Naturopathic medicine
... Naturopathic medicine is the practice of assisting in the health of patients through the application of natural remedies. Most naturopaths consider their care complementary, not supplementary, to the ...

Hyperactivity and ADD
... Hyperactivity, Foods, and Drugs The incidence of Hyperactivity, hyperkinesis and attention deficit disorder (ADD) seems to be rising at an alarming rate in American schools. For the child and parents ...

Addictions
... In this land of plenty, a conservative estimate calls 4 out of 10 Americans "addicts." Abused substances include sugar, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, prescription drugs and street drugs including pot. ...

Anti Aging: Let Food by Thy Medicine
... Old age is a consequence of civilization; it is seen seldom in primitive societies and very rarely seen in wild animals. Although in this century the average life span of women and men has increased b...

Allergy Relief
... ''tis the season to be sneezing. Is there ANYTHING I can do about my pollen allergies? In general, the best way to escape the miserable effects of ''hay fever'' and other reactions to airborne allerge...

Food Allergies: Case History
... Betty told me she was tired of scratching her face and neck. For the last ten years she had gone from dermatologist to allergist to dermatologist looking for relief from this constant intolerable itc...

Alzheimer''s Disease
... General Dietary Concerns: 1) Dementia patients need to eat well balanced meals at least 3x''s a day. 2) Blood work, stool samples, urine tests and hair tests should be preformed upon diagnosis to dete...

Asthma Part 2
... How Can Homeopathy Help Asthma? Like with Traditional Chinese Medicine, each individual is analyzed for their specific symptoms and an appropriate therapy is chosen, not for the disease, but for the p...

Asthma
... Please note: This is a two part article because of the length. The link to the second part is at the end of this article. Asthma is a frightening condition. It is a hypersensitivity reaction causing b...

Acupuncture for Lower Back Pain
... Q: I''ve heard that acupuncture helps with low back pain and other problems. But I just don''t get it. How does it work? A: American doctors first learned about acupuncture from no less an authority t...

Enzymes: The Difference Between Raw and Cooked Foods
... Enzymes: The tiny and enormous difference between raw and cooked foods Virtually all chronic degenerative diseases are caused or aggravated by digestive problems. After the most extensive study on nut...

Women, You Can Prevent Cancer
... A look at the cancer statistics published by the American Cancer Society reveals good news and bad. First, the bad news: in the past 30 years, women have broken all previous records for deaths due to...

Fiber, Fat and Breast Cancer Prevention
... One of our roles as Naturopathic physicians is to educate and assist you in making the dietary improvements that will prevent many chronic, degenerative diseases. The mounting evidence that dietary fa...

Coffee, America''s Favorite Drug
... America''s Favorite Drug America''s favorite drug is grown right here on the Kona coast. In fact, this is the only place in the U.S. where it is grown. So it''s not pakalolo, alcohol or tobacco. You m...

Caffeine, Sugar and Bone Loss
... Did you know that osteoporosis is now considered a pediatric disease? Did you ever suspect that soft drinks were unhealthy for you or your kids, but had no hard data to back it up? Well, now you do! I...

Cancer
... Cancer Issue Prevention is the most important step in any health care plan, and preventing cancer is 99% possible with a sensible sleep/work/play regime plus a low calorie, diet. A favorite bumper-sti...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Cured Without Surgery
... The carpal tunnel is a small circular structure located on the palm side of the wrist. Through it travels blood vessels, tendons and a large nerve, all of which fan out to supply the palm and fingers ...

Natural Treatments for Abnormal Pap Smears
... As women, we know that we''re supposed to have a PAP smear every year.If we remember and we''re organized enough, we may actually even do it! It''snever been more critical, since new research indicat...

Cholesterol
... High Cholesterol The standard definition of high cholesterol is having an excess of cholesterol in the blood, usually more than 200 mg/dl, although many doctors are now citing 180 mg/dl as the maximum...

