Like foods, nutritional supplements are effective in helping us to establish sufficient amount of nutrients needed to achieve and maintain our body's ability to handle stressful events. As a matter of fact, unless you have your own organic garden, our food sources are more and more depleted of … [Read more...] about 8 Amazing Stress Relief Natural Supplements
Top 5 Anti-Stress Foods
As a fourth part of our Anti-Stress blogs, let's take a look at something we all love to do and that is EAT! Here is a list of top 5 stress reducing foods that you can indulge on to deal with your stress. However, please do be careful as some of us may be allergic to certain food items. Please … [Read more...] about Top 5 Anti-Stress Foods
The Stress-Salt-Sugar-Sex Connection
We have discussed so far about how the body handles stress and the strong connection between stress, adrenal hormones (epinephrine and norepinephrine, and cortisol) and insulin interaction as we manage stress. Today, I am going a step further as we look at adrenal hormones interactions with DHEA and … [Read more...] about The Stress-Salt-Sugar-Sex Connection
The Stress-Cortisol-Insulin Connection
To help us handle stress, adrenaline affects a variety of different parts of our body function. For example, it functions as a hormone (a well known fact) as described in our last blog, and as a neurotransmitter in the brain (not so well known). Our body produces adrenaline in large quantity in … [Read more...] about The Stress-Cortisol-Insulin Connection
Stress
I believe all of us have seen the "KEEP CALM" images somewhere. Is this a sign of time? Are we all so stressed that we need to constantly remind ourselves to "KEEP CALM"? Kidding aside, I have observed, among my clients at our wellness center, a rather high percentage of them are coming for stress … [Read more...] about Stress
Daily Detoxification Tips
What's better than detoxing regularly (once to 4 times a year)? It's detoxing every single day! Why better? Avoid toxin accumulation over time by addressing the key channels of elimination in our body on a daily basis. Even when you detox 4 times a year like us, we are rotating our detox … [Read more...] about Daily Detoxification Tips
Specific Detoxes For Different Body Systems
Choosing the right detox routine depends on what your goals are. No matter what your choice is, it’s best to consider how each kind of detox will help each of your body’s systems. Digestive System What is it? The digestive system is the system responsible for consuming and breaking down food into a … [Read more...] about Specific Detoxes For Different Body Systems
Detoxification Methodologies
There is a lot out there regarding detoxing and cleansing. If you’re like a lot of people, you may have a general idea of what detoxing your body means, but you may not know how detoxing helps each of your body’s systems. If done properly, detoxing your body can give you an extremely good … [Read more...] about Detoxification Methodologies
Why Cleanse and Detox?
The practice of cleansing the digestive system dates back to ancient Greece. In the United States, cleansing became popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Today, it is widely accepted that proper digestion is crucial for overall health. When digestion is efficient and complete, all of the food you eat … [Read more...] about Why Cleanse and Detox?
Vectoring Your Heart Health
The ZYTO Bio-Scan device is a versatile energetic scan device that combines the ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine's understanding of our body's energetics and modern GSR (Galvanic Skin Response) technology to assess our body's energetic imbalances. To help us understand the term "Vectoring Heart … [Read more...] about Vectoring Your Heart Health