Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Cancer Risk: Part 2
In my previous blog, I described some of the foods and strategies you could try to support an anti-cancer approach to daily living. Here, I will highlight some other foundational pillars to reduce your overall cancer risk. Sleep Sleep is critical to our health and well-being; with 40% of American adults reporting lack of sleep, […]
Risk Factors for Diabetes and How Functional and Oriental Medicine Can Help
This blog is a summary of a chapter written by Dagmar Ehling (Licensed acupuncturist and Doctor of Oriental Medicine) on the risk factors for diabetes and integrative approaches to prevent or manage it. This was published in 2017 in her book Anticipation and Medicine which makes the case for transition from episodic care and reliance […]
Holistic Solutions for Insomnia
Are you one of those people who can rarely get a decent night’s sleep? Do you then feel washed out and experience brain fog the following day? Insomnia is defined as either difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, early waking or waking tired in the morning. When these symptoms occur at least 3–4 times per week […]
The Importance of Sleep in the Prevention and Management of Cancer
Sleep is something we all look forward to after a long day but in this fast-paced, hyper-wired world we live in, it’s what many of us aren’t getting enough of. We all know how sleep impacts our energy levels, mental state, hunger and immune system – and this becomes even more critical when you’re dealing […]
Sleep Better and Create your Sleep Sanctuary
Misty Williams is the creator of Healing Rosie which is an online resource for women who want to get to the bottom of their health concerns. In her recent podcast, she describes her healing journey after surgery. Based on her trials and tribulations, she decided to create this site to share her insights with other […]
Why We Sleep – Matthew Walker Podcast Review
I was fascinated by a great podcast on Bulletproof Radio (Episode 616) with Matthew Walker, PhD who is the author of a recent best seller “Why We Sleep”. He is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at UC Berkeley and a self-proclaimed ‘Sleep Diplomat’. Some of the salient points from this podcast included: Just sleeping enough […]