Using Chinese Herbs for Colds
... Traditional Chinese Medicine discerns two stages to the average cold.The early stage is mild and lasts from a few hours up to a day or two(invasion of wind and cold). These symptoms may arise followin...

Head Colds
... Q: I have this head cold that has been around all winter. What should I do? Do I need antibiotics? A: As a general rule of thumb, if your secretions (snot, and that stuff you cough up in the morning) ...

Colds & Flu, That Fun Time of the Year!
... The cold and flu season is upon us or rather a part of us, if we are unfortunate enough to becomeone of the millions of Americans affected each year. When a cold or flu begins its assault certain peop...

Will We Ever Find A Cure For The Common Cold?
... From Labor Day weekend to the first signs of spring, Americans are inundated with advertising reminding us that the cold and flu season has arrived. Invariably the advertisements are coupled with warn...

Treatment of Coughs With Herbal Remedies
... Coughing is a common symptom and one of the main signs of respiratory tract diseases. Roughly half of people who seek medical care during the winter suffer from inflammatory conditions of the respirat...

Adult Onset Diabetes
... Diabetes - Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus (Type II) The name of this set of symptoms comes from the Greek; diabetes means "passing through" and mellitus means "honey." In other words, "honey passing th...

Otitis Media: Fact Sheet
... Number of office visits per year for ear infections in the U.S. : 30 million, for a cost of over $1 billion yearly Estimated number of antibiotic prescriptions given to children for ear infections al...

Computer Eye Strain
... Helping Your Eyes Last A Lifetime Can you imagine your world not being able to read, or appreciate the scenery, or see what your family members look like? Many people with good eyesight take this bles...

Fever As Healer
... It was Western history''s first great physician, Hippocrates who said "give me fever and I will cure all disease". A shocking statement perhaps to some, as we are constantly reminded by advertisements...

Food Allergies
... Allergies is a word we hear a lot these days; everybody seems to have them, especially kids. Atopic children -- those prone to allergies -- have chronic runny noses, red itchy eyes and a little crease...

Food Allergy Prevention: Introduction of Solid Food for Infants
... A large number of patients in my practice present with allergy related problems: eczema, hay fever, sinusitis, ear infections, asthma, arthritis, headaches, and various digestive problems. Many of th...

Migraines
... Migraines This frequently debilitating, recurring problem, more common in women, can often be helped by complementary health care approaches. The prognosis for migraine headaches is favorable if your ...

Hypertension
... Hypertension Hypertension is defined as a repeated blood pressure (BP) reading of greater than 150/90 mm Hg (mercury). There are two types of hypertension: primary (aka essential or idiopathic, which ...

Immunity
... Natural immunity is something we''ve all heard of, and want to know more about. It''s a major buzz-word of the health awareness movement because it represents an alternative to chemotherapies, radiati...

Build Immunity Now
... Build Immunity Now Sugar can cost you more than your teeth. At an average consumption rate of 130 lbs. per person per year, sugar takes the cake, cell mediated immunity is depressed by 50% for 120 min...

Summer Bugs and Bites
... Along with summer time activities comes exposure to the many types of insects which are also enjoying summer time activities. This often results in a clashing of lifestyles so to speak as the insect w...

Insomnia
... For starters, here is a handy list which could be called the "Ten Commandments for Sleepers:" Go to bed and get up at the same time every day. Make sure your sleep environment is as comfortable as pos...

Menopause
... Q: I''m 50 and starting the "change of life." I''m very upset that I can''t make a decision about whether or not to take hormones. If I don''t take hormones maybe my bones will all shatter. But if I d...

Menopause
... The transitions in a woman''s life are marked by several events. The first event is the menarche which occurs in puberty and is the start of the menses or menstrual periods. It is truly a time of joy ...

Multiple Sclerosis and Alternative Medicine
... Naturopathic physicians view multiple sclerosis (MS) as they do other disease processes, that is, from a wholistic perspective. The illness is seen as a combination of physical, mental/emotional and i...

