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08/15/2022

Dan Moore completed his second video podcast. He was a guest on the Courtenay Turner podcast. She is listed on many of the podcast venues and the one that Dan conversed on was Episode 130. The title is the Mental Health Effects of Big Tech, Big Food and Big Pharma. Here are the links:

https://courtenayturner.com/ep-130-the-mental-health-effects-of-big-tech-big-food-and-big-pharma-with-dr-daniel-moore/

https://courtenayturner.com/

https://odysee.com/:f/rumble_v1brlaz:8

https://c-suitenetwork.com/radio/episodelist/?show=52502&megID=3020db90-8f57-11ec-94fe-db9b9573bc0c&episodeID=02ccebac-0072-11ed-bbb8-fffaac4a658f&key=14

We hope you enjoy it. At Your Family Clinic we want to promote Wellness and a Healthy Life Style so all can enjoy peace, prosperity and higher functioning in this world of ours. We are grateful for Ms. Turner and others who fight for intellectual freedom, and promote health and well being.

06/20/2022

Dan Moore completed his first video podcast! He was a guest at the Masters in Psychology web site. It was completed in June of 2022. You can view this podcast at https://www.mastersinpsychology.com/podcast/daniel-moore/

The website MastersinPsychology.com has the mission to serve the existing psychological community and enable those who want to further their graduate education in psychology by providing the information and resources needed to help them achieve their career goals. The podcast is to help students learn more about the various careers in Psychology. Interviews are made with professionals of psychology in a wide range of settings.

Please feel free to visit Dan’s website at www.yourfamilyclinic.com

09/13/2021

Self Monitoring: A technique to get home work done.

Now is a good time to use self monitoring. School is now in session for most students. Self monitoring is a behavioral technique that teaches children to stay focused enough to complete their work. At first the technique involves having the child listen to a recording that asks every 45 seconds, “Am I on task?” If the participant is on task, an affirmative box is check. If the student was not on task, the participants checks no. It usually takes a few months of using this form before the participant is ready to advance.

The next stage of self monitoring is moving the child from relying on the yes and no form to relying on a clock. The participant gages where he/she should be on the assignment with time. The student estimates how long it will take to complete the home work, marks down on a paper where he/she should be when quarter of the time has expired, half the time has expired and three quarters of the time has expired. The student monitors a clock to see how well he/she is doing. Self monitoring trains the participant to be able to monitor their own behavior in completing school work. It allows them to be independent of other’s encouragement to complete work.

Now, school is in session and homework has started. Self monitoring is a technique to help participants complete their school work and home work. It works great with children diagnosed with an Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It works with children who spend too much time completing their homework because of low motivation, daydreaming, or being inattentive.

It is not a good technique to use if the participant does not have the skills to complete the work. Make sure the participant can do the work before using a self monitoring program.

A low cost self monitoring kit made especially for children (also appropriate for adults) can be found at: https://www.yourfamilyclinic.com/adhd/monitor.php. The kit has everything needed to get started with self monitoring and continue to the advance stages.

When children first start school, some will often get behind. It is sometimes a hard transition from not having to study to having to studying again. Their focus on electronics and other activities can override their desire to do school work. Self monitoring can be used until the participant has enough self motivation to delay electronic use until after their homework has been completed.

Some children have ADHD so bad that they can not even complete assignments given them by their teacher during regular school time. We had a five-year-old child who could only complete his school work if he was doing self monitoring in the classroom. The teacher provided this student with a set of headphones, access to a MP3 player and the record chart. The teacher instructed the child how to complete the record chart and the child responded well. Classroom assignment could be completed.

Another advantage of self monitoring is that it works well for children on medication. Many stimulant medications are designed to wear off in the evening. This can make it difficult for the student to complete home work assignments. Self monitoring can be used at home to help the student complete the homework even though the medication has ebbed in effectiveness.

School can be difficult for some students, especially students with an Attention Deficit Disorder. Self monitoring can become one of your tool in your arsenal. Completing school work and home work is a huge factor in the success of a student.

