From the category archives:
Processed Meat and Red Meat Linked to Increased Risk for Disease
A recent study of white, red, and processed meat involving half a million middle-aged participants showed processed and red meats were linked to increased total deaths, cancer deaths, and cardiovascular disease deaths (CVD) deaths. White meat appeared to protect against total [...]
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The tide is turning. When once it was unheard of for a doctor’s opinion to be challenged, today’s patients are getting second and third opinions, seeking out alternative care and pursuing natural, organic solutions to their health issues.
And now the medical system is being challenged by none other than the [...]
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Don’t use conventional cleaners. Many ingredients found in conventional cleaners are linked to cancers, endocrine disorders and neurological problems. Commit to safe, environmentally-friendly cleaning this year.
Do use natural cleaning products like white vinegar, baking soda, corn starch, lemon juice, olive oil and club soda. White vinegar mixed with equal parts of water is a must-have [...]
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One of the hottest books out right now on how toxins destroy your health is called “Slow Death By Rubber Duck” by Rick Smith & Bruce Lourie. Two men lock themselves in an apartment for three days, use products like shampoo, shaving cream, microwaved plastic containers, glass cleaners, etc. and do blood tests to see what [...]
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Studies confirm that stress not only contributes to weight gain, but also inhibits weight loss. Stress causes a cyclical process of overeating that produces imbalances and spikes in cortisol and insulin. These hormones contribute to fat being stored around the abdomen and hips that produce inflammation, diabetes and heart disease.
The complex and damaging effects of [...]
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The food label can be a useful tool in determining the nutritional value and overall safety of a food choice. However, it is very common for an individual to not fully understand the food label and miss the most important components. Don’t be fooled any longer!
Folly #1 Nutrition Facts
The grams of fat, carbohydrates, proteins, [...]
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The European Cancer Research Center has called for an urgent review of aspartame and of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) stance that Aspartame is not a carcinogen. The FDA does report however that 75 percent of the adverse reactions caused by food additives is caused by Aspartame. Aspartame is an artificial sweetener that [...]
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True food allergies are relatively rare, but food sensitivities are now at record levels. Our poisoned and tainted commercialized food supply has been described as “Franken foods” and has contributed to a new generation of health conditions and disease. The new science experiment foods in our grocery stores now contribute to fibromyalgia, heart disease, diabetes, [...]
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Birth control pills (BCP’s) have been cited by doctors to protect against breast cancer, heart disease and depression. Hundreds of millions of women worldwide have taken the pill since the 1960’s believing that they were “safe and effective”. What was once thought to be protective for one’s health has now been found to be disastrous [...]
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The most important molecule to stay healthy, prevent aging, cancer, heart disease and nearly every condition known to man has been found. Over 100,000 medical articles confirm that glutathione is the most important antioxidant, detoxifier and immune system builder. Despite the amount of information available, glutathione is not widely known and many doctors do not [...]
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Gluten and gluten-free diets have become more popular among people and now experts as well. Gluten is a protein that is found in wheat, barley, rye and is added to many processed foods. (1) It is a common contributing factor to weight gain, toxicity, inflammation and allergic reactions.
Gluten-free products are now considered big business with [...]
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Cholesterol-lowering medications such as Lipitor, Zocor and Crestor are the #1 prescribed class of prescription medication in the United States. Over 215 million prescriptions add $26 billion to drug company coffers annually. A recent report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that 25% of Americans aged 45 and older takes statins. (1)
Heart Disease [...]
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One of the largest determining factors in aging is not your genes, but the quality of your lifestyle. A recent study in the British Medical Journal demonstrated that you can cut your risk of having a stroke in half by doing four things: Engage in exercise and physical activity, eat five daily servings of fruit [...]
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British Journal of Cancer—A new link found in eating processed meats and the formation of pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is one of the types of cancers that boast the highest mortality rate amongst all cancers.
The study confirms that eating processed meats daily increases the risk of developing pancreatic cancer up to 38 percent. The data [...]
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On January 16th we commemorated one of this country’s greatest icons Martin Luther King, Jr. King stated that his true contribution wasn’t a messiah of civil rights, but as an organizer of people and causes. Many believe in the “great man” concept of leadership, but in reality change comes from the mobilization and action of [...]
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The Centers for Disease Control now states that 1 in 5 emergency room visits are the result of participation in sports and exercise programs. The staggering 4 million annual emergency room visits have not only been deemed hazardous to your health, but also to your checkbook. The Consumer Products Safety Commission reports that the public [...]
