Balsamic Chicken Drumsticks & Butternut Squash Slaw

This is one of the best marinades I've ever used!  The combination of the balsamic, honey and coconut oil surprisingly marries well. Balsamic Chicken Drumsticks 3 tablespoons coconut oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1⁄4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon honey
2 lb chicken drumsticks
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon olive oil Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine oil, garlic, vinegar and honey in a large bowl. Add chicken, toss well to coat. Place chicken on a rack of a roasting pan rubbed with olive oil. Bake 35 minutes. Bring remaining oil mixture to a boil in a small saucepan; boil 1 minute. Serve reduced sauce with drumsticks. Butternut Squash Slaw 1 large butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into chunks
1⁄2 cup chopped green onions
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper Place chunks of squash in food processor fitted with shredder disc and shre...

Your thyroid controls metabolism, energy production, body temperature, and hormone regulation. When it's not working properly, everything else suffers.

Most thyroid patients are told their only options are medication or surgery. That's not true.

Here's what you need to understand about thyroid dysfunction, why it happens, and what you can actually do about it.

How The Thyroid Works

The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck that produces two main hormones: T4 (thyroxine) and T3 (triiodothyronine).

T4 is the storage form. T3 is the active form that actually does the work in your cells.

Your body converts T4 to T3 primarily in the liver. This conversion is critical. You can have plenty of T4 and still be functionally hypothyroid if you're not converting it to T3 properly.

What blocks conversion? Stress, inflammation, nutrient deficiencies (selenium, zinc), liver dysfunction, and chronic cortisol elevation.

Your adrenal glands and thyroid work together. When your adrenal...

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the gras...

Cilantro Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Slow Roasted Tomatoes

If you love cilantro you will love this!  I know I say this every week but it really was one of the easier recipes that we've done.  With our busy schedules I put the pork and cilantro in a Ziploc bag in the morning, and threw it in the oven when I walked in the door.   Dinner was on the table 30 min later.

Cilantro Pork Tenderloin

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 lb pork tenderloin, trimmed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper

1. Combine oil, cilantro, garlic and pork in a ziploc bag.  Seal bag and refrigerate overnight. 
2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 
3. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper on a baking sheet. 
4. Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until thermometer reads 145 degrees.
5. Cover with foil and let stand 5 minutes before slicing.

Slow Roasted Tomatoes

• 15 plum tomatoes, halved
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced

1. P
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The yearly push for everyone to get the flu vaccine is on! I've had so many people tell me about receiving emails from their medical doctors announcing the availability of the flu vaccine. All the signage at grocery stores and Walgreen's remind us that it's here - as though the flu shot will be the one thing that keeps you healthy this winter.

I can't tell you to or not to take any form of prescription medication, including the flu vaccine, I would suggest you consult with your physician that prescribes them (that's my friendly disclaimer).

Let's dive into why the flu vaccine has become the "mandatory" trip to your local drug distribution establishment every year. The flu in the past could be a severe illness, in fact, the 1918-1919 flu may have caused more deaths than the plague did during the entire middle ages.

While that pandemic flu was a very aggressive strain of the flu, we probably should look at what was going on in the world at that time. There was a World War going on, a ...

"A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession." - Hippocrates    

It is a sad statement of modern society when many of man's "most valuable" possessions are his house or car, which can be taken away in an instant! 

If a man has his health he can rebuild his house or buy a new car.  It's also sad that we usually provide the normal regular maintenance to our cars, (that we will usually sell or junk within 5 years), but we fail to maintain the bodies we will keep for 70, 80 or even 100 years!

Hippocrates was a Greek physician and philosopher and has the honor of being called the Father of Medicine.  Honestly, it is with good reason that the medical profession must take a Hippocratic oath, I just wish they read it once in a while! 

Hippocrates was an amazing man, surviving 20 years of being jailed!  He was the first person to say that diseases were of environmental factors such as diet and how the person lived, not curses from the gods.

Hippocrates has tru...

Cilantro Turkey Saute and Zucchini Ribbon Salad

This was one of the fastest meals I have ever cooked.  It was really flavorful and only took about 15 min total to make, this makes a great quick weeknight meal.  You can even combine it with roasted tomatoes and I think it would add to the flavors.

Cilantro Turkey Saute

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup chopped white onion
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 2 lb lean ground turkey
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 teaspoons of ground cumin

1. Heat oil in a large skillet.
2. Add onion and bell pepper to pan; cook 6 minutes or until browned.
3. Add turkey to pan; sprinkle with salt, pepper and cumin.
4. Cook 6 minutes or until browned.
5. Stir in cilantro.

Squash Ribbons

• 3 large yellow squash
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt

1. Using a vegetable peeler, shave squash lengthwise into thin ribbons.
2. Combine squash, oil, and salt in a large bowl.
3. Let stand 10 minutes before serving
...

So, I can't say that I am a fan of Kevin Trudeau, but I can say that I'm a fan of the concept behind this. 

When I see new patients and we cover the reasons that brought them into my office there's inevitable shock when, after using Applied Kinesiology, we discover the root of their functional problem. 

This is not saying the problem is pathological in nature, simply it's a breakdown of your natural ability to heal.  When we get in touch with our bodies and make every inch of them sing in harmony, as the body was intended to do, our body feels good! 

A chiropractic adjustment can alleviate quite a bit of issues, but marrying chiropractic with Applied Kinesiology really let's the body talk to us.  Many people that see me have been living with pain, less energy, truly deciding this is a way of life for them.  When we get in touch with the underlying problem(s) they feel good!  The body is amazing.  It's designed to heal itself; when you remove the obstacles impairing nature the body w...

If you're like me, you’ve probably spent the past two weekends glued to your TV and computer watching football and tracking your fantasy football teams. (And, if you're like me, you've watched your fantasy teams get shellacked two weeks in a row!)

You've probably heard or read about the focus at all levels of football to diminish the occurrence of concussions. The question is: Why do concussions matter so much? The actual medical name for a concussion is Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. This brain injury term is a much scarier and much more accurate way of describing what a concussion is.

The brain is three pound of fat and protein, it's encased in the rigid bony skull, and the dura attaches it to the skull. The brain is also cushioned and surrounded in the skull by cerebral spinal fluid that acts a lot like a liquid airbag around your brain. The primary proposed etiology of a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is that the jolt to the head is hard enough that the brain will strike, or come clos...

"You don't have a soul.  You are a soul.  You have a body." - C.S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis is one of the great Christian literary figures of the last century.  He is probably most famous for The Chronicles of Narnia, however, he wrote several excellent books on his views of Christianity.  An early mentor of his was J. R. R. Tolkien, the writer of The Lord of the Rings, and they had many great debates on Christianity. I love this quote for many, many different reasons!  

Lets start with the definition of soul. Webster's defines soul as "the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal."  I like this, but I think you can add in the animating divine spark that is in us all. 

It's this divine spark that is what we are down at our core.  We are luminous beings, not crude matter (Yoda).  Another reason I enjoy this quote is that it makes a reader consider what's inside.  While regarding what's on the inside, I hope a reader will understand that while you ...