The Circle of Life

The great thing about blogging is that I can write about whatever I want, as God and Spirit moves me. Tonight, I am being prodded and nudged to write about the Circle of Life—from the cradle to the grave. It seems that there are many tired souls who are moving on to that place of being free from the tethers of painful bodies, worn out joints, broken hearts, and a general lack of quality of life.  Then there are those who are taken suddenly—in the morning sun, they played and laughed and smiled and at sunset they had left and gone to the place where there is always sunshine, never pain, and where they can be reunited with all of those who have gone to be free before them.  

Dr. Kathi & Karamia

I am grieving the losses of my good friends and pets and family—who have chosen this time of year to move on.  My mentor, Dr. Victor Frank of TBM (Total Body Modification),  my patients and friends—who I can’t name here because of HIPAA regulations (but you know who you are), my granddaughter, Daxie—who would have been 18 this year, and now, on January 1^st, my beloved friend and pet, Karamia.   Kara, who was chasing kitties and loving life early on January 1, had a stomach torsion/colic and she was gone before the end of the day.  Kara used to be a daily fixture at the clinic—until she decided that small children were better for eating than tolerating. Honestly, I can sometimes see her point. (But it is usually because the kids don’t have enough discipline and boundaries.)  I have often observed that if everyone’s kids were as well-behaved as my dogs, the world would be a much more peaceful and loving place.  Animals like to know their boundaries and rules and so do kids… Just an observation.  Kara is now free to be at the clinic or chasing kitties or her red ball—forever.  Just as my human friends and families are now “free to move about the plane”—minus the pain of bodies that are worn out or the daily life traumas that bring pain on a mental and emotional level.

I think that it is a mean trick that God plays on us, when he gives us our beloved dogs and cats who only live 10-14 years on average. They are wonderful companion animals who teach us about “unconditional love.” Even if you are in a bad mood and ignore them, they still love you and want to be with you.  Parrots on the other hand—who have the potential to be “one person” birds and can be mean as a snake--they live freakin forever! You have to “will” your parrot to someone because they live to be over 75 years old!  I have several scars from my parrot (who did not die, but escaped out the door one day), but NO scars from any of my dogs—except on my heart when they moved on to be free forever.

And as the beloved depart, there are the babies that are born, growing, learning, teaching us about life and the possibilities yet to come. Wonderful things to look forward to…. Hope, Faith and Love—and the Greatest of these is LOVE.

None of us are getting out of here alive in the body we are inhabiting. That is one of the “true-isms” of spiritual beings living in physical bodies.  There are “Angels among us.” Pay close attention. You can hear them if you listen.  Thank You. Amen.

Gaining Extra Weight During the Holidays?

The prevalent conversations in the past couple of weeks seem to be centered around, "Are you ready for Christmas?" and "I really need to be thinking about losing some weight after the holidays!—I can't believe that I have already gained 5 pounds and it is not even Christmas yet!"

The stress of Christmas and shopping and family gatherings, reduced sleep, erratic eating, and those awesome holiday parties can take their toll rather quickly on our metabolism.  When our adrenal glands get stressed and we move into "Fight or Flight" it quickly raises our cortisol levels and turns off our fat burning hormones.  This happens consistently in the days before Thanksgiving, the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas and then that week between Christmas and New Year's Day.

Start thinking NOW about how to boost your immune system following the holidays and how to shift your body from the stress of "Running from the 'Holiday Bear'" into a more balanced sense of "Rest and Digest."  Your body cannot heal in the Fight or Flight mode of operation.  It is imperative that you understand "what" it takes to shift into the more relaxed Rest and Digest part of your nervous system.

To shift into Rest and Digest, begin by:

• Changing your diet preferences—make a rainbow of different colored veggies on your plate—every day. 
• Increase your water and decrease your caffeine, sodas, and alcohol. 
• Eat lean protein—limit high glycemic index foods and simple carbohydrates. 
• Get more rest! 
• And…if you are in our area, call us and attend one of our free educational seminars that will tell you about other ways to turn on your fat burning hormones and boost your immune system to achieve optimal health!  Texas Weight Loss Strategies, located at 2510 Little Road, Arlington, Texas, 76016.