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Americans now spend between $33 and $55 billion annually on weight loss products and services.¹ The high dollar items include medical procedures, pharmaceuticals and weight loss centers. It is now estimated that 45 million Americans enroll in a weight loss program at a weight loss center or a gym.² However; it has [...]
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The holiday season can be a time full of joy, happiness, parties and family gatherings. But for many people, it is a time of depression, loneliness, reflection on past failures, self-evaluation and anxiety about the upcoming year. Even more people experience post-holiday depression resulting in additional stress and exhaustion.
Lack of sleep, [...]
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230 million prescriptions are now filled for depression every year. Antidepressants are one of the most-prescribed drugs in the United States. More than 1 in 20 Americans are still depressed according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Research over the last two decades has shown that people with cardiovascular disease [...]
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Most people call this time of year “The Holidays.” Because it’s “The Holidays” people tend to get irresponsible and careless. People eat mass quantities, put all sorts of horrible food and drink into their bodies, exercise less (if at all), miss adjustments, spend too much money, and put self improvement [...]
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By Dr. B.J. Hardick and Kimberly Roberto, Co-authors of The Maximized Living Nutrition Plans
It’s holiday time and you wanna have fun. This doesn’t just mean decorating Christmas trees and opening up presents. It also means enjoying the kind of foods that go with this time of year. Like ML Co-founder Dr. Ben Lerner [...]
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By Dr. Eric Slead and Dr. Justin Moseley
In a hectic world of time crunches and amounting deadlines we all know the overwhelming feeling of being stressed. While some people manage and tolerate different levels of stress better than others stress is still known in America as the silent killer. Science is now [...]
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Road 1: The Road Most Traveled (The Traditional Medical Model)
The Facts
- Americans Take 25 million pills an hour.
- The citizens of Canada average 14 prescriptions per person. 35 per person age 60-79 and 74 per person 80 or older.
- As many as five out of six Americans die of heart disease and cancer.
- 4.5 million [...]
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By Dr. Shannon Pearce
Exercise is not only good for your waistline but it is also good for your brain. The University of Colorado Boulder recently discovered that even a minimal amount of exercise can help to protect against brain damage and memory loss. Microglial cells are the immune defense cells of [...]
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By Dr. Brandon Vinzant
USA Today reports that people who are sleep-deprived eat close to 300 calories a day more than they do when they are well-rested, with ice cream being the food of choice when tired. 1
It’s no surprise then when an additional study also showed that you can double your chances [...]
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By Kimberly Roberto, Author of Maximized Living Nutrition Plans
A common objection many people have at the thought of buying organic products is the price tag. While it is true that the costs of organic products are indeed higher, it is important to point out that there are longer term consequences and hard [...]
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By Dr. Justin Moseley
Newsweek magazine recently published an article titled, “The One Word That Can Save Your Life”. When it comes to medical tests and procedures such as: CT scans, mammograms, colonoscopies, medications, stents, etc. the one word that can save your life is:
NO!!!
In the case of PSA blood tests for prostate [...]
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By Dr. Christie Ducote and Dr. Alex Pattison
The Lancet, a prestigious British medical journal, published a shocking report this week concluding that over half of Americans will be clinically obese by the year 2030. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines obesity as a person having a BMI, or body [...]
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If you want to maximize exercise results, you have to make sure you’re fueling your body PROPERLY. There are very specific steps to take to ensure you haven’t wasted the effort you put into your physical activity. The last thing you want is to nullify everything you’ve just accomplished by adding or not adding the [...]
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In the year 2010, 215,000 people younger than 20 years old had diabetes, 10.9 million adults over 65 had diabetes, and 1.9 million people were diagnosed with diabetes.
This is shocking. Considering that diabetes is a major cause of heart disease and stroke, and the seventh leading cause of death in the [...]
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In the US, antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed drug for adults age 20–59, and ADD and ADHD medications are the most commonly prescribed drug among adolescents. While doctors may insist that these are “mental” issues that must be managed permanently with prescription drugs, they are far more related to diet [...]
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The number one prescribed medication for adults age 60 and up is statin drugs for high cholesterol. Often accompanying high cholesterol is high blood pressure, so a version of warfarin, the main ingredient in rat poison, is prescribed as well. The side effects of these drugs are often insomnia and [...]
