I have nerve pain in my legs, feet, shoulder, neck, and some around my eyes. It feels like someone is ripping the nerves out of my legs, and it has been limiting my productivity.
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 1997 @ Sansum Med Ctr, but my sister told me they had to diagnose [...]
Places for Healing
June 16th, 2011 · 8:34 AM
Tags: anxiety, depression, fibromyalgia, nerve pain, pain, Prosac, tinnitis, weight
Making Friends with Your Body
October 11th, 2010 · 7:33 AM
I need to change eating habits as well as exercise more to better control my weight and health. I have been reading your articles posted on Meridian Magazine and now wonder how big a part of my weight issue is my fibromyalgia and thoracic outlet syndrome issues. For years I have felt bloated and [...]
Tags: bloating, fibromyalgia, weight, weight gain, weight loss
Skyrocketing Weight and Fibromyalgia
July 12th, 2010 · 7:22 AM
I have been on Cymbalta for some time and my weight has skyrocketed. My primary care physician has counseled me to get off of the drug. I cold-turkeyed the drug three weeks ago. Since then every nerve in my body has gone crazy - the pain from what we think is a [...]
Tags: Cymbalta, dopamine, fibromyalgia, pain, serotonin, weight
Our Intestinal Bacteria and Weight Gain
May 26th, 2009 · 7:08 AM
Our Germs, Ourselves
Forbes reports that our bodies have 100 trillion bacteria in the intestinal tract. Recent studies imply that the type of bacteria in the gut may decide whether food is burned as energy or stored as fat. Obese people had a different
Tags: antibiotics, bacteria, germs, metabolic disorders, probiotics, weight, weight loss
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing: