There are so many different treatment options available to help the skin rejuvenate and look more refreshed. Many treatments can be stacked based on what your aging skin’s needs are. Many treatments are minimally invasive and can promote your body’s ability to build collagen, improving the brightness and skin quality, resulting in skin tightening. Micro-needling is a minimally invasive skin rejuvenating procedure that involves the use of an oscillating needle pen. The mechanical action of the … [Read more...] about How Skin Rejuvenates with Micro-Needling, Red Light Therapy, Infrared Therapy
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Food Allergies, Sensitivities Can Cause a Leaky Gut
Digestive issues such as gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea or loose stools; skin rashes that won’t go away or come and go; mood issues like anxiety, fatigue, depression, mind fog; or weight gain and hormone imbalances, may all be stemming from the foods that we are eating on a regular basis. Food sensitivities often won’t cause anaphylactic shock or an ER situation, but those types of reactions are true allergic reactions that may require ER treatment, Benadryl or the use of an EpiPen to … [Read more...] about Food Allergies, Sensitivities Can Cause a Leaky Gut
Aging Healthfully
There are many who have been searching for years for the fountain of youth or a magic pill to defy aging. It is inevitable that we are all getting older. It is key to encourage and promote healthy aging, improving stamina and enthusiasm for life by boosting your immune system, reducing fatigue, weight gain, mood and memory disorders, wrinkles, age spots and sagging skin. There are many ways to support your body naturally by making healthy food and lifestyle choices, taking supportive nutritional … [Read more...] about Aging Healthfully
Naturopathic Tips for Hypertension
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a product of today’s fast-paced lifestyle and stressed physical and emotional conditions. It is a quiet disease that strikes without warning, earning it the name “silent killer.” If it is not detected and treated promptly, it can lead to heart attacks, strokes, visual issues and renal failure. Naturopathic treatments target primary causes of disease, such as a change in diet and lifestyle to help keep blood pressure within safe levels (below 140/80). A … [Read more...] about Naturopathic Tips for Hypertension
Seven Simple Steps to Improve Mental Clarity
Do you have trouble thinking clearly, focusing or recalling issues? Some common causes may be overwhelm from stress, lack of sleep, not enough exercise, hormone imbalance or allergies. It is important to get your thyroid, female or male hormones tested. Lack of focus could be caused by thyroid, adrenal, neurotransmitter or testosterone deficiency. Below are seven helpful tips to clear the mental fog. CONDUCT A BRAIN DUMP When you are overwhelmed, it can be helpful to have a brain dump … [Read more...] about Seven Simple Steps to Improve Mental Clarity
Are You Feeling the Impact of a Toxic Environment?
For many of us, the pandemic has resulted in increased stress, overeating the wrong foods, abrupt changes in lifestyle and not making the best decisions for our health. All this may result in signs of toxicity such as: Allergies and skin changes such as acne, eczema, wrinkly skin Digestive issues, sluggishness, gas, bloating Fatigue, low mood, mind fog or forgetfulness Weight gain Stress, anxiety and trouble sleeping Hormone imbalances If you have signs of toxicity, there … [Read more...] about Are You Feeling the Impact of a Toxic Environment?
Skin Tightening Naturally with Radiofrequency
It is inevitable that as we age, our skin changes. It can become more laxed, show the signs of damage from past sun exposure, and become more wrinkly and thin. I like to compare the skin to a mattress. When you have a new mattress, it is strong and the fibers are tightly woven. As it wears, the mattress can lose its strength, bow and thin. The aging skin can act in the same way. Younger skin is plump, more supple, fresh and tight. Aging skin loses collagen and it often becomes thinner, like an … [Read more...] about Skin Tightening Naturally with Radiofrequency
Five Steps to Reach Your New Year’s Health Outcomes
You have heard it time and time again, many people create these long lists of resolutions for the new year and never stick to them. The problem is that people have a hard time sticking to any resolution or commitment because they lack action or the proper steps to meet the goal. They may also lose the motivation or may not have enough support to stick to their goals. A more efficient strategy than goal setting or New Year’s resolutions is to set outcomes! Follow these five easy steps to … [Read more...] about Five Steps to Reach Your New Year’s Health Outcomes
Favorite Immune Boosting Tips
In the midst of a pandemic, it is officially cold and flu season. No matter how careful you may be in taking the universal precautions to try and prevent illness, viruses happen and will always do what they do: mutate. It is important to not live in fear, as fear promotes and attracts more of what you focus on: more fear. Instead of living in fear, be in a state of knowing. Obviously, it is important to follow basic guidelines of being as careful as you can, washing your hands frequently, … [Read more...] about Favorite Immune Boosting Tips
Acupuncture Restores Post-COVID Fatigue, Loss of Smell and Taste
Many people are aware of the hallmark symptom for COVID: loss of taste and smell. Researchers have found that the temporary loss of smell (anosmia) may be a better indicator of a COVID infection than other symptoms of fever, headache, body aches, cough, digestive upset or shortness of breath. It has been suggested that the olfactory nerve cells can be affected because of the swelling of surrounding nasal mucosa tissues and cells being inflamed by the viral replication process. One study showed … [Read more...] about Acupuncture Restores Post-COVID Fatigue, Loss of Smell and Taste