Send me an email: drkathi@getthintexas.com and we will get you registered!

 

Build Your Immune System...Your # 1 Line of Defense Against Germs, Viruses, and Bacteria

Why do some people get sick and stay sick most of the winter?  Why do some teachers, flight

attendants, doctors and nurses seemingly NEVER get sick?  Why are school age kids more susceptible to colds and viruses?

These questions open up enough discussions to fill a book. In fact, they have filled many books!  The bottom line is that your immune system--which over 90% of your immune function comes from your gut, your digestive system and your colon.  If you digest foods completely, if you maintain the correct acid/alkaline balance, if you avoid foods that are filled with hormones, additives, preservatives, pesticides, and foods that come in bags, boxes or cans, then you are well on your way to supporting your immune function.  And in supporting the immune function, you make your body stronger and better able to fight off those attackers such as viruses and bacteria.

Many of the teachers that are my patients routinely begin taking immune boosting supplements and herbs when the school year begins.  Some of their favorites include a product manufactured by Premier Research Labs, Arlington, Texas, called Nucleo Immune.  They take one per day. However, if they have many students sick, or begin feeling a bit "off", they step that dose up to about 3-4 per day.

Another popular item in our clinic is a liquid Liposomal Vitamin C.  Linus Pauling, who received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the research of Vitamin C, discovered that Vitamin C, taken in large doses would knock out a cold or virus in seemingly record time.  The challenge with some forms of Vitamin C, is that if you take enough to wipe out the virus, you could very well end up with a case of diarrhea--equally unpleasant and unpredictable if one must work away from home. However, Liposomal C has a delivery system that goes into the cells more quickly, bypassing the gastric disturbances; so, one can take much more without the deleterious side effects.  A teaspoon of Liposomal C, taken every 20 minutes at the first sign of illness can dramatically shorten the lifespan of the illness that is trying to take hold in your body.

Colloidal Silver is another popular liquid immune defense and bacteria fighting product. We utilize several forms in our clinic--Nature's Sunshine makes an amazing gel that can be used as a hand sanitizer (good for about 4 hours) and can also be put on a Q-Tip and swabbed into the nasal passages. This helps to repel unwanted bacteria from entering the respiratory system.  Another great Colloidal Silver product comes from a company called Silver Wings and comes in multiple dilutions/strengths. We have these products on hand at Health By Hands
Wellness.

Last but certainly not least--WASH your hands OFTEN!!!  Use the anti-bacterial wipes offered at grocery stores to wipe the handles of the grocery carts. Have you seen how many kids literally chew and try to cut their teeth on the handles of shopping carts? These are the same kids that just got picked up at day-care exposed to 50 other kids with snotty noses and coughs!  Use the Silver Gel on your hands after you wash them!!  The Silver Gel is much better than the synthetic and chemically toxic hand sanitizers that are on the market. Wipe off pens, counters and DOOR KNOBS AND HANDLES and apply Silver Gel to them as well.

Get a humidifier--when the heater is turned on, the air becomes dry and creates a situation in your respiratory system and nasal passages that is a perfect breeding ground for "bugs". Running a humidifier in the bedroom or a whole house unit will also help alleviate sore throats, sinus drainage and upper respiratory system issues.  Just be sure to clean it regularly---you don't want to be growing mold in your humidifier--cleanliness is very important!

Drink plenty of good, clean water (a quart for every 50 pounds of your body weight) and decrease sugar as much as possible!  Teach your children to do these things! Keep your house and home as clean and clear as possible!

Here's to your Better Health and a Happy Immune System!!!

Why Are So Many People Sick?

 

The Monday after the Thanksgiving Holiday -- as I was looking at my half empty schedule for the clinic patients who had cancelled due to colds and flu, I asked the question, "Why are so many people sick right now?  They were fine 2 weeks ago--what has changed??" And then, that "thought bubble" above my head replied, "Think of this..."  And, these are the thoughts that proceeded to be downloaded in rapid succession into my words.

