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Questions to ask Before Buying Supplements?

1. Will they work for your problem or if you have bought them already, is it solving your health issue?

2. Have your supplements been tested and proven successful as evidenced with scientific lab tests?

3. Has your supplements been used in real life clinical experience from many doctors with 100’s of total years combined experience?

4. Are they cGMP certified?

   FDA is becoming more stringent with supplement companies.  Those companies that don't abide, will close up shop!  GMP Certification (Good manufacturing Practices) was started in 2007.  GMP is the minimum that you should look for in a supplement.  It’s important to understand that GMP certification by itself may not ensure that the vitamin or mineral supplement you take will provide the benefits you’ve seen or heard advertised. But it can help to make sure that you are getting what you pay for in the bottle, and that it’s been handled in a manner that attempts to ensure your safety.    A study was done by Consumer labs (www.consumerlab.com) did a study on Valerian for 10 companies.   5 had the amount of Valerian it said on the label.  5 did not.   One had Zero Valerian!  Getting what it says on the label is where GMP is critical.

5. Are they providing Certificates to disclose any harmful ingredients have been checked for?

   In a dedicated effort to secure  the superior quality and purity of our quality professional lines, raw materials and finished product lab documentation retention is a must to prove the standards required prior to giving them to our patients. In the interest of full transparency, all independent lab Certificates of Analysis are available upon request.

   The following is from one of our vendors that we trust:  Designs for Health:

   Certificates of Analysis & Raw Material Testing

   Our raw material vendors are measured against criteria designed to quantify the stringent quality parameters we insist upon. We purchase our raw materials only from those vendors who are able to meet our exacting requirements.

   Designs for Health maintains the following documentation requirements for raw materials:

   Certificates of Analysis (C of As) : Every lot must be accompanied by comprehensive vendor-supplied documentation of the material's identity, potency, and purity.

   Independent Laboratory Analysis: Providing an extra measure of quality assurance, all raw materials used in the manufacture of Designs for Health products are monitored for potential contaminants and tested for the marker compound quantities as defined on our label. Numerous analytical testing processes are employed, as applicable, including HPLC (High Pressure Liquid Chromatography) and FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy), to name a few.

   Finished Product Testing

   Our quality control process does not end with C of As and raw material testing. As an additional line of assurance, each and every Designs for Health product is analyzed for finished product content to confirm that the manufacturing process has resulted in a finished product that meets label claims.

Dressing From a White House Chef

In my experimentation with dressings from Nourishing Traditions, I have thoroughly enjoyed this concoction. As I was talking to a patient who was for many years the top managing chef for the White House, she said that she picked up this recipe from an international chef- don't quote me on the international, all I know is that he was well known. She couldn't really ask for the recipe, because that's a faupat, but she did observe very carefully and experimented with her own concoction at home. She finally got the right delectable flavor! I feel that it is basically this dressing that I have been experimenting with. My kids lick there plates!

Remember this is a basic foundational dressing. From here you can add to your hearts desire! I love garlic so I add garlic a lot. I love dried red peppers etc. Additionally, I usually add premier research pink salt that is not toxic with heavy metal nickle which many sea salts are burdened with. Call the manufacturer of the sea salt to make sure they don't use a toxic nickel filter to sift out the sea salt. Many do!

Makes about 1.5 cups

2 teaspoon Dijon-type mustard, smooth or grainy
4 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoon raw wine vinegar
2 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoon expeller-expressed flax oil. I use mixed EFAS from biotics research. It is a great anti-inflammatory oil. It has a slight nutty taste and is great for salads and for this dressing.

Dip a fork into the jar of mustard and transfer about 1 teaspoon to a small bowl. Add vinegar and mix around. Add olive oil in a thin stream, stirring all the while with the fork, until oil is well mixed or emulsified. Add flax oil/mixed EFAS and enjoy! I make extra and store it.

In a rush?  Put it all together in a large mason jar.  Use a immersion blender and done!

Note for Ideal Protein People:   2/3rds of each tablespoon of this is oil.  That is about 2 tsp of oil which is the amount required by Ideal protein.   Bottom line:   1 tbl of this dressing per day.   

Yummy Healing Blueberry Smoothie

1. 1 cup unsweetened organic gmo-free almond milk or coconut milk.

2. One-quarter avocado

3. one half cup frozen organic blueberries, I get mine at Costco.