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01/21/2021

The power of exercise....

One of the healthiest life choices you can make is to exercise. It is good for the body because it gets rid of toxins, boosts the lymphatic system, helps the digestive system, assists in weight management, and is usually good for joints, muscles and bones. Exercise is also great for mental health. It helps you feel good. Some people believe that many people would not have depression or anxiety if they would exercise regularly throughout the week.

Too many people live a sedentary life style. Too many people work at the office and sit behind a desk without exercising. Exercise can help turn that poor life style into a good to great healthy lifestyle.

When I was a child and growing up, exercise gyms were not very common. Now they are wide spread with multiple choices. People are taking advantage of them and for good reason. It is healthy to exercise on a regular basis.

But, what if you are new to exercise? What are some helpful guidelines? The following are some guidelines.

To be effective, exercise should be consistent and often. About three or four times a week is usually adequate. Twenty to thirty minutes is usually a good time period. Exercise can take many forms. Running is one of my favorites. Playing basketball is another one of my favorites.

When I started running, I was unable to run very far. I took Zig Zigler’s advice and started off not going far at all. At first I ran to the mailbox and walked back. A few days later I could run to the mail box and then run all the way back. Over time I went further and further. Now my goal is to run two miles two or three times a week. Often I get to run nearly every day. I am in much better shape now than I ever was. Some people run 8 miles when they run. That is fine. Every person is different. Find a way to exercise and work your way up to at least 20 minutes at a time and for at least three times a week. If you miss a day here and there, it will not matter that much. So the tip is to start off with reasonable obtainable goals and work your way up over time. You will change your body and even your brain chemistry over time.

There are myths about exercise so overcome the myths by obtaining facts. For example, some people feel that running is bad on joints. It would be true that if your joints do not have the nutrition necessary to rebuild and you run, your likely to cause problems. However, if you give the body the nutrition that it needs, then running is not likely to cause joint problems, but do the opposite, which is to make them stronger. For the most part, research suggests that running is not harmful to joints: https://www.piedmont.org/living-better/the-truth-about-running-and-joint-stress

https://runnersconnect.net/is-running-bad-for-your-knees/

Another tip is to never overdo your exercise. While it is important to push your body to the next level, it is not recommended that you do so at great pain and suffering. Push your body yes, but in moderation so that you do not do damage to your body. If injury is done, then rest from exercise on that part of the body, give the body the nutrition that it needs to heal itself. Finding a body detox program may also aid in healing from an injury.

With life in generally and when you exercise, it is important to monitor inflammation. Inflammation can be viewed simply as water molecules surrounding a protein that the body does not feel should be there. As stated in a previous blog, inflammation is usually the cause of most chronic illnesses including arthritis. Exercise is often good for inflammation. It is important to insure that the food you are eating is not causing inflammation and as needed you can eat foods that are anti-inflammatory (e.g., berries, fatty fish, turmeric, broccoli, avocado).

There could be many more tips, but the most important one is that you find a way to exercise that you enjoy. Our website has an article on exercise at: https://www.yourfamilyclinic.com/wellness/exercise/iexercise.html

There are thousands of ways to do exercise. Yoga and Ti Chi are also great ways to exercise. It may be a while until you settle on the one exercise that you really are willing to stick with over time. It is also perfectly fine to switch things up a bit and find a new way to exercise. It will be a healthy choice that will lead to more control over your physical and emotional well being. It can be part of your plan that can lead to better health and prosperity.

Information on the importance of exercise to your mental health. Exercise from a Holistic Psychology perspective.

01/11/2021

Be kind to your pineal gland and it will be kind to you....

