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Dear Friends, Of course we chose the month of Valentine’s Day to focus on heart health. Everyone knows that the heart is the universal symbol of love. But how did that happen?

How is that the anatomical heart, an organ that pumps blood to keep us alive, has morphed into the main design feature of Hallmark cards exchanged on February 14?

We celebrate Valentine’s Day by saying, “I love you,” but where did the red, two-lobed illustration come from? It looks nothing like the four-chamber master muscle within our chest. And what does it have to do with love?

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, “The Mysterious Origins of the Enduring Heart Symbol,” the first clear instance of the contemporary heart icon appeared in a French manuscript, The Romance of Alexander, circa 1340: “In the bottom border of one page, on the left-hand side, a woman raises a symmetrical heart with two clearly defined lobes that she has received from the man facing her. She accepts the gift of his heart, while he touches his breast to indicate the place from which it has come.”

But the origins of the heart-love connections go back further, to the ancient Romans.

They believed there was a vein, the vena amoris, connecting the heart to the fourth finger of the left hand. That belief eventually led to the medieval practice of the groom placing the wedding ring on his bride’s fourth finger. Interesting stuff!

We can thank the ancient Greeks, however, for giving us names for the ways we love.

I love my two boys unconditionally, with my whole heart. They are my world, and I would never want to go back in time to when they weren’t on this earth with me. This type of love is called storge. It flows between parents and children.

The love I have for Michael is just as deep, but different from my love of our boys.

For without our union they would not be, and without Michael I would not have my soulmate. The ancient Greeks called this emotion pragma, enduring love.

The love I have for a warm summer day at the beach—appreciating the blue sky, the sand in my toes and sound of the waves crashing—is called agape, universal love of nature.

Then there is philia, or platonic love. That’s what we feel for our friends.

I suspect that the past year has strengthened all these types of love in us—through forced separations and forced togetherness, and a renewed sense of wonder from a warm breeze or sunshine on our skin.

Love is complicated, so I’m grateful for a simple way to express it. It’s never been so heartfelt when I say it now, as our city finds its way out of a challenging time: May you all find love that fills you with joy, in whatever form that may be!

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Clairvoyant Says Readings Promote Healing We all need regular physical checkups, but regular energetic checkups are important too, says clairvoyant Tori Quisling, whose background includes teaching at the Berkeley Psychic Institute in California and teaching workshops all over the country, including the New York Open Center.

She says habitual thoughts and emotions can manifest as energetic blocks or disease in our physical bodies.

“A clairvoyant reading and classes on your energetic body can help you immensely to become more healthy and vital,” Quisling says. “I have

trained and mastered the ability to observe the energetic patterns around people, read the energetic data around and in the person’s body. I see where they are losing power. One reading session can have powerful effects.”

A necessary step in that process is wanting to heal, she says. She cites Caroline Myss, a medical intuitive and author of Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can, who writes that many people are addicted to energetic wounds—past hurts and emotions that have come to define them.

“We compare our hurts with others to get sympathy and reinforce our perceived limitations. These wound stories concentrate stuck energy in areas in the body, such as the stomach or heart, and can manifest as emotional and physical illness and disease,” Quisling says. “Our biology doesn’t just form from the food we eat, but from our emotional experiences and perceptions that we hold onto from our past. We drain our life force by keeping this past alive.”

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Dr. Kaushik Offers Online Ayurveda Health Lectures

Dr. Somesh N. Kaushik is offering free online health lectures to help people maintain physical resilience through bodymind-spirit balance. An Ayurvedic and naturopathic physician, Kaushik has expanded these lectures from monthly to semimonthly for all of 2021, and added monthly health tips by email.

His telemedicine consultations will continue, along with in-person visits at his Cross River clinic, which is open Monday through Friday.

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In an arrangement with the Putnam County Library System, Kaushik’s lectures will be broadcast simultaneously to all libraries in the county one Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. Topics will include the immune system, heart health, gut health, detox pathways, autoimmunity, allergies, and asthma, multiorgan inflammatory disease, stress and insomnia, addictions, anxiety and depression, diabetes and the healing power of gratitude. To register, visit DesmondFishLibrary.org. Zoom lectures will be offered through the Warner Library in Tarrytown at 6 p.m. on February 2 (heart health) and March 9 (stress and insomnia). For more info, visit WarnerLibrary.org.

From April through December, Zoom lectures will be offered through the Pawling Free Public Library one Tuesday a month at 7 p.m. Topics will include allergies and asthma, chronic/adrenal fatigue, essential detox pathways, multiorgan inflammatory disease, addictions, skin disorders, seasonal detoxing, thriving in winter and the healing power of gratitude. For details visit PawlingFreeLibrary.

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If “steam cleaning” works on our clothes and our carpets, why can’t it work on our bodies too? The human technology is obviously far more sophisticated, but using steam to flush out deepseated contaminants is part of the concept behind steam sauna ozone therapy, says Vanessa Galati-Drew, owner of Cleansing Concepts, a detoxification facility with two Long Island locations.

The other part is ozone, an activated form of oxygen.

Ozone sauna therapy uses medical-grade ozone to increase oxygen to the cells, which need it to fuel the chemical reactions that generate energy, make new cells and rid the body of toxins, Galati-Drew says. These important cellular functions can be impaired by any number of factors that decrease the body’s oxygen supply, such as shallow breathing, poor posture, lack of exercise, poor nutrition or exposure to pollution.

“Steam sauna ozone therapy is one of the most comforting forms of ozone therapy,” she says. “It helps restore your body’s natural balance to heal itself by combining the beneficial oxygenation and detoxification effects of ozone and a steam sauna.” Other benefits include boosting the metabolism, stimulating the immune system, relieving pain and speeding healing from injury and infection, she says.

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Gut Issues Are American ‘Epidemic’

One-fifth of doctor visits in the United States are for digestive issues, according to Paul Anthony, a naturopathic doctor based in New York City.

He calls poor gut health “an epidemic caused by poor diet and lifestyle.”

“Recent science has shown that gut health is far more important than once thought,” Anthony says. “It not only has an impact on diseases like IBS and Crohn’s disease, but can also lead to diabetes, Alzheimer’s and many other autoimmune diseases. When the gut is compromised, our general health, including our immune system, is also compromised. Gut health also affects our energy levels, concentration and mental clarity.”

Anthony’s practice, Silverstream Synergy, focuses on naturopathic medicine, digestive issues, nutrition counseling, preventive care and lifestyle coaching.

“Our goal is to provide a vastly different kind of medical treatment for common illnesses, especially digestive issues,” he says. “We don’t prescribe any drugs, but only advise on herbal remedies and vitamins. We take a full-body and lifestyle approach to get the root of your illness, not simply a Band-Aid approach. Pharmaceutical drugs have mostly been ineffective in helping with most digestive issues, and some even make those problems worse, especially antibiotics.”

Feeling great starts with healing the gut, he says.

“The best way to do this is to find the right diet to heal your gut wall, remove the harmful bacteria in your system and replenish the good bacteria through the right diet and supplements.”

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Martelo calls the approach “farm to chair.” All her salon products are plant based, organic and fair trade, and most are vegan.

“Everything is sourced directly to ensure its active natural ingredients are at their peak,” she says. “Additionally, we offer an ever-growing range of hair-wellness services, including our organic hair color, nontoxic keratin, hair-rebuilding treatments and scalp facials.

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NamaStay Sober is holding their 4th annual Sobruary (Sober February) Challenge. Whether someone is already in recovery, sober-curious or just looking to swap a misused habit for something healthy like meditation or yoga, NamaStay has resources that can help. Whatever wellness journey you are on in life and wherever you find yourself on that journey, NamaStay invites you to participate in the Sobruary Challenge alongside their community this year.

NamaStay Sober is a nonprofit organization founded in 2015 by Nico Longo after the loss of a friend to opioid addiction. Based in Massachusetts with community chapters in other states, their mission is to aid those in recovery by reconnecting their bodies and minds through affordable yoga, fitness, meditation and wellness focused community events.

“It is difficult to put into words how grateful I am for @namastaysober. In its infancy, NamaStay provided solace in a time when I was grieving the loss of a dear friend to addiction. Over time, it developed into a place where I felt safe to share about my own struggles with an eating disorder. Eventually it led me to discover a community of like-minded individuals that support one another through healthier outlets, such as yoga and meditation, so that we all may live a life of more freedom, self-expression and peace.” says Longo “In essence that is what this year’s Sobruary Challenge is all about - supporting each other in discovering what we put in the space that sobriety creates.”