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On Monday of this week I started a juice fast based on a documentary I recently watched called Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. I put an invitation out to my Life Essentials team members and to all of my patients to join me in a 10-day juice fast to help “reboot” our lives. No matter [...]
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This week at Life Essentials Health Center I held a special workshop to teach patients how to take their health to the next level through advanced nutrition and supplementation, two of the key essentials of living a Maximized Life. We had a great conversation about the Healing Plan, leptin resistance, nutrient density, antioxidants, proper pH [...]
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July is Prescription Drug Freedom Month at Life Essentials Health Center. While doctors tell many patients that they will have to take prescription drugs for the rest of their lives, there is a better alternative. Many drugs are prescribed to manage the symptoms of ONE cause: an unhealthy lifestyle.
As we discuss in my Maximized Living [...]
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It’s now common knowledge that trans fats, also known as hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils, margarine, and shortening, are bad for you. These chemically altered fats are super heated to a very high temperature, making them rancid, and they contribute toward clogged arteries and coronary heart disease primarily, but have [...]
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With over four billion people in the world using cell phones, the debate over whether cell phones cause cancer has been raging. But recently an expert committee at the World Health Organization concluded that exposure to cell phone radiation is a possible carcinogen in the same category as gasoline exhaust, burning coal, DDT, dry cleaning [...]
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Does your child classify as a picky eater? Does a typical meal consist mainly of carbohydrates? Does your child refuse to eat unless the meal consists of pizza, macaroni and cheese, chicken fingers, or some other “colorless” meal option that he or she feels comfortable with? Does your child struggle with different textures and flavors?
Many [...]
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As a general rule, we have been taught to be afraid of cholesterol, both in our food and in our bodies. However, more and more evidence is showing that cholesterol is actually unrelated to heart disease—while many cholesterol medications are being shown to worsen symptoms and even cause sudden death.
This is not to say that [...]
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How would you like to do one thing that will drastically improve your digestive
health for the following benefits:
• increased immune function
• increased mental clarity
• increased energy
• improved mood
While improving your diet in general and getting enough exercise will do wonders
for digestion, a key element to digestive health is frequently overlooked: fermented
foods. That may sound like [...]
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It always amazes me how much the various systems and part of the body are connected. If one area of your body is functioning at less than maximum health, it can affect your overall body. That’s one of the reasons your body is such an amazing self healing system.
That said, one of [...]
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We’re about to embark on our second Maximized Living journey of 2011! February’s Makeover was so life transforming that I’m offering another opportunity for people to make small changes with big results. Maximized Living begins with a mindset that allows you to look differently at your life and what is possible. You don’t have to [...]
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I’d like you to consider this scenario. You go to your doctor for a yearly checkup, and she tells you that they have just discovered that the wind can cause cancer if you are exposed to too much of it. She recommends that if you don’t keep your skin covered or [...]
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So many people think that in order to eat healthy, they have to spend a lot of money and that they can’t eat foods they enjoy. However, there is actually a solution to eating healthy while saving money and eating what you love all at the same time. When you cook [...]
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When it comes to disease and illness, the medical industry wants you to think that it’s on top of things. It wants you to think that it is committed to your health, and to educating you about what you can do to reduce your risk for various diseases. It wants you [...]
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Daylight savings recently may have underlined the fact that 50 to 70 million Americans have sleep disorders. That translates to one in nine people claiming lack of sleep on a regular basis, from being unable to fall asleep to waking up in the middle of the night, from sleep apnea to [...]
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If you find yourself experiencing spring allergies or clinging to excess winter weight, don’t try a diet; try something totally different! There is a way to clean out your body just the way you clean your house—but without products, without effort, and without spending any money.
Digestion takes more energy than any other bodily [...]
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This Deadly Food Is Also the Most Common in the US Food Supply If I asked you what the most common food in the United States was, how would you respond? Probably a lot of people would say meat. What if I told you that there is a food that is more common [...]
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In America one issue of autism is discovered virtually every 50 minutes. 1 in 91 children are diagnosed with Autism. Why we should focus on the prevention and recovery rather than a “cure.”
As instances of diagnosis increase, more and more families are discovering ways to cope. And what was once a mysterious developmental disorder has [...]
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Welcome to the 30 day challenge! Health Transformation makeover-check! Now it’s time to get on board and move in the right direction! Here’s the steps to your life changing next few weeks!
