughts that bring love into your life, and laugh a lot.

Say “yes” to life and the magic it brings. I trust that life will bring me exactly what I need, and part of that is realizing that I don’t need to know everything, because life brings me people like Ahlea and Heather.

A third of our life is

spent eating, and it’s essential that we know the best way to do this. Start your day with water and an act of self-love.

Eat real food; seasonal, organic, natural foods are a positive affirmation to your body. Poop every day, figuratively and literally. Learn to listen to your body and its wisdom. Choose exercise that you love and that makes you feel good.

Also, go on a media diet. Filter out from your consciousness any messages that say you are not good enough or that separate you from the beautiful and lovable person you are. Surround yourself with like-minded people who share good news and love to laugh.

The core belief founding your lifework is that every thought we have is creating our future.

Is scientific research now supporting that?

When I began teaching people about affirmations, there wasn’t any science to support it, but we knew it worked, and now studies verify that. I particularly love Bruce Lipton’s scientific research showing that we are not controlled by our genes because the genetic blueprint can be altered through positive changes in our beliefs.

I hear reports every day of how people are healing their lives by changing their thoughts through cultivating selflove and personal affirmations. They are seeing healing of autoimmune diseases, obesity, addictions, post-traumatic stress, and many other so-called incurable illnesses. It’s amazing what happens when you are kind and loving to yourself.

What is your secret to aging gracefully through the years?

It’s simple. It’s about getting your thoughts and food right and having fun along the way. If you are thinking positive thoughts but feeding yourself processed, unnatural or sugary foods, you are sending yourself mixed messages. Feed yourself nourishing foods and think loving thoughts. Any time you don’t know what else to do, focus on love. Loving yourself makes you feel good, and good health comes from feeling good.

S. Alison Chabonais is the national content editor for Natural Awakenings.

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medicine experts participated in the country’s first online Metabolic Revolution Summit to discuss the importance of recognizing the dots that connect today’s chronic diseases—high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, pre-diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, weight gain, obesity, fatty liver disease, Alzheimer’s, dementia, cancer and even infertility. All of the panelists pointed to the root cause that links them all—the craze for a highcarbohydrate, low-fat diet starting in the 1990s combined with a sedentary lifestyle.

When several complex conditions exist simultaneously, medical science refers to them as a syndrome. Regardless of how such intricate interrelationships manifest, all of these syndromes have early-stage signs that include inflammation, high blood sugar, and insulin resistance, which can affect metabolic health.

A Holistic Approach

Doctors who specialize in functional integrative medicine strive to improve the health and well-being of

It’s All About Metabolism Getting to the Root Cause of Disease

by Linda Sechrist

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ttempts to explain how to attain and maintain better health have become fragmented, with complex scientific cause-and-effect explanations of disease regularly reduced to isolated infographics and sound bites in the media. But understanding our body’s sophisticated, self-regulating, and interdependent physiological systems, which work in collaboration with each other and inform us of the body’s status by means of symptoms, deserves a whole-systems frame of reference.

Stepping back from immediate concerns to grasp the bigger picture allows for rethinking the Western approach to health. A perspective that connects all the dots works best, beginning with the foundation of wellness—the functioning of 73 trillion cells that are organized into a variety of tissues, including interconnected systems of organs. Optimally, they function together harmoniously to achieve homeostasis, the overall chemical and energetic balance that defines metabolic health.

The Reign of Metabolism

Many perceive the role of metabolism as limited to determining energy expenditure via the number of calories burned per day, but it does much more. Metabolism actually encompasses thousands of physical and chemical processes that take place in the functioning of every cell, the building blocks of life; healthy cell function produces proper endocrine (hormonal) functioning, influencing homeostasis.

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patients by engaging them in their own healing process.

One popular approach is practiced by Durango, Colorado, Doctor of Chiropractic James Forleo, author of Health is Simple, Disease is Complicated: A Systems Approach to Vibrant Health. He starts by educating people about the basic functioning of the major body systems involved in their specific health challenges.

“To maintain metabolic health, no one should overlook that the body’s intelligence works 24/7 to solve multiple problems simultaneously, including balancing their metabolism. The more complex the pattern of symptoms, the more systems are involved. Whether a single or group of symptoms indicate metabolic dysfunction, it means that numerous systems that rely on healthy cells are unable to perform their normal functions,” explains Forleo.

