Stay Strong Immune Boosting Seminar

“Stay Strong” Immune Boosting Seminar

with Ricardo Boye N.D.

November 10,2011 5:30 pm -7:00 pm

YOU are YOUR first line of defense in fighting the cold and flu. This seminar is designed to give you the tools, through tips and strategies, to naturally boost the immune system and conquer the 2011-2012 cold
and flu season. We will unveil our new Immune-Boosting packages and treatments at this event and give the attendees the first opportunity to book these customized Immune-Boosting specials!!

Topics to be discussed:

• Most Important nutrient to keep you healthy.
• Exercise, nutrition, sleep and their roles in
  boosting the immune system
• Special attention for kids – ear aches, fevers,
  and the ugly cough.  Are you prepared for
  the season’s challenges?

And many more interesting
topics!!!!!

Reserve your spot today as space is limited!!!!!!

Where: The Spa on Green Street

When: November 10, 2011

Time:  5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Cost: $10.00 to reserve your spot, which will then be applied as a Spa
credit for use on the day of event.

Embracing Health Radio #66 – Consumer Reports Says Alternative Therapies are on the Rise; Shocking New Research on the Effects of Sugar on Healthy People; Protein and Blood Pressure; Part II of the Hygiene Hypothesis Debate

Hello Everyone!  Have a few updates to give you all today, along with the latest radio broadcast link for your listening pleasure…..first, we are going to be at the Heart and Hands Emporium which is being held to raise funds for  the Gateway Domestic Violence Center.  Gateway helps create an environment for safe, healthy, self-sufficient growth and violence prevention through crisis intervention, comprehensive support services and community collaboration.  This will be a wonderful two-day shopping extravaganza sponsored annually by the Heart & Hands Women’s Ministry at First Baptist Church in Gainesville, Georgia.  Over 50 vendors fill the church’s huge banquet hall with a variety of booths featuring hard-to-find items, gifts of all kinds, and other rare treasures.   We’ll have a booth there so please stop by and say hi Friday Sept. 23rd and Saturday Sept 24th and help support this wonderful cause.  For more info, visit http://www.fbcgainesville.org/adult_women.asp

Next, we are sponsoring our first annual Petpalooza on Saturday, October 22nd from 11:00-3:00pm here at the Spa on Green Street  Any breeders that would be interested in attending, please give us a call as we are planning for this to be a great event where anyone with any interest in healthy animal care should attend.  We will have local veterinarians discuss their unique approaches towards animal care, as well as exhibitions of various animals including wild birds of prey and their unique needs.  This promises to be an exciting event and we all hope that you can attend.  More info to come!

Now, here’s my latest post with a radio show I did at the end of July — I will post up the latest ones here shortly.  The show link below starts off with an encouraging trend showing up, where Americans are ‘flocking’ towards alternative therapies.  Is this a trend worth noting and what does it mean to you?  Find out!  Also, find out how new research states that sugar laden beverages negatively affect the health of fit, young, active men.  It was previously thought that sugary beverages just affect the predisposed, unhealthy population and now apparently that regardless of your current health, sugar, in the form of liquid beverages at least, can promote negative health effects.  Listen to find out which kind!  I also discuss the link between whey protein consumption and improved blood pressure control, and finally part II of the Hygiene Hypothesis.

Click on the link below for the archived show!  And as always, tune in every Friday at noon on WBCX 89.1 FM right here in North Georgia to get the latest, up to date scoop.  Tomorrow 9/16 I will be talking about holistic dentistry and will have a special guest on the show.  See you later!

In the News: Consumer Reports Says Americans Are Flocking to Alternative Therapies; Low to Moderate Sugar-Sweetened beverage Consumption Impairs Glucose and Lipid Metabolism and Promotes Inflammation in Healthy Young Men; Protein Supplementation Lowers Blood Pressure; Part II of The Hygiene Hypothesis

Embracing Health Radio #64 – How Food Companies Trick You – Part II; Chemicals in our Food – the New Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen; Sunshine – Healthy or Harmful?

Hi there folks — listen to part II of ‘How Food Companies Trick You into Thinking their Junk Food is Healthy’.  You don’t want to miss these highly deceiving tactics employed by the big food giants to falsely market their products as healthy when in reality they are far from it.  This is actually from a post written by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, MD who is a ‘nutritional watchdog’ of sorts because of his advocacy efforts for improved public policies regarding nutrition and obesity.  He is the founder and Medical Director of the Bariatric Medical Institute in Ottawa, dedicated to the (nonsurgical) treatment of overweight and obesity since 2004.  If you missed part I, scroll back a few posts and you will find it there.

Also, I talk about a recent report released by the nonprofit group Environmental Working Group where they discuss the hazards of pesticides in our foods, and their ‘dirty dozen’ list of most heavily sprayed crops as well as the ‘clean fifteen’ list of least sprayed crops.

Furthermore, I discuss the conundrum about sunshine — we are told to stay out of it and we are also told we need it.  What gives? Learn about:

1. Low Vitamin D levels:  a potential contributor to mental disorders in children?
2. FDA unveils new rules for sunscreen claims
3. Noted UK oncologist speaks out about getting more sun and how he recommends sun to prevent skin cancer

This and much much more on this edition of Embracing Health —- enjoy!

