5 Tips for a Healthy Gut
Did you know that your digestive system, which includes your mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine, is 30 feet long? Given its enormous size, you may not find it surprising that your gut does more than just digest food. According to a March 2011 article published in the scientific journal, BMC Medicine, your gut […]
What is Ozone Therapy and How Does Ozone Therapy Work?
What is OzoneTherapy and How Does Ozone Therapy Work? You may remember from high school chemistry that Ozone, (O3), is an energized form of oxygen which contains three atoms of oxygen rather than the two atoms (O2) we need to breathe. Most commonly, we experience Ozone (O3) as that fresh, clean smell after a summer […]
Dr. Rohde’s Tips for a Strong Immune System
Here are some simple good-health suggestions that we should always follow, but especially in Influenza or other cough and cold seasons. 1. Minimize Stress Stress increases cortisol production which suppresses the immune system. Prayer and Meditation are a great way to reduce stress. And turn off the news! The Media machine has whipped up a huge […]
Your Immune System: Building a Strong Foundation
Dandelions Can’t Grow in Concrete Consider this fact: Dandelions cannot grow in concrete. They seem to grow everywhere, menacing lawns and parks the world over, but they cannot grow through concrete. Imagine your immune system as that concrete. When it is healthy and strong, no weeds can take root within it. However, if we do […]
Regenerative Tissue Therapy
What is Regenerative Tissue Therapy? Regenerative Tissue Therapies are a type of medical treatment that use regenerative cells to help speed healing in areas of injury, pain, and inflammation. What issues can Regenerative Medicine improve? Knee Shoulder Neck and Back Pain Joint Paint caused by: Injury Inflammation Arthritis Incontinence Sexual Dysfunction “Regenerative Functional Medicine is […]
Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy at Renew Total Body Wellness Center
What is Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy? Platelet-Rich Plasma is a non-surgical regenerative therapy that is used to encourage healing and reduce tissue inflammation. PRP Therapy improves your body’s healing by concentrating growth factors found in platelets and injecting them into areas of injury. The media has featured many stories of athletes and celebrities who have […]
Vitamins & Supplements – A Question of Quality
You have but one body – nourish it with the best of ingredients. How many times have you heard a news report revealing that a shocking percentage of products tested for quality standards were found to contain only a fraction of the ingredient potency claimed on the bottle? Or read a news story about a […]
3 Tips for Managing Emotional Eating
Stay on track with these tips for managing emotional eating. The holiday season can easily turn into an excuse to lose track of our healthy habits, eat and drink what we want, keep unusual schedules, and wear ourselves down. Yet I believe that December is one of the best times to start a wellness program […]
10 Healthy Hacks for Restorative Sleep
Restorative sleep is vital to overall wellness, detoxification from daily toxins, and healing. Getting a good night’s rest is one of the best things you can do for your body. Conversely, lack of sleep can cause short- and long-term health problems. Check out these ten tips for restorative sleep: Day time choices impact your evening […]
How Imbalanced Hormones Wreak Havoc on Your Life
Raise your hand if you’ve ever added too much (or not enough) of an ingredient to a recipe and it drastically changed the taste for the worse. I know I’m guilty of getting too excited with the saltshaker. This is what it’s like when you have too much (or not enough) of a certain hormone. Imbalanced […]