Obesity
... Figuring Out the Right Diet Very few modern humans, particularly women, have escaped the notion, at one time or another, that they could "lose a few pounds." Weight, weight loss, looking good, making ...

Weight Loss
... Curbing Carbohydrate Cravings There are many approaches to weight loss; it is a multimillion dollar industry in our land of plenty. The bottom line is to eat fewer calories than you expend daily, but ...

The Wai''anae Diet Program
... The Wai''anae Book of Hawaiian Health is an extremely impressive little manual about the Wai''anae Diet. While it is ostensibly written for Native Hawaiians, the principles espoused are just as appli...

Osteoporosis
... Osteoporosis, which means "porous bone," is a bone-thinning disease that has affected over 200 million people worldwide. It has been called the "silent disease" because it comes on with few or no warn...

Lead in Children
... Is Your Child Leaded or Unleaded? Your child''s next physical should include heavy metal testing. Did you know that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) now recommends that all children under age 6 b...

Nausea in Pregnancy
... First Trimester Nausea... Yikes! First, a tried and true quotation heard many times during my adolescence from my father... "this too will pass." You''re thrilled, all your relatives are thrilled, yo...

Prostate Problems
... Prostate problems are very common in men in the U.S. and generally present in one of three forms. These are separate conditions called "Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy," "Prostatitis," and "Prostate Canc...

Prostatic Disease
... By the age of 50, about 30% of all men will experience difficulties with urination that is related to enlargement of the prostate gland. This rises to about 50% at age 60. Increases in the number of t...

Protecting from Poison Oak
... Every spring and summer thousands of gardeners, hikers and campersexperience the severe, itching rash of poison oak. It can be recognized by itsthree leaflets, shaped similar to an oak leaf and slight...

Sports Injuries
... Q: Is it dangerous to basically just exercise on the weekend? I don''t have time to workout during the week. A: Weekend athletes can run into problems. Boring as it sounds, you well know that regular ...

Stroke
... Strokes are brief episodes involving a lack of oxygenated blood flowing to the brain (90% are ischemic infarctions), or a sudden bleed within the brain tissue (10% are hemorrhagic) which causes perman...

Healthy Breasts
... An important aspect of wellness and radiant health, which of course includes healthy breasts, is POSITIVE ATTITUDE. Some women have said to me, "I don''t want to check my breasts for lumps every month...

Fasting
... The single most important ingredient in healthy longevity is love. Glorious love, who lifts us skyward. Full-spectrum love, who knows all colors. Without love, we perish. Trickling down from this rain...

Naturopathic Medicine
... DID YOU KNOW THAT: In 1983 the World Health Organization recommended the integration of naturopathic medicine into conventional health care systems.2 In 1994 Bastyr University of Natural Health Scienc...

Naturopathy
... Natural medicine, nature cure, naturopathy...are these all the same thing, and whether or not they are what do they have to offer for you in this era of ''scientific'' medicine? These are treatment sy...

Naturopathic Medicine: Moving to Center Court in Health Care
... Mr. Joe Pizzorno, N.D. is a friendly, energetic man, fit for the rigorous work-out demanded as founder and current president of Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. He is author of two textbooks,...

Cooking with Grains
... Cooking With Grains - Cooking Class and Recipes As we change our diets from the average American diet toward one that is more health promoting, breakfast is a great place to start! Begin by using >a v...

Cooking with Greens
... Fresh from the garden and rich in flavor, this family of veggies offers delicious taste, valuable nutrients and fast cooking time. Today''s markets offer an assortment of tender young salad greens and...

Decreasing Fats
... Q: I can''t understand living in Alaska and being purely vegetarian. Is there something wrong with eating meat or fish? A: The main problem with eating commercial meat, poultry or farmed-fish is the w...

Detoxification
... Styles of Detoxification:Summer is the Perfect Time for "House-Cleaning" Virtually all ancient cultures respected the necessity of fasting and detoxification. In Nature, the animal kingdom fasts when ...

