Funny for sure but you can skip the Prozac this year & come for Acupuncture instead!!
The holidays can be a stressful time for many of us. Time is short, money is short, your not eating the healthiest and probably not getting your regular exercise in. The kicker is, this is the most important time To take care of your health so that you can handle these additional stresses placed upon you. This is not the time to let the most important aspects of health go. Therefore, the impact of the holidays come down hard and your mental and physical health suffer. Unfortunately, this seems to be par for the course during the holidays.
Are you willing to let your health suffer this season?
There are great ways to keep stress from affecting your body & mind during the holidays to stay healthy!
1. Keep exercising! Even if the duration and intensity have to be decreased for a few weeks. It is crucial to keep your weight under control as you're eating food you normally don't. It will help relieve stress, detox your body and help you sleep better at night.
2. Keep getting your acupuncture, massages and doing your daily meditations! All of these help relieve stress and help your body be better prepared to handle the inevitable stress you'll be facing. These important activities increase circulation, detox your body too and enhance immune function.
3. Eat well when you can. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and other decadent holiday meals can really throw your body and digestive system off! Eat well before and after these special days to keep the delicate ecosystem in your gut balanced.
4. Remember your portion sizes! Go ahead and eat whatever you'd like! (As long as your not allergic to it.) Keep your portions small. If you want a bit of everything, it should be about the size of an egg. Yes! I know that's small but you'll be putting a lot of "eggs" on your plate!
5. Stay hydrated! It'll help remove toxins, facilitate digestion and bowl movements & keep you from getting too hung over. 64 or more ounces a day! Every day!
6. Lighten up your recipes. Use less salt, butter, sugar. You'll be surprised how tasty your food will be, even with reduced amounts of the above ingredients. In the days after, as you're trying to get back to healthy again but have all those leftovers, there will be less guilt in eating them as they've already been made healthier to begin with!
7. Get your sleep. Make a solid routine of when you wake up and when you go to bed and follow it! You can always allow yourself to have a few late nights and mornings to sleep in but in general, keep your sleep/wake cycle times, the same.
Doing all or even some of these things will allow you to have a healthy and stress free holiday season therefore, it can be enjoyed more it too!
Tips for healthier recipes!
1. Use less butter or cut the amount with applesauce.
2. Use raw turbinado or cane sugar instead of white table sugar.
3. Use almond or rice milk instead of regular milk, or use a combination.
4. Use less salt or substitute pink Himalayan salt (which has 84 essential, natural minerals & elements our bodies need).
5. Use less bread/bread crumbs in your stuffing & up the veggies.
6. Brine, bake or roast your bird of choice instead of frying them.
7. Make homemade whipped cream rather than using the "fake" stuff with all the not so cool artificial chemicals in it.
P.S. Like what you've read? Pass it on!
Happy Healthy Holidays!
You may have heard of it in relation to depression as it is your "feel good" neurotransmitter. It is an essential chemical needed for motivation & the drive to do things. Dopamine is also associated with positive feelings such as being in love, exercising, listening to music & enjoying sex. Low amounts can cause problems with concentration, initiating or completing tasks, low energy & a lack of motivation. It can also lead to addictive or compulsive behavior.
Sound familiar? If it does & you or someone you care about is experiencing these problems, how do you get better?
Drugs for depression or anxiety have nasty side-effects such as:
- Nausea
- Diarrhea
- Constipation
- Changes in sex drive or function
- Drowsiness
- Unusual sweating
- Dizziness
- Heartburn
- Stomach pain
- Extreme tiredness
- Dry mouth
- Greater appetite
- Flu-like symptoms, including sneezing and runny nose
- Unusual excitement
Or more seriously:
- Hallucinations, which means seeing things or hearing voices that do not exist
- Fever
- Confusion
- Fast or irregular heartbeat
- Severe muscle stiffness
- Thoughts about suicide or dying
- New or worse depression or anxiety
- Extreme agitation or restlessness
- Panic attacks
- Trouble sleeping
- Unusual irritability
- Anger or aggressive behavior
- Impulsiveness
- Mania, or an extreme increase in activity and talking
- Other unusual changes in behavior or mood
Scary!! The first thing your doctor is likely to do is prescribe you a drug with these side-effects. So again, how do you treat low dopamine levels if you want to avoid all the insane side-effects of these drugs (that ARE extremely over prescribed)?
Acupuncture, herbs, supplements, meditation, exercise & a healthy diet have all been shown to increase & maintain dopamine levels naturally, safely & very effectively!!
Together, we can get you or your loved one on a path to great mental & physical health!! Keep in mind, this can happen to anyone at any age. My door is open to all. Everyone deserves to be their healthiest!!
Guys, not feeling up to your usual self? Is your sex drive low? Are you not getting as many erections as you'd like? Having trouble maintaining them? Are you finding yourself more easily irritated or tired than you should be? Gaining weight or is it harder to keep weight off?
Well, your testosterone could be dropping.
Low T (testosterone) is defined as: Abnormally low levels of the male sex hormone testosterone in the blood. Testosterone is produced by the testes and to a lesser extent by the adrenal glands. Testosterone encourages the development of male sexual characteristics at puberty, stimulates the activity of the male secondary sex characteristics, drives the production of sperm, and is involved in regulation of muscle mass and sex drive. Testosterone levels are highly regulated by a complex glandular system. Abnormally low testosterone levels can occur due to a number of conditions affecting the glands that regulate and produce this hormone. Symptoms of low testosterone include decreased libido, impotence or erectile dysfunction, breast enlargement, and a lowered sperm count. Sounds miserable doesn't it?
What you need to know guys, is that there is a natural, holistic & safe way to increase your testosterone!
Acupuncture is the insertion of fine needles into the body, it can painlessly improve libido & increase quantity & quality of erections, increase testosterone & other hormones important for sexual health.
Acupuncture can also relieve pain, improve upon conditions such as BPH, Peyronies, pelvic floor dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, low libido & can minimize the negative side-effects from prostate cancer treatment as well as improve the health of the prostate whether you have cancer or not. Acupuncture improves circulation, muscle tone & nerve impulse regulation to the genitals.
The time to start feeling like You again is Now!