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Pets Decrease Asthma Risk

Organic Lifestyle, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Since Mother’s Day was yesterday, today let’s talk about an important medical study that parents need to be aware of. You’ve probably heard that exposure to dirt in childhood is an essential part of boosting immunity and decreasing future allergies… …but did you know the same is true for animals? It’s true. Early exposure to dogs and farm animals (during the first year of life) statistically significantly decreased the development of asthma in children 5+ years later. Published on November 2, 2015 in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers found that exposure to animals decreases future development of asthma, a very …

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May 9 2016

How To Prevent Bug Bites While Grounding Outdoors

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

The weather is warming up here where I live… …and this always means my inbox is full of emails from patients and readers asking: How can you reduce your chance of tick bites (and other insect bites) while still connecting to the earth outside? Especially with the latest press about the Zika virus, patients are wanting to know more than ever how to reduce their risk of mosquito bites and yet continue the beautiful, healing practice of touching the earth outside daily. I really don’t want you to limit or stop your healing practice of connecting to …

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May 2 2016

Warmer Weather = Stinkier Pits… Unless You Do This!

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Last week I presented a recent study that revealed: If you avoid the sun, your mortality rate is actually higher than the mortality rate of a heavy smoker! So instead of avoiding the sun, I encouraged you to get out there this spring and summer and enjoy the weather! I also gave you some of my recommendations for keeping your skin safe while going outside under those damaging UV rays. But when you are outside in that beautiful sunshine, it’s not just the UV exposure… it’s also the sweat! For odor protection, I don’t recommend antiperspirant or deodorant… …

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Apr 25 2016

7 Essential Tips To Make Spring Allergies Disappear!

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

Spring is my favorite season. And today is the first day of spring, so I’ve got a list of lots of great things you can do to optimize your health during this time of renewal and awakening! For many folks the first thing that comes to their mind during spring isn’t beaches and bare feet and picking fresh strawberries and bumble bees and gardening and sunshine… …it’s allergies. Well that stinks. But I’ve got your back! Because I don’t want you to drug up on antihistamines and watch your lovely spring season go by in a blur of grogginess. …

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Mar 21 2016

New Study Proves Dementia Is Preventable (Here’s How…)

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

Here is some good news you don’t hear very often… …directly from the medical literature: Dementia is on the decline. Even with obesity and diabetes rates steadily increasing in a population that is aging, the rate of dementia is actually significantly decreasing, and has been for the past 30 years! Although our population is aging, the incidence of dementia has dropped by 20% every decade over the three decades. These results, recently published on Feb 10, 2016 in the New England Journal of Medicine, give more than hope… they give definitive proof that dementia is a preventable …

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Mar 7 2016

Why Grounding Is My Favorite Healing Modality

Grounding, Healthy Weight, Intuitive Medicine, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

I’ve been a physician for over 15 years and I’ve seen quite a lot of patients over those years. And during all that time, I’ve only come across one healing modality that supports the entire body — head to toe, every organ system — in such a powerful way. Clear air is awesome and nurturing. Juicing is powerful and cleansing. Purified water is hydrating and supportive. But inevitably, with every holistic healing modality I worked with, there would be some patients who benefit greatly and some who get absolutely no results whatsoever. Some folks heal with a certain diet. …

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Feb 29 2016

Inflammation Depresses Mood (Here’s How To Reverse It)

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

Increased inflammation in the body worsens symptoms of clinical depression, says a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry on November 18, 2015. Higher levels of blood markers of inflammation were found to be directly correlated with a variety of depressive symptoms, including sleep difficulty, decreased energy levels, decreased motivation and increased or decreased appetite. The details: Researchers looked at data on C-reactive protein levels (a blood marker of whole body inflammation) in over 15,000 patients. Higher levels of inflammation were directly correlated with higher levels of depressive symptoms, and the correlation was dose dependent… meaning the higher …

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Feb 22 2016

Pets Decrease Asthma Risk

How To Prevent Bug Bites While Grounding Outdoors

Warmer Weather = Stinkier Pits… Unless You Do This!

7 Essential Tips To Make Spring Allergies Disappear!

New Study Proves Dementia Is Preventable (Here’s How…)

Why Grounding Is My Favorite Healing Modality

Inflammation Depresses Mood (Here’s How To Reverse It)

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