Winter is in full swing here in the East Bay Area and naturopathic doctor’s offices are seeing an increase in upper respiratory tract infections. There are several immune supportive supplements that you can take to keep yourself healthy this winter season – Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc or Colostrum. In this blog I wanted to highlight a natural treatment, honey, that has had several scientific studies validate its use in a cough associated upper respiratory tract infections.
November is American Diabetes Month and this is a disease that seems to be affecting everyone, most of us know someone who has diabetes. Diabetes occurrence is at epidemic levels in our country, an estimated 7.8% of the population has diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association 1.6 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed yearly in people 20 years and older.
Fatigue Fatigue affects so many people around us that it is difficult to ignore. We run around our busy days with a mocha latte in one hand and steering wheel in the other; rushing from one appointment to the next. We, as a society, are sleep deficient and have a diet that is missing essential nutrients.
New Year’s Resolutions Now that we are well into the New Year, it’s a good time to reflect to see which new year’s resolutions lasted and which ones have already slipped out of sight. Instead of setting many resolutions at once and overwhelming ourselves, it’s a good idea to set milestones to achieve throughout the year.
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