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Posts by Dr. Alicia Armitstead
Sulfites are banned from use on fresh produce and cut fruits and vegetables that are to be eaten raw, but there are still supermarkets, restaurants, and salad bars that continue to use them. Sulfites function as sanitary agents usually to compensate for unhygienic food processing practices. Sulfites also help to prevent the discoloration of dehydrated, frozen or fermented fruits and vegetables. They...
4/8/2010 6:48:35 AM
You don't smell it; you don't taste it, but it's approved as an additive by the FDA. It's called irradiation and is used on fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, wheat, eggs, herbs, and spices. Irradiation is a "cold sterilization" process involving gamma rays from nuclear material, x-rays or high energy electrons. It has been used for many years to kill insects in wheat and flour and control microbial...
3/30/2010 5:49:11 AM
When someone's cholesterol is high the first piece of advice their doctor usually gives them is to lower the amount of cholesterol in the diet. Our grocery stores are packed with 'cholesterol free' foods because of such advice Unfortunately it's all a myth for it has been shown that if one increases their dietary cholesterol the body will make less cholesterol and total cholesterol levels in the blood...
3/24/2010 6:14:00 AM
Have you ever read the ingredients for certain food products and seen 'bleached flour'? When flour is made it is actually not white and has a certain odor to it so it is bleached to make it whiter and take out the odor. Bleached flour also has a longer shelf life. The most common bleaching agent in flour is exactly the bleaching agent we use at home: chlorine. The chlorine used to make white bread...
2/9/2010 9:07:52 AM
Himalayan Salt contains all of the 84 elements found in your body. Benefits include: 1. Regulating the water content throughout your body. 2. Promoting a healthy pH balance in your cells, particularly your brain cells. 3. Promoting blood sugar health and helping to reduce the signs of aging. 4. Assisting in the generation of hydroelectric energy in cells in your body. 5. Absorption of food particles...
1/24/2010 5:56:10 PM
Is This You? "My sinuses hurt." "I can't stop sneezing." "I always get allergies this time of the year - I'll never get rid of them." "My allergies are getting worse." "I'm tired of taking so many medications." I often hear these complaints from my patients. And I firmly believe that there is no reason why you have to live with allergies for the rest of your life. How is it, though, that in industrialized...
1/10/2010 8:24:50 AM
The elevation of blood pressure represents an increase in vascular tone for the purpose of increasing blood pressure. There are a number of speculated mechanisms that may contribute to this reaction and adaptation body. The adrenal and kidney responses result from increased stimulation and stress resulting in increased tension of the vascular tone. Oftentimes elevated blood pressure is a body response...
12/15/2009 9:39:13 AM
In the 1940, a medical doctor named Dr. Franceis M. Pottenger, Jr. wanted to know how processed foods affected our health. He financed his own research, so he wasn't influenced by any big business interests to come up with certain results. Dr. Pottenger studied 900 cats over a period of several generations. Dr. Pottenger divided his cats into 5 groups. The first two groups he fed raw food and they...
12/9/2009 9:35:21 AM
What the Liver Does & Why You Should Care. Ancient Babylonians considered the liver the seat of the soul. Even today, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Liver is said to house the Ethereal Soul. In modern physiology, it is more appropriate to say the liver is the center of your metabolism. The liver also plays a key role in digestion and in detoxification. It deserves a little appreciation. The liver...
12/1/2009 6:08:40 AM
What is Nutrition Response Testing? Nutrition Response Testing is a non-invasive system of analyzing the body to determine the underlying causes of ill or non-optimum health. It is a proven system that may be quite different from any other healing practice that you may have experienced. The actual procedure is simple and direct, with the body providing all of the information and feedback needed. The...
10/24/2009 2:29:06 PM