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Issues such as Celiac Disease, as well as other food allergies and intolerances, bacterial overgrowth and dysbiosis as well as, other conditions that affect  nutrient absorption can and do increase the risk of de-mineralizing tooth enamel. When the digestive system is impaired, it does not properly release vital minerals into the body for use by the teeth in building enamel.  Other factors include poor diet and nutrition status and of course overuse of commercial teeth whitening products.

 

 How to Improve Tooth Enamel Naturally, according to the Weston Price Foundation

 

Dentists say that tooth enamel cannot be regrown however, teeth can be remineralized...sometimes with startling results! 

 

 

Did you know that your tooth enamel is 96% mineral content and is the strongest substance in the human body?

 

Unfortunately, this enamel can easily be leeched out through poor diet, lack of nutrient absorption due to digestive damage, or from acidic environments in the mouth.

 

Acidic foods and drinks are the worst for tooth enamel. They slowly dissolve some of the minerals out of your enamel every day.  I therefore am not a strong advocate of the lemon water craze.

 

Some foods that are known to promote enamel loss and are important to avoid are:

 

Coke and other Sodas/Soft Drinks – due, not only to the sugar, but also the phosphoric acid present

Candy 

Processed Foods: Cookies, Muffins, Refined Sugars, High Fructose Corn Syrup  – due to the starch that is difficult to break down and then causes more acid to be present in the mouth.

Hydrogenated Oils and Margarines

Coffee very acidic as we have discussed in previous articles

Alcohol and Tobacco

Pasteurized Milk

Artificial Sweeteners

Breads and Cereals – it is the phytic acid that is present in these that blocks the absorption of minerals and causes the issues (sprouting your grains, nuts, and seeds will help to reduce this problem)

Commercial Toothpastes

But, here is the good news. There are ways to actually strengthen the enamel and re-mineralize it. 

 

Factors known to promote enamel GROWTH and are therefore important to add into your diet and lifestyle are:

 

Keep teeth clean using tooth soaps OR try a Homemade Toothpaste Recipe they are all over the web

Encourage saliva production and keep the mouth moist – oil pulling is a good method for this – it helps eliminate toxic dental bacterial and also stimulates the salivary glands. Saliva helps to coat teeth and also contains trace minerals that will aid in the remineralization process

Ensure that you have adequate levels of Vitamin D in your diet – D provides the proper balance of calcium and phosphorus to support mineralization. Pure fermented cod liver oil, krill oil, salmon, other fatty fish, and egg yolks are good sources. For Vegan sources – sunshine, UV-irradiated mushrooms, yeast, fortified foods, and D3  supplements are all options. If you are having dental problems along with digestive or other issues a test is in order as you may need high doses of supplements

Ensure that you have adequate levels of Vitamin K2 in your diet – K2 is essential for bone growth and mineral absorption. High Vitamin Butter (raw pastured is ideal) High Vitamin Butter Oil, Marrow, Egg Yolks, Chicken Liver Pate, and Hard Cheeses are good non-Vegan Sources. For Vegan sources- Supplements or Natto (requires an acquired palate) are options.

Ensure that you have adequate levels of Vitamin C in your diet – C ensures strong gum health. Good sources are papaya, bell peppers, strawberries, broccoli, pineapple, brussels sprouts, kiwi, kale, and oranges. If you take vitamin C in supplement form make certain it is buffered

Homemade Bone Broth – true bone broths are full of calcium, gelatin, and minerals that are easily absorbed by the body for bone growth and are wonderful for re-mineralization and encourage enamel growth.

Traditional Sea Salt – not processed table salt. True sea salt contains many trace minerals that are vital to bone and enamel growth.

Traditional Fermented Foods – contain high levels of natural probiotics, which are wonderful for balancing out the good bacterial in the mouth. Good sources are  homemade sauerkraut, kombucha, natto, pickled vegetables, kefir, and Water Kefir.Small amounts are sufficient as they are very high in acid.

Add more Strawberries into your diet – not only because they are high in Vitamin C and antioxidants, but also because they have a natural exfoliating effect due to the malic acid content. The malic acid helps to whiten teeth while removing harmful tartar. Again just a couple here and there.

 

Pearl Powder, an ancient Chinese medicine can be very helpful for immediate improvement in tooth enamel.  It should be applied once a day at night before bed, over all affected teeth.

 

This is NOT an overnight process. It takes time and diligence and consistency since your tooth enamel is in a constant state of transition between demineralizing and remineralizing.

 

Your teeth and gums are a good window into your general health, so please take good care!

 

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Our normal business hours will resume on Tuesday, March 15th.

 

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Grandma was right,heavy sigh, again!  Yup, wear your socks and slippers and keep your feet warm, along with some other body parts we will name a bit later, here's why:

 

If you, like a lot of my clients suffer from symptoms like these: feeling the cold easily, frequent nighttime urination, even to the point of incontinence,  frequent lower back or knee pain, low libido and infertility, recurring colds or viruses, or infection, anxiety, panic attacks, low energy or lack of motivation you definitely need to improve your kidney health and energy.

 

 

Here's some simple yet sometimes difficult ways to do this:

 

Early sleep and arise after the sunrises.

