Topic: Maintenance

Support: Be Dedicated to Data

Support: Be Dedicated to Data

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. ~ Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.

Back in early 2009, there was a group of HTA Boot Camp members who were having issues stabilizing. No matter what a fellow admin and I tried to do, we could NOT figure out why.

After weeks of collecting data, we figured out that the common denominator was either one of two things: It was the flavored coffee people were drinking, or the cream that they put in it.

We immediately dismissed the cream as the culprit. After all, we were right smack dab in the middle […]

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Look Outside the Box

Look Outside the Box

You have to stand outside the box to see how the box can be re-designed. ~ Charles Handy

I made a personal decision many moons ago that in my life, traditional western medicine was my absolute last resort in any sickness. I felt that the only thing traditional Western medical doctors were good for was putting me back together in the event of an accident.

I understood early on that traditional Western doctors focus on treating symptoms instead of addressing the underlying reason that these symptoms were being produced.  This means you can most likely go to 4 different “kinds” of […]

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Support: The Potassium Sodium Connection

Support: The Potassium Sodium Connection

I have been getting a lot of questions lately on why I ask my clients to be aware of potassium when they are in a situation that they KNOW they are going to be ingesting quite a bit of sodium.  With that in mind, let’s look at potassium first, and then how to get potassium from the foods we eat.

Definition of potassium as it relates to the body:

Potassium is a hugely important mineral for the proper function of all cells, tissues and organs in the human body.  It is also an electrolyte, which means it conducts electricity […]

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Support: Define Homeostasis

Support: Define Homeostasis

A simple definition of homeostasis: maintaining relatively constant internal conditions.

I needed a very simple explanation to be able to explain why 10 ounces of something like shown in this photo can result in an additional 2-3 pounds on the scale.

I know you know what I am talking about.  You take ONE bite of something and everything else that day is clean, yet you have an unexplained substantial rise on the scale.  You think to yourself, how can that happen?

I have done my best with clients that are […]

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