#1 Laugh- When we laugh we release endorphins that make us feel good. These endorphins reduce pain and stress. Stress is a common cause of chronic disease.
Maybe you just lost a ton of money in the stock market and don’t feel like laughing a whole lot about it, but can’t you just muster up a [...]

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I smelled it in the air the other night.
That first cold crisp taste of autumn after a hot summer day.
That nervous tension quivering around me.
That bustling sensation in the air that can only be caused by millions of children and parents simultaneously scrambling to gather last minute glue sticks, scissors, trapper keepers, and lunch [...]

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Wow! Olive oil prevents DNA damage, how exciting.
Why should we care about this?
Because DNA damage caused by inflammation is essentially the biochemical mother of all disease.
In an article recently published in the August 2008 “Journal of American Nutrition”, researchers concluded that olive oil likely prevents cancer and aging by protecting DNA from damage.
The “phenolic compounds” [...]

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It was 45 years ago today that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his stirring “I Have a Dream” speech.
You can watch the full video here.
What I ultimately find so inspiring about this historic speech, is how one single speech continues to resonate with so many of us.
“Let Freedom Ring” continues to ring and ripple [...]

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The only thing worse than giving “The Big Diagnosis”, is getting “The Big Diagnosis”.
Let’s just stop for a moment and think about what it might feel like to be diagnosed with terminal cancer. How would you feel if you were told that “You have cancer and only six months left to live”?
How would that [...]

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By Dr. Nicole Sundene
I came across this story about hot dogs at the Chicago Tribune and thought, “Oh dear! What is this world coming to? Hot dogs still? REALLY?”
“A whole recipe contest for the ‘wonderous wienie’?”
“Oh my!”
A while back I stopped by the grocery store and was asked to buy a hot dog [...]

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By Dr. Nicole Sundene
If you think a $40 dollar bottle of juice is going to cure all that ails you, then I have a mountain to sell you right here in Washington State!
The mountain typically retails for forty billion dollars.
However, if you simply join my pyramid scam, become a distributor, and enroll all your friends [...]

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Since everyone is always asking me questions, I thought I would pose a question to you all for a change.
The correct answer is of course…NO.
Excipients are unnecessary chemicals that are added to your vitamin and mineral tablets or capsules.
Now some excipients when making tablets are unavoidable, which is why I prefer products in capsules, but [...]

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An unnecessary cause of stress these days is unfulfilled consumerism.
When we are stressed out we often immediately opt to buy something that will make us happy. We want the quick fix.
Most of the time the joy of buying something is transient. The drug-like serotonin and dopamine rush we receive from our latest purchase quickly [...]

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Before school gets out is the time to sit down with your kids and plan summer activities that keep them engaged, keep them motivated, keep them working hard and learning, and most importantly keep them off drugs.
What are you NOT doing to keep your kids off drugs?
You should NOT, in my medical opinion allow teenagers [...]

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If you answered yes, then you might be a diabetes drug rep trying to hand me a donut while you tell me all about the latest research on the diabetes meds you are pedaling.
If you answered no, then you are ready for me to unleash a little bit of Naturopathic Theory on you titled “Find [...]

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In my opinion, after interviewing thousands of people about their eating habits and disease states, the #1 most unhealthy mistake most unhealthy people all commonly seem to make is simply not eating breakfast.
Now, I am not sure if this just goes along with the fact that most unhealthy people don’t put a lot of time, [...]

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I would like to make the official announcement that starting tomorrow I am going to fine anyone that says “I can’t” twenty dollars.
As much as this might be an elaborate scheme to support the “Dr. Nicole Early Retirement Plan” I will absolutely need to retire early if I am forced to continuously battle all the [...]

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Hi Everyone!
Thanks for making this website such a fun project with all your great questions about alternative medicine!
I am actively working to write up the best alternative medicine self help protocols known for common and rare disease states as well as all those questions about annoying health problems that you submit.
Be sure to vote in [...]

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Chances are if you ate anything today then you are amongst the lucky ones.
Those of us that can still afford food don’t have much of a right to complain about the rising costs of gas and food. Trust me, back in college I knew what it was like to collect a pile of change [...]

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Seventy years ago the only doctors in America were men.
My 97 year old grandma was a RN back in the day, and I am always fascinated by her stories of how different and barbaric medicine was not too long ago.
When I asked what made her choose to be a nurse she simply responded, “Women [...]

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Recently a friend reported over dinner that his inflammatory problem (and let’s just say almost all medical problems are caused by inflammation) was not much better.
He said he was diligently taking everything I had recommended, and had only noted minor improvement.
Although natural remedies take time, I was curious how the dietary recommendations were going….you know, [...]

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Happy Earth Day Everyone!
In honor of this important day I am going to talk about ways to improve your diet for your own health as well as the health of the environment.
First of all just keeping yourself healthy is the best thing you can do for the earth. When people are sick [...]

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Thanks to the latest news, pretty much everyone knows that drinking out of plastic water bottles is bad because of the BPA and potential for other contaminants.
So what are the alternatives to plastic water bottles?
Until someone invents an environmentally friendly “force field” to contain our beverages we will need to stick with glass and stainless [...]

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Recently I read an article discussing the importance of branding your website or business with the appropriate villains.
Which got me wondering who Dr. Nicole’s arch nemesis might be?
Who do you think the top enemies of the kitchen table are? Alcohol? Caffeine?
Oh no! Those are just the small time crooks of the kitchen table. [...]

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