May 5, 2012 By: Barbara Downes
I had no class. None. I had been working out at Brick Bodies for over twenty years and never quite made it to a group session. That was a terrible waste as Lynne & Victor Brick have put together a dynamic teaching team who are quite skilled, trained, certified, fit, and ready to help us…
March 29, 2012 By: Barbara Downes
There is a natural order to life on earth. The sun appears each day on the eastern horizon, bathing the earth in sunlight. From the water, air, minerals and sun, life flows into the lifeless earth. The air breathes life into plants, energized by the sunshine on the bright green leaves. Minerals, dissolved by the…
March 2, 2012 By: Barbara Downes
In my office I often hear, “Dr. Barb is Low Carb”. I laugh because no one calls me Dr. Barb AND I am not all about one thing. That said, as a Functional Medicine and Nutrition Expert I cannot help talking about carbs and their effect on our bodies. I know it is not an…
February 4, 2012 By: Barbara Downes
Adrenal Fatigue. This is not a diagnosis you are likely to receive from your ‘regular’ doctor, although it is quite likely what you are suffering if you are sick and tired. In fact Adrenal Fatigue presents differently in different people, thus making it quite difficult for a simple diagnosis. In addition, there is no pharmaceutical money to be…
January 13, 2012 By: Barbara Downes
by Dr. Barbara L. Downes, Chiropractor, Sports Physician, Medical Acupuncturist, Nutrition & Holistic Physician www.downeshealth.com Secrets of the Masters~~The Universal Laws of Success is a list of philosophies that have transcended time from master to student many times over. I am fortunate to have had these handed to me by my acupuncture master who had…
December 23, 2011 By: Barbara Downes
Dr. Barbara Downes, ChIropractor & Functional Medicine Specialist This time every year I hear patients tell me they are starting to put on their “winter coats”. They gained a few pounds since Thanksgiving and are nervous about the next few they may pack on by the New Year. The jokes and nervous laughter are always…
November 21, 2011 By: Barbara Downes
This time each year starts the onslaught of too much food and too little activity. The average person gains 9-13 pounds between now and the New Year! I am suggesting we need to consider Thanksgiving in terms of activities and festivities rather than feast to help keep it light and vibrantly healthy. Festivities seem to…
October 24, 2011 By: Barbara Downes
Getting ready for this scariest “holiday” of the year? Well, it scares me because it ushers in flu season. How amazingly close that follows after Americans ingest over $2 billion worth of junque sugar! Sugar is probably the most damaging thing we ingest. To binge on it in the form of cheap, mass produced bio-junque…
September 12, 2011 By: Barbara Downes
It is predicted that by 2015, 75% of adults will be overweight and 41% will be obese. This is tragic as it is obesity sets the stage for many cancers, and diabetes, as well as a host of hormonal disorders as far cells procude estrogen. Obesity and all its disease-ramifications is so very preventable. Here…
August 15, 2011 By: Barbara Downes
You hear it all the time, “Have a great day!, or “Make it a great day!” Hmm, well sure, why not? Well, it seems a lot of people aren’t having one so I stopped along one of my typically happy days and asked random people what they could do to make their day great. I…