Damn gene pool
In my endless research to find out WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME, I had a conversation the other day with a naturopathic physician who mentioned a certain liver enzyme (cytochrome P450) that plays a key role in detoxification in the liver. From what I gleaned, there are two stages to detoxification (the liver’s […]
Two plants that make HIV and cancer very, very afraid
Interrupting my normal kvetching to bring you this - a double-blind, placebo-controlled study on AIDS patients in South Africa. Both groups were given a mixture of vitamins for 60 days, but the experimental group received an herbal extract of oleander and a local botanical (the “South African cancer bush”).
At the end of the study, the […]
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs of Adrenal Fatigue
A few years ago, a beloved naturopathic doctor had me soak pieces of cotton in my spit, i.e., do a salivary hormone panel to suss out adrenal function. Dragging myself to her office, I had all the symptoms of hypothyroidism, but alas a picture-perfect thyroid.
The results of the panel were so odd the lab […]
Gold, silver, and other breakfast drinks
So some time has passed since my hcg-inspired drive to the ER, and not surprisingly, I’ve been in a low-lying funk ever since. Imagine finding a method of weight loss people are swearing by - people who’ve tried it all, people who have complex medical histories, people for whom nothing else worked but this. Then […]
Venous seduction
Several years ago, when I developed a virulent obsession with Michael Flatley and began flailing about in Irish dance classes, a friend lent me a fiddle of hers, saying essentially, ‘Have at it. See what you can do with it.’ I played it a small handful of times, and then, sensing fame and fortune was not imminent, put it down and enrolled in a […]
Belly and the Beast
So with Thanksgiving pigdom come and gone, and a best friend who cooked up a number of nummy treats while she was here, including a dreamy Gratitude coconut creme pie made of dates, coconut and coconut butter, I should be relishing the chance to get back to my simple life of miso soup and kale.
But I’m not. My belly is tangling with […]
Thanksgiving and everything after
Thanksgiving is the one day out of the year that I declare a legal holiday in the kitchen. I throw my diet out the window and eat whatever the hell I want. This year was no exception, and I did not even see an eye of newt or head of kale the whole weekend. Instead, there was […]
A dose of Joy
When this video was first posted on YouTube, it got over 1,000 comments in the first week. As the cold weather slithers through this town, bringing with it an increased desire for comfort food, I remind myself of its message:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUTJQIBI1oA
Found creek. Lost paddle.
I now know it wasn’t a fluke that I had no womanly cramps during the workshop weekend. In preparing to do a gall bladder cleanse this weekend, I picked up Paul Pitchford’s masterpiece Healing With Whole Foods from my bookshelf. Immediately it opened up to a page on the condition of liver wind. An acupuncturist once told me I had […]
Meditations on a Double-Wide Butt
Ever since I packed on the pounds a few years ago, motivation for exercise has been difficult. You would think it would be an intense motivator, but fatigue, joint pain and low energy much of the time have compromised the motivation. A recent event reminds me of how motivation usually comes to us - either by a […]
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