For example, blood sugar issues, excess circulating insulin, and buildup of excess glucose stored as fat can lead to metabolic dysfunction. The pancreas, thyroid, and gastrointestinal tract—primary glands in the endocrine system that plays a major role in balancing body chemistry by secreting hormones directly into the circulatory system—are negatively impacted. Well-functioning adrenals are necessary to balance blood sugar, and one role of the pancreas is to produce insulin.

When five of the eight major organ systems—immune, endocrine, cardiovascular, digestive and endocrine—are impacted by metabolic dysfunction, a more holistic and systemic approach to health can provide a broader understanding of how they interrelate, and why preventive mea-

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sures can preclude having to later pursue ways to reverse serious chronic diseases.

Lifestyle Factors

Functional medicine’s integrative approach to metabolic health is based on proper nutrition and regular exercise. “The inflammatory agents present in much of the food consumed at each meal in the standard American diet—high-glycemic refined carbohydrates, high-fructose corn syrup and other sugars, and hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats—are the biggest offenders,” says Forleo, who notes that the body instead needs good fats, such as those obtained from organic coconut oil, as well as organic olive oil as long as it isn’t heated.

Factors over which we can exercise some control—physical activity, stress, sleep, diet, and circadian rhythms—all play roles in metabolic health. Unfortunately, “We are moving further away from our ancestors’ healthier diet and lifestyle. We’re overfed and undernourished because we’re no longer eating for nutrition, but for entertainment,” remarks Doctor of Chiropractic Brian Mowll, medical director of Sweet Life Diabetes Health Centers in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

He characterizes metabolic dysfunction as the ultimate problem because it’s the doorway to many other ailments.

“A hundred years ago, infectious diseases plagued humanity. Today and in the future, it’ll be metabolic disorders such as obesity, cancer, metabolic syndrome, thyroid disorders and other endocrine problems, diabetes and Type 2 diabetes,” predicts Mowll.

Metabolic Health Education

Dr. Caroline Cederquist, author of The MD Factor Diet: A Physician’s Proven Diet for Metabolism Correction and Healthy Weight Loss, and founder of Cederquist Medical Wellness Center, in Naples, Florida, conducted a one-year study of patients to identify their health issues via blood work analysis. Eighty-nine percent of the men, women, and children showed evidence of insulin resistance. This often-overlooked metabolic condition affects how the body processes glucose, a simple sugar and the body’s primary fuel, making gaining weight easy and losing it difficult.

Treated with proper diet, lifestyle changes and supplements, plus medication in advanced stages, Cederquist found that metabolic dysfunction is reversible.

She explains that long-term insulin resistance can lead to fatty liver disease, high blood sugar and eventually, diabetes. It also directly affects cholesterol levels and can induce triglycerides, high blood pressure, low HDL (highdensity lipoprotein, or “good” cholesterol), increased waist circumference, and heart disease. In Cederquist’s young adult patients, metabolic dysfunction was also associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome, a cause of infertility.

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bolic balancing program, noted that insulin resistance both increases the production of stress hormones and blocks production of the anti-inflammatory hormones that slow the aging process. Funfack’s all-natural, personalized nutrition plan, backed by more than 25 years of scientific study, is designed to bring hormonal balance, optimize health, and lead to long-term weight management.

Cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, author of Metabolic Cardiology, goes a step further. He believes that metabolic dysfunction involving cells, hormones, and inflammation encompasses the molecular-based essence of all disease.

He observes, “Individuals diagnosed with several conditions can leave a doctor’s office with three or four prescriptions, rather than the one solution for reversal and prevention—a healthy lifestyle and non-inflammatory diet to offset and neutralize weight gain, blood pressure elevation, and other abnormalities such as high blood sugar.”

Mowll agrees that many conventional healthcare practitioners don’t address the root cause of metabolic disorders or provide lifestyle interventions. “They simply reach for the prescription pad,” he says. This growing problem presents an opportunity to educate the entire populace.

Bestselling Virgin Diet author JJ Virgin, who characterizes the human body as a “chemistry lab,” adopts an easy-tofollow nutritional and fitness approach for metabolic health.

She recommends eating the types of healthy fats found in wild fish, raw nuts and seeds, coconut, avocado, and olives.

Virgin prefers the clean, lean protein of grass-fed beef and wild fish, plus low-glycemic lentils and legumes and plenty of low-glycemic fruits like raspberries, blueberries, pears and grapefruits. Low-glycemic vegetables on her list include green peas, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, and onion.