The pineal gland is a tiny organ in the brain that has a big role in our health. It produces melatonin that helps us fall asleep at night. This tiny pineal gland also plays a vital role in bone metabolism; mental health (especially countering Seasonal Affective Disorder, Alzheimer Disorder, Parkinson Disorder and Schizophrenia) the development of the ovaries and te**es; and regulation of the menstrual cycle and other functions. Research suggests that damage to the pineal gland can alter the behavior of the pituitary gland, thus affecting a wide range of hormonal issues, including growth and thyroid function. The pineal gland acts as our “third eye” and helps us in intuition, discernment and is the place where the brain regulates consciousness and interprets the body’s sensory and motor functions. In some religions, it is believed that the pineal gland is the seat of a person’s soul.

In our modern society and our standard America diet (SAD), there are many threats to the pineal gland. Fluoride is probably the biggest threat to the pineal gland. It causes calcification of the pineal gland which is linked to Alzheimer Disorder, Parkinson Disorder and Schizophrenia.
Fluoride reportedly builds up more in the pineal gland than any other organ in the body. Fluoride was used by German N**i officials to get the people to act more like sheep and follow orders. In the United States when you drink tap water, you have a 74% chance that it has fluoride added to it. Most toothpastes have added fluoride. Some dentists still give fluoride treatments. Our heavy use of processed food, tans-fats, hormones, sugars, pesticides, etc. in our SAD lifestyle also have a negative effect on the pineal gland. Some believe that electro magnetic fields from cell phone towers, Wifi, etc., also contribute to calcification of the pineal gland.

It has been suggested that a calcified pineal gland can be reversed. Foods that help detox the pineal gland include: coconut oil, watercress, bananas, cocoa, and Spirulina (an algae). Of course it makes sense to eliminate Fluoride from your SAD lifestyle and other components of the SAD lifestyle. Your pineal gland will appreciate organic foods, grass fed beef, non processed foods and a reduction in processed sugars.

Other things you can do to be kind to your pineal gland include getting enough sleep, sleeping at night, using blue light filters on your electronics after the sun goes down and minimizing your exposure to electromagnetic fields (e.g., remove cell phones by your bed, turning off Wifi when you sleep).

A healthy pineal gland will lead to increased mental, physical health and well being. Most importantly in today’s society, it will help you with intuition and discernment. You can increase your ability to interpret your bodies signals and be able to know what is fact and what is fiction when information is presented to you. We hope you are kind to that little tiny pineal gland in your brain so it can be kind to you.

Sources of information used in this article include but are not limited to the following websites:

https://www.nativepalmsnutrition.com/blog/2016/8/29/the-third-eye-series
https://upliftconnect.com/detoxify-your-pineal-gland/
https://www.naturalawakeningsnwf.com/2020/08/31/326400/pineal-gland-tiny-organ-mighty-function
https://www.science.gov/topicpages/v/pineal+gland+calcification
https://innovativemedicine.com/pineal-gland-calcification-the-cause-the-consequence/
https://planetprotein.com/blogs/blog/how-to-decalcify-your-pineal-gland

For additional information on Holistic Psychology, please visit our website at www.yourfamilyclinic.com

01/04/2021

The economics of healthy eating....

The Standard American Diet (SAD) is the most affordable diet available. It is even available in fast food restaurants that can serve up their SAD food less expensively than many people can do in their own kitchens. Some of the reasons that this is possible is due to the government subsidies that farmers get for their genetically modified organisms (GMO) food. With these subsidies and other programs, farmers can produce their food at less of a cost making the raw materials for the SAD diet to be competitive on the world market. The end result has contributed, at least in part, to our current health crisis and high rates of chronic diseases. Other countries that buy our SAD produce are not far behind our dismal health statistics. European countries who reject our SAD produce enjoy healthier lives and less disease in their citizens. They even live longer than the people in the United States and their longevity is blessed with less disease over time.

Much money in the United States is spent on our Health Care Industry. Insurance is very expensive and the cost of medications is also very expensive. So the money people saved in SAD food is spent later on medications and other contributions to the health care industry. Many people who are poor have access to free health care and much of their prescriptions are free too. This distributes the costs of our SAD diet and much of the costs are being absorbed by our ever increasing national debt.