Eat warm food, avoid eating and drinking cold or God forbid raw food.

Keep warm, especially the lower back (that's near the kidney),(I am thrilled that my SUV has heated seats that have helped my kidneys stay warm this winter!) abdomen, head, legs and feet.

Do eat an appropriate small amounts intake of highly nourishing foods such as: meat, egg and dairy, if possible for you as these foods are very strengthening to the kidney. Other foods that assist in rebuilding the yang energy of the kidney are ginger tea, jasmine tea, lamb stew, venison,  walnuts, black sesame seeds, molasses, turmeric, and pumpkin. Do NOT overdo these though small amounts will readily change your energy and excess yang is an extremely dangerous condition! Try to keep your moods stable,as strong emotions damage especially anger, fear and shock damage

the body's  energy reservoir.

Do an appropriate amount of physical exercise especially walking or yoga or Qi Gong or Tai Chi, but do not overtax yourself.

 

 

When you wear socks, as Granny told you to,  you keep the meridians that run up and down your legs and feet warm. In Chinese medicine this helps keep your base energy active, alive and energized. It's your Kidney"fire" or Yang energy that helps keep your energy high and keeps you motivated in life.  

 

Of course acupuncture, moxabustion,  and Chinese herbs are brilliant to correct these issues as well! :)

 

 

Right now bend down and touch your feet. Do they feel cold? Most people aren't even aware that their feet are cold. 

 

Major organ energy meridians run up and down your legs to important internal organs like your kidney, uterus, liver, spleen, stomach and gallbladder, so keeping your legs covered is also a good trick to help with raising your Kidney Yang.

 

Try it out and watch these symptoms ease up or even disappear.

 

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That's correct!  A brand new study finds that lowly vegetable extracts may hold the key to helping your skin repair and reverse the aging process!

 

Korean scientists are arguably the most advanced in the area of skin health and skin aging.   In fact, most advanced skin rejuvenation products come out of that country.

For example, the wildly popular B and B creams emanated from Korea.  Our skin rejuvenation products evolved from a large body of Koreanaswell as personal research.

 

 Now, in a recent study published in the journal Nutrition Research it's suggested that vegetable extracts and derivatives, in addition to their other natural health benefits,  actually encourage live collagen production in the skin.

 

According to the study scientists, vegetable derivatives were shown to increase the level of type 1 collagen in the skin's fibroblasts. The derivatives used in the study were vegetable peptones -- peptides taken from vegetable substances -- that were then applied to skin to test for their effect on natural collagen production.

 

The collagen molecule is the human body's main fibrous and structural protein, and makes up about 30% of all proteins in the body. It is primarily responsible for keeping skin elastic and youthful in appearance, which is why collagen creams and supplements are a popular way to restore collagen among people looking for natural rejuvenation of their skin. These study results suggest that the" vegetable peptones are involved in attenuating skin aging, possibly by promoting cell proliferation and type 1 procollagen production," the study's authors wrote.

 

Even better is the fact that collagen production was shown to increase as the amount of vegetable extracts applied to skin was increased. The higher the concentration of vegetable peptones, the higher the amount of collagen produced, the study found.

 

The Nutrition Research study's findings are brand new, and it's likely that further research on the impact of vegetable peptones on collagen production will have to take place before a product using vegetable derivatives hits the market.

 

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Heart Disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the US.  February is National Heart Disease Month.  Here are some quick statistics from the American Heart Association:

 

•  Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease in 2009 were in men.
• About 610,000 Americans die from heart disease each year—that's 1 in every 4 deaths.
• Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, killing more than 370,000 people annually.
• In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 43 seconds. Each minute, someone in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event.2
• Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people of most racial/ethnic groups in the United States, including African Americans, Hispanics, and whites. For Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders and American Indians or Alaska Natives, heart disease is second only to cancer.3
• Coronary heart disease alone costs the United States $108.9 billion each year.4 This total includes the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity.

Now a simple home, or doctors office test could detect heart disease years before any symptoms occur!

 If you have access to a sphygmomanometer or blood pressure machine:

 

Checking the blood pressure in BOTH arms could save your life: Big difference between the readings is an early sign of heart disease.  Checking both arms could give warning of heart attack and stroke risk.  People with a difference of 10 points are 38% more likely to have one.

 

A big difference suggests the arteries in one arm are clogged.   In this case, it is likely arteries in the heart and brain are also semi-blocked.

 

Taking the blood pressure of both arms rather than just one could help doctors spot hidden heart disease.

 

A study found that when there was a big difference between the two readings, seemingly healthy people were 38 per cent more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or other potentially deadly cardiovascular problem.

 

This suggests that something as inexpensive, quick and simple as taking an extra blood pressure reading could give patients valuable early warning of problems. They could then make changes to their lifestyle to improve their heart health.

 

High blood pressure trebles the risk of heart attacks and strokes, can damage the kidneys and eyes, and is becoming increasingly linked to dementia.

 

However, the symptoms often go unnoticed until it is too late.

 

Researchers at Harvard Medical School in the US took blood pressure readings from both arms of nearly 3,400 outwardly healthy men and women aged 40-plus.