"How much have our food choices, habits and locales changed in the last 10 days?" (Thanksgiving Holiday) special and favorite foods, yummy "sweet treats", time with family and friends--often traveling, sharing close quarters with lots of hugs and kisses, strange beds, convenience store bathrooms when on the road, lack of rest--and throw in some extreme weather changes and Voila'--a perfect breeding ground for bacteria and viruses!!!  At exactly the time when we should be ramping up our immune systems with EXTRA Tender Loving Care--we have abandoned those efforts in favor of our immediate gratification society of pleasure and comfort and self-medicating with food and drink and fun. Sugar and all of the sweetness that we believe it brings to our lives--those "comfort" foods we share with family and loved ones are leading us down the path to illness and dis-ease.  And don't forget that fact, that with the colder weather, many of us have forgotten to drink an adequate amount of water; i.e. a quart for every 50 pounds of body weight.  Much easier in the Summer--something we have to "plan" in the Winter months.

We will, in the next few days, be looking at some of the things that can be done to help your immune system shift into "high gear" for the remainder of the Winter and the proverbial "cold and flu" season. Come and visit us again and...go get a glass of water and "pass" on those servings of candy, pie, or cookies!  Your immune system will thank you!!!!!

Introducing Texas Weight Loss Strategies

Dr. Kathi Perry has added a new element, Texas Weight Loss Strategies to the services offered at Health by Hands Wellness Center, Arlington, Texas. 

Dr. Kathi says, "For some time now I have felt the missing component, of our total wellness approach to health, has been weight loss. I cannot tell you the number of patients who have said: I know I would feel better if I could just get this weight off."  

After two years of research Dr. Kathi has selected a program she feels is the most comprehensive approach to weight loss, available today. This weight loss strategy is a proven program, which not only delivers on the promise to help the patient lose weight, but will improve your overall health and help you keep the weight off.  

Dr. Kathi's husband, Craig, has retired from Boeing in order to manage the program. He will also be conducting weight loss seminars.

Call the clinic phone: 817-930-0600 or TWLS phone: 972-975-TWLS (8957) to reserve your space at the next seminar or schedule a consultation! We look forward to introducing you to a major breakthrough in weight loss!

 

Osteoporosis: Finding the Answers

Bone is a live tissue and constantly regenerating or degenerating!

More than 10 million people in the United States, most of them women, suffer from osteoporosis, a debilitating bone disease in which the bones become porous and fragile and may then break.  

While osteoporosis is most common in women after menopause, elderly men are also affected.
Osteoporosis has no early symptoms, and it is not usually diagnosed until after age 50 and after a fracture occurs.  Because the symptoms -- stooped posture, brittle bones, pain with movement -- are considered by many as simply the result of aging, the majority of people with osteoporosis don't know they suffer from the disease.

Early diagnosis is still the best tool for preventing and treating osteoporosis. To determine if you have osteoporosis, your doctor may arrange for you to have a bone density test measurement scan. Bone density measurements are helpful in deciding whether to begin a prevention or treatment program. Bone density measurement scans use low-dose radiation, less than one-tenth the radiation from a standard chest X-ray...and take only minutes to perform.

Can Osteoporosis be reversed? Yes! The scientifically tested protocols of the BStrong4Life System have been proven to increase strength, balance, bone-mineral density while improving an individual's overall quality of life.

BStrong4Life is the only program available that has the potential to help reverse the aging of your structure by strengthening your entire musculoskeletal system.  BStrong4Life Arlington at Health By Hands Wellness Center is the Bone Health Resource for Arlington and surrounding area.  

Amazingly, just once a week, a 20 minute session has the potential to increase your bone density, and may help to reverse the effects of osteoporosis, strengthen your spine, and improve your athletic performance! 

 

For more information that may help in reversing the effects of osteoporosis as well as strengthening your muscles, bones, and spine...contact Health By Hands for Bone Health Treatment and Therapies with the Bstrong4Life System, Arlington, Texas! Clinic phone number: 817-930-0600. 

 

Say Goodbye to Gluten: Over 200 Clinically Confirmed Reasons to Avoid Wheat

By: PF Louis, NaturalNews

 

This title is the same as a recent GreenMedInfo. com. It contains a list of over 200 health problems, with celiac disease at the top and including many more not normally associated with gluten intolerance.

