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Is your body telling you it needs help?

Do new symptoms creep up on you too fast?

Have dietary modifications failed to provide relief?

Help is a phone call away.

Reneé Barasch, Certified Digestive Health and Detoxification Specialist, has been helping clients achieve nutritional balance and enhance quality of life for more than 17 years. Reneé’s individualized plans help clients re-boot their digestive tracts and increase absorption of needed nutrients—creating the environment for detoxification of all organs and the pathways between them.

Working with Reneé, you will:

• Identify digestive triggers. (Some may surprise you!)

• Understand which foods agree with you— and those that don’t.

• Create a detoxification and digestive plan.

Digestion is one of the main ways the body detoxifies and cleanses.

If the food you consume isn’t thoroughly broken down, your body cannot work as efficiently as it should. Poor digestion causes stress for the entire digestive system and leads to gas, bloating, acid reflux, constipation, diarrhea and even insomnia, psoriasis, eczema, chronic pain, and anxiety. Undigested food can seep into the bloodstream through a condition called “leaky gut syndrome,” which often leads to more serious conditions like Crohn’s Disease, colitis, and other autoimmune disorders.

Environmental irritants also affect digestion.

The environment can also produce irritation and inflammation. Everyday, airborne toxins perfumes, cleaning products, smoke, automotive exhaust, indoor dust, and springtime pollen find their way into our bloodstream (in less than 20 seconds!) and cause digestive organs to work overtime. A runny nose, itchy eyes, and red and blotchy skin often result in a trip to the allergist, when a digestive imbalance may be contributing.

Stay strong and healthy with a gut ‘reset.’

• Effectively and efficiently digest food.

• Reduce inflammation.

• Nourish your gut—and ensure your whole body is balanced.

• Regulate the processing and digestion of food and the elimination of waste by incorporating foods that lead to better absorption and detoxification.

Alfalfa Bluegrass Festival Supports Farming Education

The Alfalfa Bluegrass Festival, to take place from 2 to 10 p.m., August 26, will be a gathering of acoustic bluegrass music, friends and fun in support of the Angelic Organics Learning Center On-Farm Education programming. The event will be held at their location in Caledonia, located just east of Rockford.

Entertainment includes live acoustic music, an acoustic open stage and local bluegrass performers, including headliner Miles Over Mountains, and an option to camp after the festival. Food and beer will be available for purchase. This is a low-impact, outdoor, cash-only event. No dogs allowed.

Admission: $25 adult/$10 child in advance, $40 at the gate. Camping: $20 in advance. Location: 1560 Rockton Rd. For more information, visit LearnGrowConnect.org/specialevents.

Women’s Conference Explores Wonderful World of Mushrooms

The seventh annual Mycelium Mysteries Women’s Mushroom Conference, instructing women on how mushrooms can be used medicinally, nutritionally, cosmetically and spiritually, will be held from September 22 through 24 in Almond, Wisconsin. Keynote speakers are Katherine MacLean, Ph.D., Cornelia Cho, M.D., and Anne Pringle, Ph.D. Participants can learn, grow and celebrate with a community of amazing women and enjoy dozens of different workshops taught by leading experts from around the country, become one with nature and take in the beauty of 200 acres of serene woods overlooking a peaceful lake. Onsite camping or cabin lodging is available.

Cost varies with lodging options. Visit NAChicago. com/2023-MyceliumMysteriesTix and enter by Sept. 1 to win a free weekend pass. Register at MyceliumMysteries. com. See ad on page 5.

Two New Locations for Serenity Dental

Serenity Dental, specializing in airway dentistry for children and adults, has relocated and opened two new office locations at 22285 North Pepper Road, in Lake Barrington and at W3132 Van Roy Road, in Appleton, Wisconsin.

By training the muscles in and around the mouth to function properly, airway dentistry goes beyond regular orthodontics with minimally invasive treatments and long-term stability. How the teeth, jaws and face develop and function can adversely affect overall health. Serenity Dental looks at both the teeth and the oral system holistically and understands how the position of our teeth and jaws could affect airway breathing, sleep and more.

Sleep-disordered breathing and airway issues can result in daytime sleepiness; crowded, crooked teeth; low energy; poor memory and learning difficulties; mouth breathing; restless sleep; snoring; chronic sore or dry throats; difficulty concentrating and learning; agitation; breathing pauses during sleep; tonsil or adenoid-related health problems; flat cheeks; sunken eyes (shiners); and a weak chin.

