Trapped Emotions and Your Health Healing and Processing Emotions For any illness, part of the healing process includes addressing the mind-body connection and revitalizing mental and emotional health. Emotions are more than just mere feelings; rather they expose underlying thoughts and beliefs that drive our decisions and dictate how we interact with and interpret our world. Not all of these values and beliefs are true or realistic, prompting harmful emotional responses that affect our health and environment. In today’s fast paced world, we are out of touch with our emotions. Insufficient credit is given to their impact on our overall wellbeing. Unhealthy or unprocessed emotions become stressors in the body, acting as pathogens similar to bacteria; fungi/molds; mycotoxins; viruses; parasites; chemicals/pesticides; and other toxins that can accumulate in the body and manifest symptoms. Each emotion we experience is triggered from a distinctive feeling and releases different chemicals that affect the body; thoughts and beliefs generate chemical responses in the body and our emotions follow. If these chemicals are not properly processed, toxic byproduct substances are produced that the body must process and release, just as it must detox environmental and pathogenic toxins. Emotions affect genetic expression and carry with them energy that, when trapped, gets stored in our body’s cellular memory. The energy from that experience remains in the body where the incident occurred until it is released. These unreleased emotions cause symptoms such as chronic aches and pains in the location where the emotions are trapped. According to David Suzuki in his book Sacred Balance, condensed molecules collected from the exhalation of expressing anger, hatred, fear, anxiety, guilt, and jealousy contained...
Fall allergy season got you down? Come see us, we can help! Hi, I’m Dr. Marie Starling At The Healing Center Denver, we help people like you reach their full potential. I specialize in adjunctive care for internal disorders, autoimmune conditions, IBS, thyroid symptoms, diabetes, and other complex health issues. It’s that time of year again and weeds are in the air! Late summer into fall marks the pollination of weeds. Some may breeze through the Colorado allergy seasons without a problem while others are left to suffer with itchy watery eyes, sneezing, runny or stuffy nose, coughing, wheezing and/or trouble breathing. Allergies trigger an overreaction of the immune system to something the brain has perceived as harmful and threatening to the individual. These allergies become blockages in the body’s energy pathways. NAET is a noninvasive technique utilizing kinesiology, acupuncture and chiropractic methodology to remove these blockages, thus restoring the body to balance and stopping the allergy symptoms. Dr. Starling has advanced the techniques of NAET allergy elimination to provide an effective, noninvasive way to address seasonal allergies in Colorado. Contact Us Today For current patients, it may just be time for a booster. For new patients, make an appointment for a new patient exam with Dr. Starling. Her new patient exams are comprehensive covering allergies, blood work, past history, neurological assessment, chiropractic assessment, and proposed treatment plan. Call us today 303-721-9800!
A Functional Medicine Perspective on Gout By Michal Cooling, CNTP Gout is very much a lifestyle-based condition; however, there can be some deeper issues at hand. For example, people who have had gout have an increased risk of developing kidney stones, high blood pressure, kidney disease, diabetes, high levels of triglycerides, and atherosclerosis. My goal is to offer general information on nutrition and lifestyle principals as well as clinical considerations. Here’s the scenario… When your body is filled with toxic acidity from: Foods and drinks Poor breathing habits Breathing in poor-quality air Toxic chemical exposure (both from breathing and contact with your skin) Metabolic acidity that is created by chronic stress … then the uric acid is just one more assault on your hard-working kidneys! So the answer to “what is gout?” lies in the lifestyle you’re living. Ask Yourself: What am I eating today? What am I drinking today? Am I breathing as well as I could be? What’s in this air I’m breathing? What am I putting on my skin? What am I thinking today? By asking yourself these questions you’ll start to get a whole new perspective about gout symptoms and the causes – and it will change the way you go about your day. Ask yourself these questions every day, because as soon as you get over the gout attack you’re having now, you’ll stop thinking about gout altogether . . . until the next gout attack hits. Risk Factors: Family history of gout Kidney issues (found on a blood test) High levels of triglycerides (found on blood test) Drinking too much alcohol Eating foods rich...
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