For those of you who come here you know how often we recommend olive oil (not for high heat cooking though, except in certain circumstances)

Olive oil tastes great and is very healthy. This article is a great one to illustrate its healthful benefits: http://www.naturalnews.com/025290_olive_oil_cancer_polyphenols.html 

This is a great article-a good read. Don't miss it. 

As most of you know, our feelings here about illness is all about prevention despite our swift and effective ways to treat a person when they become ill. The most important goal is to prevent becoming ill in the first place.

Having a strong immune system is number one, and there are numerous ways to address that. Probiotics is one of those many ways and something we practice the use of in both our practice and our family life.

I love to post articles relating to this subject matter that address the subject from different view points:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/144814.php

You can’t get very far these days without hearing the hype, or hysteria about swine flu. Even Dr. Mehmet Oz covered the topic in his inaugural Dr. Oz talk show program this week. The probability of a ‘worldwide pandemic’ is enough to scare even the bravest people—and you can count me among that group. I even wrote last week on the icama.org forum asking for opinions about the swine flu vaccine.

I was worried. Afterall, I’m now 7 weeks pregnant, and was afraid to be among the ‘high risk’ group (pregnant women) that face contracting the virus.

Then, last week despite my manic handwashing, and carefully plotted attempts to steer clear of people coughing, I got sick. It started with what felt like two bricks sitting on my lungs. I immediately emailed Matia to alert her. She had me on Chinese herbs within hours. I wasn’t sure what I was dealing with yet, but I knew it was nasty.

The symptoms kept coming, but really the main issues were fever, aches, pains, and other general feelings of the ‘flu’. I was definitely afraid, but also felt empowered and secure given the direction of Matia with my herbs.

About three days into my illness, I decided to get tested for influenza A. I tested positive. The state of Missouri (where I live) stopped testing for the specific swine flu virus strain because they found that at this time of year (not flu season) 98% of patients did indeed have swine flu. That meant that I almost certainly had the virus I so feared.

This is an interesting article about the flu I thought you would all enjoy. I am not suggesting to do these things, but it shows that a little wisdom when it comes to the human body can go a long way in promoting health:

http://www.naturalnews.com/026998_cleansing_influenza_foods.html 

and Dr. Mercola. REad this it is interesting!

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/08/Another-Sh...

Again, prevention from contracting diseases is best fought by keeping one's immunity it top shape. Doing this is best achieved by the work done with an alternative medicine practitioner.

Having knowledge and protecting one's self from the pitfalls of certain medicines is wise> This website was sent to me today. I have not seen it before. IT features an interesting article on vaccinations:

http://drdanmoore.com/ 

Please read this, it is really interesting!

http://www.naturalnews.com/026770_Vitamin_D_health_health_care.html 

Traditional ideas about food come up in this article. I think it is a great article, and speaking from personal experience I have found much of the information in it applicable to my own life. I never had such a great metabolism as I have had since diverting from vegetarianism to a heavier meat and fat diet (with lots of healthy veggies as well of course).

This is a must read. Oh, BTW- if you will be eating cookies and cakes-we suggest they be naturally sweetened!

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/141545/how_eating_steak,_cake_and...

Inflammation is the big topic in medicine these days C Reactive Protein is a marker to guage how bad it is. There are many techniques used in alternative medicine to lower inflammation in the body by addressing the imbalances going on within it. 

I thought that this was an interesting article to share regarding this topic that can be one aspect of underlying chronic diseases!

http://www.yourstrongbones.com/PDF/Vitamin_D_Lowers_Inflamation_1206.pdf

Any one who is familiar with Bomamed knows how we feel about water. There has been a plethora of research regarding what we are drinking when we are drinking tap water-even with very sophisticated filters. Medications, chlorine and more may be found in our drinking water. Interestingly, I never thought about what I just read today. This is an interesting article on what else is being found in our water and you wont believe it! Something that we tell all of our patients to stay away from in food bc it causes so many health problems. Don't miss this article:

http://www.healthtruthrevealed.com/articles/10040917406/article