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The Center for Cancer Lifestyle Management USING THE BODY’S HEALING CAPACITY TO IMPROVE CANCER OUTCOMES Over the last 40 years, research has documented how lifestyle changes can make the body less hospitable to cancer cell growth by reducing inflammation, strengthening the immune system, and lowering insulin resistance, among other means. To this end, The Center for Cancer Lifestyle Management opened its virtual doors in 2020 with the mission of “using lifestyle management to support better cancer outcomes.”

“There is science documenting how social connection, emotional well-being, stress management, plantdriven nutrition, physical activity and positive cognition can contribute to turning on or off the cellular and epigenetic changes that underwrite cancer progression,” says Cindy Ness, Ph.D., executive director of CCLM. “To my mind, this makes these factors critical and necessary components of contemporary—not alternative or complementary—cancer care.”

documents that breast cancer patients who feel socially connected are 24 percent less likely to have a recurrence compared to a control group who don’t, why don’t we tell patients this when we formulate their treatment plans?” she asks.

She says it’s important to start now, given that nearly half the people in the United States will hear the phrase “You have cancer” during the course of their lifetimes.

BUILDING A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY Since CCLM opened, Ness says, she and her staff have experienced “an outpouring of excitement” from everyone they’ve talked to about the center’s mission—a big part of which is to build a community for their patients.

“We realize that a cancer diagnosis can make a person feel like their world has been turned upside down,” she says. “So we’re committed to working with patients in small groups These “gateways” can maximize the effectiveness of so they can get to know others who are going through some whatever medical treatment a cancer patient chooses to of the same things. Many of our staff have had a cancer pursue, she says. diagnosis themselves, or have been a primary caregiver “CCLM partners with patients to design a personalized for a family member who has.” lifestyle-management plan addressing the specific needs Ness, a double-doctorate psychologist and an anthroof their individual biology and diagnosis,” she says. “We’re pologist by training, was introduced to the world of cancer committed to educating patients about how lifestyle through her own diagnosis. changes can impact every cell in their body.”

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Melatonin, a hormonal sleep aid that can be purchased for a few dollars at local pharmacies, appears to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 by 30 percent, report researchers from the Cleveland Clinic. Among African Americans, a group disproportionately impacted by the virus, the risk was reduced by 52 percent.

For the study, published in PLOS Biology, researchers used artificial intelligence to compare the host genes and proteins of the novel coronavirus to those of 64 other diseases across a range of categories. They found 34 drugs for possible repurposing, then combed through 27,000 patient records to find which drugs had in fact lowered the risk of contracting the virus. “We’re excited about these results and to study that connection more, but large-scale observational studies and randomized controlled trials are essential to confirm what we’ve found here,” says lead researcher Feixiong Cheng.

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The United Nations reported that atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gas methane reached a record high, and 62 oil and gas companies acting as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) have adopted a new framework to report methane emissions.

None of the participating oil and gas companies in the OGMP are in the United States. The initiative, managed by the U.N. Environment Programme, asks companies to report methane emissions from both core operations and joint ventures. The OGMP represents about 30 percent of global oil and gas production and seeks to deliver a 45 percent reduction in the oil and gas industry’s methane emissions by 2025.

Approximately 60 percent of methane emitted into the atmosphere comes from manmade sources such as fossil fuels, landfills, biomass burning and agriculture. For the first time, companies are committing to regularly measure their methane emissions using strict, science-based standards, as opposed to engineering estimates, which have historically understated emissions. This newly adopted method involves field measurements and ongoing monitoring with drones and satellites.

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Polypropylene baby bottles­—which comprise 82 percent of the global baby bottle market—release an “extraordinary” number of microplastic particles, reports a new study by Trinity College Dublin. In a study published in Nature Food, which covered 48 regions worldwide, researchers found that flexible plastic baby bottles release as many as 16.2 million particles per liter.

“A study last year by the World Health Organization estimated adults would consume between 300 and 600 microplastics a day—our average values were on the order of a million or millions,” study co-author John Boland told The Guardian.

He called for more studies to understand the implications, saying the researchers were “absolutely gobsmacked” by the numbers. The microplastics are released when heated liquid is used to sterilize the bottles and to dissolve powdered formula and when the bottle is shaken to dissolve the powder. The higher the water temperature, the greater the release of particles. Polypropylene bottles have a “5” on the recycling symbol on the bottom.

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Plastic Particles Ingested in Food and Water

Researchers at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, estimate people that drink bottled water ingest an additional 90,000 microplastic particles annually compared to 4,000 microplastics for those that drink only tap water. Food is contaminated with plastic as well, which we also ingest. The researchers took data from 26 studies that measured plastic in salt, beer, sugar, fish, shellfish, water and urban air, and combined it with U.S. dietary guidelines to calculate how many particles people likely consumed annually. The results are 50,000 particles per year for adults and 40,000 for children. When inhalation is included, the estimate rises to between 74,000 and 121,000 particles per year for adults. Even these figures are likely underestimated, because the foods in the studies make up only 15 percent of the typical American caloric intake.

The particles’ effect on the human body is not yet understood. Another study revealed that some plastic is expelled from the body in feces. But there is also evidence that it gets absorbed, and that the tiniest particles can enter the bloodstream and lymphatic system, which could affect immune response and aid transmission of toxic chemicals.

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Teeth Can Be Casualties of Stress

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Take Propolis and Vitamins A, E and D for Respiratory Tract Infections Two new studies offer hope for dealing with the winter’s respiratory woes. Propolis, the resin-like substance made by bees from plants to build their hives, has been used for centuries to heal wounds and treat colds. In a new study, researchers from Italy’s University of Naples Federico II gave either a propolis extract oral spray or a placebo three times a day to 122 people with mild upper respiratory tract infections.

After three days, 83 percent of the patients in the propolis group enjoyed remission of all symptoms such as sore throat, hoarseness and throat swelling and redness, compared to 28 percent of the placebo group. The propolis reduced the duration of infection from five days to three days, two days less than the placebo.

A second study in Britain of 6,115 adults found that those with adequate intakes of vitamins A and E from diet and supplements had fewer respiratory complaints. People taking vitamin D as supplements, but not from their diet, also fared better at fending off such symptoms as breathlessness, bronchial trouble, viral pneumonia and throat infection.

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Regular consumption of chili peppers can reduce the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 26 percent and from cancer by 23 percent, suggests a review of 4,729 studies involving 570,000 people. Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic reported to the annual scientific session of the American Heart Association that frequent chili eaters also had a lower risk of dying from any cause by 25 percent compared to those that rarely or never ate the fruit. Because it was difficult to measure the type and amount of chili pepper eaten by the Americans, Italians, Chinese and Iranians in the study, no quantities were specified. Previous studies have found that chili pepper has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer and blood glucose-regulating effects due to capsaicin, its active ingredient.

Last year provided plenty of opportunities to experience the physical effects of stress. In fact, 2020 was so hard on Americans’ health that the Spokane, Washington, Spokesman Review devoted an entire article to the subject of teeth grinding, which is often triggered by stress.

Reporter Treva Lind interviewed Dr. Kyle Dosch, dental director at Delta Dental of Washington, who said this particular stress response can do serious damage not just to the teeth, but to the supporting tissues and bone. The result can be an acceleration of gum disease as well as further bone loss.

In the article, Dosch recommends several strategies to address the problem, beginning with reducing contributing habits, like consuming too much caffeine or alcohol, and trying to mitigate external stressors. But he also says preventive care is critical too, as Lind writes: “Preventative steps against gum disease still require good dental hygiene—from regularly brushing your teeth to flossing and healthy diet. However, stress is sneaky in this category as far as the body’s ability to defend itself against infections, including infections of your gums. “‘Gum disease is a bacterial process,’ Dosch said.

‘Certain bacteria when they get below our gum line, that can create localized infection there. That affects the gum and bone tissue and can lead to bleeding gums and loss of bone.’

“Dental practices address those issues by removing plaque and tartar, which is plaque buildup that hardens or calcifies on the teeth. More plaque can mean more cavities and even periodontal disease. If you notice any changes to your gum tissues, consider seeing a dentist to get ahead of any problems. “‘When we’re stressed out, it can be harder for our body to fight any type of infection, and that includes periodontal disease,’ Dosch said.”