 

Small differences in readings between the right and left arms are normal. In the study, systolic pressure, the higher of the two figures in a blood pressure reading, varied on average by about five points.

But in 10 per cent of patients, there was a difference of ten points or more between arms. These men and women were 38 per cent more likely to have a heart attack, including a fatal one, stroke or related problem during the next 13 years.

 

It is thought that if there is a big difference between the two readings, the artery supplying the arm with the higher reading is likely to be blocked.

 

If you do not have access to a blood pressure measuring device, mention this easy test to your M.D. at your next visit or I will be happy to perform it for you.  This is a quick non invasive test that will provide very important information on the health of your cardio system.  According to the researchers, it revealed heart disease much earlier than any comparable methods.

 

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HOW DOES IT WORK?

Biofeedback helps people regulate their stress response first by realizing when they are becoming stressed or anxious and then by employing various techniques like relaxation, breathing exercises and meditation to calm down their physiologic response.

Benefits from biofeedback arise from the increased relaxation in your body and the lack of a chronically triggered fight-or-flight response. Because chronic stress can be a trigger for many if not most illnesses, this can offer a significant and palpable improvement in the way people feel and how their bodies function.

Biofeedback helps calm clients by learning not only how your body is currently functioning and helps identify what needs to be changed. Also, by showing you in ‘real time' which relaxation techniques are working and which aren't, you're able to more easily grasp effective ways to relax your body's physiology and incorporate healthier habits into your lifestyle.

What Does It Treat?
Because biofeedback can  be intitated with any and all stress related conditions by helping to reverse the stress response (and helps you keep from it being  triggered in the first place!), it can be useful with a variety of conditions.

Some popular uses for biofeedback are: High BP, Anxiety, Insomnia, Pain, Stress, Muscle tension, back problems, tension headaches and migraines, and IBS, Trigeminal neuralgia and many more.

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Getting Started

You may be using a simple form on your own:

• Physical Awareness: Some physical responses can be easily measured without equipment, of course. When your body becomes tense, that's a natural message that you're stressed. Shallow breathing can be another. Becoming aware of your body's stress signals can arguably be a sort of natural form of ‘biofeedback'.

• Household Tools:  A scale, thermometer, BP monitor and even mirrors can tell you about some of your body's stress signals .Both of these methods tell you about your physiology and help you to know that healthy changes are required, but are only the tip of the iceberg. Traditional biofeedback usually involves much more sophisticated measurements that can change more rapidly and are more difficult for the lay person to detect on their own.
• Usually, standard biofeedback necessitates the use of a biofeedback technician—a therapist or health professional who will not only help you to understand your stress levels but also develop and perfect a relaxation response.

After much continuing education training we will offer 6 biofeedback sessions for only $450.00.  Ask us for more information or tell me at your next appointment and I will do a demo for you.  If you are not local you may be able to ask your doctor for a referral to a practioner.

 

 

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Is atopic dermatitis-eczema related to certain foods?  Which foods are triggers for various inflammatory skin disorders such as eczema, psoriasis and seborrhea?  If so which?  These are questions that many clients ask me and for most the answers to those questions are very individual.  In my experience, topical treatments serve no purpose whatsoever as they do not address the underlying trouble which again can be as individual  as the triggers.  I will get to one perhaps major trigger in a bit.

 

Conventional medicine links eczema as an allergic reaction of the skin to various environmental , food and chemical substances. Eczema affects from 5-7% of the general population and many studies have demonstrated a correlation of allergy to several foods and beverages, dairy, beef, gluten, wheat, citrus, tomatoes, and even fish.  Other studies have linked stress and genetic tendencies, antibiotic  history, and even heavy metals.  IgG testing for food sensitivies such as my clinic offers can be a good first step to finding out a person's specific triggers for these types of inflammatory skin conditions.

I am pretty sure that this does not address the entire cause and while it can afford some temporary amelioration of the skin symptoms I believe the inflammation arises from the bacterial environment in the gut.

When the skin becomes “leaky” and therefore not correctly fulfilling its role in protecting the body from environmental toxins I believe it occurs due to the chronic inflammation inherent in a gut with imbalanced flora.  When this is corrected, ( which takes time and dedication), the skin becomes again the natural barrier it is intended to be and in many cases becomes much less reactionary to various foods although if a true allergy exists it is best to avoid those individual foods or eat them on a very careful rotation  basis.

 

One major trigger that people don't know about regarding dermatitis, eczema, seborrhea, psoriasis et al. is caffeine, especially coffee.  Coffee consumption can trigger eczema and other inflammatory skin conditions by creating more bodily inflammation.  Coffee and caffeine in general also are very dehydrating to the skin thus damaging it further and therefore in my opinion creating more “leaking”.

While current research champions coffee as a rich source of antioxidants I think those are better off obtained from fruits and veggies.  Other known issues with coffee and caffeinated beverages are anxiety, insomnia, blood sugar related to a dysregulated insulin response,CNS issues, adrenal fatigue and exhaustion and finally GI issues.  By speeding food too quickly through the GI tract, coffee affects nutrient absorption. I recommend that people with the above conditions avoid it.

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