Natural Health Help

The quality of the foods you eat is most important to your health. But how you eat, that is how you feel, what atmosphere you are in, also matters a lot in terms of getting the most out of your meals. Creating the best physical and emotional environment helps you to digest well and actually absorb the food you are eating. Here are some suggestions for how to eat in the best possible way. Read the rest of this entry »

Depression is one of the top five conditions that people want to self-treat with non-drug therapies. St John’s wort (SJW) is one of the best known plant medicines. It is effective for a number of conditions, including mild to moderate depression. Read the rest of this entry »

Logan Smith has died. This not-quite 10 year old was in his mother’s arms when the kidney cancer he traveled with for 7 months ended his life. His family has spent these months knit tightly around him. His 2 brothers, his mom and her partner, all nested in and went with him as far as anyone possibly can, on the journey we will all take. Surrounding them is a larger community of family and friends and care providers that has been present with practical and energetic loving support. It has been at times unspeakably agonizing to stay present to the death journey of this child. Witnessing the love that was poured out in response to these demands, especially on and from his Mom, and on his closest family, and the relentless fortitude and attention they have paid to every moment with Logan, is a source of learning and inspiration that now reverberates through many lives. Read the rest of this entry »

Essential Oils can be powerful medicine to help you fall asleep. Your sense of smell, and the olfactory nerve are a major pathway defining your mood and your physical energy. Essential oils are a safe, effective and non-drug method you can use to produce a deep, restful sleep. They are great when added to an Epsom salt bath or infused into your room. Read the rest of this entry »

If you arrived here through my main practice website, drnandunne.com, you may have seen the new notice in the upper left corner. It says “Please help 9 year old Logan Smith fight his cancer”. Logan is a regular kid, part of a regular family here in my town, Missoula, MT. He has kidney cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

If you have trouble sleeping, nutritional supplements, herbs, aromatherapy, exercise, psychotherapy or prescription medication are some of the ways you can help yourself. Quite often, changes in habits are all that is needed to improve sleep. Read the rest of this entry »

It is clear that carrying too much extra fat will hurt you. Fat cells are not simple sacks of nothing much. In fact they are tiny factories for making chemical trouble in your body- inflammation being the #1 cause of the trouble. Normal inflammation is an essential part of healing and health- but too much inflammation is the beginning of major illnesses. The damage to your blood vessel walls that results in hardening of your arteries, and leads to high blood pressure and heart attacks, starts as inflammation. Chronic pain like arthritis in your knees or your low back, bursitis of your shoulders or hip joint, gut ulcers and sinusitis are just some of the ways that inflammation causes disease and discomfort. The more extra fat you have, the more inflammation you create in your body every day.

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Virtually any nutrient deficiency can contribute to the experience of depression, anxiety and accompanying insomnia. The following list illustrates just some of the problems associated with deficiencies of basic anti-oxidant vitamins:

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Many common symptoms, for instance headaches, sinus congestion, aches and pains, skin problems, low energy and flat moods as well as anxiety, to name just a few, can be caused by intolerance to certain foods. Foods are powerful chemicals that effect our ablity to fight off infections. What we eat will alter our moods and energy levels as well.

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Your responses to the following satements may indicate the presence of depression. Becoming aware of your responses to these staymentss can also help you track changes as you take steps to address your mood experience.

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