Information sourced by Jonathan Richter, DDS, FAGD, of Cariodontal, 310 E. Shore Rd., Ste. 101, Great Neck, NY. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 516-282-0310 or visit Cariodontal.com. See ad, back cover.

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Essentially, the Element allows both our dentists and our patients to gain greater vision and insight into their care over time. Since the NIRI technology is radiation free, we can scan patients every time they come in, so But it doesn’t just take photos. It also we always have an up-to-date scan uses a new technology called NIRI of their teeth. (near-infrared imaging) to give both Anyone with questions about the iTero patient and dentist a look under the Element 5D is welcome to call us. tooth’s surface. This allows us to see the enamel density and internal tooth structure, which helps us identify and Dr. Linda Golden is the owner of Golden correct problems before they get seriDental Wellness ous. Even if there are problems in the Center, located at base of the tooth, the Element can 444 Community Dr., give us key insights into correcting Ste. 204, Manhasset, pulp damage with a ceramic implant NY. For information (no root canals at Golden Dental). The and appointments, wand also functions as a live camera, call 516-627-8400. See ad, page 2.

The Element works with a simple wand-and-camera system. The dentist simply guides the wand over the patient’s top and bottom teeth, and the Element automatically produces a 3D model of their mouth.

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How to Fix Chronic Nausea

by Dr. David Pollack

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if it is done too early it can cause an increase in symptoms.

Chronic nausea is terrible. I have had quite a few patients over the years that suffered from minor to extreme versions of nausea disorders. There are certain aspects of all these situations that are quite similar, from the mildest queasiness to the most severe cyclic vomiting syndrome.

There are two major sites for the creation of nausea: the digestive tract and the kidneys. In most patients I have treated for nausea issues, both sites have been involved. Poor digestion results in a less-than-complete breakdown of food. This incompletely digested food is absorbed into the bloodstream and eventually builds up in the kidneys. Over time, the kidneys can’t filter the blood efficiently, and this results in nausea. If the digestive problem arises from dysfunction of the gallbladder, things get worse. Generally, gallbladder dysfunction will more likely cause extreme symptoms and involve nausea when combined with kidney deficiency.

So, how do we fix this? There are multiple strategies. From the nutritional perspective, some adjustments need to be made. Eat smaller meals to ensure better digestion and less inflammatory response. Be mindful of the proteins you eat. Be careful with dense, hard-to-digest or overcooked meats. Make sure your proteins never get tough or chewy. This makes them far more difficult to digest, leading to stress upon the kidneys. Use a small amount of fresh lemon juice with your meals. This can help emulsify fats and assist in food breakdown. It also has a powerful effect on thinning the bile in the gallbladder. To best care for the kidneys, keep diluting and washing out irritants by drinking plenty of pure, clean, filtered water of neutral pH. Ginger and dandelion tea are also good for the kidneys.

From a clinical aspect, we need to use certain herbal/nutraceutical remedies to assist the gentle and paced cleansing of the bile sludge from the gallbladder and protein residue from the kidneys. There are many ways to do this, from mild to powerful. Using the appropriate strength for the right situation is critical. Sometimes with severe cases, we must just treat the kidneys to calm things down before attempting to cleanse the gallbladder, because nycnaturalawakenings.com

Often, we combine herbal therapies with acupuncture, which can both deal with immediate nausea symptoms as well as push forward the progress of the overall treatment goals. We also employ cold laser therapies to reduce inflammation and influence kidney, and potentially, gallbladder function.

There are sometimes physical techniques that are appropriate as well, based on the problems surrounding the main issue. For example, many with gallbladder dysfunction begin to have diaphragm spasms, both from the direct touch of the gallbladder and the effects of chronic vomiting. We can do special massage techniques to the diaphragm to relieve these. This can actually directly reduce vomiting in some cases by reducing the tension state of the stomach.

We generally combine these treatments with gentle detox therapies to try to pull off some of the circulating inflammation and toxicity without overburdening the kidneys or liver.

These are just some of the general steps involved, and despite it sounding complicated, I find it fun and exciting—especially to see someone with a green-gray complexion find relief and turn a beautiful pink glow of health, often within just a few weeks.

Dr. David Pollack, of Pollack Wellness Institute,located at 66 Commack Rd., Ste. 204, in Commack. For more information, call 631-462-0801 or visit Pollackwellness. com. See ads, pages 4 and 37.

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Migraine: When Medications Don’t Work

by Rudrani Banik, M.D One out of 10 people have a history of migraine. That’s a staggering number—more than 33 million people in the United States alone. Odds are you or someone you know, such as a family member, friend or coworker, suffers from debilitating migraine. Why is this condition such an epidemic, and what can be done to treat it?

Even though migraines are very common, we still don’t completely understand what causes them. Each sufferer may have unique triggers. For some, it may be stress. For others, it may be fluorescent lights, hormonal changes, or even certain foods such as wine, cheese or chocolate. And some migraine sufferers have no triggers at all. emir saldierna/Unsplash.com

It is even less clear what is the ideal treatment for migraine headaches.

Numerous prescription medications and even procedures such as Botox injections or surgeries are available, with no guarantee that they work. What’s more frustrating is that despite decades of medical research and billions of dollars invested by pharmaceutical companies, there is still no cure for migraine.

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What happened then miraculously changed my life, as well as the lives of thousands of my migraine patients. And even more importantly, it changed the way I practice medicine, as well as my career path.

Through my research, I discovered numerous natural approaches that have been proven to be effective against migraines. These treatments are not used mainstream, mainly because they are not backed by a pharmaceutical company.

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Illness That Doesn’t Exist What to do when the doctor says you’re not sick—‘It’s all in your head.’

From the Desk of Dr. Howard Robins at The Healing Center in New York City You go to the doctor, who does many tests, but they came back with nothing unusual to report.

“Everything was ruled out,” the doctor says. “There’s nothing wrong with you.”

But you think, It’s just not normal to be this tired!

By now you’re going to bed early almost every night. You sleep eight to 12 hours and still wake up tired, even exhausted.

While almost everyone experiences fatigue from time to time, this is not like anything you’ve experienced before. You have chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says that more than 1 million Americans suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, and that number is growing. Are you one of them?

What causes chronic fatigue syndrome?

While the CDC and doctors say the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome are unknown, alternative physicians have directly linked it to the Epstein-Barr virus (mononucleosis); the herpes 6 virus; candidiasis; Lyme disease (undiagnosed due to falsenegative tests); and cytomegalovirus.

One or even several of these infections could be causing y our illness.

So what’s the answer? How can I fix it?

If you visited “traditional” doctors, they probably offered no real help. Pharmaceutical medicine generally doesn’t make things better, and often makes things worse.

Even alternative treatments—oral or IV vitamins, The diagnosis: Does this sound like you? herbs, acupuncture, etc.—tend to help just a little or If you’ve felt generally unwell for three months for just a short time. or longer and have at least four of the following But please don’t give up hope. For those of you eight symptoms, you may have chronic fatigue who are still suffering, the answer is intravenous syndrome: medical ozone therapy.

You might be surprised to know that this proven weakness and exhaustion lasting more than and safe, but unusual, medical treatment has been 24 hours after mental or physical activity used worldwide in more than 50 countries for 70 unrefreshing sleep Dr. Howard Robins years and by more than 45,000 physicians and substantial impairment of short-term memory therapists to successfully treat chronic fatigue or concentration syndrome and many other diseases and illnesses. muscle pain Medical ozone is a gas that’s made at the time of treatment. pain in the joints, without swelling or redness (It can’t be stored, bottled or put in capsules). Organizations headaches of a new type, pattern or severity like the Society for the Advancement of Bioxidative Therapy tender or swollen armpit and/or neck lymph nodes and the International Association of Ozone in Healthcare and sore throat Dentistry are now organizing and teaching U.S. doctors how to use this “miracle medicine” to help sufferers overcome chronic More about the symptoms fatigue syndrome and other diseases and conditions that have In addition to the ones above, here are other common been virtually untreatable. symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome: You no longer have to suffer from this debilitating illness! problems focusing (“brain cloudiness” or “brain fog”) More information about this amazing, safe and generalized muscle pain (bromyalgia) effective treatment, visit OzoneWithoutBorders.ngo; my a feeling of malaise after almost any exertion website, OzoneDoctor.net; and VoiceAmerica.com, where irritable bowel (diarrhea or constipation) my radio show, “Functional Medicine with Dr. Robins,” depression or anxiety is archived and live each week on the Health and Wellness chills and night sweats Channel. You can also call my office at 212-581-0101. new food, odor or chemical sensitivities

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Breathing Life into Zoom

by Jean McClelland

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BREATHING: URGENT, TRANSCENDENTAL

This spring I will be back at The Open Center, teaching Awakening Your True Voice: Support Health and Vitality through Better Breathing, a sixsession virtual class on Zoom.

