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Here’s the statistics from The National Cancer Institute Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results.

2009 -  766,130 men, 713,220 women diagnosed with cancer.

What can you do today to reduce risk?

1.  Decrease body weight

- Increase veggies, fruits & nuts

- Drink R.O. water

- Aerobic exercise

2.  Reduce toxic load

- Cut out sugar, high fructose corn syrup and sweeteners from your diet

- Go Organic with meats – less hormones for your body to deal with

3.  Take natural, whole food supplements that support body detoxification, normalization and self revitalization (there’s no power in a drug or surgery to be healthy, ALL health must come from within).

4.  Regularly cleanse your body

- Do a series of 10-20 detox foot baths

- Do a liver-bowel-kidney cleanse

5. Detox your thoughts

- Immediately DROP (without blame, excuse or justification) ANY negative thought about yourself, others, life, God, past, present, future and begin to dwell on what  you are GRATEFUL for.

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland Phillips

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What’s Excessive?  According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, our children should be limited to no more than 1-2 hours a day!  Researchers have found that when children watch excessive t.v. they are at risk of depression, obesity and attention span disorders.  According to the study, children who reported “more television use had significantly greater odds of developing depression for each additional hour of daily television use.” 

These findings were NOT correlated to children who were exposed to video games, computer games or radio.  Perhaps because of the involvement of motor skills in games.  What I find interesting is how quickly we allow ourselves and children to escape into “fantasy” so quickly and so deeply, when life is present to be lived!  Books, music, sports, activities, chores, hobbies, relationships, worship, study (to name a few) are all areas of a balanced individual that get neglected for t.v.

Research shows that exercise between 4-8 pm increases strength and endurance, a great time to exercise, skip t.v. and choose to develope a healthy lifestyle.

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland Phillips

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I recently commented on obesity, BMI, disease and change.  The action steps are simple, yet we are the most obese nation on the planet!  That leads me to conclude we are the most “in denial”, full of excuses (well thought out lies), nation, when it comes to the Truth about health care.

Health is not about a pill, procedure, drug, surgery or vice.  Health is about making self honoring choices and a willingness to move from vice to virtue.  Here are a few well documented steps to follow through on once you have decided in your heart to honor yourself, and no longer believe in the excuses you have been programmed to believe.

1.  Find a picture in your life experience of joy or happiness and journal on this in great detail.

2. Every time you experience physical hunger, or the “urgent” knee jerk desire to eat; focus on your picture and emotion, until you feel different and repeat to yourself ” I am grateful & thankful for joy in my life and I act only on my joy”.

3. Find a naturally flavored, sugar and soy free protein powder ( whey , rice, pea, hemp – i.e. Alka Slim)

4. Add Omega 3-6-9; flax seed, chia seed and antioxidant rich fruits & veggies ( berries, Alka Green powder etc.)

5. For taste & good fat try adding coconut milk to shake.

6. Add Trace Minerals; you won’t taste it.

7. Substitute a shake 2 x a day for meals.

8. Drink Green tea. It is high in antioxidants and can increase metabolism. 2-3 quarts per day. Much hunger is thirst.

9. Walk 20-30-50 minutes per day, 5 days a week.

10. Take chest, hip, and thigh measurements or BMI and remeasure in 6 weeks. You’ll be very pleased with the results.

Email me your results: dr.phillips@desertdove.com

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland F. Phillips

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According to Vasselsen, Nilsen and Associates from the Norwegian Hunt Study there is an association between physical exercise, body mass index ( % of body far v lean muscle mass) and the risk of Fibromyalgia.  I would add heart disease, stroke, type II diabetes, arthritis, auto immune disease, etc.  The study found that women who are overweight or obese have a much greater risk of Fibromyalgia than women who are not overweight or obese and exercise.

The National Institutes of Health recently published information stating 66% of Americans are overweight and 30% are obese.  Children of 12 years of age are now presenting with type II diabetes and 17% of children 2-19 year old are obese.

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinology states the BMI as the primary indication for disease and death. As BMI increases so does disease and mortality.

I’ve written many blogs on exercise, diet and attitude changes.  My question to you is – If you are in this boat, when will you honor and respect yourself enough to be willing to change, before it’s too late!

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Thought I would share a recent unsolicited testimonial that demonstrates the power of nutritional supplements and a willingness to heal.

The key is not the nutritional changes (these are simple); it is the willingness to change, without that there is really vary little progress.

Dear Roland & Cheryl,

I just wanted to thank you for the gift package of Alka Green and Alka Pan. I have dropped from 40 waist to a 36: a loss of 30 lbs so far! You had said to me years ago if I learned this lesson I would maintain my fitness. I did not learn and re-introduced bread and pasta etc, thinking I could manage it. At the time you said, “Bread, specifically white flour, was like a poison to me”. I did get healthy 4 years ago but tried to re-introduce the bread and pasta and again my weight ballooned.

