News and Articles from Positive Choice Integrative Wellness Center
An Elimination Diet What is it and Why?
There are many medical conditions that fail to respond to conventional medical treatment that may resolve when you follow an Elimination Diet
Digestive problems
Headaches
Chronic sinus
Low energy, fatigue
Depression, mood disorders
Eczema, skin irritations
joint aches
asthma
weight gain
The processed foods that are common today contain additives, dyes, preservatives, and trace pesticides that over-time can aggravate and inflame the tissues in your gut and major organs. After years of a poor diet this chronic inflammation deep in your tissues can tax your immune system.
HEALTH IS NOT ABOUT THE WEIGHT YOU LOSE, BUT ABOUT THE LIFE YOU GAIN!
Pain Does not Just Show Up without a Reason, Its a Sign That We Need to Change Something
Research has shown that, during walking, the hips, knees, and ankles bear 3 to 5 times a person’s total body weight. For every pound a person is overweight, 3 to 5 pounds of extra weight is added to each knee during walking. In contrast, a 10 pound weight loss essentially relieves 30 to 50 pounds of additional stress on the joints.
Your Path to Good Health is Paved with Good Intestines!
The need for a healthy gut and its impact on overall health is not a new concept. “All disease begins in the gut,” was penned over 2500 years ago by Hippocrates. But unfolding research is redirecting our attention to just how important gut health is and how many aspects of your overall health it impacts.
Healthy Plate = Healthy Weight
HEALTHY BALANCE Weight Loss Program In this program you lose weight on a high fiber, nutrient dense food plan designed to curb hunger and cravings. Typical weight loss is one to two pounds a week. The Full Food Healthy Balance Program is a 16-session program. The...
Look closely at the present you are constructing….
It should look like the future you are dreaming. Alice Walker
This is Why Eating Healthy is Hard
This Nutrition Power Hitter is Better Home-Grown – but get it in any way you can!
Kale is definitely a nutrition power hitter. Kale is a cruciferous vegetables, a family of vegetables that include broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. Just one cup provides as much vitamin C as an orange, calcium equal to 1 cup of milk, 684% the RDA for vitamin K, and 206% the RDA for vitamin A, and a significantly good source of protein, iron, the healthy omega-3 fats. Additionally Kale, the powerhouse of leafy greens, contains several different powerful anti-inflammatory phyto-nutrients that have been linked to aiding DNA repair, slowing of cancer cell growth, protecting from colon and prostate cancers, and benefiting your stomach, liver, and immune system.
So why should you stop buying it?
Still Going Strong (and Stronger) at 89 Years Young
Living with heart disease has been a reality for most of Gene Calman’s life. Diagnosed with heart disease at only 32 years old, Gene has had 3 defibrillators, and two bypass surgeries over the last 56 years. Despite these many physical challenges, Gene maintains a lively personality and positive way of thinking. It was just those personality traits that, last year, helped motivate Gene to take on a new challenge. He read a newspaper article about a fellow World War Two veteran who was training to walk a half-marathon, he was inspired.
You are Exposed to 250 Pounds of Toxins Daily – Ways to DETOX
Do we really need to detox or is it simply a fad? Experts in the field think a little bit of healthy detox is a good thing to do. Unfortunately most of the world's water sources are polluted to some degree with pesticide runoff and other dangerous toxins contaminate...
Great People Do Things Before They are Ready…They Do Things Before They Know They Can… Amy Poehler
Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners
Ninety two percent of independent studies on Sucralose™ and aspartame point to troubling adverse effects on health. Artificial sweeteners have been linked to higher incidents of stroke, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, pre-term birth, depression, and obesity. Possible links are indicated for some types of cancer, liver disease, kidney disease and dementia as well.
Worst Foods to Feed Your Kids
100% of Children Tested Showed They Tested High in Carcinogens - Worst Foods to Feed Your Kids If you are not already very concerned about our exposure to environmental toxins...you should be. We all are exposed to a daily bombardment of toxins from the environment,...
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is not Complete.
For some, the basic aspects of self-care seem to be an elusive luxury. If the idea of taking time out to take care of yourself seems indulgent or out of reach for you, consider that if you do not take the time to nourish and restore your own basic capacities, you...
Humility…a great strength
What humility does, is create a receptacle of acceptance within us, so we are open to being filled with the knowledge and goodness of others. Humility is a kind of hunger for more abundance. The greater our humility, the greater our fascination with the world around...
Eat Some Green this St. Patrick’s Day
Putting Some Muscle Into It
A strong body is a healthy body. The benefits of building muscle mass or strength are many; decreased aging, better posture, better balance and endurance, increased energy, mood elevation, burn more calories, better weight control, increased immunity, greater...
Strategies for a Happier Life
Sometimes it is not so much what you need to be doing, but what you need to stop doing that can lead to a happy life. Here are a few things to consider...not doing! Pleasing: All of us want to be loved, needed, and valued. But sometimes we can be so afraid of being...
Catch The BEET
Forget the old canned beets of your Grandparents day… slowly roasted beets make culinary aficionados drool. These delicious root vegetables belong to a family of superfoods that include chard, spinach and quinoa.
Like their cousins, beets pack a powerful punch for your health. Naturally high in disease-fighting phytonutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, and trace minerals. Beets are an excellent source of phytonutrients called betalains which function as beneficial antioxidants and anti-inflammatory molecules.
Studies have shown that betalains help to protect the body from developing cancers such as lung, stomach, colon, and breast cancer, in addition to heart disease and many other illnesses too.
Massage Away Your Aches and Pains
Massage therapy at the Positive Choice Integrative Wellness Center combines multiple massage therapies to best suit the needs of each individual. Our massage therapists specialize in the following types of massage: