Resources

 

clean food/water/air + sleep + exercise - stress - envronmental toxins - electrosmog =

your health

 

Food Fundamentals

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Look for whole foods, mostly plants, minimally contaminated with pesticide residues, organic if/when possible, non GMO. Read the labels on EVERYTHING before you buy, the fewer the ingredients the better. Avoid additives, food colorings, preservatives, artificial sweeteners, sugary drinks or trans-fats. If you don’t recognize what you are reading on the label, don’t buy it. 

Identify the bad stuff:

• EWG Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen - Buying all organic can be expensive, use this link to prioritize which foods to buy organic versus conventional

• Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's) - Identify genetically modified foods

• Food additives

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Water Purification

• Highly suggested

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Electromagnetic Radiation

Get the Facts

• EM-Radiation Research Trust

• PHIRE - Physicians Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment

• International Commission For Electromagnetic Safety

• Environmental Health Trust

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Stress Reduction/Meditation, Free Guided Meditations and Courses

• Guided Meditations on You Tube: just search "Guided meditation" to find videos that work for you (length and style)

• UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

• UCSD Center for Mindfulness

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Personal Care Products

Are you ready to eat your moisturizer? A safe rule is to assume that anything you put on your body will be absorbed (i.e. lotion, deodorant). Read labels and skip products with unrecognizable ingredients.  Homemade alternatives are safe, effective and cheap here are a few that I use:

• Moisturizer (body and face): Organic, expeller pressed sesame oil. Sounds crazy, but this is an ancient Ayurvedic practice (Abyhanga). Apply to wet skin after washing and massage in. Once skin is dry, it will not be greasy. The antibacterial and anti-inflammatory oil contains many vitamins (E, B complex, minerals  like zinc and magnesium, antioxidants (sesamol) and essential fatty acids (palmitic and linoleic acids). Buy in a glass bottle, smaller size is better, as oil becomes rancid several weeks after opening.

• Toothpaste: Mix baking soda and hydrogen peroxide together into a watery paste - excellent toothpaste and whitener

• Foot Scrub: Mix olive oil, epsom salt and add a drop or two of an essential oil if you want a scent (such as lemon, lavender)

 

When in doubt, check an ingredient here with the EWG's Skin Deep Database
 

Integrative/Functional/Lifestyle Medicine

• Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine

• American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine

• Institute for Functional Medicine

 

Transforming Healthcare

• The True Health Initiative

• The Lown Institute

 

Evidence-Based Resources I Use (for health care professionals  - or anyone seeking more info)

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 

• Cochrane Collaboration               

• Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Herbs/supplement search database

• The Collaborative on Health and the Environment

• International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk - Université Laval

• University of Maryland School of Medicine Integrative Medicine 

• Indiana University Clinical Pharmacology Drug Interaction Tables

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