The passing of the Comic-con convention this past weekend in San Diego brings about the images of super hero’s fighting for a worthy cause. Although this week’s tips won’t save the world, we know that they’ll definitely help you make the most of your gas money. Are you using these gas saving tips?
Getting the Most Out of your Gas?
America’s Prescription Drug Abuse Problem
At Integrative Healing Dynamics we recently reviewed a report from the associated press (requires Adobe Reader to open) that reminded us about how Americans are continuing to abuse drugs in the name of health. The report showed that for the 1st time in history nearly half of all insured Americans are regularly taking prescription drugs for everyday health problems.
From 2001 to 2007 the prescription drug records of 2.5 million people showed that almost two thirds of women 20 years old and over, 25% of children and teens, 52% of adult men, and 75% of people age 65 and over were regularly using prescription drugs to manage unrelenting conditions. Additionally among the seniors, 28% of women and 22% of men took 5 or more prescribed drugs regularly. Can you imagine?! The biggest jump in drug use was in the 20-44 year old age group due to the availability of medicine for diabetes, asthma, depression, ADHD and seizures. How can we call it drug abuse though when the most widely used drugs used are those that lower blood pressure and cholesterol? Dr. Daniel W. Jones, president of the American Heart association states that "Unless we do things to change the way we’re managing health in this country … things will get worse instead of getting better."
The Therapeutic Power of Lavender Essential Oil
You may have heard that lavender essential oil can calm the body during rest and relieve stress. What you may not have heard is that therapeutic grade lavender essential oil has many aromatherapy uses. In fact, it has been coined as the “Swiss Army Knife” of oils.
Essential oils are potent fragrant liquids taken from the essence of the plants that produce them and have been used therapeutically throughout history dating back to 4500 BC. Every essential oil has a distinctive fragrance and other therapeutic and aromatherapy qualities which affect our nervous system in different ways.
Four Tips for Growing an Organic Garden
Have you given thought to organic foods as a strategy to implement better nutrition into your life? Into your loved ones lives? At Integrative Healing Dynamics, we value the importance of eating organic foods and often recommend it to our patients. We realize as the price of food continues to grow, that organic produce may be beyond some people’s budgets, however, what about growing a garden? There are urban gardens popping up all over and they can be considerably cost effective as well as therapy for what ails you or an experience shared with someone else. The fun part is you get to harvest what you sow and eat the fruits of your labors. If you’re ready to dig in, here are some useful tips we’ve come across to help you build an organic garden of wellness.
Mastering Your Mind to Help Heal Your Body
We know that the healing process comes from within and is not determined by the supplements and pills we sometimes take. We also know this is a hard concept to grasp sometimes and this health tip may challenge your fundamental belief system further. At Integrative Healing Dynamics we believe that the first relationship necessary to begin and sustain the healing process is not nutrition; it is the relationship we have with our thoughts and our mind.
Being in command of your own mind and thoughts is the most important thing you can do to ensure healing occurs as it should within your body. Often we tend to neglect our thoughts and stop being mindful of what we are thinking daily. We become overwhelmed with the world around us and let stress-generated thoughts confuse our minds, and therefore our body. When this happens, the body naturally responds by creating an excess of hormones such as adrenaline to help combat the stress.
Did you know that an excess of adrenaline can increase blood pressure and accelerate the aging process?