For appointments and more information, call 920-574-1103 (Lake Barrington) or 920-364-0575 (Appleton) or visit SerenityDentalSchaumburg.com. See ad on page 23, in the Community Resource Guide and in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

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Magic Hands Adds Office in Bartlett

Magic Hands Therapeutic Services has closed their Schaumburg location and opened an office in Bartlett, in addition to the original in Wheaton. Helping adults, children and babies to release pain and tightness, and find comfort through the Gillespie Approach, Deb Lawrence, LMT, offers effective, light touch therapy by identifying tightness in the body and assisting it to safely release, including for tight, fussy babies with nursing challenges, as well as children and adults with tightness and pain.

For more than 20 years, Lawrence has practiced the importance of touch in healing and comfort. She says, “Our bodies protect us, but can then store tightness from injury, trauma, emotions and repetitive motions. The Craniosacral Fascia Therapy/Gillespie Approach is a gentle, yet highly effective technique to loosen that tightness, in combination with other skills.”

Locations: The Loft, 130 Willow, Wheaton; and Balance Family Chiropractic, 366 S. Main St., Bartlett. For appointments and more information, call 630-202-3641 or visit MagicHandsBirth.com. See ad in the Community Resource Guide and in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

Green Expo Vendor Registration is Now Open

The 16th annual Green Living Expo will be held on November 4 at McHenry County College, in Crystal Lake, and vendor and exhibitor registration is now open. Local small businesses focused on sustainability and wellness are encouraged to register.

The event is Northern Illinois’ largest sustainability and green event. Participants from McHenry, Kane and Lake counties and beyond will come together for a day of fun, learning and unique experiences. Tables fill up fast and the Expo sells out every year.

Register at McHenry.edu/greenexpo. For more information, email Sustainability@McHenry.edu See ad on page 5.

McHenry County’s New Food Shed Co-op Partners with Gallant Building Solutions

The McHenry County Food Cooperative, DBA Food Shed Co-op, has contracted Gallant Building Solutions to construct the first grocery store cooperative focused on local food and strengthening the local economy in the county on the corner of Route 14 and Lake Shore Drive, in southwest Woodstock. Coop General Manager Peter Waldmann says, “This is a great day for McHenry County residents.”

Food Shed Co-op is a community-owned and -controlled grocery store that’s open to the public. They prioritize local suppliers whenever possible, and it’ll be a place for the community to gather, shop and nourish their families. The co-op is committed to offering shoppers access to affordable, quality food and informing them about the foods they eat. The store will have a full complement of departments, with produce to be the signature category.

Their mission is to offer only the best-quality, sustainable, local and organic produce available in the marketplace. When it opens, the store will encompass 9,000 square feet and provide about 5,000 separate items.

To become a founding owner and get more information, visit FoodShed.coop.

Free Webinar: Learn How Integrative Health Coaching is a Game-Changer for Everyone

The Integrative Health Institute (IHI) at Salem University, in Salem, West Virginia, will host a free webinar from 6 to 7 p.m. CDT, on July 13, and from 6 to 7 p.m. CDT, on August 3. featuring their best-in-class Integrative Health Coaching Program. The presenters include Senior Advisor for IHI and former CEO of HeartMath, Bruce Cryer, and IHI Program Coordinator and Lead Faculty, Amy Dailey. Together, they will educate participants as to the value and potential of the program.

The Integrative Health Coaching Certificate is a program of 16 weeks designed to educate professionals that are interested in coaching others to optimal health and wellness. Students will develop the skills necessary to build the coaching relationship from start to finish with an emphasis on integrative health practices and principles.

IHI is geared to allied health professionals, traditional and alternative medicine practitioners, integrative and holistic health practitioners, nurses, fitness professionals, athletic coaches, whole person-centered wellness enthusiasts and professionals, diabetes prevention professionals, healthcare organizations, educators and more.

The upcoming webinar is ideal for those that choose to upgrade themselves while helping others reach their goals for optimal health and vitality.

Cost: Free. To register for the July 13 webinar, go to Bit.ly/3qTcdg7. For the August 3 webinar, go to Bit.ly/3JnvbSu. IHI at Salem University—where science meets holistic wellness, tradition meets innovation, and knowledge meets application. For more information, visit SalemU.edu.

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