Now consider the costs of lack of productivity due to illness. People who are depressed, anxious, and have other chronic illnesses are less productive as working citizens. Too many of our citizens are on disability for their emotional and physical health problems and are no longer active in the work force. They must be taken care of and the expense adds to the costs of our ever increasing national debt. No one enjoys being sick and suffering from a chronic illness.

When I was younger, my mother always told me that she would rather pay the grocery bill than the doctor bill. This is a wise statement. It may be more expensive in the short run to eat healthy food, but very cost effective in the long run. Such a paradigm shift leads to health and prosperity individually and collectively as a nation. We hope more people adopt this philosophy.

Now there are ways to eat health food and not spend so much. Some of the local discount grocery stores sell organic food. If it has been certified as organic, it is non GMO and has less toxins on the food. Also these stores often get in non GMO verified foods as well. Shopping at these stores can save a family much money on healthy, nutritious food. You just need to be careful not to buy the unhealthy food that these stores also sell at a reduced price.

Some people are able to save money on the grocery bill by having a garden. Even people who live in apartments can plant tomato plants or herb gardens that can be confined to little space. People of like mindedness can also share their crops with other gardeners and exchange with them to provide a wider variety of crops than they grow themselves. Most people who garden grown more produce than they can consume themselves, making their crops ideal to share or barter with others. One family may be good at planting and raising organic corn while another family is adept at organic tomatoes. These families can share their bounty with each other and have both corn and tomatoes that are less expensive than what one can get at a farmer’s market.

Others save money on healthy food by shopping at several grocery stores looking for discounts. They watch for sales and also look in the discounted food section of these stores. Aldi and Trader Joe are great discount grocery stores that offer a variety healthy organic and non GMO foods.

People can also save money on food by shopping on-line. Retailers such as Thrive Market and Vitacost specialize in offering healthy food and nutritional supplements at a discount price. They even have free delivery if spending a specific amount. Thrive Market offers free membership to families that can not afford membership costs. You can find quick access to these retailers through our website at https://yourfamilyclinic.com/affiliate.html. We all benefit from buying our food from these and other discount retailers. As we demand more healthy food, the overall cost of healthy food will likely drop. More farmers can adopt organic farming methods, making more organic food available. We can put in our vote for healthy choices by making sure our money goes to purchase healthy food and not food that comprises the SAD.

Economically it does makes sense to eat healthy. There are ways you can reduce the cost of buying healthy and nutritious food. As you do, you can have a healthy life style which will lower your probability of getting chronic diseases. If you have a chronic disease, you can change your life style choices and hopefully overcome most of the effects of your chronic disease and in some cases reverse your chronic disease. Once you understand the two basic principles of health which are: giving the body the nutrition that it needs to heal and to detox the body from the toxins that are causing inflammation and other problems, you can use these principles to increase health and prosperity for you and your family. We invite you and your family to start 2021 by setting some of your New Year’s resolutions to include healthy choices that will lead you towards a healthier life style. Live long and prosper even in these uncertain times!

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12/28/2020

Keeping New Year’s Resolutions.

Many people make New Year’s Resolutions, but few are those who can actually achieve them. We are human and humans are notorious for not completing the goals they have set for themselves. Below are some principles to help you achieve your goals, especially your goals that will lead to increased health and more prosperity.

Most goals that are set for the New Year are usually good goals and would be great if you were able to achieve them. So we encourage you not to change your goals but to keep them and be more reasonable with yourself about achieving them.

Being reasonable with yourself.

Being more reasonable involves being more realistic. For example, most people who become free of to***co products are not free of them on their first try. It takes the average person seven attempts before they are successful. Knowing this can help you be more successful at achieving your goals. The point here is: Do not give up. If at first you do not succeed try, try again.

Learn from Your Mistakes.

The story of the tortoise and the hare is a great reminder that the winners in life are not always the fastest. The winners are the ones that are the most persistent. Being reasonable with yourself is not beating yourself up at a failure. Rather, learn from that failure so that you do not repeat the mistake.