“When you eat this way, there’s a slow release of sugar, and insulin remains at lower levels,” advises Virgin.

As in any systems theory, the whole must be understood in relationship to the parts, as well as the relevant environment. Experts agree that it’s paramount to take an expanded, systemic approach to metabolic health, rather than fixating on only one or two aspects at a time. Metabolic health—from basic cells to the most sophisticated of organized systems— can only be achieved and sustained when the whole system is healthy.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings and host of the online Metabolic Revolution Summit. Visit her website ItsAllAboutWe.com for a free audio sample.

How to Talk with a Doctor

by Carol L. Roberts

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any patients, both men and women, have a hero-worshipping attitude toward their physicians and can be intimidated during visits. They may feel it’s impolite to question a doctor, even to get information needed to make critical decisions for one’s self or a loved one. [Publisher’s Note: It always bothers me when I hear someone say, “I have faith in my doctor.”]

Some doctors seem to have forgotten they are still just people with a medical degree. Patients should remember this, especially if they encounter any perceived aloofness or arrogance. Too often, such an unhelpful attitude may be acquired along with professional experience.

Getting ready for a visit to a doctor often entails following instructions, but should also include preparing questions you want answered. If a serious health issue has surfaced, such as an abnormal lab test or a diagnosis that requires treatment, make key questions count: “Where did this come from? Is there anything I can do for myself? What is the recommended treatment? What are the expected effects and unintended side effects of the proposed treatment? Are there alternative forms of treatment? Can I speak to one of your patients who has undergone this treatment?”

Then, do online research upon returning home. The Internet has placed the entire library of medicine at our fingertips.

Sift out the science from the hype, refine questions, and go back for deeper answers. Get a second opinion from another medical doctor or naturopath or doctor of Oriental medicine (acupuncture and herbs). No matter if the proposed treatment is as seemingly simple as a course of antibiotics or as serious as surgery, question it before automatically submitting to a diagnosis and drug prescription.

Each of us is the only person on Earth with the unique vantage point of living inside our body. We shouldn’t let anyone label us as depressed if a sick body says otherwise, that “It’s all in your head” if it’s real, or that there’s no cure. That’s where alternative medicine usually begins and miracles can happen. The best results come from standing up for ourselves.

Dr. Carol L. Roberts practices integrative medicine at the Perlmutter Health Center, in Naples, FL (PerlHealth.com).

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New Year, New You When ‘Good Enough’ Is Perfect

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oes it sometimes feel like if we can’t do something perfectly, why should we bother doing it at all? Perfectionism feeds on such an allor-nothing approach in following rigid self-imposed rules that can sabotage relationships, health and happiness.

Instead, try adopting a “better than perfect” mindset that embraces life’s imperfections without guilt or shame. A clean enough house or a good enough job is in many ways better than perfect.

Here are helpful approaches to reframe the internal discussion.

Remember what matters. In planning a big birthday party for her husband, one wife was so stressed trying to manage every detail that she had to stop and ask herself: What is most important—having everything look perfect, or having a fun party they would enjoy and remember for the rest of their lives?

Thinking about our values keeps things in perspective and perfectionism in check.

Perfection isn’t likable. We often try to be perfect to gain other people’s attention and approval, but no one wants to be around a person trying to be someone they aren’t.

No one’s life is perfect. Social media often present idealized versions of people’s lives. Few post about fighting with

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We can avoid feelings of dissatisfaction by avoiding comparisons with others.

It’s not failure, it’s data. Rather than personalize a perceived failure, take it on as an opportunity. If a New Year’s resolution to work out more isn’t kept, ask why. It feels better to adopt a more successful strategy than to beat ourself up about falling short.

Perfectionism is a treadmill. People often think, “I’ll be happy when I weigh this or achieve that,” always seeking the next level of self-improvement. Appreciating who we are right now is a path to happiness. Perfectionism is a learned behavior, and anything learned can be unlearned at any age. As we continue to strive for excellence, we can learn to embrace what’s good.

Take a perfectionist self-assessment quiz at Tinyurl.com/PerfectionismQuiz.

Elizabeth Lombardo, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and the author of Better than Perfect: 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love plus A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness. Connect at ElizabethLombardo.com.

