Integrative Health Solutions

12/19/2025

Integrative Health Solutions-101 E 3rd St, inside Abundant Health & Fitness, Cameron. Office hours: Tuesday & Thursday! Call 816-632-9449 for an appointment today!

12/18/2025

The lymph system is your body's sewer system. Take care of it, ie lymphatic massage, healthy eating, etc...and it will take care of you!

12/17/2025

More information is available. Come join our Natural Healing study group in person or online Sunday, January 18th, 2026 from 2-4pm, Cameron, MO. This is a free event.
Text "class" to 816-632-9449 for more details!

12/11/2025

Looking for more information on how homeopathic remedies can help you? Call or text Ginger at Integrative Health Solutions 816-632-9449. Blessings to you all!

12/09/2025

Some Psychological Applied Kinesiology and/or some flower essence body mapping can help! DM me for more info!

12/08/2025

Hydrate with good quality water!

12/02/2025

11/30/2025

Carrageenan. Stop consuming it NOW.

Carrageenan sounds innocent because it comes from red seaweed. Cute little ocean plant. But once the food industry processes it, it stops acting like seaweed and starts acting like a microscopic cheese grater on your gut lining.

Here is the part nobody tells you.

Carrageenan is used in labs to TRIGGER INFLAMMATION in animals ON PURPOSE. Researchers literally inject it into rat paws to create swelling so they can test anti inflammatory drugs. Let that sink in. The same ingredient used to create pain in lab animals is sitting in your almond milk and ice cream.

Independent studies show it destroys the mucosal lining of the gut, ramps up IL 8 and other inflammatory cytokines, and mimics endotoxin damage. Your body reacts like it is being attacked even when nothing is invading. That is why people get bloating, cramps, diarrhea, skin flare ups, joint pain, and weight gain after eating foods that contain it.

And the food industry’s favorite bedtime story about “food grade carrageenan is different” is marketing, not reality. Food grade can still degrade into the inflammatory form once it hits stomach acid. Your gut does not care about their label wording.

Here is where it hides in everyday life.

Nut milks like Almond Breeze and Silk. Coconut milk in cartons.
Oatly.
Boxed cashew milk.
Dairy creamers.
Starbucks creamers.
Vegan creamers.
Ice cream like Ben and Jerrys, Breyers, and almost all low calorie ice creams.
Deli meats like Oscar Mayer and Hillshire.
Cottage cheese and ricotta brands trying to look wholesome.

Protein shakes like Ensure, Boost, SlimFast, Premier Protein.
Vegan cheeses, vegan sour cream, vegan mayo, vegan yogurts.
Canned soups and chowders.
Pudding cups and cheap desserts.
Fast food ice creams and lattes.
Even organic brands like 365 coconut milk and SoDelicious.

If it is thick, creamy, or “dairy like,” there is a good chance carrageenan is the glue holding it together and wrecking your gut in the process.

Now for the good part. The clean swaps that do not destroy your terrain.

Milk alternatives:
MALK almond milk, JOI nut base, Elmhurst, Three Trees, Native Forest simple coconut milk (canned only).

Creamers:
NutPods, Laird unsweetened creamers, Chobani no gums version, homemade coconut cream.

Ice cream:
Rebel, Cosmic Bliss grass fed, Straus, or just blend banana with frozen fruit if your gut can handle sugar.

Deli meat:
Applegate, Boars Head All Natural, or fresh sliced meat from a clean butcher.

Cottage cheese and ricotta:
Good Culture, Organic Valley gum free options, or local grass fed brands.

Protein shakes:
Equip, Primal Kitchen, Just Ingredients protein, or any shake made with real whole food powders and no gums.

Canned coconut milk:
Thai Kitchen simple ingredients can, Native Forest simple coconut milk, Arroy D coconut milk.

If you remove carrageenan for thirty days you will see the difference in your digestion, inflammation, skin, and energy so fast it almost feels fake. But it is not magic. It is simply removing an ingredient designed to irritate tissue.

11/27/2025

From Integrative Health Solutions...Happy Thanksgiving to all!

11/19/2025

Want to know more? See Ginger at Integrative Health Solutions inside Abundant Health & Fitness, Cameron Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12noon to 4pm. Office hours at Kidder office Mondays & Wednesdays 8am to 5:30pm.

11/11/2025

Come by tonight & see how you can help yourself!