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Another great weekend but it’s starting to get dry. The temperatures were nice but it looks like it’s going to get warmer this week. Don’t forget to stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water and getting some sea salt or mineral salt in the diet. It seems that every year when school starts it gets hot but it won’t last long. Fall is just around the corner and it’s a great time of year too.

Our theme for this month has been on brain health and in our health shop this week were talking about hydration and exercise. I love to talk about salt because people have been told for so long that salt is bad for them because of blood pressure issues, and while that may be somewhat true for processed salt, our bodies need good quality mineral salt or sea salt for the kidneys to work correctly, and many other functions of the body. If the kidneys don’t work correctly, you will have blood pressure issues so a moderate amount of salt is definitely good for the body and necessary for good health.

And speaking of good health, I’m including an article today that talks about metabolic health and why that is so important to good immune system function. People that are overweight or that can’t seem to lose weight have a problem with metabolic health or insulin resistance. Insulin resistance comes from the overuse of refined sugars for long periods of time that overwork the body’s sugar handling systems and cause a failure of the body’s ability to handle it correctly and efficiently. It’s been estimated that more than 90% of Americans have some form of metabolic problem. This is thanks to mainstream medicines bad information on diet, or sometimes no information. People are left to decide what to eat by the advertisements on TV and this has gotten us into big trouble in this country on the health front. This is why diabetes is so rampant among the population. Even the FDA’s food pyramid is supported by Big Food and the money that they spend on advertising and persuasion. As an old farm boy, I know that if you want to fatten up hogs and cattle you feed them grains.

At Natural Health, were concerned with getting our patients bodies working at optimum and being able to heal themselves and stay healthy, and have a positive outlook on life. It makes more sense to be healthy and not worry.

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Patient Testimony:

What was it like before I came to Dr. Mark:

Before seeing Dr. Mark I was tired, my joints hurt, everything gave me indigestion or heartburn. My hair was dry like straw. I had a craving for anything with sugar.

How is it now:

After seeing Dr. Mark I wake up like a twelve year old, full of energy. My joints seldom ache, my indigestion is gone. My hair and fingernails grow quickly, my hair is normal. I no longer wear glasses. I do not crave sugar. I feel fine. (B.D.)

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-Dr. Mark

Most People Don't Reach Micronutrient Requirements Through Food Alone

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Most adolescents are not getting adequate nutrient intake from diet alone — a finding confirmed from other studies in developed countries such as Spain, France, Portugal and Germany Three-quarters of adolescents consumed less than 54% of the recommended amounts of healthy foods like fruits, vegetables and dairy products Nearly three-quarters of the youth exceeded the recommended limit for sweet and salty snacks — by 453% When nutrient intake was considered from diet alone, adolescents often consumed less than recommended amounts of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E along with the water-soluble vitamins folate, biotin and pantothenic acid The use of dietary supplements helped to increase the adolescents’ intake of vitamins and minerals, particularly magnesium and vitamin C, but this isn’t a replacement for a healthy, nutrient-rich diet While it’s possible to get all the vitamins and minerals your body needs by eating a healthy diet, most people fall short. The ...

Breast Health

Hello Everyone in Natural Health Nation- Aren’t the trees beautiful? Fall is such a beautiful time of year and the weather has been outstanding. I hope you were able to get outside and increase your vitamin D stores for the winter. Remember that vitamin D is activated by sunlight so it’s important to get some. Vitamin D is also an oil soluble vitamin so you must be consuming good fats in order to have a good vitamin D source. If you get into the science of vitamin D, you’ll find it comes from cholesterol so the mainstream medicines war on cholesterol causes vitamin D levels to be low and this causes lots of immune system problems and other issues. We help our patients be able to digest and absorb fats and watch that their vitamin D levels are optimum. The article I’m sending along this week looks at screenings and mammograms and how they can be...

Communication

Natural Health Family, how is everyone doing? I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weekend and got some sunshine. Today let’s talk about communication and why it is important in our lives and for our own health. Last weekend I explored Colorado. I went snowboarding and hiked a good amount also. I learned a lot just by getting out in nature and noticing different aspects of the forest and parks. One characteristic of the forest that I found interesting was the aspen trees. It appeared that they would appear sporadically in the forest and in groups. I was curious and wanted to learn more about them. I found out that the different aspen trees or tree trunks are not separate but they actually function as one tree. The roots of the tree are well connected so that they are able to communicate and act as one organism. I found this interesting because we tend to think that the whole tree is only about what is on the surface of the ground rather than all the roots and connections...

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