By Janelle Deeds CNC, NE, Nutritional Consultant, Functional Endocrinology Specialist
What's the first step in the digestive process? Believe it or not, it happens before you even taste your food. Just by smelling what’s cooking or thinking about how wonderful that ripe strawberry is going to be, you start salivating — and the digestive process begins, preparing for that first delicious bite
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Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging, or DITI, is a non-invasive clinical imaging procedure, which emits zero radiation and is approved by the FDA for detecting and monitoring diseases and physical injuries. DITI allows the clinician to see and measure changes in skin surface temperature and any subtle abnormal temperature asymmetry which can be used to detect much earlier, disease, soft tissue injuries and sensory/autonomic nerve fiber dysfunction in the vascular, muscular, neural and skeletal systems. DITI is especially beneficial for the early detection of breast cancer
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By Janelle Deeds, Nutrition Consultant
Inflammation is a major cause of many diseases and ailments today. Obesity, cardio vascular disease (CVD), stroke, irritable bowel syndrome, joint pain, fibromyalgia, sports over training, metabolic syndrome, to name just a few. All these have the commonality of underlying inflammation within the body. You may wonder what could be causing this inflammation in the body. One primary factor is our diets and food choices
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By Diane Kusunose P.T., B.T.
How does Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) and Cold Laser Therapy work together? How can both of these modalities aid in pain management? Using DITI we can look at an acute area of injury, or a chronic area of pain anywhere in the body with a thermographic snapshot. We can see the distribution of heat, excess heat and lack of heat in the tissues of the body at the site of pain and surrounding areas. We can then treat these areas with Cold Laser Therapy. To see the results of low-level Cold Laser treatment, another thermographic picture is taken of the same painful area. Following one treatment, you can generally see changes in the heat and colors of the treated tissue and be able to observe as well as feel the benefits of the Cold Laser Therapy treatment
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By Marivelle Bacod
It takes commitment to achieve a goal. When the goal is vibrant health, do you know how and where to get the support you need to attain it?
Many people go to a doctor for a general check up to determine their health status. All too often, you leave the medical office trusting the information revealed about your health but with no real input or insight into how the diagnosis was made. If you have a disease or health condition that requires medical care, you are given a diagnosis, referred to specialists, issued prescriptions, instructed to get blood work done and even scheduled for surgery. Everything happens so fast that you feel no longer in control because you are unable to weigh the options
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