Avoiding Holiday Blues

All grains, flour and cereals are converted to sugar in the body in the same manner as refined sugar. Eating sugar routinely or even occasionally will ultimately create a vitamin B deficiency. The body uses B vitamins to metabolize any form of sugar that is eaten. Consuming large quantities of sugar and carbohydrates over the holidays can deplete the body of the B complex more rapidly.

A simple solution is to use molasses, which provides all the nutrients that enable the body to metabolize sugar.  Molasses is high in the whole B complex. It is a by-product of sugar production. In sugar cane processing the outer part is discarded when sugar cane is processed to make sugar. Molasses is from the outer part where all the nutrients are that would allow the proper digestion of the sugar.

The other food sources of the whole B complex include dried hot red pepper, sunflower seeds, pecans, sesame seeds, walnuts, almonds, brewers yeast, egg yolk, wheat germ, liver, rice bran, fish, fresh mushrooms and fresh leafy green vegetables.

A century ago the average American consumed less than 2 pounds of sugar. Sugar has become an addictive white powder that has been added to everything from catsup to vitamins. The average American today consumes over 180 pounds of table sugar each year! It only takes 2 tsp. of sugar to decrease immune function by 40%! The high intake of sugar is responsible for many of the unwanted health conditions in Americans.

A few of the symptoms of a B complex deficiency include sugar cravings, fatigue, irritability, depression, acne, insomnia, inability to think clearly, tingling in the hands and feet, dizziness, eye strain, heart issues and more.

If you have any of the above deficiency symptoms, there is help. A review of your diet and lifestyle can easily locate simple changes that could improve your health and reduce the deficiency symptoms. Consult with a knowledgeable holistic wellness health care professional to end the confusion on what products or foods would be best to help enhance enjoyment of the holiday season. Call TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia today (734) 664 - 0339 to take advantage of our initial no charge consultation. 

Grow Your Own Greens Even in Cold Weather

TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia

Saturday November 8, 2014  at  Noon

Making your own healthy way in life in spite of what the news is telling you about our dwindling food supply and higher pricing.  Learn how to grow organic greens in your apartment in the winter. Stay super healthy and cut high food expenses dramatically. demonstrations of the wide array of vegetation available to you almost free.

 Presented by Dr. Linda Solomon, DC, CCWFN, Natural Foods Chef. Event held at TLC Holistic Wellness, 31580 Schoolcraft Rd, Livonia, MI 48150. This Free workshop is limited to 10 guests. Reservations required. Please call (734) 664 -0339.   

Fat Burning Soups

TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia

Saturday, November 15, 2014  at Noon

Fat burning energy soup demos incluing a taste fest and recipes. Learn the simple ways to melt fat naturally, and how to boost your ability to burn fat. Presented by Dr. Linda Solomon, DC, CCWFN, Natural Foods Chef. Event held at TLC Holistic Wellness, 31580 Schoolcraft Rd, Livonia, MI 48150. This Free workshop is limited to 10 guests. Reservations required. Please call (734) 664 -0339.

Raw Food Thanksgiving Fest

TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia

Saturday, November 22, 2014  at Noon

Cleaning up your diet, how to get started in spite of the holidays.

Thanksgiving dinner will follow:  We make a turkey out of raw organic foods.  

You will be surprised at how good it tastes.

• Guess what veggies and seeds we make the turkey out of. Enjoy a taste fest on all the natural organic thanksgiving goodies,  free recipes will be provided.  

Presented by Dr. Linda Solomon, DC, CCWFN, Natural Foods Chef. Event held at TLC Holistic Wellness, 31580 Schoolcraft Rd, Livonia, MI 48150. This Free workshop is limited to 10 guests. Reservations are required. There is limited seating, call today. Please call (734) 664 -0339.

A THANKSGIVING POEM

'TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING,
BUT I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP.
I TRIED COUNTING BACKWARDS,
I TRIED COUNTING SHEEP.

THE LEFTOVERS BECKONED -
THE DARK MEAT AND WHITE,
BUT I FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION
WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT.

TOSSING AND TURNING WITH ANTICIPATION,
THE THOUGHT OF A SNACK BECAME INFATUATION.
SO, I RACED TO THE KITCHEN, FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR,
AND GAZED AT THE FRIDGE, FULL OF GOODIES GALORE.
GOBBLED UP TURKEY AND BUTTERED POTATOES,
PICKLES AND CARROTS, BEANS AND TOMATOES.

I FELT MYSELF SWELLING SO PLUMP AND SO ROUND,
'TIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I ROSE OFF THE GROUND.
I CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING, FLOATING INTO THE SKY,
WITH A MOUTHFUL OF PUDDING AND A HANDFUL OF PIE.
BUT, I MANAGED TO YELL AS I SOARED PAST THE TREES....
HAPPY EATING TO ALL - PASS THE CRANBERRIES, PLEASE.

MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY,
MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.
MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP.
MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS.
MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,
MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO  ALL 

From Dr. Linda Solomon and staff at TLC Holistic Wellness

Visit www.TLCHolisticWellness.com for more information on all our wellness services.

Reducing Holiday Stress

Stress and the holidays seem to go hand-in-hand for many of our patients. As a chiropractic and wellness center, TLC Holistic Wellness wants our patients to find stress relief in any way they can. We not only provide many treatments right here in our clinic for reducing holiday stress, but offer easy stress-relief methods that patients can carry out at home to make the holidays easier.

Chiropractic care is an ideal way to reduce your holiday stress, whether that means getting an adjustment for improved circulation and restored balance or receiving a therapeutic massage for released muscle tension. This alone can do wonders for your holiday stress levels. An added benefit is that it helps reduce the risk of getting an illness, which is common during the holidays. Other tips Dr. Carol Ann Fischer offers for reducing holiday stress is being sure to get regular sleep, exercising, drinking plenty of water, reducing caffeine and sweets consumed, and taking vitamins, herbals and supplements -- which we also offer. Learning to think positively can also be a big reduction in holiday stress.

If you are in the Livonia, MI area and looking to get chiropractic or wellness care for reducing your holiday stress, contact us today.

Yours in Good Health,

Carol Ann Fischer, D.C., N.D.