Teaching on Zoom has been a rich and revelatory experience for me. Much has been written about the discomfort and fatigue brought on by endless Zoom meetings, but it doesn’t need to be that way. I’ve found that Zoom sessions can be enlivening for both student and teacher, and I can honestly say that Zoom has made me a much better teacher, in that I have had to communicate the essence of my work both through the clarity of my demonstrations and the precision of my explanations. I’ve become quite alert to keeping the energy in the “Zoom room” going. How wonderful it is when people leave a Zoom class more energized and enlivened than when they entered!

My process in teaching on Zoom is really no different from my process in person. Every moment I’m teaching, I experience what I would like my students to experience. I “live” the words I am saying throughout my whole being. It is enormously powerful, and it doesn’t matter whether the class is in person or virtual. As one of my Open Center students wrote after a class, “Thank you for sharing your passion and your energy with us. Even in this virtual classroom, I can feel it so clearly; it radiates out through the computer screen. I’m grateful to you for being a guide on this journey of awakening to the power of breath, flow and voice.”

Breath and breathing have always been the essence of the vocal work I do with students. Now, because of Covid-19, breathing has become more urgent to literally everyone. In Awakening Your True Voice, we work on strengthening the diaphragm.

This is vital to keeping our lungs healthy and keeping us more energized during this challenging time.

Pandemic fatigue is real, but we can combat it through better breathing and better use of our bodies.

When we understand the physiology of breathing and experience the power of the body to “breathe itself,” it becomes almost transcendental. After one of our Zoom classes, a student wrote, “Last week, when we began by exhaling, allowing the inhale to take care of itself, and being ‘breathed’ by the wave of the breath, it was like I was being rocked in a cradle. Quite extraordinary.

Thank you!”

This is the path through which we strengthen our respiratory muscles and awaken and strengthen our true voice. It is truly inspirational.

Jean McClelland is on the faculty of the Columbia University School of the Arts and The Open Center, through which When New York City closed down last March 10, so did the in-person class- she teaches Awakening Your True es at The Open Center. Drawing on the resources of its staff and teachers, Voice. Her next class begins The Open Center brought their classes online in less than two days. It was March 22, with a free intro at 6 p.m. a gargantuan task but enormously successful; suddenly we had people from all over the country enrolling in our programs. Once we adjusted to the March 15. For videos and more informatechnicalities of Zoom, we soon forgot that a screen separated us from one tion, visit JeanMcClellandVoice.com.

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The PB&J of Daily Health

HELP FOR OVERWORKED LIVERS More than 20 years ago, HerbaSway introduced a product that was patented for treatment of viral infection of the liver (patent number 5,939,072), based on a successful study of its use for hepatitis B. Originally named Liver Enhancer but now known as HerbaSway Daily Detox, it’s a liquid concentrate Traditional Chinese Medicine designed to be taken daily to give the liver the energy and help it needs to remain strong, so that it can do what it was intended to do: remove neutralized free radicals and toxins from our bodies.

The best natural defense against disease combines antioxidants and liver support

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Too often the liver can’t handle the huge number of contaminants to which we are exposed. As the patent for HerbaSway Daily Detox explains, the polysaccharides in various mushroom extracts, such as Maitake, Shiitake, Reishi, Cordyceps, Poria and Hericium, strengthen the liver and give it more energy to work as it’s intended to. AlEveryone knows that peanut butter and jelly go together. The same can be said though all six mushroom extracts are about antioxidants and liver support supplements. That may seem like a strange listed in the patent, the first four are the most effective in helping the liver analogy, but let me explain. function properly.

By now the importance of antioxidants to our health is common knowledge.

We must have sufficient antioxidants in our system at all times to combat free We have also developed a line of green radicals and neutralize the pollutants and foreign chemicals to which we are tea concentrate, which in addition to exposed. Unfortunately, even though we are aware of the health dangers these the original flavor comes in variations intruders present, we often ignore the threat, especially when we don’t see any such as peach, blueberry, mandarin mango and honey lemon, as well as a obvious health problems in our bodies. caffeinated version.

Let me assure you of one thing: The time to protect your health is when you don’t have any obvious health problems. Most people begin to panic when there’s an The strengthening effect of HerbaSway Daily Detox and the antioxidant boost evident problem. That’s when they begin to search for answers. from HerbaGreen Tea complement each other perfectly—just like peanut THE POWER OF GREEN TEA butter and jelly.

We know that pollutants in the air and water, as well the chemicals to which we are exposed on a daily basis, can and do cause free radicals to form in our bodies. And we know that those free radicals damage our organs and our DNA. The Franklin St. John, founder of HerbaSonly way to fight free radical formation is by taking sufficient antioxidants every way Laboratories, was taught traditional day. The most efficient antioxidants are those found in green tea. The EGCG as Chinese herbal medicine and qigong well as the other polyphenols in green tea have been shown to be among the by a Taoist master from the mountains of China. For more information, call best antioxidants for neutralizing free radicals.

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Cardiology has made mind-boggling advances in efficiently repairing everything from clogged arteries to floppy mitral valves and even replacing the entire failing heart itself. Yet the stubborn fact remains that almost half of all Americans suffer from cardiovascular disease, killing one in four of us, and those numbers are rising. Research shows that simple lifestyle changes can prevent 80 percent of these deaths, but many cardiologists typically reach for a prescription pad rather than explore diet, exercise and other prevention options with their patients.

“Medicine can be life-saving, but optimal heart health can’t come from medicine alone,” says cardiologist Stephen Devries, co-author of Integrative Cardiology. “There is a common belief among many physicians that patients generally don’t want to make lifestyle changes—an assumption that is often dead wrong and refuted by surveys of patients that show that the majority are looking to do exactly that.”

Los Angeles restauranteur and musician Gianni Neiviller, 54, is such a case. When he found holistic cardiologist Cynthia Thaik three years ago, he had already endured four major surgeries for gut illnesses; was suffering from obesity, high blood pressure, anxiety and depression; and was heavily abusing alcohol and marijuana. Thaik ordered tests that uncovered sleep apnea, and she encouraged him to turn to an allorganic diet, take vitamin and mineral supplements, exercise and practice mindfulness and meditation.

“At first it was all fairly hard, but as I started losing the pounds, my mind became more clear, and little by little, it all started getting a bit easier,” Neiviller says. He lost 86 pounds within a year, got sober and ceased taking blood pressure medication and using a sleep apnea machine. He now walks six miles a day; practices a hybrid regimen of qigong, yoga and meditation; and is switching to a holistic health career. “When people try to push my buttons, they rarely succeed these days,” he smiles.

Rebounding into vibrant health is what integrative cardiologists like Devries and Thaik strive for. Also known as preventive or holistic cardiologists, they

focus on guiding patients to change long-held, harmful, physical and emotional practices. Although they are comparatively few in number—probably no more than 100 nationally—these doctors are vocal and influential, imparting valuable advice about preventing and reversing heart disease through daily lifestyle choices.

HEART-HAPPY EATING Substantial research affirms that one major line of defense against heart disease is what we put into our mouths every day, yet only 8 percent of cardiologists consider themselves capable to give nutritional advice, a survey showed. To counter that, Devries cofounded the Gaples Institute, a Naperville, Illinois, nonprofit that offers free nutritional training online to the public and nutritional accreditation for medical clinicians. Devries, who trained at Dr. Andrew Weil’s Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, lectures internationally and recently authored What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Cholesterol. “People have a lot more power over their heart health than they realize,” he says.

and yellow vegetables, whole grains, coffee and tea.

Devries suggests that gradual, incremental changes to the diet may be easier than abrupt and dramatic choices.

For example, he might recommend switching from sugary soda to flavored seltzer first, then trying lemon water and black tea with milk before opting for plain, green tea. Sipping a cup of green tea at least every other day reduces the risk of heart attacks and dying of heart disease by one-fifth, Chinese researchers report in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

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As a young cardiologist frustrated by the revolving-door nature of his patients, Stephen Sinatra came upon an obscure 1982 study of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) that he realized could have saved the life of a favorite patient. This catalyzed his intensive studies into nutrition and bioenergetics that produced 17 books, including the bestselling Reverse Heart Disease Now and The Sinatra Solution.