4. Several Drops  berry stevia to taste. I use Sweet Drops from Sweet Leaf

5. High quality, gmo free, organic protein powder for healing, 1 scoop.  I use Pure Paleo Vanilla from Designs for Health, (available from my office).  

6. Biodophilis FOS (1/4 tsp measured or as directed by Dr. Paul)

7. 1 tsp Organic Coconut oil (I get mine at Costco).  Can remit if don't like flavor.

8. Optional, I put supplements in there including the following, 

9. Osteo B+ for detoxifying heavy metals (available from my office (Biotics).  

10. Mg zyme (at night preferred for relaxing and detoxifying and improving sleep. (available from my office (Biotics).  

11. Vitality C great for overall health and detoxifying. (available from my office).Note must have high powered blender to liquify supplements in tablet form. (I use vitamix)

12. 1/2 tsp Premier Greens powder as a  multivitamin (available from my office)

13. Add water if too thick to get to desired thickness.              

14.  Serves 1 person

Great healthy french fry recipe

Celery Root French Fries - Super Bowl Recipe

Serves one person

1 celery root, cut French fry style
2 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. smoked paprika
½ tsp. turmeric
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. grape seed oil
½ tsp. sea salt
 
Preheat oven at 450F, place the fries on a baking sheet and sprinkle seasonings on top, mix well. Place in oven for approximately 30 minutes in the oven, turning half way through. Once the fries are well cooked, drizzle with oil.

Ready to serve!

Fighting Osteoarthritis. How to Preserve My Joints for a Lifetime.

I had a mom and daughter struggling with weight issues come to me.   The mom was also battling "bad knees" from "Osteoarthritis".  I told her the great success I was having with a medical food called "Arthroben" for my patients with joint problems.  She tried it and a month later she comes to my office and says that she feels so much better taking the Arthroben. She says walking and going up and down stairs is so much better, so she came back to get more Arthroben from my office.

What is a Medical Food and how can Arthoben help Osteoarthritis?

Regarding arthroben,  it is a medical food with "osteoarthritis" on the label.  Notice that supplements are not allowed to have any "condition" on the label or the FDA police can stop them.   In this case the condition is osteoarthritis. A supplement anybody can obtain at a store for general health but will only have "general statements" like "supports immune health" or "joint health"

If the supplement does not say "a condition", i.e. a diagnosis like "osteoarthritis" than it's just a supplement.  

The FDA regulates this and professional companies that primarily supply doctors offices must be very careful or can get hefty fines or even get shut down.  It's definitely not just a marketing gimmick.

Here is more info on medical foods from the fda:  http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/MedicalFoods/UCM362995.pdf

This "medical food" has helped my patients with osteoarthritis tremendously.  

More info:  http://www.designsforhealth.com/SitoMedica_Medical_Foods.html

If you would like to talk to me personally whether this can help you, feel free to call me at no charge to you. 

To those of you interested in trying it out,  it is a medical food and must be obtained from a clinic,  I have a limited time offer to give you.   20% off your first bottle.   Its $60-63 for the bottle (3 varieties, unflavored ($60), green apple and lemon lime ($63).  You take it with water and it tastes good to most patients. Your first bottle lasts 2 wks and then after that,  1 bottle will last a month.  Your first bottle does not last as long because you take more the first 2 wks.

Offer expires on June 30, 2015 

To your Health, 

Dr. Paul

How to lose weight with a Reese's peanut butter smoothie

I am always concerned about false claims. So I want to put a caveat on this because you can't lose weight if you already are eating well and just started doing a smoothie like this in the morning. If you are eating well, other issues may be involved like thyroid, infection, adrenal stress, etc. But for the majority of people that over eat, research has shown that a meal replacement will help you to lose weight and or maintain. My experience with patients that lost close to 5000 lbs (as of April 2015) at our clinic is this:  Replace breakfast and lunch with smoothies or meal replacements and add 1 more protein snack (15 to 20 grams protein).  Doing a ideal protein meal replacement  or a smoothie like the one below to replace breakfast and lunch along with a sensible regular dinner with protein and vegetables is key.  You must have at least 6 glasses of water and 4 cups of vegies as well (measured uncooked).  Please do your research as doing a program like ideal protein at home requires specific supplementation to offset lost nutrients and it is normally medically supervised by a ideal protein clinic.

