Finding a New Primary Care Doctor

A Big Thanks To Leslie at Wellparents.com for this great advice Thanks to Leslie at Read more

The Rollercoaster of Life

Grandma: "I always wanted to go again. You know, it was just so interesting that a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited, and so thrilled all together! Some didn't like Read more

Sheltering at Home/Covid 19

Never in the last two decades of my career as a physician would I have imagined that we would be using the same mask to see patients all day and then sterilizing/recycling them at the end of the day. Read more

Turmeric Health Benefits

Have you ever wondered what the paste is applied to the bride and groom's faces and arms in Indian weddings?  It's actually the spice turmeric.  Turmeric is the ingredient in curry that gives it a vibrant yellow color.  Actually, Read more

COVID 19 Precautions

With the scare of COVID here in the USA now, I wanted to post a little info about boosting immunity to prevent contracting the virus. Here are some important facts about Covid-19 It is spread by contact with Read more

Natural Tips for Avoiding Colds

This cold and flu season is still upon us and unfortunately, many patients are still being plagued by these nasty viral symptoms.  Here are a few tips to try if you feel like you are coming down with something. Of Read more

Sherry's Story

Sherry has a great story.  She has been diabetic for years and she has made some massive changes!   "I have been on a lifestyle change. It has been a year following a ketogenic food plan.  When I started this journey Read more

Pharmacy to Farmacy

Many of you may know Erin-- the fabulous Pharm D that worked in our office a few years back.  Erin is a phenomenal gal and we embarked on the journey  into natural medicine around the same time.  As we both Read more

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Genetic Roulette

Here is the trailer to Genetic Roulette which will help explain a little about GMO’s and why our food is making us so sick!  The version above is closed captioned and the one below is subtitled in spanish.

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Fiber One Bars–Epic Fail

The mornings can be hectic getting ready for work, rousing a 5-year-old for Kindergarten, and calming a preteen in outfit crisis.  I hit the grocery last week in hopes of grabbing something healthy for the kids to eat quickly if that unexpected event put us in time crunch mode.  Wow, I should have used my fooducate app at the store before bringing these goodies home.  They get a “D” rating which is downright awful.  Who knew?  Read those labels!
 Contains controversial artificial colors
 For dieters: FoodPoints value is 2
 Controversial additive BHT present
 Serving size unusally small
 Dare you to count how many sugar— ings here?

NUTRIENTS

Value My Daily Value
Calories 90 Kcal ?
Total Fat 2.5 g ?
Saturated Fat 1 g ?
Trans Fat 0 g ?
Cholesterol 0 mg ?
Sodium 80 mg ?
Total Carbohydrate 17 g ?
Dietary Fiber 5 g ?
Sugars 5 g ?
Protein 1 g ?

INGREDIENTS

Chicory Root Extract, Rice Flour, Sugar, Whole Grain Oats, High Maltose Corn Syrup, Milk Chocolate Chunks (Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate Liquor, Soy Lecithin, Milkfat, Salt, Natural Flavor), Honey, Puffed Wheat, Palm Kernel Oil, Glycerin, Roasted Peanuts, Maltodextrin, Canola Oil, Cocoa, Peanut Butter (Peanuts, Salt), Soy Lecithin, Salt, Nonfat Milk, Malt Extract, Whey, Natural Flavor, Reduced Minerals Whey, Peanut Flour Partially Defatted, Cellulose Gum, Fructose, Color (Yellows 5 & 6 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Blue 1 Lake and Other Color Added), Baking Soda, BHT and Mixed Tocopherols Added to Retain Freshness.
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