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Friday, January 2

Healing Circle, 1pm with Judie Frid. Unity of the Villages, 10935 SE 177 Place, Suite 504, Summerfield, www.UnityOfTheVillages.org, 352-454-3120.

Saturday, January 3

* Crazy Quilts with Celeste Viale, 9-4. Bits and pieces of a variety of fabrics (silks, velvets, linens, cottons and occasionally wools) are stitched together on a muslin background. Then basic embroidery stitches, ribbon applique, beading, painting and stamping are a few of the techniques used to create the “crazy” look. Use it for a pillow, purse, clothing embellishment, or continue on to make a whole quilt. $35. Crones Cradle Conserve, Citra, 352-595-3377, catcrone@aol.com.

* Psychic Readings for the New Year with Murshida VA. 12-5pm, $55-225. Call to sign up. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd., High Springs. 386-454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net Sunday, January 4

Womens First Sunday Brunch, 11am. Sliding scale, $7 minimum. Theme each month; January theme is “Fables.”

Bring your writing, poems, photographs, picture, adage, book review, announcement, or anything you wish to share with the group, though you do not have to share to be present. Reservations required. Crones Cradle Conserve, Citra, 352-595-3377, catcrone@aol.com.

Monday, January 5

New Patient Education, free seminar at 6pm. ALSO, Thermography, by appointment. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic. com.

Wednesday, January 7

* Crones Cradle CSA season begins. Deliveries in Ocala and Gainesville. $50 per 13-week session plus $25/weekly basket (special delivery to your home or office is available for an additional $5 within 3 miles of pickup points). 10% discount if season is paid in full in advance. Crones Cradle Conserve, 352-595-3377, catcrone@aol.com.

* Live Blood Analysis. $60, by appointment. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

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Crystal Clearing and Sidewalk Sale. 11am-5pm. Free crystal gift for everyone. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd., High Springs. 386-454-8657, www. highspringsemporium.net Saturday, January 11

* Cast Iron Cooking with Robert Wilson, 9-4. Learn how cooking with cast-iron skillets can be good for your health.

Cast-iron skillets conduct heat beautifully, go from stovetop to oven with no problem and last for decades. $35. Crones Cradle Conserve, Citra, 352-595-3377, catcrone@aol.com.

* Introduction to AUMAKHUA-KI ® Energy Healing with Rev. Ojela Frank, LMT, 2-4pm, $25/2 CEs, or donation/ no CEs. Held in Ocala. Register at 352-239-9272, www.

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Monday, January 12

Yoga Teacher Training begins at Blissful Life Corp, 1738 SE 58th Ave., Ocala 34480, BlissOcala.com.

Wednesday, January 14

* Chakra Meditation Workshop, 6-7:30pm. Learn about your Chakras through meditation, vibration and discussion.

Led by Calli Blok. Blissful Life Corp, 1738 SE 58th Ave., Ocala, BlissOcala.com.

* Iridology, by appointment. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic. com.

Friday, January 16

Stem Cell Therapy presentation focused on osteoarthritis and joint pain. 2pm and 4pm. Space is limited; RSVP 352750-4333. HealthCare Partners Family Medicine, 1501, HWY 441, Suite 1700, The Villages.

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* “Back to Basics - How to Use Rocks and Crystals to Enhance Your Life” Workshop with Sharron Britton.

2-4pm, $20. Call to sign up. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd., High Springs. 386-454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net

* Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Class. $25, 2-4:30pm.

Includes meditation, lesson, practice. $25. Held at Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Int’l Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge, www.ifsk.org, 407-247-7823.

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Tuesday, January 20

New Year, New You. Workshop on detox, nutrition, goals. $10, 6pm.

Limited space; RSVP. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

Saturday, January 24

* Basket Weaving workshop with Nancy Guildersleeve, 9-4. A day spent creating your own natural basket from gathering your own materials to a finished basket before the day is done. Registration to this workshop is limited. $35. Crones Cradle Conserve, Citra, 352-595-3377, catcrone@aol. com.

* Psychic Readings and Sound Healings with Rev. Steve Henry.

12-5pm, $35/half hour, $60/ hour. Call to sign up. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd., High Springs. 386-454-8657, www. highspringsemporium.net

* Working Your Magic with Essential Oils with Rev. Rae Moonwind. Blissful Life Corp, 1738 SE 58th Ave., Ocala, BlissOcala.com.

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Saturday, January 31

“Messages from the Other Side Can We Communicate with Ghosts?”

