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 Welcome
to:
"My
Health Corner!"
Spring
has sprung, the Daffodils are in bloom, the sun is
out and everything is right in the world. Spring reminds
me of gardens and farmers markets. The time of the
year when we release ourselves from hibernation and
fully embrace our greatest energy and potential, a
time to bring in the fresh young buds of newness along
with nature.
I believe this is why the term spring-cleaning is
so popular. It is an opportunity to release the past
and make changes that will propel us forward into
the upcoming season. Allowing us to feel lighter in
step.
Along
with spring-cleaning comes a natural desire to take
out the trash in our physical bodies as well. To assist
you in this process, I am happy to announce Dawn Robinson
as the new addition to the Portal to Healing Clinic
staff. Dawn is a certified Colon Therapist and is
graciously assisting with detoxification and spring-cleaning
here at the clinic.
With
Much Respect,
Dr.
Andrea Purcell, N.D.
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Telephone (949)
722-6797 |
TAKING
CARE OF THE MACHINE…
Our physical bodies carry us through our lives; house
the creativity of the mind and the desires of the
soul. This physical body allows us to express our
personality through style, posture, gestures, and
expression. Our physical body is intended to be a
transparent lens through which we see the world. An
effortless clean running machine if you will. The
problems arise when the lens is no longer transparent.
When our lens through which we view the world becomes
clouded we can no longer exude our energy outward
into the greatest expression of what we were born
to do. And that energy gets turned inward. Physical
problems arise and cloud our lens. The lens becomes
clouded anytime we are in pain, when we are physically
hurting, when our digestive system starts burning,
when we have Irritable bowel syndrome, hormonal imbalances,
hot flashes, fatigue, joint pain, any physical condition
that takes our attention away from what we were doing.
This ultimately affects the quality of our lives and
how we interact with the people around us.
To ensure that our lens remains clear we need to maintain
our physical body.
*This begins with drinking water. Hydration is so
important for our joints and tissues so that they
remain lubricated to receive nutrients from our blood.
A good rule of thumb is 2 liters of water daily. If
you drink caffeine you need to replace an additional
glass of water for each cup of caffeine.
*Food is the next logical step. Food is our gasoline.
This is the difference between putting high-octane
gas in your machine or watered down gas in your machine.
Putting good quality food in our system equals increased
performance. Bad quality food equals fatigue and bogs
down our system. Aside from exercise, food is the
single most important thing we can do for our lens
on a daily basis. We have the ability to change our
health by what we put into our bodies every day.
This means that we can prevent and reverse disease.
We can manage our level of inflammation and weight
through food, assist our digestion and hormonal levels,
balance our blood sugar, build muscle and bone, decrease
pain levels and ultimately increase our quality of
life. When we eat unprocessed whole foods our bodies
have the ability to mine that food for nutrients.
Our body intelligently extracts the vitamins and minerals
from those foods and uses them for our system to function
optimally. So get excited! Dust off your juicer; break
out the cookbooks and whatever else you need to feed
yourself well!
My favorite new cookbook: “The Eat Clean Diet
Cookbook” by Tosca Reno.
*Movement and Exercise. Move the machine! Remember
that old car that you left over the summer and when
you went to start it back up in the fall the battery
was dead? Do you want that to happen to you? The rule
of thumb when it comes to your health is: “If
you don’t use it you lose it.” Please
don’t lose it, because then we have to go on
a sometimes-lengthy trek to find out where “it”
went.
*Recognize and address your stress. Stress affects
our physical form in the ways of tissue stiffness,
shoulders stuck up to our ears, poor posture, weight
gain, shallow breathing, insomnia, and many others.
Aside from the physical strain, stress obscures our
lens by keeping us focused on the minute details of
life so that we loose contact with the big picture.
Find an outlet for yourself to balance your stress,
create some YOU time, and recharge.
*Do Not ignore the communication system of your machine.
Symptoms are a way for our body to communicate with
us. When we have a symptom that is obscuring our lens
the best thing to do is address it and find out what
our body is trying to say. Please, please do not ignore
it. Your machine will only start making more noise.
In natural medicine we find out what your body is
trying to tell you and we fix it. We do not suppress
the symptoms and we do not keep going in light of
them. That is a sure way to ultimately blow your engine.
Let me ask you a question, “Would you ignore
the check engine light in your car? Would you cut
the wire on your check engine light? Sounds like a
bad idea huh? Don’t do it to yourself. Find
out why the engine light went on in the first place.
Find a Naturopathic Doctor who can help you uncover
the reasons for your symptoms.
Understand
your machine through education.
I feel very strongly about one of the precepts of
Naturopathic Medicine that I took under oath. Docere
- Doctor as teacher. I am committed to health education.
When you are educated about your machine you have
the tools to create health. Health education and tools
create power. The power to heal yourself. I am committed
to maintaining and creating a clear lens for you so
that you can do what you were put on this earth to
do. This in turn affects everyone you come in contact
with and leaves you with clarity to make the sometimes-tough
decisions that life brings. May you have knowledge,
clarity, and an unobscured lens through which you
impact the world.
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| REFRESHING
ANTIOXIDANT PIE:
(Health
benefits include improving circulation to the eye,
improving vision, decreasing inflammation, blood sugar
balancing and preventing dementia.)
1) Buy or make a pie shell of your preference. Cook
pie shell and let cool.
2) 2.5 c fresh blackberries/Blueberries
3) 1lb bag frozen blueberries or other dark berries
4) Add thawed frozen berries to pot with ¼
c water
5) Add 1/3 c agave sweetener, 1 tsp cinnamon, and
1 tsp lemon zest.
6) Bring to a simmer and add 3 tbl cornstarch. –
Stir –
7) Add fresh berries to pie shell
8) Pour cooked mixture on top and chill
Have
a healthy recipe you would like to share?
We
are collecting recipes to assist our patients with
cooking ideas. Please help improve the kitchen experience
for others.
Please
email to office@portaltohealing.com |
Send
us your comments, feedback or questions!
We'd love to hear from you.
Dr.
Andrea Purcell, N.D.
1770 Orange Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Telephone (949)
722-6797
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Dr.
Andrea Purcell, N.D.
www.PortalToHealing.com
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