Make the Smart Gambles I was lying in bed Wednesday morning at 2:00 a.m., awake and sore. I was into the third day of recovering from a bad bout of a vicious food poisoning. Primary suspect: Huevos Rancheros. Location: A Mexican restaurant in the center of Amsterdam. After lying in bed for the better part…
It may seem like I’m jumping the gun, but the middle of February is the perfect time to start thinking about building up your summer bod – especially if you’ve injured your spine. I decided to share five exercises that, if you have a back injury, you must master before you begin a more aggressive…
“Dr. Claire, what’s your morning routine?” That’s a question I get a lot. Generally, docs are advised by their peers to NOT to tell you what we do. Why? Because what is right for me is not necessarily right for you. Which is true. That said… Well, I get up early-ish (anywhere between 5:30-7 a.m.),…
Get a Blue Light Blocker “I was doing great, Dr. Claire…” Patient A (for Awesome) said that to me yesterday, while she lay with her neck in my hands. The debilitating knot – the subluxation – that she developed along the right side of her neck, the one that she cleared two days ago, threatened to…
(skip to the how-to by clicking here) Constipated? Do This When You Feel Constipated. Let me share a quick story. I woke up in the middle of the night from a pain in my gut. It was a vague pain; it was in my lower gut and pressed on my bladder. I lay there ignoring it,…
In a word: sulforaphane. Sulforaphane is a remarkable chemical you can get by chewing and ingesting broccoli sprouts. It’s a very powerful chemical that can help with everything from diabetes type II, to heart burn, to detoxing, to cancer prevention!
We’re getting on that time of year when we begin thinking about self-improvement for 2017, and with good reason. It’s the things that we do every day that have the most impact on our lives. By making little life tweaks, we can dramatically improve our health and our state of mind. You know that, or…
Isn’t it glorious? We can eat fats! For those of us who grew up with the notion that fats caused obesity and heart disease, the news that there are good fats that actually help us lose weight, lower cholesterol, help our nervous systems function and give us glossy hair, healthy skin, and strong nails is…