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RN Advice: Big Fat Gratitude

November 2, 2014 by

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When was the last time you thanked your body for storing or getting fat?  Not something you are thankful for?  Think again.  Fat on our bodies is a wonderful thing.  Really it is.  Fat in and on our bodies offer a layer of protection to our bones and organs to cushion from injury.  It also […]

RN Advice: What is Disease?

October 13, 2014 by

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As an emergency room nurse, I was pretty sure that I understood the concept of disease. I had definitely seen my share of illness, had an advanced degree and specialized certifications.  What I knew was that patients had disease because of family history, lack of attention to their bodies, or sometimes just random luck it […]

RN Advice: Stroke – Is it Just for the Old?

September 3, 2014 by

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As I was contemplating the topic of my article this month, I learned that a dear former (young) co-worker was admitted to the hospital for stroke symptoms. Wow is all I could say. How could this be? Even I associate this disease with old people! Then I remembered a conversation earlier in the month from […]

RN Advice: My Guts are Leaking?

August 3, 2014 by

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Leaky gut is a fairly new identified phenomenon that was discovered in the late 1990’s by Dr. Alessio Fasano.  All of the 80+ autoimmune disorders, as well as multiple cancers and neurological conditions must have 3 components to develop the disease; an environmental trigger, a genetic disposition and a leaky gut.  While the pathology of […]

RN Advice: Thyroid Disease: Another Autoimmune Disease?

July 1, 2014 by

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This past month I participated in The Thyroid Summit listening to many great speakers such as Dr. Tom O’Bryan, Magdalena Wszelaki, certified nutritional coach, and Dr. Jill Carnahan, to name a few.  Even as a nurse, I found this Summit absolutely eye opening. The thyroid is considered the master gland and every other cell depends […]

RN Advice: All About Gallstones

June 2, 2014 by

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by: Peggi Ingram, RN BSN Ten to 15 percent of people in the United States have been diagnosed with gallstone at one time or another and many more have gallstones with no symptoms.  Gall bladder disease is on the rise and it is no wonder with the obesity epidemic and eating habits in the United […]

RN Advice: Wrist Tendonitis

April 1, 2014 by

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Detox frequently shows up as joint pain and part of my detox from my colonoscopy last July showed up as wrist pain.  First the pain was only during yoga (weight bearing) then becoming more intense and interfering with opening jars, lifting pans and other daily activities.  Some days were good and some were extremely difficult.  […]

RN Advice: Comfortable Change

March 3, 2014 by

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Have you ever noticed that some people sail through change with little upset and others have such intense disdain/upset for any little change to their normal routine? As a young child, I would move my room around every month.  It felt good to come into my room and see it from a different perspective.  I […]

RN Advice: What is YOUR Focus?

February 3, 2014 by

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  This past weekend I did a workshop titled Come Alive: Ignite your Existence by Awakening to your Destiny.  What was so powerful about this workshop was the conversation that ensued around the 3 things that we most focused on in the last week.  I will ask you this now.  Take just a couple of […]

RN Advice: Mindless Munching

December 27, 2013 by

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Do you grab a breath mint or piece of gum after meals? Driving in the car? Between meals just to chomp on something?  Do you think this mindless habit is ok because they are sugar free and have no calories?  Interesting because that is exactly what I thought.  No big deal, right?  It seemed that […]