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The body needs a continuous supply of 50 or more nutrients, none of which it can make for itself. Deficiency in any one of these nutrients affects the overall function of the body. 

All kinds of interventions into our health, be they allopathic (medical) or vitalistic (holistic), buy us time to shift habits that no longer serve us. These habits can be recurring negative thoughts, fears and limiting beliefs, or it can be taking in foods and chemicals that cause deficiency or toxicity, stressing the organ meridians that perpetuate and reinforce the fear-based emotions and self-perceptions that keep us small and safe.

I believe what you eat is an essential component of the self-healing process. For chronic joint pain, I work with patients to identify contributing causes, of which certain foods, improperly processed by a compromised digestive system, can be a culprit. 

The life coaching field is booming because healing is really a byproduct of a person coming to clarity and alignment with their life purpose, with increasing moments of inner peace, self-acceptance/love, wholeness and joy that comes out of that alignment. Chronic dis-ease, discomfort, and pain are really synchronistic opportunities to feel into the places where we experience constriction, tension, fear. 

Glucose is the energy that humans were designed to run on. We source our glucose from the digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. The body uses insulin to keep our blood glucose in a narrow range, allowing the brain to function at its best. If insulin levels are too high, due to chronic excess sugar and carbohydrate consumption, this keeps sugar in our cells and starves the brain of fuel, leading the brain to want more sugar. 

I recently addressed participants of the Behavioral Health TeleEcho Clinic, a virtual learning community for behavioral health professionals in Hawai`i and the Pacific. The talk, entitled, The Intersection of Emotions, Nutrition, Vagal Tone and Organ Health in Holistic Healing was well received! For those who want a more in depth look as to why I do what I do as a holistic doctor, chiropractor and reiki master, read on!

I love food! Especially Filipino comfort foods which remind me of home. Unfortunately many of our recipes include a generous seasoning of MSG. I will never forget the day a delicious dish of mongo guisado (mung bean soup) landed me with one of the worst headaches of my life. It ended up being my first migraine.

For those folks who have discovered EFT/Tapping and/or who have developed a powerful self reflective/meditative practice, the promise of working through charged emotions is a way of enlightening the heaviness of suffering, to transforming from a place of surviving to touching the creativity that underlies your ability to thrive! Transformation of a wound can lead you to identifying and valuing the superpowers you created as a result of it, which oftentimes gives you clues to your unique purpose in this world.