For example, most people who quit smoking do well until they hit an emotional crisis. Then they revert back to smoking ci******es in an effort to cope. They can learn from this mistake that on the next period of abstinence from ci******es, some crisis is going to raise it’s ugly head again. But if the person has three or four plans on how to handle crises when they occur (e.g., talk to a friend, pray for strength, trust in the Lord, meditation, relaxation), they are likely to be more successful and remain abstinent from ci******es. The same could be said about many goals such as losing weight, eating more healthy, sticking with a detox plan.

Be more obsessed about your goals.

We highly recommend that if you have an important goal, we recommend you make it more of an obsession. In a healthy way, pray at least daily about your goal, meditate every day about achieving that goal, be grateful that you have achieved that goal even before the goal is achieved. It is okay not to know how a goal is going to be achieved, what is more important is that you know precisely what your goal is and what it will feel like and look when that goal has been achieved. Such mental work helps increase motivation and will help you get through the rough parts in achieving your goal. We recommend that you meditate about your goal at least daily until it has been achieved. At night you can review how well you did on following your plan and what progress you have made. Every day is a new day and a day to make improvements on achieving your goal. When you have obtained your goal, you will be grateful for the amount of mental work and focus it took to achieve the goal.

Develop a written plan.

It has been said, that a goal that is not written down is only a wish. Write your goal or goals down. Start working on your goal by developing a written plan with time lines of important milestones in obtainment of the goal. This is not as important as knowing what the goal is. It just gives you a place to start. It might not be your final plan. You may be able to develop a better plan once you have learned from your mistakes. Every person is different and what works well for some people may not work well for you. As you evaluate your plan, you can make changes to the plan that take you towards the completion of your goal.

Tell your plan and goals to others.

It is helpful to tell your plan to others. They can offer emotional support. But be careful, some people you tell may not be supportive and some may even try to sabotage your efforts. People are like that for some reason. You can learn, who will be supportive and who will not be supportive of the changes you make. Tell your plan to people who will be supportive. Learn from the concerns of the people who are less supportive and use their concerns as a catalyst to insure you can achieve your goal in spite of their lack of support.

One of our favorite books on achieving goals is written by Dr. Joe Dispenza called Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One. If you like, please check out our book store at www.yourfamilyclinic.com/books/books.html.

These are just a few pointers that you can use to help you keep your New Year’s Resolutions. We hope you set good ones. We hope you include some goals that will increase your overall health and prosperity.

12/21/2020

Food sensitivities...

For what ever reason, food sensitivities appear to be on the rise and estimated to effect 32 million people within the United States. Reactions to foods can be life threatening such as in food allergies that lead to anaphylactic shock. Most of the food sensitivities are less severe and appear to effect people differently. Food sensitivities could lead to bowel and intestinal problems, skin problems, and some believe even mental illnesses. Most children on the Autism Spectrum are likely to have some food sensitivity or sensitivity to substances present in their environment (e.g., mold, animal hair).

Once food sensitivities are identified, the conditions they cause can be eliminated. The easiest method that is not always easy with children is abstaining from the foods that the body is sensitive to. Another approach is to help the body not be so sensitive to the irritant. Another approach is to give medications that reduce the symptoms by having the body be less sensitive to the irritant.

In our opinion the best method is to identify the sensitivities and treat the body to not be sensitive to these irritants. While the body in is in the process of healing, it is a good idea to avoid the sensitivities that cause the body the greatest distress. Food sensitivities are notorious for changing over time so a person often has to get re-tested to see how the body is doing with processing certain food or environmental substances.

There is much controversy on the best way to identify food sensitivities. One opinion is given at the following website: https://www.geneticsillustrated.com/best_allergy_dna_test_companies/index.html along with recommendations on the best food sensitivities available. These tests can usually be done at home.