That being said, this smoothie actually came by accident. I have been putting pink salt in my morning smoothie every morning to get more trace minerals. I start however with 32 oz of water with Premier pink salt so I can get all my hydration in the morning.  One day, I put way too much salt in a glass of water. Instead of using the small pores of the salt bottle, it was the large opening where you put a teaspoon in so there went half the  bottle into the water.  Argh!  Well, I said.  I can save it.  I just let it soak in water in the frig. I didn't want to waste it so I actually have been putting a quarter cup in my smoothie every morning, well it made it taste mildly salty. Which I kind of liked actually.  Well, this morning I made this smoothie and it tasted like Reeses peanut buttercup! I asked Alivia to try it too and she goes "yeah!".

So here's the ingredients:

• 5 cups water

• 1 tablespoon rice bran that has antioxidants and multivitamins (optional) it is a superfood made by immunologic.net.

• Pure paleo protein chocolate flavor (Designs for health) 1 scoop and a half (use 2 if not using gamactopro below

• 1 frozen banana

• 1 cup frozen organic blueberries or mixed berries (Costco),

• 1/2 tsp premier sea salt pink salt (or to taste)

• 1 tablespoon Biotics mixed efa

• 1 tbsp Smart Balance natural creamy peanut butter non GMO,

• 1 scoop GamactaPro from Biotics (great for muscle and exercise recovery)

• This feeds my family of 5.  2 adults 3 children ages 9 to 14.

There you go enjoy!

Quick, impromptu Salad Dressing a Winner!

We had our third Daniel Plan/biblical foundations for health workshop and we made a healthy shake and dressing.   I forgot the lemon so I just made it up.   

I put it on organic spinach and let everybody try it.   YUMMY! One person said, "I'm going to make that one tonight when I get home".  It was already after 9 pm.  I just barely taste tested it and after everybody ate it, there was no more, so I had some at home as well.

Personally,  I don't like vegetables by themselves, especially raw cruciferous veggies like broccoli.  I sometimes force myself to eat it because its so healthy.  On the other hand, I have learned to almost make any veggie taste awesome, or for that matter, almost any food.  Recipes down below!

Secret tips:

I was sharing with a patient how to make a winning salad dressing.  She worked at the white house for years as the head chef.  She said that they got to hang out for several times with a world renowned chef.   Because it is not kosher to ask for the recipe, she just observed. After I told her my recipe,  her discoveries with this chef revealed a similar dressing.  See below for recipe.

My kids lick this off their plate because it's so good.  

Here is the foundational ingredients that you can build world class dressing with:

1 tsp dijon mustard smooth or grainy 2 tbsp plus 1 tsp apple cider vinegar 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp mixed efas (from my office) or expeller expressed flax oil. This is the base recipe. I replaced the raw wine vinegar with the apple cider vinegar. I triple the amounts so I can have enough for family of 5 to last longer. Add herbs, garlic or anything else to your hearts desire. Enjoy!

Here is the one I made in the Daniel Class:

Serves 10 people plus.

1. 1/2 cup good quality extra virgin Olive oil.   Click here for good brands.

2. 1/2 cup Mixed efa (Biotics brand carried at my office),  More info.

3. 1/4 cup Apple cider vinegar

4. 3 cloves minced garlic cloves

5. 2-3 tsp Premier Pink Sea Salt

6. 1 tbl Dijon Mustard

7. Enjoy!!!!

Here are materials to make dressing easier:  Immersion blender and Lemon extractor, both inexpensive to buy.

Here are convenient healthy foods we get a Costco that require less prep time.  Just add to smoothie or make a salad with it.  

Yes I put coconut oil directly in my smoothies!   Great for taste, anti-infection & even weight loss! 1 to 3 tbl per day per adult person.

 I use these mason jars for storage of all liquid items, like the above salad dressing and use it for my daily power drink.   Its a 32 oz size.  Get a bunch at any Walmart, etc.

I use this Grass fed butter because its healthy and tastes great!  Put over  vegies with Premier Pink Salt above. Yummy!

Tip:   Grass fed butter has tons better fats for you!  More info.

Carbs, Carbs, Carbs!    The woe of modern man.  Here are some healthy carbs at Costco, assuming you are not crazy gluten sensitive.  No gluten but still may inflame you if you are freaked by gluten.  Otherwise, its ok.  

