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Menopause Madness Dr. Lisa Gordon | Natural Health Improvement Center of Columbia, MD 667-240-2923 | www.drlisagordon.com | Facebook @drlisagordon What is happening? Your body is shifting from baby making and menstruating phase to a wise woman phase, and your hormones, [...]

What? I can find out what my body knows? YES!

I didn’t have to do it. Why did I spend more than 60 days away from home over the course of a year and a half, taking 500 hours of classes that were not required, that were well over and [...]

Heart Sound Recorder

Your Heart Eats First The nutritional efficiency of your heart impacts every organ in your body. The heart is the only organ that can kill you with no prior symptoms, and heart disease as the leading cause of death in [...]

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Preventing Seasonal Allergies

When spring begins, plants and trees release pollen into the air. Certain types of fungi also produce mold spores. If you’re allergic to any of these substances, your immune system will try to alert you to avoid them. It does [...]

5 + 1 Reasons You’re Not Feeling Well

There are many different factors that can affect one’s health. When these underlying stressors go unaddressed, healing cannot take place. Here are the main reasons you are not feeling well: Immune Challenges Viral – A viral disease (or viral infection, [...]

Spring Detox Guide

Toxins are EVERYWHERE You are exposed to toxins every single day. In fact, your body produces its own toxins, or waste known as endogenous toxins, simply by functioning. Your body also encounters external (exogenous) toxins or chemicals made outside of [...]

How to Beat Sugar Addiction

Many healthful food products, such as dairy products, vegetables, and fruit, naturally contain sugars. The sugar in these foods gives them a sweet taste. It is important for people to include these foods in their diet, as they come with [...]

Thanksgiving Recipes

Here are some easy & healthy holiday recipes that the whole family will enjoy without the guilt! Simple Roasted Sweet Potatoes 4 Servings Ingredients: 2 large or 3 small sweet potatoes 2 tsp oil (grapeseed or avocado) 1 tsp garlic [...]

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Adrenal Fatigue & Brain Fog

Adrenal Fatigue & Brain Fog Dr. Lisa Gordon | Natural Health Improvement Center of Columbia, MD 410.717.6610 | www.drlisagordon.com | Facebook @drlisagordon Adrenal fatigue and brain fog can severely impact one’s life and overall health; getting to the root cause [...]

Men’s Health

A man’s body goes through many different changes throughout life. Following a healthy diet, exercise routine & mindfulness practice will help keep your body in balance and at ease. Muscle Loss Age-related muscle loss, called sarcopenia, is a natural part [...]

Healthy Household Cleaning

The best-known cleaning products are also the ones laced heavily with harsh chemicals. Mr. Clean, Windex, Clorox — all effective, none organic or safe for the body. The problem with switching over to more eco-friendly cleaning products — ones that [...]

What is Designed Clinical Nutrition?

What is Designed Clinical Nutrition? Designed: Especially prepared for you, based on a specific plan. Clinical: Pertaining to the results achieved in clinical use on a multitude of patients over many years. Nutrition: Real food, as designed by nature, to [...]

Muscle Strengthening & Stretching

Whether you’re a chronic sitter, a daily exerciser, or a weekend warrior, you probably know stretching is a critical habit. By sending blood flow to your muscles and helping your joints move through their full range of motion, stretching improves [...]

Anti-Inflammatory Cooking

The anti-inflammatory diet is an eating plan designed to prevent or reduce low-grade chronic inflammation, a key risk factor in a host of health problems and several major diseases. The typical anti-inflammatory diet emphasizes fruits, vegetables, protein, nuts, seeds, and [...]

Stress & Mindfulness

Stress is primarily a physical response. When stressed, the body thinks it is under attack and switches to ‘fight or flight’ mode, releasing a complex mix of hormones and chemicals such as adrenaline, cortisol, and norepinephrine to prepare the body [...]

Skin Health

Your skin is your body’s largest and fastest-growing organ. It has many roles in the maintenance of life and health but also has many potential problems. There are many layers that make up your skin, the epidermis being the outermost. [...]

Natural Solutions for Anxiety & Depression

Your brain and gut are in constant communication, connected by an information highway known as the vagus nerve. Given that your entire body relies on your brain for its basic operating instructions, you might be shocked to learn that far [...]

Cholesterol: Myths & Truths

Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that’s found in all the cells in your body. Your body needs some cholesterol to make hormones, vitamin D, and substances that help you digest foods. Your body makes all the cholesterol it needs. [...]

Supplement Spotlight: Catalyn

How can you make your body work better? One way is to eat a healthy whole food diet. Eating well is simple in theory but tougher in practice. Even the super health-conscious among us can’t always avoid processed foods, added [...]

Knee Pain & Chiropractic Care

What causes knee pain? There is no single cause for painful knee joints, but there are generally 2 types of contributing factors: Traumatic injuries usually happen suddenly and with great force. Examples include falling hard on the knee joint, or [...]

Digestive Dysfunction

More than 100 million Americans have digestive problems including issues like irritable bowel syndrome, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, reflux, and gas, etc. Most of us (including most traditional doctors) do not recognize or know that digestive problems wreak havoc in [...]

What is Nutrition Response Testing?

What is Nutrition Response Testing®? Nutrition Response Testing is a non-invasive system of analyzing the body to determine the underlying causes of ill or non-optimum health. Our clinically proven system may be quite different from any other healing practice that [...]

It’s ALL In Your HEAD

The strength and health of your body are determined by how fully your life force is expressed in every cell. Your brain and nervous system control and regulate every cell of your body. Simply put, when your nervous system doesn’t [...]

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