He helped formulate the new field of metabolic cardiology that proposes preventing and treating cardiovascular According to Devries, the name of a diet disease with nutraceuticals to improve is not as important as the anti-inflam- energy production in heart cells. matory foods it should contain, such as In addition to suggesting a high-poten“a wide variety of vegetables and fruit, cy, multi-nutrient, fish oil, magnesium plenty of beans, whole grains in place of and vitamin C for prevention, he recomrefined, minimizing or eliminating meat mends four key nutrients that produce (especially processed meat like bacon and use adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and sausage), minimizing added sugar the body’s basic cellular fuel: (especially from sugar-sweetened beverages) and using small amounts of YCoQ10 is synthesized in the body, the most healthful oils, like extra-virgin but declines with age and statin use. It olive oil.” And the evidence is increas- protects from the free radical damage ing, he says, of “minimizing or eliminat- linked to inflammation. Dosage: 90 to ing animal products and getting most 250 milligrams (mg) daily for prevenor all of your protein from high-quality tion, 180 to 360 mg for hypertension plant sources like beans, tofu, whole and 300 to 600 mg for heart failure. grains and nuts. Fish is one exception YL-carnitine ferries fatty acids to be for which there is good evidence.” oxidized to make ATP and moves toxic He’s backed up by a November 2020 metabolites out of heart cells. Dosage: study of 220,000 adults published in 1,000 to 1,500 mg in divided doses to the Journal of the American College of prevent deficiency and up to 3,000 mg Cardiology. It concludes that those with for heart disease. diets high in red and processed meat, YMagnesium, required in all reactions refined grains and sugary beverages involving ATP, is depleted by some gashad a 46 percent higher risk of heart trointestinal medications and diuretics. disease and a 28 percent higher risk of Dosage: at least 400 mg. stroke compared to those consuming anti-inflammatory diets rich in green Y D-ribose is a naturally occurring nycnaturalawakenings.com

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sugar derivative of ATP that hastens energy regeneration.

Dosage: five to seven grams (gm) daily as a preventive, seven to 10 gm daily for heart failure.

way—walking at a gentle pace 30 minutes a day confers very significant benefits. Up to a point, more can be better, but only for some people, and only to a point.”

In other nutrient news, adults that took glucosamine/chondroitin every day for a year or longer had a 65 percent reduction in cardiovascular-related deaths, reports West Virginia University researchers that analyzed 16 years of data from 16,686 adults.

Even moving a few minutes daily can add up. Doing 12-minute bursts of vigorous exercise favorably impacts 80 percent of the metabolites that govern such functions as oxidative stress, inflammation and vascular reactivity, reports a new study in Circulation. Just one hour a week of strength training significantly lowers the risk of heart attack, stroke and heart disease death, another study found. And simply holding thigh and calf stretches for 45 seconds for a total of five minutes daily improved arterial blood flow, reports a study in the Journal of Physiology.

SMART TESTING Preventive cardiologist Joel Kahn, the author of Your Whole Heart Solution and The Plant-Based Solution, says that lab tests typically prescribed by cardiologists and other doctors are inadequate. “Standard lab tests have not changed in 30 to 40 years, but science has,” he says. “For example, inflammation is now understood to be a fundamental process for most chronic diseases like heart disease and cancer. A simple lab test, hs-CRP, is available to measure inflammation. Very few doctors add this to their panel. When it is high, it leads to a search for why there is inflammation and diet, lifestyle and other measures to resolve it.”

After 25 years as a cardiologist treating heart-attack emergencies, Kahn, who is vegan, went back to college to study preventive cardiology and set up the Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity, in Bingham Farms, Michigan, which focuses on dietary counseling and preventive screenings. His list of “must have” tests includes:

YAdvanced cholesterol panel for a breakdown of LDL-

cholesterol particle number and size, which is highly predictive of cardiovascular problems.

YLipoprotein(a) cholesterol to detect a risk-elevating ge-

netic form of cholesterol that’s present in about 20 percent of those tested.

THE EMOTIONAL HEART As a child in Myanmar, Thaik witnessed hands-on healing at a clinic she visited with her physician mother, but holistic care only entered her life after 20 years of practice as a frustrated cardiologist, when she was laid low by severe anemia that required transfusions and surgery. Today, the Harvard-trained cardiologist is the author of Your Vibrant Heart and founder of the Holistic Heart Healing Center, in Los Angeles, which integrates the medical model with lifestyle strategies and approaches like homeopathy and acupuncture.

“I very much believe that we are both physical beings and energetic or spiritual beings. Our physical makeup is closely intertwined with our mental and emotional makeup,” Thaik says. She counsels patients to practice the following:

YMindfulness. “A mentor of mine, (life coach) Mary Mor-

risey, taught me to avoid the three Cs—complaining, comparing or criticizing. If you attempt to do this for even an hour, you will find that it is actually a hard task. Practicing this allows us to be acutely mindful of our thoughts.”

YHigh-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) to identify YGratitude. “I wake up every morning and before my feet inflammation of blood vessels.

YHemoglobin A1c (HbA1C) to obtain the three-month measure of sugar in hemoglobin, a marker of both diabetes and heart disease.

YVitamin D to identify deficiencies linked to a higher risk of hypertension, heart failure, angina and heart attacks.

MOVE IT OR LOSE IT The American Heart Association recommends 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity (brisk walking, water aerobics, gardening, tennis, dancing) or 75 minutes of vigorous activity (running, jumping, swimming laps), as well as muscle-strengthening activity (weights) at least two days a week.

Only 20 percent of adults exercise for the full 150 minutes per week, which may be why physical inactivity is a major factor in an estimated one-third of heart disease deaths. “I like to frame it as ‘being active’, because exercise sounds onerous,” Devries says. “Even a small amount of activity goes a long

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hit the floor, I make this statement five times and fill in five different answers: ‘I am so happy and grateful now that ...’”

YReleasing. “I believe the most important ingredient to

health and healing is the ability to release—to forgive self and others, to let go and abandon all of our negative thoughts, our self-limiting beliefs, our notions of right and wrong, our feelings of injustice and being wronged.”

She advises, “When we can abandon all these beliefs and allow ourselves to float or drift unimpeded—imagine yourself on a tube in a lazy river—that is when healing within our bodies begins, when our parameters of stress and the hormones and neurotransmitters associated with stress start to downregulate, and we can literally feel a wave of relaxation passing through our bodies. This will lower our heart rate, blood pressure, adrenaline and cortisol levels, thereby mitigating our risk of a heart attack or stroke.”

Ronica O’Hara, a natural health writer, can be contacted at OHaraRonica@gmail.com.

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Shefali Tsabary on Conscious Relationships

by Sandra Yeyati Offering innovative approaches to mindful living, Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, international keynote speaker and bestselling author of The Conscious Parent, Out of Control and her latest, The Awakened Family.

She has presented talks at TEDx, the Kellogg Business School, The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, and SuperSoul Sessions with Oprah Winfrey, who has endorsed her work as revolutionary and life-changing.

Why do we have so much trouble with our romantic relationships?

Because we enter relationships without having entered a relationship with ourselves. We look to the other person and the relationship to fill us up, to give us what we are missing from within, and what we don’t realize is that the other person is there for the same reason.

After the initial chemical, hormonal lust phase, we realize that the other person cannot be our parent figure and that they cannot fulfill our unfulfilled inner child needs. The disappointment is so great and the anger so livid that we spiral into hurt, disappointment and unmet expectations without realizing that the other hasn’t done anything. We typically attract people who are going to be mirrors that show us how we need to reparent ourselves and force us to repeat childhood patterns. If we have an issue of unworthiness, that’s going to show up. If we have fear of rejection, that’s going to show up, and all fingers point to the imperative that we do our own inner work.

What does that inner work look like?

on the other, parents themselves into a state of wholeness and then releases the other to be free.

How do you define love?

Most of us love egoically, which is loving the other because they make us feel good about ourselves, and the moment they stop making us feel good about ourselves, we actually leave them.

That’s why there’s so much divorce.

