You can have an empowered discussion with your doctor about your supplement choices, and, you can both feel good about it. Don’t put your doctor in the awkward situation of advising you on something she may know little about. Help your doctor to partner with you.
The old way = “Doctor, is it alright for me to take this supplement?”
If your doctor doesn’t know what Cordyceps sinensis is then she may just say NO ‘to be safe’. That you means you end up missing out on all the great benefits of smart supplementation.
New way = tell your doctor that you are truly motivated to take responsiblity for your own health and ask them to work with you to monitor the effects of the supplements you have decided to take. Share your research with them. If they have knowledge to share about your supplement — let them volunteer it – don’t expect it from them.
Real life example ………sometimes, people that take blood thinners are told not to eat green leafy vegetables because it might add to the blood thinning effect of their prescription. That’s not sensible. They lose out on the countless health benefits of their veggies and have to deal with drug side-effects. Ask your doctor to adjust your prescription drugs to work with your new healthy life choices (diet, exercise) and supplement program — not the other way around.
You should not be adjusting to prescription drugs — they should be adjusted to work for you. Give your doctor literature and ingredient lists and ask them if they would be willing to talk with your Naturopathic Doctor or Nutritionist about any concerns they have.
Do your research — get expert advice and opinion — then make up your own mind.
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5. Take care of yourself and your family. Sorry to go all Oprah on you, but she’s right: Find a place of peace in your life and make the choice to be around people who are not full of negativity and cynicism. Look for those who nurture and love. Turn off the TV and the Blackberry and go for a 30-minute walk every day. Eat fruits and vegetables and cut down on anything that has sugar, high fructose corn syrup, white flour or too much sodium (salt) in it (and, as Michael Pollan says, “Eat (real) food, not too much, mostly plants”). Get seven hours of sleep each night and take the time to read a book a month. I know this sounds like I’ve turned into your grandma, but, dammit, take a good hard look at Granny — she’s fit, she’s rested and she knows the names of both of her U.S. Senators without having to Google them. We might do well to listen to her. If we don’t put our own “oxygen mask” on first (as they say on the airplane), we will be of no use to the rest of the nation in enacting any of this action plan!
Things are changing fast and the trend is toward integration. Right now, there is tremendous power in merging the ‘opposites’: the sacred and scientific, the economy and the environment, the corporation and the conscience. When we bring things together and create something new – magic happens.
Everyone LOVES this soup. Kids, gourmet cooks, grandma. It’s sweet and savory with just enough curry to give it flavor with no heat. Best of all — it’s the easiest thing to make for a big group.
The flu is something that deserves your serious attention — but NOT for the reasons you think! You need to be armed with real facts in order to protect yourself from the pandemic of propaganda coming to a newstand near you.
We love these pancakes and would never go back to wheat flour which is lovingly referred to as ‘gut bomb’ in our house.