If you are into alternative approaches, then you may be interested in the Carroll Food Intolerance Evaluation that is often available by Naturopathic Doctors. It is relatively inexpensive and can determine which foods that the body is sensitive to and even combinations of foods that cause problems. Naturopathic Doctors also attempt to heal the body in the process. Their main goal is to improve the quality of life. More information on this approach can be found at:
https://ndnr.com/autoimmuneallergy-medicine/the-carroll-food-intolerance-evaluation-and-its-applications/

For millions of people in the United States and others world wide, identifying and treating food sensitivities can be a huge step in improving the quality of life for an individual. It will reduce inflammation. Inflammation is reported to be the number one cause of the majority of chronic illnesses that humans face. For more information on inflammation, see:
https://inflammationresearchfoundation.org/inflammation-science/inflammation-details/time-cellular-inflammation-article/ and http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20040223,00.html

This article was written during the Christmas Season of 2020. We hope you enjoy the holiday season and we wish you a Merry Christmas!

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12/14/2020

Let’s get off the Standard American Diet.

In the United States, our citizens have one of the best healthcare systems and it is a good thing because we are one of the unhealthiest group of citizens on the planet. Too many of us including children have chronic and terminal diseases. High blood pressure, diabetes, ADHD, Asthma, Autism, and other chronic conditions are in epidemic numbers. There are probably several causes, but one major cause is the Standard American Diet (SAD). As a nation, we eat too much sugar, refined carbohydrates and processed foods to be healthy. Some live to eat. Unfortunately some of these foods are made in laboratories to be addicting. As a nation, we are hooked.

A better approach is to “eat to live”. Improving our diet will go far to improving our health and prosperity. We need to avoid processed sugars and foods. We need to avoid trans fats (e.g., hydrogenated vegetable oils) and even genetically modified organisms (GMO). These foods may be inexpensive but they will be more costly in the long run. When you have heart disease you are going to be less productive. Eating to be healthy will allow you to be more productive and more prosperous and hopefully earning more money so that you can afford to feed yourself and your family healthy food. You will also enjoy a higher quality of life for a longer time period.

The first step is to decide to eat healthy. Make that decision as soon as you can. Do not be indecisive. The second step involves throwing away your bad food and never reintroducing it to your home. Once your taste buds change, you will not want that unhealthy food even for a rare treat. Choose foods that are healthy for you. The healthiest foods on the planet are green leafy vegetables, cruciferous vegetables, and wholesome fruits. Be careful to make sure the vegetables and fruits subject to much pesticides are organic (e.g., celery, strawberries). You will want to eat healthy foods that are not contaminated with toxins. Look for non GMO foods and the organic foods on the labels. Try to insure your meats are of high quality and are lacking in hormones, nitrates, and antibiotics.

Fortunately there are many resources for good food. Eat to Live by Joel Furman is a classic book on eating to overcome chronic diseases. Ocean Robbins has dedicated his life to help educate individuals on eating healthy. He has a website at https://www.oceanrobbins.com/
Thrive Market was designed to help rich and poor have access to high quality foods at a reasonable price. A link to Thrive market can be found at https://yourfamilyclinic.com/affiliate.html.

Life style choices can be difficult. The convenience of unhealthy food from fast food restaurants is a difficult habit for many families to break. But eating healthy does not have to be time consuming. Once you make up your mind to eat healthy, you can learn about time saving methods that allow you to eat healthy even when you have a busy day. It does not take much time to eat raw foods that are satisfying once you get used to them. Joel Furman in his book and also Forks Over Knives―The Cookbook: Over 300 Recipes for Plant-Based Eating All Through the Year illustrate just how satisfying and tasty healthy foods can be. It is a life style change, and change often requires multiple attempts before we are successful. Be patient with yourself and your family. The efforts will be worth it.

By eating healthy you can let food be your medicine, improve your health, maybe even reverse chronic illnesses, and certainly prevent illnesses in your future. You and your family can overcome the curse of the SAD diet. Eat to live! You can get on the road that leads to health and prosperity for possibly generations to come. Bon appetit!

(Note: our photo was by Adalia Botha on Unsplash)