That’s not love. Egoic love is possession, ownership and control. Most of us are mired in those kinds of relationships; the institution of marriage actually supports ownership, possession and control. True, or high love, is the understanding that the other is with you and you are with them to encourage each other’s growth and to see each other be their most authentic, free selves. If that includes being with us, we’re happy. If that includes not being with us, we’re as happy. That’s true love, because you’re in love with the other person’s essence and you’re more invested in the other person’s whole self rather than the self that you want to own and possess.

The first step is realizing that what’s happening in the relationship is really a reflection of the inner state of being, and therefore isn’t the other person’s fault that I’m feeling rejected, hurt or unworthy. We stop trying to change, fix or blame the other. We then hire a therapist or join a self-development course and begin to understand our inner wounds from childhood that are being repeated in this current dynamic. We have to do the work. It’s not easy. It’s not going to happen just because we made an intellectual decision. It’s a quest, a constant unfolding, un-layering, evolving and becoming more. The goal is your arrival into your most authentic self—into What is conscious intimacy? your whole, free self.

How do we remain in a relationship while doing this work?

We become more honest, more up front, more candid and ready to meet the other at our new place of growth. If the other doesn’t want to grow and cannot do this inner work because of their own inner demons and resistance, then maybe you won’t be able to continue on, but you will be conscious enough to be able to release the other of the expectation to continue on. A healthy relationship is a relationship where each person takes responsibility for their own inner growth and their own inner wounds, doesn’t project their needs nycnaturalawakenings.com

Conscious intimacy starts with how intimate and honest you are with yourself—how sexually connected you are with your needs and your desires. The more unabashed, bare, spontaneous and transparent you can be with yourself, the more you will seek and be around partners who can hold that space with you.

For more information, including online courses, visit DrShefali.com. Her Free to Be course specifically addresses conscious relationship issues.

Sandra Yeyati, J.D., is a professional writer.

Reach her at SandraYeyati@gmail.com.

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Heartfelt Eating Best Foods for a Heart-Healthy Diet

by April Thompson Hypertension affects nearly half of all Americans, increasing the risk for heart disease and stroke, the leading cause of death. We can help mitigate that risk and have a healthy “change of heart” by revamping our diets.

While food fads are constantly changing, the basics of a heart-healthy diet have not, says Cheryl Strachan, a registered dietitian in Calgary, Canada, and founder of SweetSpotNutrition.ca.

Strachan notes the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet has been used to help lower blood pressure and with other heart disease risk factors since its development in the 1990s. The DASH diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, beans and low-fat dairy foods. While it includes lean meat, fish and poultry, it limits sugary foods and fatty meats.

majority of patients: a diet centered around whole-plant foods,” says Greger, adding that the most critical risk factor is elevated LDL cholesterol.

“To drastically reduce LDL cholesterol levels, we need to drastically reduce our intake of trans fat, which comes from processed foods and naturally from meat and dairy; saturated fat, found mainly in animal products and junk foods; and playing a lesser role, dietary cholesterol, found exclusively in animal-derived foods, especially eggs.”

clients where they are rather than trying to force a drastic switch they can’t maintain. “Often, people get very broad advice, like ‘Adopt a plant-based diet,’ but when it comes to

Michelle Routhenstein, a preventive cardiology dietitian and owner of Entirely Nourished, a nutrition counseling practice in New York City, likes to meet

The Mediterranean diet, says Strachan, is another proven regimen for heart health, citing a five-year Spanish study in The New England Journal of Medicine that found the incidence of cardiovascular events was 30 percent lower among participants on this diet, supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts, compared to those assigned a reduced-fat diet.

Michael Greger, a Seattle physician and author of the bestseller How Not to Die, disagrees that meat-based proteins have a place in a heart-healthy diet.

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A Mediterranean diet doesn’t necessarily mean eating dishes specific to that region. “It’s the type of foods that matters: a largely plant-based diet focused on whole grains such as the bulgur in tabouli, legumes, nuts, seeds, olive oil and some animal products like fish, poultry and dairy,” says Strachan.

the heart, you have to find a way of eating you can commit to long term. I start by asking what foods bring them joy, as well as their food dislikes, history and culture.”

For Routhenstein, an optimal diet for the heart includes a healthy balance of good fats, lean protein and the complex carbs that are important sources of fiber. “Research has shown that every additional 10 grams of fiber per day can decrease the risk of coronary heart disease by as much as 25 percent,” by helping the body remove excess cholesterol, says the dietitian and author of The Truly Easy Heart-Healthy Cookbook: Fuss-Free, Flavorful, LowSodium Meals. While fatty foods are sometimes scapegoated for poor health, unsaturated fats are “really good for blood vessel health,” she adds.

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There is a growing awareness of the importance of inflammation-fighting omega-3 fatty acids, particularly in fish like wild salmon, arctic char and sardines.

Routhenstein also advocates omega-9 fatty acids such as in tahini and avocado.

Omega-9s have been shown to help increase HDL “good” cholesterol and decrease LDL “bad” cholesterol while protecting blood vessel health.

Heart attacks often seem to occur suddenly simply because the damage happens gradually and quietly, warns Routhenstein. “Heart disease is progressive, so over time a poor lifestyle and diet can damage blood vessels and accelerate hardening of the arteries that lead to heart attacks,” she warns. “Some damage may not be entirely reversible, but it’s never too late to optimize heart functioning.”

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Halting Hypertension Exercises to Lower High Blood Pressure

by Marlaina Donato

An estimated 75 million American adults have blood pressure high enough to require management, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For people with hypertension, tempering stress responses and limiting consumption of sodium, caffeine, alcohol and sugar can make a difference. Fortifying these lifestyle changes with aerobic exercise, yoga and highintensity interval training (HIIT) can also help prevent and manage worrisome blood pressure readings.

Integrative cardiologist Jack Wolfson, in Paradise Valley, Arizona, points out that the development of hypertension is multicausal. “We are not genetically programmed to develop high blood pressure. Studies over the last 50 years confirm that physically active people have a lower risk of developing high blood pressure. For those with high blood pressure or people with a condition known as pre-hypertension, there is a blood pressure-lowering effect of physical activity.”

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Aside from the value of strength training, walking, cycling and jogging, the Mayo Clinic recommends everyday movement in the form of household chores such as raking leaves, tending a garden or pushing a lawnmower. Cross-country skiing, skating and swimming also pack an aerobic punch. Experts agree that an active lifestyle strengthens the heart, demanding less systemic effort to pump blood, and healthier blood pressure is a result.

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LIFESTYLE EMPHASIS, TARGETED FITNESS “It’s been fascinating to watch clients come in extremely anxious about their high blood pressure number. A few months after consistent training and maintaining a healthier diet, there is a significant change within the body,” says Los Angeles fitness trainer Dominic Kennedy, creator of the new wellness app Dominic Effect. Kennedy recommends beginning with a brisk walk outside or on the treadmill and according to comfort level, bumping up the time each day. He underscores weights for those ready for strength training. “For many of my clients with high blood pressure, I superset their exercises so their heart rate is pumping.

You will be surprised how aerobic weight training can be.”

Wolfson testifies to the benefits of HIIT, which alternates short periods of intense aerobic exercise with less intense recovery periods. “I recommend my patients get 30 minutes of HIIT four to five times per week. The design of a HIIT program must meet the person where they are at in their level of fitness. Whatever physical activity you choose, try to do it outside,” he says. “This way, we get the synergistic benefits of exercise and sunshine to lower your blood pressure. I’ve always told people that there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.”

YOGA FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT Wolfson is also an advocate of yoga for its parasympathetic nervous system support. Research published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology in 2018 shows that yoga, breathwork and stretching all positively impact blood pressure, with the greatest improvements evident from yoga and deep breathing.

“Yoga, no matter the type, is known to promote a sense of calm in the body and mind. A regular practice will help to reduce the effects that stress causes. It may or may not be the only step necessary,” says New York City yoga instructor Gail Grossman, author of Restorative Yoga for Life. She emphasizes personal preferences and staying within your comfort zone, noting, “If you feel stressed because it’s difficult, it won’t benefit you. I personally think restorative yoga, breathwork and meditation are the best practices for high blood pressure.”

For Grossman, there is no such thing as too much yoga, but she recommends not getting overwhelmed with the commitment and having professional guidance for pranayama, or breathwork. “Do what you can. A practice does not have to be a full class, especially in restorative yoga. If you can commit to 20 minutes a day, you will see results, if you are consistent.”