The author and founder of GreenMedInfo.com, Sayer Ji, prefers the term gluten toxicity to gluten sensitivity or gluten intolerance... "in order to shift the focus away from the victim back to the aggressor, the gluten itself."

Sayer Ji's GreenMedInfo.com article lists all the disorders linked to gluten. They are hyperlinked to articles and abstracts of clinical studies recorded in MedLine since 1971.   

 

Explaining the attack on wheat and other grains 

Negative reports on wheat and other grains have risen considerably in the past decade. The dramatic rise of celiac disease, a chronic gut inflammation that destroys intestinal villi (tiny tubes) responsible for absorbing nutrients, has been a major focus.

 

The gluten toxicity that brings on Celiac disease and other autoimmune reactions is mostly from peptides contained in gluten known as gliadin proteins, which damage the intestinal tract.

In addition to Celiac disease, which if undetected leads to malnutrition that creates other diseases, gluten toxicity can result in several other manifestations of poor health, including chronic fatigue and mental disorders.

Lectins, sticky proteins common to all plants for self defense, are a prominent feature of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA). In addition to flattening out intestinal villi and causing Celiac, they can penetrate gut linings and create leaky gut.

Once lectins get into the blood stream, they can bind to leptin receptors, blocking the leptin sensitivity that lets you know you've had enough to eat, creating a sluggish metabolism, and disrupting insulin balance. In other words, it leads to obesity and diabetes.

So how did the "staff of life" become a week of disease?
This situation has permeated almost all nations. There are some exceptions; for instance, most of Europe doesn't permit chemically bleaching flour to produce white bread. They use sunlight to "bleach" wheat.

For starters, wheat is not the same today. It has been hybrid over time to resist fungus, grow more quickly, and be more pliable for industrial bread baking. 50 years or so ago, wheat contained only five percent gluten. Today, it is 50 percent gluten.

The food industry's concern for production efficiency and perception of consumer demands has focused on the bottom line with the usual disregard to the negative health consequences of fellow humans. Breads and other baked goods are hastily produced with additives and short cuts that are actually toxic.

In the UK, some of Europe, and North America, slightly different high speed methods of baking evolved over time. By adding "improvers" with usually toxic additives and mixing the dough violently, loaves of bread could be baked, cooled, and packaged within a few short hours.

Agricultural resources then sped up the hybrid process for wheat to accommodate the baking industry's mechanical requirements of pliable proteins, leading to the 10-fold increase of wheat's gluten since that time.      

 

Having your cake and eating it too 

Not all of us are prepared to go strictly Paleo and exclude all grains and legumes. Some of us still prefer not to eat animals, and if the food supply bottom falls out, many aren't ready and able to kill and skin deer or other animals to survive.

Grains such as rice and dried legumes are easy to hoard and use for survival if the store shelves become empty overnight. The common concern for rice and legumes is phytates or phytic acid, which can block minerals from being absorbed in our bodies.

Overnight soaking, a prerequisite for cooking dry beans, has been known to minimize phytates, or phytic acid. Rice can be soaked overnight as well. The process of cooking itself reduces phytic acid.

Using sprouted wheat flour can ameliorate some of WGA's toxicity. Baking with sourdough starters instead of normal baker's yeast can help also, while combining both may be optimum (http://www.foodrenegade.com). It appears Whole Foods bakery does so.

Wheat's gluten toxicity is reduced by sourdough starters properly fermented for 24 hours or more. A University of Alberta Canadian cereal microbiologist, Michael Gaenzle, suggests that sourdough bread, homemade or from a trusted bakery, may be at least a solution for gluten toxicity.

He referred to a study where recovered Celiac patients suffered no consequences from eating fermented (sourdough) wheat bread for two days. Those who ate regularly produced wheat bread did have a relapse.

The demand for continuing at least a partial grain diet safely has inspired one company, Vitamin Research Products to offer a natural supplement called Lectin Lock, which they claim will help reduce WGA gummy lectins.

Chronic health issues may or may not be from WGA toxicity. Katherine Czapp, whose WATF article is linked below, suggests testing for Celiac disease with Enerolab. (https://www.enterolab.com/default.aspx)