Lecture with Dr. Andrew Nichols, expert on the paranormal. 12-2pm,

free. Call to sign up. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd., High Springs. 386-454-8657, www. highspringsemporium.net Sunday, February 8 ® AUMAKHUA-KI Energy Healing 2 with Rev. Ojela Frank, LMT, 10am6pm, $150/6 CEs, $125/without, in Ocala. Register at 352-2399272, www.AKheal.com (#50-14398).

ONGOING SUNDAYS * Bible Study, 9:30am; A Course in Miracles, 9:30am; Master Mind Healing Circle, 10:15am; Worship Service, 11am; Sunday School, 11am.

TKM Hands-on Healing, 1pm. Nursery care provided during service. Potluck lunch on first Sundays. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., 352373-1030, www.unitygainesville.org. * Celebration Service, 10am. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd., Ocala, www.

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MONDAYS * A Course in Miracles, 7pm. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., Gainesville, 352-373-1030, www. unitygainesville.org.

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MONDAY-TUESDAY A Course in Miracles. Mondays 9am; Tuesdays 9:30am with Rev. Howie Westin. Unity of the Villages, 10935 SE 177 Place, Suite 504, Summerfield, www.

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* Crystal bowl meditation with Marcia McAllister. Love offering. Unity of the Villages, 10935 SE 177 Place, Suite 504, Summerfield, Unityofthevillages.org.

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504, Summerfield, www.UnityOfTheVillages.org, 352-4543120. * Open Energy Healing Circle with Dee Mitchell, Reiki Master, 7pm first and third Fridays. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., Gainesville, 352-373-1030, http:// www.unitygainesville.org.

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THURSDAYS * A Course in Miracles, 10:30am. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., Gainesville, 352-373-1030, www. unitygainesville.org.

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Ongoing Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Classes in the British Style of Evidential Mediumship

Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Class: Saturday, Jan. 17, 2-4:30pm Held at Unity of Gainesville Check our complete program on the website.

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Our providers: Nelson Kraucak, MD

FAAFP-ABFP-ABCMT-IBALM-ABHM-MOCI Family Practice Alternative Medicine

The first combined Anti-Aging, Holistic, and Family Practice Clinic in The Villages, Central Florida “We are committed to aid and promote the body’s innate mechanisms to heal and achieve homeostasis for optimum health by introducing and using natural approaches with innovative and cutting-edge technology.”

Services Offered: F Regenerative Stem Cell Therapy F Sequenced Amino Acid for treatment of autoimmune diseases F Lymphatic Drainage F Magnetic Wave Therapy for Incontinence F Massage Therapy F Laser therapy for pain F Chelation and IV Nutrient Therapy F Acupuncture F NAET (Allergy Elimination) F Colon Hydrotherapy F Nutritional Counseling F Bio Energy Balancing F Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

Hours and Location: Monday-Thursday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM 1501 HWY 441, Suite 1700 The Villages, FL, 32159 Call to Schedule Your Appointment: 352-750-4333

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Dr. Nelson Kraucak has been practicing holistic medicine since 1995. Dr. Kraucak is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Family Practice. Dr. Kraucak has advanced certificates by the American Board of Holistic Medicine, International Board of Anti-Aging and Longevity Medicine, Heavy Metal Detoxification and Immuno Modulation. He is Associate Professor at FSU and UCF College of Medicine.

Aaron Perry, DOM

Acupuncture Physician, AP1813 Licensed Massage Therapist, MA25126, MM31501 Since 2003 Dr. Perry has been a practicing Acupuncture Physician, a Licensed Massage Therapist and a Certified Colon Hydrotherapist.

He has a M.S. Degree in Oriental Medicine from the Florida College of Integrative Medicine. He also has an Associate of Science Degree in Natural Health from the Florida College of Natural Health.

Natalie Vincent, LMT

Licensed Massage Therapist, MA56651, MM31501 Ms. Vincent joined the practice in November 2012. She is a Licensed Massage Therapist.

She received her training at Community Tech Adult Education in Ocala, FL in 2008. She is a Certified Manual Lymph Drainage Therapist. She received her LDT training at the Upledger Institute in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Annalisa Osterhout, BS, E-RYT, IAYT Certified Yoga Teacher/Therapist

Ms. Osterhaut joined the Healthcare Partners family in autumn 2013. She earned her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Naturopathy. She is a Certified Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

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