1. Weigh In with us-this week weigh in at our office to check your weight and body fat percentage!
2. Sign up for the Recipe [...]
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You may have heard this before: You can live for weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without oxygen. Oxygen is absolutely vital to your body and to maximized living. Right now you’re probably thinking, “Well, that’s easy. I’m breathing oxygen all the time.” That’s true, but breathing isn’t enough! In order for [...]
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The reasons to eat raw food are many. Raw food has many more available nutrients than cooked food. Cooking at a temperature above 110–115 degrees Fahrenheit destroys many of the vitamins and antioxidants in fruits and vegetables, as well as natural digestive enzymes, [...]
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If you are struggling through life or with serious or chronic health concerns, we have a health transformation Makeover for you. It is a healing Makeover. If you want to prevent serious and chronic health concerns in your future, this Makeover is for you. It is an empowerment Makeover. If you’re low on energy and [...]
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Recently I shared with my patients the story of a friend who went into surgery for a brain tumor. The surgery cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the doctors didn’t bother to perform a simple blood test that would have told them they couldn’t operate successfully. Instead they performed the [...]
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MAXIMIZED LIVING MAKEOVER!!!
Saturday, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2011
10:00AM-1:00
Seacoast Church, Mt Pleasant
750 Long Point Road
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464-8217
*call 843 284-8410 to register today!
LEARN THE 5 ESSENTIALS FOR HEALTHY LONGEVITY
Become the 1 in 1,000 person who is healthy, pain-free, and living the life they were meant to live after 60!
Essential #1: Maximized Mind
Overcome your limiting beliefs as [...]
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Opting Out and Healthy Holiday Traveling
The new backscatter body scanners at airports are causing much controversy lately. Find out who should avoid them and the dangers behind them. Also, if you are traveling at all during the holidays, especially by plane, chances are you’ll be exposed to a variety of virus germs, sitting uncomfortably for long [...]
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As we move into winter and the holiday season, fresh fruits and vegetables begin to disappear from our daily menus. Many of these foods are no longer in season, and they don’t commonly make appearances among holiday fare, which is often loaded with sugar and chemically altered ingredients.
Being aware of this [...]
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Have you heard the phrase “What goes on your body goes in your body?” The idea is that body care products like shampoo and conditioner, soap, moisturizer, deodorant, toothpaste, mouthwash, shaving cream, makeup, nail polish, and perfumes are absorbed through the skin, so it’s very important not to put anything [...]
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As the holidays are upon us, it’s probably tempting to choose low-fat dairy products, sugar-free desserts, and “reduced calorie” options for fear of holiday weight gain. I get asked a lot about low-fat, fat-free, and sugar-free foods and if they are a healthy option for losing weight and keeping it off, [...]
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What if I told you there was a particular food group, which has been mislabeled as unhealthy, that is delicious, satisfying, and helps you get rid of excess pounds? Would you be interested in trying it out?
No one food can make us healthy by itself. But high quality saturated fat [...]
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Do your kids (or even the grownups in your house) love vegetables? Do they go for color—tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, lettuce—or do they prefer white—macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, pasta—until it comes to colorful candy wrappers?
The idea that children don’t like healthy food is perpetuated by a sad truth: many [...]
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This Halloween, try some chocolate that’s actually good for you! Raw cacao is recognized as a “superfood,” any one of a number of foods including blueberries that contain highly concentrated and beneficial nutritional properties, or phytonutrients.
“The cacao bean has always been and will always be Nature’s #1 weight loss and high-energy [...]
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Milk is considered by many a healthy food. Milk has in essence replaced water in the UDSA food pyramid, which urges Americans to have three cups every day. We’re urged to drink milk like it’s water mainly because of the benefit of calcium. But when health experts say that you need calcium [...]
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Recently I congratulated America on making recent changes to improve our health and that of the planet: winning the war against Big Tobacco and implementing reusable grocery bags. I have more good news! Americans are consuming less corn syrup than we have in 20 years! Congratulations are in order.
However, this isn’t [...]
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Studies Show Radiation from Mammograms Can Cause Breast Cancer
We’re coming to the time of year again when breast cancer awareness month approaches, pink ribbons plaster our cities, thousands gather to walk or run for stricken loved ones and we “hope” for a cure . . . someday . . . of [...]
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When it comes to our health and the health of the planet, it’s easy to be negative about the current state of things. Americans are sicker than we’ve ever been before—and so is our planet, all largely because of our own irresponsibility.