(Click here to listen =>)  “How Food Companies Trick You into thinking Junk Food is Healthy part II; Chemicals in our Food: Learn Which Foods Contain the Most Pesticides and Also the Least; All About the Sun – Healthy or Harmful?”

Making Sense of Food Allergies – The Dangers of our Modern Food System

A recent study published on June 20th in the medical journal Pediatrics reveals that food allergies in children are a serious issue and they demand further attention.  It is the largest study to date that has tracked childhood food allergies in the U.S. and shows that they may be more common and more dangerous than previously recognized.  This is a growing problem here and I’d like to share an important perspective with you that I feel deserves great care and attention. 

I’ve  been talking about both food allergies and food sensitivities for some time now, and it is a main component of my clinical practice in helping people to improve their health.  Allergies and sensitivites are quite different, but they both involve exaggerated reactions of your body that contribute to whole list of symptoms and chronic diseases.  The immune system is a very dynamic and complex system, and one of its main characteristics is inflammation — that’s how your body fights disease and initiates repair.  However, chronic stimulation of the immune system leads to chronic inflammation, and that leads to prolonged damage to your body that never gets a chance to heal.  You basically are worn down by all the damage being done by your own immune system.  That’s what autoimmune disease is in a nutshell — constant irritation and inflammation that wears away the very fabric of your organs, tissues and cells.

Below, you will find a presentation given by Robyn O’brien who started her career as a food industry analyst and was prompted to dig deeper at the nature of our modern food supply when her own daughter developed strange reactions one morning while eating breakfast. She has been called the “Erin Brockovich” of the food industry and has been praised by the likes of Ted Turner and Dr. Mehmet Oz. Her meticulously detailed research sheds light on policy, the American food system and its financially-driven incentive structure that has allowed additives into the U.S. food supply that have either been banned or labeled from foods in other developed countries, especially the food served to children.  Folks, this is serious stuff here and if you are interested in improving your own health and the health of your family, then please take the time to watch the video below.  

In her research, she condenses the possible causes of increasing allergies to the following list:
1. The shift from a natural to an industrial environment
2. Excessive exposure to antibiotics, both as prescribed to our children and as consumed through antibiotic-laden meat, milk, and poultry.
3. The rise in pollutants and environmental toxins (perhaps including the fumes and residues from some of the chemical products we use to clean our homes).
4. Our tendency to eat more processed foods loaded with chemical additives and preservatives and to eat far fewer natural whole foods.

Enjoy this eye-opening presentation.

Here is the link to the original article in the medical journal Pediatrics for your reference: (CLICK HERE)

Embracing Health Radio Show #63 – Evaluating the Modern-Day Workplace; Cell Phones and Cancer; Exercise Eases Anxiety Disorders; How Food Companies Trick You Part I

Top of the morning to everyone!  Happy Monday and hope everyone enjoyed the weekend as this was the last weekend before the official start of  summer, and it’s been toasty already here in north Georgia.

A couple of things here for this week’s radio show — I talk about our modern day workplace and how researchers are looking into part of the equation to weight maintenance from the energy expenditure  side of things, also known more commonly as calorie burn.  Most of us think immediately to exercise, but this recent research report looked at forms of activity that have nothing to do with formal exercise.  Not to long ago, we had to move alot more as part of our daily lives — whether we farmed or worked in industrial settings or other forms of manual labor.  Now, most people work at desks like myself, and we have to rethink the modern day workplace to make up for this lack of  activity.   You may not think it adds to much, but  the body to expend many more calories that over months can add up to quite a bit, about 120 to 140 calories per day over weeks and months is alot.  The foods that we eat can then be more used for energy rather than stored.  I present this to simply add to your understanding of the whole issue that presents itself to us today regarding body composition.  It’s important to know the metabolic/hormonal complications as well as the lifestyle/calorie imbalances that have occurred too.

Next, some discussion on resistance training and how it helps generalized anxiety disorders, much more than aerobic exercise.  There’s something about stressing your body appropriately and how that affects your whole outlook and mood.  The take away is to include short bouts of some form of intense exercise into your fitness program.

Then we get into a recent World Health Organization warning about cell phones and their potential risk in cancer.  They have put cell phone radiation in the same category as dry cleaning chemicals and pesticides.  That’s something you need to know and consider for your overall health.

A recent poultry drug was pulled from the market – Roxarsone – because of its arsenic content.  From this point, I talk about chemicals in our food and our environment and give you some perspectives on minimizing risk factors for disease by chemical accumulation.

Finally, part I in a series of “How Food Companies Trick You Into Thinking that Junk Food is Healthy” —– you won’t want to miss this one from the desk of Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, MD – founder and medical director of the Bariatric Health Institute in Ottawa, Canada.

Enjoy, and have a great week!   

(click here =>) In the News: Less Active at Work, Americans Have Packed on More Pounds: What the Modern Day Workplace Should Look Like; Resistance Training Improves Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Cell Phone Radiation May Cause Cancer, Advisory Panel Says; Poultry Drug to Be Pulled From Market Due to Arsenic Concern; How Food Companies Trick You into Thinking Junk Food is Healthy