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Last evening Steven Stitiler OMD gave a presentation on Respiritory Diseases and the best ways to help patients avoid and recover from lung focused illnesses.
Among the topics covered were, Allergic Rhinitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Cough, Influenza, and of course the Common Cold.
The remedies are built on a firm philosophical foundation and use combination resonance, multi-potentization, gem essences, Bach flowers, and relevent herbal tinctures.
We have nothing to fear from Influenza, H1N1, but we should do everything we can to nurish our immune function. The most common fault is being overwhelmed with stress and not doing the necessary activities to recover. Eating balanced and nutritious meals, sleeping 7-9 hours daily, nurishing spiritual and emotional aspects of ourselves, and getting daily invigorating exercise. We also discussed the intrusive effect of chemicals in the environment that have a disruptive effect on immune capacity. That is why it is vital that we focus on Detox pathways and keep them open.

I recommended that you follow a detox method to promote the elimination of unwanted chemicals and environmental and dietary toxins from the body to promote your optimum health.
This is a sample list of allowed foods:
Fruit
Unsweetened Fresh or frozen fruit.
Vegetables
All fresh vegetables. Vegetables thought to be particularly good detox foods include broccoli, cauliflower, broccoli sprouts, onions, garlic, artichokes, beets, red and green vegetables.
Other Grains
Amaranth, millet, and buckwheat can be used instead of rice. They can be purchased at a health food store or in some grocery stores.
Beans
Split yellow and green peas and lentils are easiest to digest and require the least soaking time. Other good options include kidney beans, pinto beans, mung beans, garbanzo beans (chickpeas) and adzuki beans.
Nuts and Seeds
Unsalted nuts or seeds can be sprinkled over salads or eaten as a snack. Good options include flaxseed, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, cashews and walnuts. Nut butters are permitted. Peanuts and peanut butter are usually not recommended.
Oil
Extra-virgin olive oil is a preferred oil.
Condiments
Celtic sea salt, vinegar, tamari, all herbs or spices.
Tea
Herbal teas, green tea.
Other Beverages
Water, lemon water, pure unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices, rice milk
Daily Detox Do’s
• Drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water per day, warm or room temperature.
• Take the time to chew food well, especially grains.

The question we should be asking when confronted with an illness is… what is my body trying to say, and what is my body trying to do.
The rationale is this:
Your body is programmed and motivated to heal or in other words restore itself. This capability has evolved over not just your lifetime but for eons. We share this unique quality with a myriad of life forms. Unless you have studied human physiology in some detail, you probably cannot appreciate the biochemical, and mechanical events that take place when even the most minor paper cut occurs. Enough drama to fill an entire episode of 60 minutes happens flawlessly, brilliantly, and you hardly notice.
That example exists at one extreme end of a continuum that waxes so complex as to elude feeble understanding. If we only knew how fantastic our body is, and how capable of recovery.
So back to the naming….
We do like to name things, and somehow in the naming we think we understand. The truth is we have very little understanding when it comes to the very important question of “WHY.”
Why cancer, why heart disease, why arthritis, why Alzheimers? Should we not be obsessed with finding the contributing factors in order to eliminate them?
I think that one of the main reasons that I am a holistic physician, is that I appreciate the effects of toxic environmental factors, whose prevalence is global, and whose influence is unavoidable. We are immersed in a toxic soup. It is essential that doctors and those individuals providing health care and advice, be more curious and ask the important questions. Why is a good start.

My philosophy is simple: individuals require personalized meaningful attention. It takes time to identify a problem. And its takes time to bring about change. As a practitioner, I understand that by working together with my patient, better treatment outcomes are possible. .

I will be adding content to my blog to help inform the community about alternative medicine.  Please check back often and please feel free to Contact Me  if you ever have any questions.

Stephen