This time I am looking at bread like an alcoholic looks at drink: one drink and I am back on the road. A bit harsh but it works. I understand that I cannot eat bread, potatoes, rice and pasta. This time I have found new ways of eating. I have eggs with spinach scrambled for breakfast and a snack off almonds and cheese. I eat lots of salad (avoiding iceberg lettuce). I eat fish, cheese, beef and chicken mostly. I also enjoy chocolate and anything that is sugar based and not carbohydrate based. This does not affect me as long as in moderation. I have been walking 3.5 miles almost every day, being careful to move from anaerobic to aerobic and I am still able to enjoy a glass of wine. I also drink much more water- I guess about 8 glasses a day, roughly 4 pints and of course 4 Alka Green after every meal and Alka Pan when large amounts of protein has been consumed..

I feel GREAT, I sleep less and have much more energy and each day is filled with activity. I am praying more and better than ever before. I give thanks to the Blessed Mother as I was stranded in Medjugorje for 16 days instead of 7 – since that time I started working on my diet and the prayer has both given and sustained my motivation.

Please feel free to use any of this email to encourage any clients who have similar wheat intolerance like me.

Blessings

+PAX

Fr Neil

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At Desert Dove Health & Wellness Center we are about empowering our clients with the truth: the truth about our 6 essential choices!

What I Eat

What I Drink

What/How I breathe

What/How I exercise

How I sleep

What/How I think

An error in any one category can potentially affect the other five. According to Dr. MT Morter Jr. the #1 cause of toxicity/acid buildup is negative thinking. Followed by our negative food choices; excess protein, junk food/drink, vitamin/mineral/enzyme deficient produce & products (iceberg lettuce, etc..)

So what’s the good news?

According to the book “Foods That Fight Cancer, Preventing Cancer Through Diet”, nature supplies us with a wealthy abundance of food rich in molecules with powerful anti-cancer properties capable of engaging the disease without ANY harmful side effects.

What we know is that cancer is an affect of our 6 essential choices and how our habits impact our genetic predisposition. Dr. MT Morter (The Soul Purpose), Dr. Bruce Lipton (The Biology of Belief) and Dr. Dirk Hammer (The Iron Law of Cancer) delineate the mind-body connection to disease!

Here’s a short list of what specific food born bioactive molecules can do for you

- decrease free radical damage to DNA

- strengthen immune function

- block blood supply to tumors

- block pathways for cancer cell replication

- stimulate pathways that induce cancer cell death

- enhance detoxification (phase I phase II detox) neutralizing and eliminating cancer causing agents

- the list goes on….

Many different authors have come to similar conclusions, that a variety of vegetables and fruits possess these qualities: cabbage, blueberries, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, garlic, scallions, turmeric, black pepper, cranberries, grapefruit, green tea – any green leafy (chlorophyll laden) vegetable.

Again it’s the veggies/fruits that balance the pH and allow the body to alkalize, detoxify to normalize that will allow healing, and deem symptomology and disease unnecessary.

We monitor pH in the office and teach you to take charge of your choices one step at a time.

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Without getting into the politics of control, lets look at the real issue. Are we really talking about health care? Can you legislate health care? Whose responsibility is it for health? Who is responsible when we reap natural consequences of violating natural laws?

From my point of view as a practicing physician for over 25 years, with tens of thousands of clients, the answer is YOU as a consumer are responsible for your health, your choices and your consequences. The real issue being debated is should you and I pay for other peoples choices and consequences? Especially when those consequences are meant to be uncomfortable to help us make better choices next time.

The systems of the human body are intelligently designed. Part of that design is negative feedback to choices and habits that are not healthy. What I’m saying; we’re debating and legislating control.

Allopathic care (medicine and any therapies that seeks to regulate, change, control, manipulate body physiology – symptoms) is emergency and disease control. A fantastic tool to save a life, yet fails when it comes to the majority of true health issues – in that for a person to heal they must address the cause of their symptoms, which is never an external agent; it is their habits that affect their physiology, immunity, and regulatory systems. So allopathic care is about controlling people who on their own have poor self control in some area of their life.

As a health care provider I coach, demonstrate, empower and hold accountable my clients and their choices. As their habits improve so does their health – making emergency care, hospital stay and drug dependency drastically reduced. Current scientific literature, Hippocrates (remember Hippocratic Oath?) and philosophic beliefs for millennia support whole health as a viable option to allopathic-emergency care.

Self control and virtue are healing, whereas vice tends to be temporarily gratifying yet in the end self-destructive for an individual, and yes, for a nation.

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland Phillips

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Unsteady gait and falls present a great problem to the growing elderly population. Spinal, hip, and extremity fractures account for a majority of emergency room visits for the population above the age of 65. Dr. Michael Rodgers, Phd, CSCS, FACSM professor in the department of human performance and research director at the Center for Physical Activity and Aging at Wichita State University in Kansas, says that “The Asians are addressing the fall prevention problem.”