Kennedy underscores that investment pays off. “Many clients have come to me months later when they are in a more normal range and say, ‘We wish we would have started this sooner in life,’ but it’s never too late to start a fitness program. A good personal trainer or coach will help you do it in a safe way and get your body back in shape and healthy.”

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Tools for Inner Peace Exploring Mindfulness and Meditation

by Marlaina Donato

The practices of mindfulness and meditation, although closely related, offer individual, science-backed benefits for both body and psyche. Mindfulness has been shown to amp up immunity and increase gray matter in the brain, and 2018 research published in Experimental Biology shows that just an introductory hour of meditation using breathwork and awareness of thoughts significantly reduced anxiety. The study indicates that when applied regularly, mindfulness minimizes arterial pressure and cardiovascular health risks associated with long-term nervous system stress.

IMMERSION IN THE MOMENT Mindfulness—cultivating present-moment awareness by noticing body sensations, thoughts and details in our environment—not only makes life more enjoyable, but enables us to acknowledge life experiences and emotions without aversion and judgement. Mindfulness techniques are now being used in psychotherapy for insomnia, eating disorders and addictions. Physiological benefits are also significant. Harvard Health Publishing, referencing the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, highlights mindfulness for cardiovascular and gastrointestinal conditions, as well as clinical depression.

For healing arts practitioner Evelyn Hall, in Santa Cruz, California, mindfulness is a lifestyle choice. “When my mind runs off into the future, it can create not only anxiety because I fear the unknown, but also worry about all the ‘what ifs’. When I find myself lost in the past, it can bring me sadness and regret. I have learned from mindfulness that these are just mental habits.”

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Cara Bradley, a mental fitness coach in Philadelphia and author of On the Verge: Wake Up, Show Up and Shine, says, “To be mindful is to show up to experience the moment as it is, with all your senses—when we eat, when we walk, whatever we are doing.”

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DIVING DEEPER While mindfulness can be the simple act of noticing the geometric design of a flower or the variety of tastes on a dinner plate, meditation brings awareness to the deepest levels of consciousness through a variety of focused techniques, including breathwork, chanting, visualization or gazing at a candle flame.

Contrary to common assumption, meditation need not be associated with religious structure. Neuroscientist Tony Nader, who heads the global Transcendental Meditation (TM) organization in 100 countries, underscores, “When you say meditation, there are numerous kinds of meditation with different origins. It can’t be assumed that just because meditation involves the mind that it involves dogma, or that meditation is religious because it has its roots from the Eastern traditions. Over time, some traditions integrated aspects of these ancient techniques into their own religions, yet not all meditations are religious.”

Meditation can bring us into the eye of the storm. “The ocean is a great analogy for understanding different approaches to meditation. Just as the ocean can be turbulent on the surface with innumerable waves and quiet at its depth, so, too, the mind is active on the surface with innumerable thoughts, but it is also naturally, profoundly quiet, deep within.”

TM, taught in personal, one-to-one instruction by a certified instructor, is one of the most thoroughly studied approaches and does not involve breathwork or repetition of chants. “There are 600 scientific research studies about the effectiveness of the Transcendental Meditation technique to develop the full brain—actually, the full potential of the human nervous system,” says Nader.

Today, meditation has moved into the mainstream, with more than 2,500 digital apps offering quick, convenient access to every type and tradition. With names like Calm and Headspace, they were downloaded by more than 52 million first-time users in 2019—and that was before the anxiety-inducing pandemic. Most can be easily customized: InsightTimer, for example, offers 45,000 free meditations that can be sorted by need, duration or style.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Approach to COVID-19

by Michael Biamonte Depending on where you live in the United States, the rise in coronavirus cases may or may not affect you.

Every news outlet seems to have its own opinion, which leaves everyone feeling conflicted about how to move forward with their lives. Without getting into the politics behind the scenes, the fact remains that the virus is real. And we have to protect ourselves.

The good news is that there is a very easily defined at-risk group. Studies have shown that the main people at risk are the elderly and those with pre-existing health conditions.

Traditional Chinese Medicine has been successfully addressing chronic conditions and the immune system for more than 2,000 years.

When the doctors at Wei Laboratories, here in the United States, started testing COVID-infected patients with their respiratory and immune protocols, the results were incredible. They had a success rate of more than 90 percent treating infected patients directly in Wuhan, China. Their recommendations are below.

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Meditation can simply help to lower blood pressure or boost memory, yet it can bring mindfulness to a more spiritual level. “In a meditative state, I can feel how everything around me is alive and communicating with their own tongue and song,” says Hall. “I feel peace, no longer lost in wishing, praying or pleading that things be different. I am free from the burden of having to do something.”

This formula from Wei Labs addresses individuals with suspected or diagnosed coronavirus who are experiencing mild, moderate or even severe symptoms. It contains 20 all-natural herbal ingredients that have been used in clinical trials all over China, including Wuhan. This formula was given to 214 coronary pneumonia patients, after which 90 percent of them experienced relief from symptoms and tested negative for coronavirus.

These products, which are intended to be taken under a doctor’s care, offer a way to stay ahead of coronavirus without exposing yourself to any risky alternatives such as a vaccine, whose long-term side effects will be impossible to determine.

Folks, we may never get to the actual truth of the disease. The very thing we need to do to protect ourselves during this crisis is the exact same thing we needed to do before the virus became our problem: We need to take responsibility for our own health. So if you’ve been struggling with any health issues, now is the time to address them. And if you’re healthy, continue taking the proper supplements that will boost your immune defense against the virus.

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Big Love From Small Animals

The Joy of Furry Little Companions

by Julie Peterson

People think rabbits are quiet carrot-munchers, but they’re much more. Like many other small furry mammals, pet rabbits are expressive, intelligent and enjoy spending time with their humans.

Shana Cobin, a veterinary technician from Foster, Rhode Island, points out that just like dogs and cats, each rabbit is unique. Having had four house bunnies at different times, Cobin enjoyed getting to know each one.

“They can be quite entertaining with their playful antics. My first rabbit, Koko, would come to me and lick my face,” says Cobin. “She also made a purring sound for me, which they actually make by grinding their teeth.”

Just because small animals seem simpler to care for, it should be noted that their health depends on specific diets, bedding, housing, exercise and grooming. Rabbits, for example, have delicate digestive systems. “Feeding the right diet is extremely important,” advises Cobin. “A bunny’s primary diet should be hay, which helps grind down their teeth and is good for their digestion. Dark, leafy greens are also good.” As for carrots, Cobin says half of one is the most one rabbit should have in a day.

appropriate. “House bunnies are curious and very smart, which can be both terrific fun and problematic,” says Cobin, noting that “house-bun” curiosity, coupled with an intense need to chew, can wreak havoc on cords and other items within reach.

“They always have to chew to keep their teeth filed down, but that’s why you give them appropriate things to chew.” Ferrets, members of the weasel family, are also intelligent, and like rabbits, can be trained to use a litter box.

BUYER BEWARE

For first-time pet owners, veterinarians often recommend pets smaller than dogs or cats. These can include a variety of rodents such as hamsters, gerbils, rats and mice, although guinea pigs usually top the list for their general durability, especially with children. Smaller pets can be the furry friend that a family may long for without posing the long-term commitment and higher care costs of a dog or cat.

For those that prefer a small furball that isn’t a rodent, a rabbit may be

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There is more to consider. “People need to think beyond the cute fluff ball,” says Jennifer Miller, a former volunteer with the Animal Humane Society in Minnesota. “Small animal cages need regular cleaning, and ferrets have a natural musky odor to begin with. People start out wanting the cuteness, then they get tired of the work and get tired of the smell. Surrendered animals can be difficult to rehome.” Before adopting a small animal, it’s wise to research the species’ specific care requirements and other information at HumaneSociety.org.

Annual veterinary checkups are something else to plan for, because many animals hide illness symptoms as a survival instinct. Having a small-animal veterinarian in place

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is important in case emergency care is required. “Zoological companion patients are unique and delicate. Their anatomy, physiology and behavior is vastly different from dogs and cats, yet they require the same or more expertise and care,” says veterinarian Scharlet Kelly, medical director at the VCA Acacia Animal Hospital and Pet Resort, in Escondido, California.

HEALTH HELPERS In 2019, the journal Aging & Mental Health published a survey that concluded pets benefit older adults by “providing companionship, giving a sense of purpose and meaning, reducing loneliness and increasing socialisation.”

