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The Importance of Proactive Health Maintenance: Listening to Your Body and Taking Action

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  *How are you?* “I’m fine.” *Where do you hurt?* “Oh my neck is bothering me, my low back is tight, my left shoulder is acting up and my digestion is off.” Western medicine defines health as an absence of disease. We wait until there is a problem before we take time out of our busy lives to fix ourselves. More often, we become disconnected to how we feel and reach for cravings like sugar, alcohol, and comfort foods in order to feel better. We have little time to pay attention to what our bodies are trying to tell us. We end up pushing through our day and our pain. It is only when problems become big enough that we can’t ignore them any longer that we are forced to take action. A while back I was asked, “what do you do to be healthy?” My answer was I really work on my diet. I eat plenty of organic vegetables and healthy proteins. I stay away from sugar, gluten, processed foods, alcohol, and never eat fast food. I take whole food supplements every day in order to give my bod...

Discover the immune-boosting power of Desert Parsley: A Native American remedy for flu, viruses and infections

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  During the Spanish flu, a doctor noticed there was not a single flu-related death in the Washoe Native American tribe due to the use of Desert Parsely. Traditionally one of the most important medicinal plants used by several Native American tribes, Desert Parsley (Lomatium Dissectum) has strong immune system enhancing properties comparable to some of the more popular herbal remedies such as Echinacia and Astragalus and is often used to fight off bacteria, viruses and fungi infections. Lomatium adopted the name Indian Consumption Plant because of its effectiveness against tuberculosis. Phytochemicals found in Lomatium have been shown to have the ability to inhibit viruses from replicating. Studies have shown these phytochemicals to be effective against DNA and RNA viruses. Practitioners of natural medicine find Lomatium to be effective for viruses such as Epstein-Barr, flu, common cold, herpes, and Cytomegalvirus. Lomatium also works well in combination with other medicinal he...