Many Americans know that each morning Chinese public parks are filled with hundreds of people practicing tai chi, chi gong, or both which improve balance, coordination, and strength. Apparatuses that vibrate and create wobble to strengthen muscles are now becoming common in health care practitioner’s offices to further stabilize gait and posture.

Here at Desert Dove Health and Wellness Center we utilize a simple yet profound exercise that is currently being practiced worldwide. The M-Power March is a combination of cross crawl, eye position, and breathing exercise that has demonstrable effects on:

Balance and equilibrium

Abdominal breath control and oxygenation

Flexibility

Muscle strengthening and coordination

Overall relaxation and wellness of mind

Ask our front desk for a demonstration and coaching session today!

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Over 60 known diseases have been linked to chronic inflammation. These are the diseases that will overtake the average American unless we take action today. I’m not going to go into the biochemistry of inflammation and fat/hormone metabolism since that can put even diehard doctors to sleep. Instead, here is a list of Do’s and Don’ts that if followed diligently will reduce inflammation and allow healing to proceed according to original design.

DO Reduce

- animal products

- junk food & high wheat products

- stimulants, coffee, soda, etc

- sugar

- alcohol, smoking, recreational/therapeutic drugs

- resisting life’s lessons (I.E. stress: repeating a mislearned lesson over and over)

DO Increase

- reverse osmosis water

- veggies & fruits

- abdominal breathing (3-4x a day)

- whole food supplementation

- multiple omega supplement

- cardiovascular exercise

Set up an appointment for a nutritional consultation, or just complete our in-depth symptom survey today to begin your journey toward health and putting out the flame within.

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Our body’s normal response to a threatening stimulus is inflammation.

Unchecked inflammation can lead to suffering and dis-ease. 

Dr. Peter Libby, chief of cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston states, “We evolved as a species because of our ability to fight off microbial invaders.”

Our body responds with inflammation when it comes in contact with a virus, bacteria, fungus, mold, parasite, physical/emotional stress, chemical toxins and

even dietary indescressions, (ie. sugar/protein overload, not enough vegetables).

If our nervous and hormonal systems are constantly being triggered by various and multiple stressors that initiate the inflammatory immune body response over and over, chronic inflammatory reactions are inevitable.  Multiple diseases can be traced to the body’s chronic (lasting more than a year) inflammation response.

*Heart attacks   *cancer                   *Alzheimer’s  *Type II diabetes      *Obesity     *Autoimmune diseases:  multiple sclerosis, lupus, fibromyalgia       *Sjogrens    *High blood pressure  

 Any symptom with “itis” after it:  colitis, nephritis, tonsillitis, sinusitis, gastritis, pancreatitis, arthritis, tendonitis, bursitis, bronchitis, otitis…  

There are currently over 60 disease processes involving chronic inflammation.

What can be done?

Lifestyle modifications can be made to minimize chronic inflammatory syndrome.

·         Reduce sugar and all refined hydrogenated food products (junk foods in general including drinks derived from sugar (high fructose corn syrup and maltodextrin are also refined sugar products)

·         Filtering water

·         Organic meats/dairy

·         Organic vegetables/fruits (the greener the better!)

·         Regular exercise

·         Breathing exercises

·         Catching oneself in the act of regurgitating the “old story” and letting go of that mindset (or set mind!)

·         Relaxing daily:  prayer/meditation

Health authorities agree if we can reduce the cause of inflammation and interrupt the inflammatory process our body will heal itself as it was designed to do.

Two very powerful anti-inflammatory agents are chlorophyll and chlorophylin.  Chlorophylin is a semi-synthetic, water-soluble  mixture of sodium and copper salts derived from chlorophyll. 

Here is a short list of benefits from chlorophyll and chlorophylin .

·         Tissue growth & repair

·         Internal deodorant

·         Topically for slow healing wounds

·         Calcium assimilation (stabilizes cell membrane)

·         Forms molecular complexes with chemicals known or suspected to cause cancer, therefore may block carcinogenic effects

·         Delivers magnesium and helps blood carry oxygen

·         Neutralizes several oxidants (free radicals) – Inflammation is produced from free radical damage

·         Limited data from animal studies indicate that chlorophylin may increase enzymes responsible for detoxifying chemical carcinogens.

·         Prevention of liver cancer

·         Prevention of colon cancer

·         Powerful antioxidant- neutralizing free radicals within the body that cause disease and membrane damage

·         Protection against DNA mutation

·         Promise as a chemo protective agent

·         Useful in treating calcium oxalate stones (kidney/gallbladder)

Mother Nature has provided many other powerful anti-inflammatory agents in the form of Fulvic Minerals.  Fulvic means created by the microbial activity of plants.  Benefits include:

·         Transport valuable anti-inflammatory nutrients into the cell (increases absorption (permeability) and bio-availability)

·         Increases oxygen while decreasing acidity

·         Improves enzyme development

·         Powerful free radical scavenger and anti-oxidant

·         Powerful detoxifier

·         Anti-biotic

·         Anti-viral

·         Biphasic electrolyte: can accept or donate electrons depending upon need

·         Weight loss

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