Posted in Allergies: Food, Digestion, Elimination-Challenge Diet, Emotional Health, Food, Health, Intolerances: Food, Mental Health, Natural Medicine, Naturopathic doctors, Naturopathic medicine, Physical health, Reactions: Food on Apr 7th, 2010
Many of us have issues that we’ve been dealing with for a long time, and we’ve gotten used to them, to the extent that we don’t even notice them or pay attention to them on a regular basis. Therefore it’s important to back up and take an inventory of your health and disease before you begin the ECD, so you can truly get a sense of how much benefit you’ve received from doing it.
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Like the tag line from the old TV show, The 6 Million Dollar Man,” We can make our children better, faster, stronger, smarter…” And if we don’t do everything we can to that end, then we are failures as parents and we are condemning our children to be failures for the rest of their lives. This trend, called hyper-parenting by some has become disturbingly pervasive around the world.
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We’re told that the supplement industry lacks the strict controls of the pharmaceutical industry (quality control, safety testing, regulatory oversight, etc.), and therefore we are taking our lives into our own hands when we take supplements. Right?
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After being told incessantly for the past 20 years that saturated fat is the most evil of all nutrients, we finally see the truth emerging that saturated fat is, in fact not only NOT unhealthy, but it is actually healthy for us.
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Posted in Allergies: Food, Digestion, Digestive Health, Elimination-Challenge Diet, Emotional Health, Food, Health, Intolerances: Food, Medicine, Mental Health, Natural Medicine, Naturopathic doctors, Naturopathic medicine, Physical health, Reactions: Food on Mar 26th, 2010
Removing the major reactive foods (wheat, dairy, and eggs) wipes out a large percentage of what most people eat, for some people up to 80-90%. Many people never get out of this stage because they simply don’t know what to eat. Planning is important on an ECD because 99% of the fast, easy, convenience foods are not going to be appropriate. So having meals figured out in advance is critical to your success.
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We have a Facebook Fan Page here (www.facebook.com/pages/Aspire-Natural-Health) where Dr. Gerstmar posts interesting bits and pieces he comes across in his daily practice and research. Our goal is to provide value by sharing ideas links Dr. Gerstmar comes across in his practice and readings. They might not be big enough or worthwihle enough to turn into proper blog posts but make great bite-sized reading for those who are interested.
We’d love to have you join us.
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Posted in Allergies: Food, Celiac disease, Digestion, Digestive Health, Digestive Health, Food, Health, Natural Medicine, Naturopathic doctors, Naturopathic medicine, Physical health, Reactions: Food on Mar 11th, 2010
Excluding gluten from your diet unfortunately is much easier said than done however. Here is how you go about it…
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I was lucky enough to have a session with Ross Meyer of Real Health earlier this week. Ross is a personal trainer and health coach, but he goes so far beyond your average personal trainer it feel strange to call him one.
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Enter Business as Unusual by Anita Roddick, one of the founders of the Body Shop. In this book she talks candidly about her experience from founding the Body Shop to making it a worldwide company. How she never compromised her principles despite intense pressure within and without the company to stop “her silliness and get with the program”, that is, running a business with the bottom line as the only goal.
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The movie deals with meaning in life, inspiration and persistence (it took Julia Childs over 8 years to get her book published and lots of rejection from publishing houses), love and relationship (in the two couples), and a deep joy around food. If my little blurb sounds interesting, I highly recommend you watch the movie. I came away from it inspired and joyful, and will be adding it to my movie collection.
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