Archive for October, 2008

Slow down there speedy!

Are you the first one done at a meal? Wiping your mouth in satisfaction while others are still cutting their meat?Do people make fun of the fact that you “inhale” rather than “chew?”
Well keep reading and start chewing…s-l-o-w-l-y! A recent study in the British Medical Journal found that eating quickly until full tripled your chances of being overweight! They cited cheap, fast food and eating in front of the television as major contributors to absent eating.
Chewing your food starts the digestion process. What you don’t chew up into itty-bitty tiny pieces from your mouth makes more [...]

October 17th is National Mammography Day!

Mammograms detect 80 percent to 90 percent of breast cancers in women without symptoms, and all women 40 and older should get a yearly mammogram, says the American Cancer Society.
Many of my patients are concerned about the radiation exposure to their breasts and often question whether they need to go EVERY year.
“Dr. Jones – I don’t feel a lump.”“Nobody in my family has breast cancer.”“I’m pretty healthy, I think I would know if I had breast cancer.”
These are quotes I hear all the time. Then, of course, they want to know my opinion.
Well here goes.
Yes, I know you do [...]

Mayan Abdominal Massage: Love it!

What is this wonderful technique of massage? And why is it called Mayan Abdominal? Well, this Massage is founded on the ancient Mayan technique of abdominal massage. It is an external, non-invasive manipulation that repositions internal organs that have shifted, thereby restricting the flow of blood, lymph, nerve and chi.
For women, it specifically helps all kinds of symptoms such as: painful periods, heavy periods, tilted uterus, irritable bowel, constipation, fertility challenges, endometriosis, low back ache and many others.
Normal or Tilted?Normally the uterus leans slightly over the bladder in the center of the pelvis, about one and a half inches above [...]