Tip: Make sure that grains or starches are no more than 25% of your plate!

Waging war against obesity at $18/lb.

What will it cost you per lb to lose your weight?

We stopped counting the 4000 plus pounds we lost at our clinic but still praise our dieters for their commitment to themselves and beating diabetes, obesity and a poor self image.

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Yummy Paleo Recipe

If you're like me we don't have time to make good meals. I love healthy meals that are quick and easy! In the morning I start with a healthy vitamix shake that takes me 15 minutes for my whole family. For lunch this was an easy, fast paleo organic salad with yummy dressing and fermented foods for a healthy happy Flora population in your digestive system! I have found that gut health from proper bacterial an yeast colonies are critical to our health and happiness! I am happy and satisfied from this scrumptious meal.

Recipe:

4 cups organic mixed greens from taylor farms
2 tbl mediterranean garlic sauce. Click here for Recipe.
1 cup fermented foods including green peppers, fish, mushrooms. Thanks mom from Korea that help make these foods!
1 cup cucumbers

If you don't feel like eating sometimes or your tummy is not happy, Click here to see if you are toxic.

My kids lick this dressing off of their plate!

Lebanese garlic sauce

I love this sauce! The only complication with this is that once you refrigerate it, it gets hard because of the coconut oil that I use, but it still tastes great! Just let it melt on your plate and use it on whatever you want. It won't stay emulsified like it does in the restaurant, since I'm using healthy coconut oil to replace the vegetable oil, I don't think it can stay emulsified because of the melting at higher temperatures. The other way using rancid vegetable oil which is really unhealthy for you, helps it to stay in emulsified form. I typically use it with salads or you name it! I like it with organic corn chips gmo free with a special Kimchi my mom-in-law makes. Or with vegetables and with chicken.Be creative!

Historically you had to use a mortar and pestle, and it took 30-40 minutes to do this recipe. I want to save you time so this is my 15 minute version. The best way to do this is with a immersion blender. The ones that you stick inside a glass and just blend. I use the same 32 oz mason jar over and over again because garlic kills all the bugs:   viruses, parasites, fungus/mold, bacteria.   

Here is the recipe:

1 cup extra-virgin olive oil in tin container with expiration date (you can increase this amount if you want less solidifying from the coconut oil going in and out of refrigerator.

1 cup expeller pressed coconut oil (no flavor) (Less if you use more olive oil),  both oils = 2 cups total

1 bulb garlic

1 tbl Premier research Sea salt (processed without Nickel heavy metal that is toxic to your body)

1 cup Lemon juice

Chop garlic into small pieces,  put all into 32 oz mason jar,  use immersion blender and blend for 2 minutes,  ENJOY!  (I like with vegetables, chicken, salads, organic baked corn chips)

Please comment on how it went?

The Challenge of My Kids Hating My Smoothie

I am so happy that I made a healthy smoothie that my family likes.  It has been such a challenge that I almost gave up.   But I finally made 1 that they enjoyed!  :)  :)  :)

Here is the recipe for Tropical pineapple smoothie:  Feeds 4-5.  (Divide ingredient amounts accordingly if less than 5 people)

Ingredients:

1.  5 cups pure water

2.  2 cups spinach

3.  3 scoops quality protein powder (I use Biotics chocolate whey protein isolate)

4.  1 scoop Nitro Greens (Super green food from Biotics)

5.  1 tbl (flaxeed oil - organic,  I use Mixed efas- Biotics- combination of  Walnut, apricot kernal, hazelnut and sesame seed- also great over salads)

6.  Taurine (2000 mg)  2 capsules-  Jarrow,  open capsules.  Taurine a overall great product for maintaining health and reducing stress.

7.  Coral calcium legend (Premier research labs).   3/4 tsp

8.  1 banana

9.  Frozen pineapple chuncks (Samsclub)

10.  1/2 lemon (squeezed)

11.   1/2 tbl of bentonite (overall binder to toxins in the digestive tract)

Have fun and experiment on different variations.  Let me know your favorite recipes by commenting below.
 

Congratulations, we're almost at 3000 lbs lost!

We are so proud of our Ideal Protein dieters who have lost over 2900 pounds and 2200 inches off their bodies! All this achieved while improving health and feeling great at the same time.   The dieter who reaches the 3000th lb lost, will receive a free box of Ideal Protein food.  The hard work and commitment to your health is paying off - Keep it up!

