Heart Health
Stepping Into The Hornets Nest – Elder Care part 4
Published July 17th, 2016
By Tammera J Karr, Ph.D., FAAIM, BCIH, BCHN ©2016
Many of you may have childhood stories like my husband and father of baldfaced hornet encounters. When these stories are being told, there is always someone who steps in the nest first who walked away relatively unscathed, while others are repeatedly stung and attacked.
Dealing [...]
Hawthorn: an Herb Worthy of Consideration
Published April 28th, 2015
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD
Ms. T, a lady who works in my office swears by hawthorn for anything to do with your heart and circulation. As with many things this inspired me to look into the history and use of hawthorn berry – was it a herb worth adding to my arsenal, and what [...]
Feed the Heart – fruit of the vine and chocolate in the news.
Published April 8th, 2014
Dark Chocolate may not be your preferred type, but new research supports maybe it should be.
It might seem too good to be true, but dark chocolate is good for you and scientists now know why. Dark chocolate helps restore flexibility to arteries while also preventing white blood cells from sticking to the walls of [...]
LDL Cholesterol & Frustration
Published June 18th, 2012
By Tammera J. Karr, PhD., BCHN ©2012
The old adage “if you wait long enough they will change their mind” is certainly true when it comes to medicine. The problem is how many of us have 75 years on average to wait for the Medical system to catch up on their own research and change [...]
Salt Vindicated-a personal case study
Published February 27th, 2012
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD, BCHN, BCIH
In 2005, I thought I was developing hypothyroidism; I was tired, overweight, with high triglycerides, and muscle pain, all symptoms. I was eating real food, but I was under a lot of stress. Remember I have said several times over the last three years that stress is the [...]
Building Pressure
Published December 22nd, 2011
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD
This last week I had one client come in and share how their blood pressure was way too high after getting upset over a work issue – Another client who thrives on stress or so they think, has on several occasions been taken to the ER for heart attack symptoms; [...]