Copy, paste and print. Keep this sheet handy as a reference. Prevention Essential oil spray for the yard. Many pest control companies provide this service. Wear light colored clothing. Treat pets with tick collars. Keep yard clean. Ticks Bug spray when you go out. Re-apply herbals every hour. Lemon grass and geranium have best evidence for efficacy. Tick check frequently and when your return inside. Family body-check at night. Ticks travel up until they can’t any more. … [Read more...]
Lyme Disease Prevention Resources
Identify Ticks in Your Area www.tickencounter.org : This is a great site to learn all about ticks, their habitat and how to reduce your risk of exposure. Tick Testing Tick testing is most helpful for researchers. The information gleaned fro a specimen can be helpful in knowing what types of infections you may be carrying form a recent tick bite, however, there is no way of being sure that the tick transmitted an infection to you. www.tickreport.com : … [Read more...]
What to do if President Obama Gets a Cold
What if I were the Obama Family Physician? How come we never see President Obama give a news conference with a tissue or hear how he has to cancel a state dinner because he is sick in bed with the flu? Being the President of the USA has got to be stressful and his immune system is sure to be suffering from those stresses, unless… he is on some heavy cold and flu symptom relief, taking super drugs that the public isn’t aware of or has a physician that is taking very good care of him. I don’t … [Read more...]
Lyme Disease Diet: Quick and Easy Ideas for Success
I’ve been preparing to run a series of classes about nutrition for the Lyme disease diet. In preparation for this program I am reading a book by Dr. Nicola McFadzean, ND called The Lyme Diet. The book is easy to read and full of great ideas for those that suffer from chronic Lyme disease. One of the chapters is called “Quick and Easy Ideas for Success”. The ideas are very simple and can be applied to anyone thinking of changing their diet. I wanted to share them with you so you could get a head … [Read more...]
Lyme Disease at My Home!
There have been a lot of changes in my life recently-we moved back to my home county (Ulster County, NY), we adopted a baby girl, I opened a business, and we bought a house. All this in the last year! Returning to the Hudson Valley I was immensely excited to return to the beautiful forests of my child hood. However, there has been a big obstacle to that excitement. Ticks and Lyme disease. Ugh! How could we let it get so bad? When I was younger, like many people say, I could play in the … [Read more...]
What are some moderate exercise activities other than sports that I can do to burn calories and lose weight?
Here are some 150 calorie chores? Washing and waxing a car for 45-60 minutes Washing windows and floors for 45-60 minutes Gardening for 30-45 minutes Wheeling self in wheel chair for 30-40 minutes Pushing a stroller 1.5 miles in 30 minutes … [Read more...]
When should I brush my teeth?
Before you eat. -or- 30 minutes after you eat. Traditionally people believe brushing after a meal is the best time to clean the teeth. While it is true that you will clean your teeth of food, you might actually be doing more harm than good. An article by Dr. Scott Frey explains that bacteria cause cavities by feeding on the fermentable carbohydrates they find on our teeth; fermentable carbohydrates means sugar in any form including, bread, pasta, candy, potatoes, any baked … [Read more...]