According to Jeremy Barron, M.D., medical director of the Beacham Center for Geriatric Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, in Baltimore, “Owning a pet provides an amazing array of health benefits.” Indeed, numerous studies have shown that petting an animal can lower blood pressure and heart rate, soothe PTSD, decrease stress hormones and boost serotonin. Simply put, petting animals is not only good for people, it feels good, too.

“Love can come in small packages,” says Liz Warner, a retired teacher in Richmond, Virginia, who adopted Laverne and Shirley, two Peruvian guinea pigs, to keep her company during the isolation of the pandemic.

“I enjoy brushing their long coats and giving them their necessary haircuts.

When I hold them, they kind of purr.

It’s comforting.”

Cobin agrees that pets provide comfort and add joy to the home. “Bunnies do this thing called a binky. My most recent rabbit, Vivian Bucket, would just be hopping around and then she would dart, jump up and twist in the air. It’s what rabbits do when they are happy and playful, and it’s adorable.”

Julie Peterson writes about health and wellness from rural Wisconsin. Reach out at JuliePeterson2222@gmail.com. nycnaturalawakenings.com

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Chiropractor CENTER FOR THE ALIGNMENT OF BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Dr. Gina Marino Wantagh 516-221-3500 Align-Me.com

Dr. Marino utilizes a combination of gentle chiropractic spinal adjustments, Reiki and bodywork to reduce pain, lessen the effects of stress on your system, restore flexibility and ensure optimum vitality.

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POLLACK WELLNESS INSTITUTE 66 Commack Rd, Commack NY 631-462-0801 • PollackWellness.com

Dr. David L Pollack specializes in functional nutrition which is the science of helping repair and restore the body naturally without the use of drugs and surgery. Many of his clients were frustrated with their past health care; conventional or holistic. Most seek help with their thyroid, weight loss, digestive disorders, hormone imbalances including infertility, menstrual & Low T. We accept those with or without diagnosis, complex and simple disorders. Most insurance policies accepted for many services. See ads, pages 5 & 37

Cancer Center CENTER FOR CANCER LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT (CCLM)

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Conscious Centers AUM SHANTI BOOKSHOP

230 E 14th St, NYC 212-260-2866 • AumShantiBookshop.com Aum Shanti Bookshop is a community-oriented spiritual gallery providing offerings that inspire clarity, guidance and inspiration on one’s journey.

They offer high-vibration, reikicharged and spiritually energized items such as a semi-precious gems and tumbled stones, one-of-a kind rare crystal specimens and clusters, beautifully handcrafted jewelry made with love and empowering energy. Join for tarot, psychic and astrology readings.

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NAMASTE BOOKSHOP & HEALING CENTER 2 W 14th St, NYC 212-645-0141 NamasteBookshop.com

Namaste Bookshop and Healing Center offers a unique and large selection of Eastern and Western philosophy books, tarot cards, crystals, pendulums, calendars, wind chimes, incense, greeting cards, yoga accessories, meditation cushions, instructional and music CDs and DVDs, salt lamps, and 20 sections of books – including Spanish. The event space above the bookshop holds classes, workshops and book signings, and provides rooms for regular readers and practitioners.

UNITED PALACE OF SPIRITUAL ARTS 4140 Broadway, NYC 212-568-6700 • UPSpiritualArts.org

As an inclusive spiritual community, the United Palace of Spiritual Arts seeks to cultivate compassion, wisdom, and peace through spiritual practices born of the great wisdom traditions, sacred service, and joyous connection to spirit through music, arts and entertainment. Join us online for weekly nondenominational services, a virtual sanctuary, and more!

Counseling & Mental Wellness MICHAEL MONGNO, MFT, PH.D, LP

Present Centered Therapies Upper West Side • 212-799-0001 DrMongno@PresentCenteredTherapies.com PresentCenteredTherapies.com Michael Mongno MFT, Ph.D LP is a licensed psychoanalyst, marriage and family therapist, and holistic counselor based in Manhattan. Committed to creating a real difference in the world, his “Real change in real time” describes the dynamic, effective synthesis of personal growth and spiritual transformation.

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Through its Monroe, NY, Wellness Center, Health Healing Energy Ph.D. has developed a line of natural cleansing and detoxification products based on ancient healing protocols. Its DIY kits make it easy to achieve health goal. See ad, page 11

The Biamonte Center for Clinical Nutrition 2185 34th Ave, Suite 14D Astoria, NY 11106 347-523-4703 NewYorkCityCandidaDoctor.com Michael Biamonte has been in practice for over 30 years, is the author of “The Candida Chronicles” and is a World Recognized Candida elimination expert. His office has proprietary software developed for NASA that helps identify and treat all nutritional deficiencies. Offering both online and In-Person appointments. See ad, page 25

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Private lessons and workshops: voice, breathing and Alexander Technique. Jean McClelland has more than 40 years’ experience as a performer and teacher. She has helped thousands of students free their bodies, strengthen their breathing, and uncover the natural beauty of their voices. See ad, page 24

THE RACHLIN CENTER

Ami Shah, M.D. office: 516-873-7773; mobile 516-322-5682 927 Willis Ave., Albertson, NY At the Rachlin Center, we help every patient achieve optimum well-being by developing strategies for addressing their health risks and producing the most successful results. Our workups include a thorough evaluation of bloodwork and cardiovascular risk, and a tailored wellness program unique to each client. See ad, page 8

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Holistic Dentistry CARIODONTAL

A Place for Dental Wellness Jonathan Richter DDS, FAGD Specializing in Periodontics and Implantology Periodontal Prosthesis, and Fixed Prosthodontics 310 E Shore Rd, Great Neck • 516-282-0310 We welcome you to come in for a comprehensive exam of teeth, gums, early detection, and oral health problems. We offer the following services: holistic dental care, mercury-free dentistry, TMJ disorder and treatment, treatment for sleep disorders, Invisalign and orthodontics, dental implant, sleep apnea.

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What is made by nature is always going to be better than what is artificially made. This is why at Nature’s Dental the conservation of your natural tooth structure—the Biomimetic approach to dentistry—is at the core of our minimally invasive practice philosophy.

Silverstream Synergy focuses on naturopathic medicine, digestive issues, nutrition counseling, preventive care, and lifestyle coaching. Specializing in finding the right diet to heal your gut wall, remove the harmful bacteria in your system and replenish the good bacteria through the right diet and supplements. See ad, page 11

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TRIBECA CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HOLISTIC DENTISTS 17 Park Place, NYC 212-732-2200 • Holistic-Dentists.com

Dr. Lewis Gross has more than 31 years’ experience providing holistic dentistry to adults and children with his staff of dental specialists and integrative practitioners.

Offering less invasive and more natural solutions for patients with difficult dental issues and those who seek just a good family dentist. Our recently renovated, state-of-the-art facility, offers among other things, laser dentistry, metal-free implants, non-invasive oral cancer screening, ozone and alternatives to surgery and root canal.

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Many of his clients were frustrated with their past health care; conventional or holistic. Most seek help with their thyroid, weight loss, digestive disorders, hormone imbalances including infertility, menstrual & Low T. We accept those with or without diagnosis, complex and simple disorders. Most insurance policies accepted for many services. See ads, pages 5 & 37

Ophthalmologist ENVISION HEALTH NYC Rudrani Banik, M.D. 950 Fifth Avenue, NYC 646-820-2074 info@rudranibanikmd.com RudranIBanikMD.com

Dr. Banik is a board-certified Ophthalmologist specializing in Integrative and Functional Medicine. She helps prevent vision loss from common conditions such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetes, and cataracts, naturally, without drugs or surgeries. A holistic approach using eye-smart nutrition, botanicals, supplements, and lifestyle choices.

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Utilizing Naturopathic Medicine to help her patients feel better naturally. Many illnesses can be treated by nutrition, botanicals, and nutraceuticals.

Dr. Finker provides personalized health care solutions for her patients. See ad, page 14

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Ozone Therapy DR. HOWARD ROBINS

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Psychic CLAIRVOYANT READINGS & CLASSES 516-423-1794 • Tori@YourPsychicSelf.net YourPsychicSelf.net

Tori Quisling, MEd, offers Clairvoyant Readings, Psychic Development classes. Over 20 years experience, training at the Berkeley Psychic Institute, Tori assists you in deep spiritual answers, past lives, relationships and energy balance. See ad, page 7

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