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Chocolate’s Healthy Effect on Your Heart

Naturopathic Doctors are almost ready to put CHOCOLATE on our list for TREATING & PREVENTING cardiovascular disease (CVD). Here’s Why:The bulk of the research on CHOCOLATE and HEART HEALTH began with a group of indigenous people living off the coast of Panama, the KUNA TRIBE.• The KUNA TRIBE has long been famous in the world of nutritionists and cardiologists who study hypertension (high blood pressure = HBP).• Since the 1940’s researchers have known that the KUNA have neither HBP nor CVD.• In
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Sleep Better… Naturally!

Healthy, rejuvenating sleep promotes optimal physical and mental health and prevents acute and chronic disease. Certain lifestyle factors could be preventing you from getting your coveted, restorative, 8 (or more!) hours of sleep. If you want to sleep better naturally, try removing some of these sleep inhibitors and implementing these simple tips to help you achieve the rejuvenating sleep your body needs! Sleep Inhibitor # 1: Caffeine (Found in coffee, black tea, cola) 1 cup of coffee (caffeine) remains in the bloodstream
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Vitamin B12 – What you need to know about this important nutrient

What is Vitamin B12?Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin that keeps your nerves and red blood cells healthy.Why is Vitamin B12 important?• It is needed to convert carbohydrates into glucose. Vitamin B12 produces cellular energy, which prevents fatigue and lethargy in the body.• It is required to help regulate the nervous system. Vitamin B12 reduces depression and stress, while improving cognitive function.• Vitamin B12 protects against heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure because it improves cholesterol and homocystiene levels.• Vitamin B12
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Adrenal Health: For women who have never been so healthy and felt so bad!

Your local ND can help you diagnose and treat Adrenal Insufficiency using safe, effective natural therapies. Are You FRUSTRATED because you are doing everything right but still feel crumby?· Does your doctor tell you that nothing is wrong because your blood tests are normal?· Do you eat healthy, exercise regularly, go to bed on time, take natural supplements but feel like they are not helping you feel better? Are You:· Tired all the time?· Unrefreshed upon waking? Need coffee to get going?·
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Change Your Life in Five Weeks with 5 Simple Health Tips

  Week 1 Drink Water. Consume 5 full glasses of water per day. Hints:   Week 2 Chew Your Food.  Make a sign on a piece of folded paper that says: “Chew!”   Week 3 Choose Your Food. Eat a minimum of two pieces of fresh whole fruit per day. Hints:   Week 4 Choose Your Food…continued. Make 50% of your plate at dinner fresh veggies. Hints:   Week 5 Walk.  Walk for 15 minutes to 1 hour per day. Hints: Do
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What to Do about Seasonal Allergies

For people who love the spring and summer outdoor life, but can’t enjoy it because it leaves them stuffed up, puffed up, itchy, sneezing fatigued and frustrated! Is it ever possible to enjoy the warmer seasons without having to take anti-allergy drugs everyday just to manage? Some of these strategies can be helpful, but not without side effects. Antihistamines can leave you feeling drowsy and give rise to headaches.  You might also dislike having to use anti-histamines everyday for three to five
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Anti-Parasites Protocol: Your Guide to Understanding & Eliminating Parasites and Reclaiming your Health

Parasites: The general usage of the term “parasite” refers to any organism that invades and lives at the expense of another organism, known as the host. People often harbor many species of pathogenic organisms (parasite, yeast, virus, bacteria), which contribute to a wide spectrum of health problems. Such organisms disrupt normal functioning of the organs and continually excrete toxic waste products, which stress the body and wear down immunity. It is a misconception that organisms such as yeast and parasites only infect
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How to Manage Anxiety Naturally

You know how it is: There begins a “feeling in the air”… You may experience a sense of: excitement, dread, urgency, overwhelm and sadness. Which then continues on to… Physical symptoms: Disturbed Sleep: Difficulty falling or staying asleep as well as early morning waking, thinking about “the to do list”. Body Pain: Neck and/or back tension. Joint pain. Appetite Changes: Forgetting to eat. Over-eating. Moodiness: Feeling less tolerant, short tempered and irritable. Digestive Distress: Heart Burn, bloating, gas, constipation and/or diarrhea. Fatigue: Feeling run down and tired. “I
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HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS: The facts about infection, transmission and treatment

Tingling, burning, fatigue, fever, muscle aches? OOH OUCH! Cold sores and painful blisters in areas you’d rather not tell about… BACKGROUND “Herpes” is a viral infection causing painful outbreaks of watery blisters on the skin and mucous membranes in humans. INFECTION Pre-infection: even before blisters appear, many people experience signs and symptoms that foreshadow the ensuing outbreak. Fever, swollen lymph nodes, fatigue, achy muscles, tingling and burning in the areas of skin pertaining to the outbreak are common. This stage of pre-infection
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What are you waiting for?

A glimpse into the world of Naturopathic Medicine and how it can help you and your business get healthy and stay well for years to come. Over the last decade our nation’s health care system has been a topic of much concern, especially in terms of wait times. Everyone is waiting and waiting! You wait for the doctor whether you are in for a check-up, at the walk-in clinic or the emergency room. Many people wait months to see a specialist, surgeon
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