Dr. Mark and Dr. Chip's Healthy Blogs

  Hey everyone. How are you? Really, how is your life going? Emotions are one of those topics that many do not like to talk about because they are afraid what will come to the surface or it is “Not Manly” to talk about emotions. Little that many know, emotions have a huge impact on causing disease to the body and mind. A part of the mind that we all have specializes in staying comfortable. Staying in their safe space.  If we see a lion, this part of the mind will keep us alive. This goes for everything else we do. Everything. We. Do. From talking to that cute girl across the bar to learning how to ride a bike. It has helped the human species stay alive throughout the time.  As it pertains to everyday life, many of us fear how vulnerable we would be if we talk about emotions. It’s not something that is talked about on a daily basis and it shows with our own health. I recommend you talk about what is on your mind to others, especially your loved ones. This will help release...

  Hello Natural Health Family. Can you feel spring in the air yet? As we head into spring we start to notice the changes all around. The grass is greener, the trees are starting to fill up and birds are singing. Change happens all around us everyday of our lives. Let’s talk about one thing that changes but that we have control of, our breath.  Have you ever considered what is regulating your breathing? We often take for granted the intelligence of our own bodies. Imagine if you had to monitor your breath all day so that you could stay alive. That would be exhausting! So you see now that this intelligence that is regulating our breath helps us out tremendously. It is what keeps us alive and well. However, when we are influenced by various events in our lives like what is on the news, unexpected circumstances, and other things in life with business, relationships, etc. then our bodies respond by changing our breathing. This is to help us adapt to that certain stress in our liv...

  Hello everyone in Natural Health Nation -      Well we got some more rain this weekend and some warmer temperatures. It looks like spring is definitely here to stay and we haven't even gotten into April Showers for the May flowers. It sure is nice to see things green up and even the trees budding out. Spring is such a great time of year with the promise of new life and growth and all the fun that we have with warmer weather. As you're getting outside and working in the yard more and starting to sweat more, don't forget to supplement with good quality sea salt, especially if you notice any leg cramps or tiredness. It's a very simple but essential substance that gets poo pooed by the mainstream medical  folk.       This is the last week of March and we are still talking about diet. This week in our health shop, we're talking about Diet Essentials. The article I'm sending along looks at the need for manganese and how i...

  STORY AT-A-GLANCE Glyphosate limits plant absorption of micronutrients like manganese after application and may lead to a reduction of manganese in the food supply Crops that are normally high in manganese, such as soybeans, leafy vegetables, coffee, tea and whole grains, are commonly sprayed with glyphosate for weed control Your body requires a balanced amount of manganese since too much can have neurotoxic effects and insufficiency may result in neuropathologies, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s and depression Insufficiency may also affect bone health and reproductive function. The answer to reducing your risk is to eat certified organic foods whenever possible Manganese is an essential trace element you must get from your food as your body cannot make it. However, evidence demonstrates that genetically engineered glyphosate-resistant plants are deficient in manganese, which translates to a manganese-deficient food supply. Manganese is used as a cofactor for many enzyma...

  Well hello everyone. Another beautiful week in front of us that is all up for the taking. It all comes down to how we individually approach the day that will transform our life in the direction we want. I am starting to do my blogs a little different. They are going off of the HealthShop that we have on Monday nights. Some people are visual learners and some love reading, either way, I would love to tailor to everyone's needs.  You have heard me talk about this before, but I want to go over how the brain is wired as it relates to the gut-brain connection. I always go back to this autonomic nervous system because it's so important to get the fundamental idea as it relates to the body, the brain, and emotions. We have two different systems within the body, the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system gets the body ready to go for more stressful situations as it flashes a flood of hormones that boosts the body's alertn...

  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...

  Hello everyone in Natural Health Nation -       What a great weekend! We're finally getting some really good weather and the grass is greening up. I love this time of year because of the promise of a fresh start with all the vegetation and tree leaves and just life in general. It's hard to just sit back and savor this time of year because we're so busy with yard chores and just getting around more, and pretty soon we're in the middle of a hot summer.  Hopefully you're able to enjoy it as well and can look forward to getting outside into the fresh air and sunshine. We really need to work on those vitamin D stores after a long winter!       We are still in March and talking about diet. The topic for this week’s health shop will be the Gut-Brain connection. This connection has been getting lots of press in the last 10 years or so and it's so important. At Natural Health, we really work at getting the digestive system w...

  STORY AT-A-GLANCE The Hadza tribe are among the best still-living representations of the way humans have lived for tens of thousands of years. They’re nomadic hunter-gatherers whose diet is primarily meat-based Chronic disease is rare among the Hadza, who remain vital well into old age The Hadza primarily eat meat, including organ meats and connective tissue, tubers, berries, and fruit and honey from the baobab tree. As such it is relatively low to moderate in fiber Raw honey contains nitric oxide metabolites that are converted back to nitric oxide when consumed. Research shows honey increases nitric oxide and total nitrite concentrations and improves endothelial function. Heating decreases the nitric oxide metabolites in the honey There’s an intrinsic happiness that spontaneously arises when you engage in certain types of behaviors, and topping that list is the regular immersion in the natural world In this interview, Dr. Paul Saladino, author of “ The Carnivore Code ” — a book ...