Fats and Lipids
... Fats, or lipids, are essential to good health. Fats serve as a concentrated source of energy. Each gram of fat supplies 9 calories, whereas protein and carbohydrate supplies 4 calories each per gram. ...

Grains
... Whole Grains What is a whole grain? Basically a grain is a seed and is made up of three parts: the GERM, which contains vitamins (especially E), oils and proteins and can sprout under the right condit...

Natural Supplements
... Natural Supplementation Is it possible to get all the vitamins and minerals we need from our food? There is no easy answer to this question because it depends not only on how well we digest and assim...

Top Nine Calorie Foods in the American Diet
... The Top Nine Recently, the U.S.D.A. researched the top ten sources of calories in the average American diet. The results were as we would have expected...disastrous! With foods like these, is it any w...

Vitamins & Minerals - How Much is Enough?
... Choosing a multivitamin or an individual vitamin supplement is often confusing. Deciding ifyou need or should take vitamins further contributes to the confusion. Add to this the promotional hypeabout ...

Burn Fat, Build Muscle
... Burn Fat, Build Muscle Good nutrition and exercise are the key to any weight-loss program, and now you can achieve faster results with the mineral supplement, AquaChrome. Researchers at Bemidji State ...

Antibiotics: Sensible Use or Abuse?
... Within the decade after penicillin was discovered in 1928, antibiotics were seen as wonder drugs able to wipe out many potentially fatal bacterial infections. With these new weapons against disease, ...

Compassionate Self Care
... Try these simple steps in caring for yourself with compassion...... Begin with the simplest of things! Whatever sounds good... something you''ve found nurtures you.... a hot bubble bath at night with ...

Handling the Holidays Healthfully
... The key to handling the holidays healthfully lies in balancing your lifestyle during this particularly busy and potentially stressful month. Balance means "to bring into harmony". Let harmony be your ...

Health Care Costs
... One of the many issues being discussed by the business community, Congress and citizens groups are health care costs and how to contain them. In the past 20 years, health care costs have continued to ...

Freedom of Choice in Health Care
... Freedom of Choice in Healthcare Freedom of choice in health care has been a highly visible issue during the past few years. All the way across this huge country in Washington DC. the federal governmen...

Prescriptions for Healthy Traveling
... Nearly every year at the Christmas holiday season I travel from San Diego to my family''s home in the Pacific Northwest. For the first several years I made the trip, I found myself, a day or two into ...

Walking
... Walking Is The Best Exercise Q: I''ve been accused of being a couch potato. I suppose it''s true but I''m just not the natural Joe Athlete type. I have no fundamental interest in playing tennis or jog...

Chinese Medicine
... What is Traditional Chinese Medicine and how can it help me? Health, as defined by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is balance. The Qi (pronounced chee), or vital force, will flow smoothly through ...

Hydrotherapy
... Naturopathy is a broad system of medicine built upon simple and reliable principles. One of these principles is that proper circulation to internal organs and tissues is a necessity for pain relief, o...

Naturopathic Therapeutics
... Naturopathic Methods Naturopathic medicine is defined primarily by its fundamental principles. Methods and modalities are selected and applied based upon these principles in relationship to the indivi...

Otitis Media (Middle Ear Infections)
... For the last 4 years, 7 year old Tyler had endured three ear surgeries (under general anesthetic), sixteen courses of every pediatric antibiotic, countless exams, chronic nasal congestion, and consta...

Treating Heartburn
... When heartburn hits, how do you spell relief? If you''re like millions of Americans, you''ve been conditioned by advertizing to reach for something to provide symptomatic relief....fast. Never mind ab...

Osteoarthritis
... Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis afflicting an estimated 80 percent of people over 50. In this condition, the joints become stiff and painful, with a loss in the range of movement....

Serotyping and Diet - D''Adamo Serotype Panel
... It has been observed that some individuals are less susceptible to disease than others and that persons with certain blood types seem to have higher amounts of specific types of diseases. The connecti...