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This supplement decreases diabetic pain (and decreases asthma flares too!)

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

I’ve already told you about a recent study that shows low Vit D is a risk factor for developing diabetes. Today’s medical literature review further confirms the role of Vitamin D in not just preventing diabetes, but actually treating diabetic pain once it has already developed…. …after just ONE DOSE! Which is huge. Because not only does Vit D increase insulin sensitivity and prevent diabetes, but it actually gives you a tool to help treat issues such as diabetic nerve pain once it has developed. The Study: Researchers studied over 140 participants with Type 2 Diabetes who suffered …

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Jan 23 2017

2017 Healthy Goals Checklist

Healthy Mindframe, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Let’s start 2017 off right! Woot! I’ve got all the best anti-aging tips from the world of holistic medicine for you right here in one place. So, let’s go through some things you can do to look and feel better, inside and out: 1. Healthy Skin (yes it’s superficial, but healthy skin means you feel covered in a luxurious healthy glow from head to toe!) My main philosophy is to stop accelerated aging. If we just stopped the accelerated aging brought on by UV exposure, environmental toxins, make up, stress, smoking, air pollution, etc… we’d look decades younger …

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Jan 16 2017

The Easiest Way I Know To Fall Asleep Faster

Grounding, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Insomnia is a huge problem, one that begs to be resolved during the winter months. Mother Nature offers you shorter days, longer nights, cooler temperatures… all in an effort to get you hibernating each winter and prepared for the year ahead. If a little winter hibernation is eluding you, today’s medical study can help. It’s long been known that cooler temperatures help deepen sleep. Typical advice is to make the bedroom a little cooler at nighttime (68 – 70 degrees is ideal) and never sleep with socks on (one study cites that sleeping with socks on increases the incidence …

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Jan 9 2017

Winter Skin Help

Female Health, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Winter can be a tough time for anybody’s skin… painfully dry hands and cracked heels galore (ouch!) Dry heated air dehydrates and cracks your vulnerable skin while you are inside staying warm… …combine that with whipping cold winds that chaff skin when you are outside and winter is just no fun on your skin, especially if you suffer from chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema or other forms of dermatitis. Today I have a blog post for you that is full of wonderful things you can do to support tender dry winter skin and support skin health …

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Jan 2 2017

Your Gut And Brain Are Connected (Duh!)

Healthy Mindframe, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Have irritable bowel syndrome or other symptoms of gastrointestinal distress? Researchers are now figuring out what we’ve all known all along… …that not only is our brain health connected to our gut health, but our gut health is connected to our brain health! You already know this… that your digestion and your thoughts and feelings are directly linked. You know that sudden feeling when you are scared and you become instantly nauseous? As a mom I got that feeling all the time when my kids were younger and I lost sight of them for a moment in a …

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Dec 12 2016

6 Questions To Ask Yourself Before December Gets Here

Grounding, Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

It’s time to post my annual winter checklist of all the crucial health tips I have collected that keep me feeling my best during the darkest month of the year. The end of fall is the perfect time to make sure we are doing all we can to feel our very best… to slow down and care for our inner spark while the earth prepares for winter. It’s okay to take these upcoming winter months slower, to tend to our inner needs more, and to make sure we are getting lots and lots of sleep. It’s not only …

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Nov 14 2016

Decrease Your Pain Without Medication

Grounding, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Pain is a big deal. Considering pain is the number one reason patients seek medical care and that pain issues affect more Americans than heart disease, diabetes and cancer combined… patients reach for pain medications in alarming amounts at alarming rates and with alarming side effects. Prescription opioid drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the US, and these rates are steadily on the rise. Many pain medications are addictive and cause incalculable harm to the dependent patient struggling with pain issues. I know in my practice working with folks to reduce their dependency on addictive …

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Nov 7 2016

This supplement decreases diabetic pain (and decreases asthma flares too!)

The Easiest Way I Know To Fall Asleep Faster

Winter Skin Help

Your Gut And Brain Are Connected (Duh!)

6 Questions To Ask Yourself Before December Gets Here

Decrease Your Pain Without Medication

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