Dr. Mark and Dr. Chip's Healthy Blogs

  Hello world, Enjoying the fresh spring air? Well I want to bring to your awareness another factor that could help your digestion. I see this being overlooked by many people because our society is designed to have us always on the move. Many of us pack a lunch to go, go through a drive-through, and are eat while doing other things. If you do this and have digestion issues, I recommend reading further. Our bodies are perfectly designed and it’s natural state of being is being healthy. Meaning you are not supposed to have any digestive issues. Nor any health concerns. There is something that you may be doing wrong that is causing your symptoms. That is why it's called, dis-ease. Opposite of your body at ease.  Your body has 2 systems within the autonomic nervous system. Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) and Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS). SNS is the fight or flight nervous system to create more blood flow to our arms and legs to survive. PNS is the rest, repair, and digest...

  Hey. Times traveling pretty fast, huh? Almost done with another month. So how would you be able to get the most out of your food? As you may know, I focus on emotional health. Some of you might think, “How does emotions have anything to do with food?” Well actually more than you THINK. We live in quite an up beat society and many of us barely have time to actually enjoy our food. For many of us, once we have a time to sit down and relax, our minds are going every other way. We try to distract the mind by looking at our phone or watching a movie, but I recommend trying another way to maximize your absorption. The mind has emotions like fear or worry conditioned within and will make you think about what is going to happen tomorrow when you are trying to enjoy your meal in the Now. It may even give you guilt about something you did today that wasn’t “perfect”. Or bring up something from the past that makes you angry. The reason why I bring these up is because all of these emotions c...

  Hello Everyone in Natural Health Nation-             I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend and got some Christmas shopping done. It wasn’t too cold and we avoided rain and snow for a little while longer. I almost don’t want to bring up Christmas shopping as it is another stress for some people to deal with. At Natural Health, we are really trying to get the word out for people to stay positive and not let things bother them or stress them out. Many people don’t realize that being stressed out is a decision on their part, or that they are reacting to an emotional stimulus and that they do have the ability to control this by staying calm. We tried to get patients to just breathe, breathing in slowly through the nose, holding the breath for a few seconds, and then exhaling through to the mouth slowly. This simple exercise helps to oxygenate the brain and get the body to slow down, even slowing heart rate and reducing blood press...