How to Test Yourself for Gluten Sensitivity

"Use a light touch, its not a grudge match"

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic estimate that approximately 1.8 million Americans are suffering from celiac disease, and of those approximately 1.4 million do not know it. What is celiac disease? It is an allergy to gluten, a component in wheat and many other grains found in everything from bread to gravy that causes inflammation and damage to the lining of one's digestive tract and can be so severe as to lead to intestinal cancer. It is hard to diagnose, because there are an estimated 300 possible symptoms and they can be in combination with other conditions, because bottom line, if your digestive system is inflamed, you are not digesting your foods properly and you are malnourished.

Mayo Clinic Study

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If the condition exists, the sooner you stop eating the offending gluten, the less damage there is to heal and less danger of the more severe complications having already set in.

It is well known to Alternative practitioners that wheat sensitivities have been around and have been treatable for many years now.  One simple test for wheat sensitivity that you can do is muscle testing.  This is admittedly a weird test, but it works.  The beautiful thing is that we can verify all muscle testing with scientific lab work if you want to spend the money.  Now it turns from weird to scientific!  Our office likes to do both because I want to verify the muscle testing.

Concept of muscle testing:

Did I mention how your body was amazingly created?  Billions of atoms along with thousands of miles of nerves produce electrical frequencies that radiate from your body several inches.  Do you remember the atom from grade school?  It has electrons which are electrical.  In addition to this, your body has  nerves from your brain going to your spinal cord going to all the different parts of your body.  Your brain orchestrates all the movement patterns of electricity via your neurotransmitters.  These are electrical as well.  This is what produces the electrical reflexes on the surface of your skin.  More crazy then this, you don't have to touch the skin to be in the electrical sphere of the patient.  Just being close to the skin can elicit a muscle testing response.  I know it's weird.  But did I say it works?

Steps in muscle testing for gluten:

1.  Get some bread.

2.  Both the tester and the person being tested must drink a glass of water so that they will be hydrated.  Dehydration can prevent good muscle testing.  

3.  The person being tested must hold up their left arm with their elbows locked.

4.  You must first check that the person is testable.

5.  The tester presses down gently for a split second only and checks for a lock of the arm of the person being tested.  The tester says:  "lock your arm while I push down". 

This is not a grudge match.  The tester should feel a immediate resistance of that muscle.  This is to get a baseline.

6.  Now, the tester with the pointer finger of the left hand touches the bridge of the nose of the person being tested.  The arm of the person being tested should give and not lock.  This is one of a few points in the body that this is healthy and normal.  If the person's arm does not give and is still locked when you test this point, the person is not testable and you cannot continue.  This becomes more of a complicated thing and may need to go to a professional to discern what is causing this.  If the person is testable, from here on forward, the arm should not give no matter what you test unless the body has an imbalance at the point you are testing.  The tester takes a piece of bread and puts it right next to the person's stomach.  This point is located on the bottom of the sternum in the center of your chest.  Run your hand down the sternum and when it becomes soft, this is where the stomach is.

7.  Hold the bread next to the stomach.  If the person is sensitive to it, their arm will not be able to lock.  You will feel a give in the arm.  This takes some practice but after few times you should be able to feel the difference.  You can do this with any food.  If they food needs a container, use only a clear glass or container and hold the container next to the stomach with the open part of the container facing the stomach.  The closer the food to the  stomach the better.  

I was doing a educational presentation the other day and tested someone in the room for wheat allergy.  She stated, "It took a $300 lab test to test for wheat.  Dr. Paul did it in 2 seconds without charge.". 

That is why I like this test. It's simple, non-invasive and you can protect you and your family if you do have wheat/gluten sensitivity.

If you have a difficult time doing this, I would be happy to show you for free how to do this at the office.

Feel free to comment below to let me know how you did on this test.  Was it difficult to test? Was it easy?  Are you sensitive to wheat?

Fermented Vegetables

​When I Dr. Paul married my wife I was introduced to Kimchi.   Kimchi is definitely an acquired taste.  I really enjoy Kimchi now. I noticed she never got sick.   This stuff is great for the immune system.  Kimchi is from Korea, but other cultures do fermented/cultured vegetables too:  Germany being one of them, Sauekraut.   Please comment if you have any great recipes and your experience with this.  See below for how to make it yourself.