The Halcyon Health Database
The Halcyon Health Database
You probably know trans fats are bad for our health, and we want to avoid or minimize them. They can raise our LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and lower our HDL (“good”) cholesterol, promote cancer and rapid aging, weaken our immune system, and negatively impact our cell membranes. Trans fats are mostly found in deep fried foods […]
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One of the most common questions I get is: “What are seed oils?” So first off, here’s a list of the most common seed oils: NOTE: Margarine is also made from seed oils, and to make it worse, they’re hydrogenated (trans-fat). Avoid margarine. This includes Earth Balance and anything labeled “Plant Butter.” Plants don’t make butter. They’re
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If straining can make your vision worse, you’d think un-straining could make it better… And you’d be right. Vision is a big topic, but I’ll be posting more in the near future. Dr. William H. Bates, a New York City Ophthalmologist, made incredible breakthroughs in vision issues and successfully reversed nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and other
It’s a simple, yet significant discipline to start improving yourself, create order, and build the future. Taking vitamins daily is the “keystone habit” upon which all other health practices are built. Daily Supplements: Adults: take daily with food. For optimal effectiveness, separate into 2 batches taken with 2 different meals (breakfast and lunch, for example).
Vitamins I take (My Stack) 2025 Read More »
Stress is a fight or flight response. Our body gets ready to either fight or run away. In modern society this mis-fires and we don’t do either. Our body responds to stress by releasing adrenaline and cortisol. The fastest way to dissolve these is to exercise! So rather then stewing in these fight or flight
Most of what we’ve been told is wrong. Here’s what to eat and what to avoid for optimal health: Eat Don’t worry about fat. It’s an important and healthy macronutrient. Yes that includes Saturated fat – it’s good for you. What you’ve been told is wrong 😊. You don’t need grains, but if you enjoy
Root Cause Being stuck in “fight or flight” response. Body/mind builds a reflex habit to react from a place of fear/worry/stress instead of calm Approach We can retrain/replace our habit of dealing with stress/anxiety with relaxed vigilance – nervous system self regulation. We accidentally train ourselves to hold stress in difficult situations. Instead, we just
How to: Replace anxiety with relaxed vigilance (parasympatchetic activation) Read More »
Root cause: Inflammatory response due to diet or skin contact with soaps or chemicals Approach Look at diet first. Dairy (most common from what I’ve seen). Tomatoes-nightshades. Plants in general contain defense chemicals and can cause reactions. Note on dairy – pasteurized dairy (cooked) causes many reactions. The cooking kills the enzymes that help you
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In the past I’ve taken Claritin. And it works, but I feel weird (almost hyper/tweaky) and too dried out from it. So for many years I took a spoonful of raw local honey daily. It works surprisingly well, but takes at least a week or two to really start to kick in. While I’d still
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