However, right now I want to specifically call attention [...]
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WHATS THE DEAL WITH THE FLU SHOT?
Do you find it odd that flu shots are so common in this country? Not only common, but readily available? You can get them everywhere—CVS, Walgreens, WalMart, the grocery store. Free clinics are set up: they are giving this immunization away like it was candy, despite that [...]
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Labor Days
As I prepared to relax and celebrate this year, my thoughts as usual turned to the ironic name of this annual holiday. But this time, I wondered how many people were actually not working.
It’s pretty clear that as technology makes our lives easier, it also carries with it complications. [...]
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Who Is Responsible?
With egg and ground beef recalls making national news, it’s hard not to question corporate agriculture in America. Books like Fast Food Nation and even The Jungle long before it have long since exposed, questioned, and criticized unsafe mass production of animal products in this country, yet it doesn’t [...]
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Back to School Made Easy
What characterizes your back to school season? Do you have a routine down for getting the kids up, dressed, and on the bus or in the car, or does every morning bring something unexpected? Regardless, here are three tips to help your entire family start off [...]
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Last week I came across an article about childhood obesity that stated “1 in 3 children born today expected to develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetimes.” It also stated that “the two major ‘weapons’ now deployed in the fight—moderate lifestyle interventions designed to reduce weight, and drug therapies to slow the progression of diabetes—are [...]
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Breast Cancer-Are we really being preventative?
I was so sad to read about the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act being proposed. If passed, this bill would allow women (and men, who account for 2% of all cases) to stay in the hospital for a few days following a mastectomy, instead of being sent home directly after [...]
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Too Much Information:
To Be Healthy, or Not to Be Healthy
We live in a society that bombards us with all kinds of ideas about health. Television commercials encourage us to ask our doctors about the latest prescription medication to relieve our depression, insomnia, acid reflux, or cholesterol. Fast food companies tell us to eat their low-calorie [...]
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Your Chiropractor Could be Your Newest Antioxidant
Most people associate chiropractors with pain management, but the practice of chiropractic truly operates on the premise that the work removes blockages to the body’s natural health and healing abilities. This includes removing pressure from nerves that relay signals from the brain to the organs and systems of the body.
In [...]
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New Bombshell of Disastrous Side Effects from Statins
Doctors are being warned to think more carefully about prescribing cholesterol-lowering drugs by researchers who have found a wide range of “unintended” side effects.
Some doses and types of statins are linked with effects that include liver problems and kidney failure.
BBC News reports:
“Researchers looked at data from more [...]
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ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS NOT SO SWEET AFTER ALL
Sugar substitutes were first developed in the 1950’s when a clinic director worked to develop a sugar-free diet for patients suffering from diabetes and other chronic conditions. The industry took off, and today diet sodas and sugar substitutes make up a huge part of the market. The idea that [...]
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10 Foods You Should Always Have in Your Pantry (that you probably don’t)
These are not in any particular order, and obviously, this list is far from complete. However, if you have these pantry staples at all times, you’ll have the basis for a tasty, healthy meal once you add fresh vegetables [...]
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There was a time when imported foods and processed and prepared foods were considered a luxury only within the reach of the rich. But if you’ve so much as walked into a grocery store recently, you know things have changed. Healthy food is not the least expensive food from a financial standpoint.
I will often remind [...]
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Chiropractic Cuts Blood Pressure
Study Finds Special ‘Atlas Adjustment’ Lowers Blood Pressure
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
March 16, 2007 — A special chiropractic adjustment can significantly lower high blood pressure, a placebo-controlled study suggests.
“This procedure has the effect of not one, but two blood-pressure medications given in combination,” study leader George Bakris, [...]
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OLYMPIC LEVEL LIVING!!!
I was recently appointed to the Wellness Advisory Committee for USA Wrestling, Judo and Weightlifting. This will allow me to work with our American hopefuls on making sure they are able to perform at an “Olympic Level” each and every time they go to compete. What a privilege to be training beside the [...]
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Normal human problems are turned into medical conditions, spiking healthcare costs
by Sherry Baker, Health Sciences Editor
NATURAL NEWS
(NaturalNews) Mainstream medicine has a huge new growth industry underway — the “medicalization” of the human condition. That’s the conclusion of a study headed by Brandeis University sociologist Peter Conrad that was just published in the journal Social [...]
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