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Don’t Break Your Heart, Go Honky Tonking!

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

I was sitting down at my kitchen table a few Saturdays ago when my phone rings.  It was a friend doing the proverbial trap he is good at.  He says, “What are you doing?”,   “Nothing”, I reply. “Well then, you have no excuse to get down here to the Grange to hear us play!”  Ha! […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, dancing, disease prevention, exercise, health, heart disease, reduce risk of death

Get the Lead Out!

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

If there was one health issue I could focus on and potentially save thousands of lives, it would be cardiovascular disease. Are you aware that one in three Americans die from heart attack or strokes?  That is almost 34% of all deaths!  It far outranks cancer, kidney disease, infections, and accidental deaths! Some of the top risk factors […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, chelation, detoxificiation, disease prevention, heart attack, heart disease, lead toxicity, reduce risk of death, stroke

Why Purify? Lose Weight AND Feel Good!

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

Learn why we gain weight back or struggle to lose weight despite good efforts, ways to avoid and reduce exposure to harmful toxins, and how to clean the body of toxins while effectively losing weight.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: detoxificiation, disease prevention, healthy eating, weight-loss

Eating Well (and Healthy) Secrets for the Holidays!

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

Test your knowledge! Post comments and answers either in our comments sections or on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sonas-Integrative-Medical-Center/241621760305)  to the questions at the end of the article and you’ll be entered to win a $10 gift card from April’s Garden! Contest ends 12/31/11. Eating Well (and Healthy) Secrets for the Holidays! I love the holidays!  […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: health, healthy eating, holidays, organic, sugar-substitutes

Five Things to Reduce the Cold/Flu in Your Household

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

Ah, late fall!  School is rocking with lots of after-school activities and deadlines, Friday night lights, the cold, cold mornings, snow is just around the corner, and it seems every kid has a runny nose and cough.  Not only for our kids, but also for ourselves, this is a great time to make sure we […]

Filed Under: Education

Fountain of Youth for Men? Maybe…

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

Not to sound like an advertisement, but men, there IS a hormone you can take to live healthier with less risk of disease and with improved vitality, libido and energy.  That hormone is testosterone. We are not talking steroids or the doses that body builders use to enhance their sports performance.  In fact, taking very […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, men's health, reduce risk of death, testosterone replacement therapy

Achy Muscles or Bones? Try Vitamin D

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

  As we move into fall, leaving endless summer days behind us, it seems appropriate to talk about a “sunshine vitamin” that can help you prevent illness all year long.  Have you noticed that you ache or hurt more in the winter, or catch a cold or flu more often?  Many of us escape the […]

Filed Under: Education

Inflammation: Blessing or Curse?

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

What is inflammation?  Imagine you have cut your finger.  In response to this, proteins get released into your blood that travel to the cut and bind to dead and dying cells as well as to bacteria.  This starts the healing process of gobbling up the bad stuff, creating a clot to stop the bleeding, and […]

Filed Under: Education

Anti-Aging Medicine – Much more than Botox!

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

Unfortunately, when people hear the term “Anti-aging Medicine”, most people immediately think of the external things done to look younger– cosmetic surgery, Botox, chemical peels, etc.   The key word for these modalities is “look younger”.  There are a variety of measures that can be utilized to successfully look AND feel younger with the wonderful side […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, bio-identical hormones, disease prevention

Happy and Healthy Eating (and Hopefully Gardening) to You!

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

Happy and Healthy Eating (and Hopefully Gardening) to You! A few weeks ago, I observed a good friend of mine preparing an area of his very small townhome yard for gardening.  I was pleasantly surprised when he informed me that his intentions were not to grow flowers, but vegetables.  I greatly applauded his efforts and […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: allergies, auto-immune disorders, buy local, celiac disease, farmer's market, gardening, health, organic

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