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PALEO POWER is not for PUSSIES…or is it?

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Hey GIRLS (and boys for that matter)….I completed my first duathlon yesterday on complete PALEO POWER food. The duathlon consisted of a 3.1 mile run then a 12 mile bike ended with another 3.1 mile run. I completed the race in 1 hour and 30 minutes….pretty good for an old lady (36). I got 2nd place overall for the woman! The point of this post is to give kudos to the PALEO eating style for women (aka pussies…lol!).

This morning as I post this I realize that I am NOT sore. My muscles feeel great and I am recovered perfectly. I could work out today but won’t to allow my muscles to recover totally. I have been eating 75-100 grams of protein per day from meat, eggs, and a bit of protein powder. I have been eating NO grains and NO beans for about 4-5 weeks. I have cheated a bit here and there because of food necessity but other than that been pretty good. I have been eating lots of fruit, veg, nuts/seeds, and coconut products too. Yum!  I now BELIEVE in the POWER of this primitive eating style. I wasn’t running after a deer for dinner but I did chase down lots of men and women on my run/bike!

Another side benefit to eating PALEO is the fact that my raging PMS has all but gone away. Ask my husband? Last cycle was so much calmer than usual…this one should even be better. I usually take herbs/progesterone to help this but haven’t taken for 6 weeks to see the changes from the diet alone.

I also am NOT bloated, tired, sick, sore, constipated, zitted out, or anything…..This NO GRAIN/BEAN thing is right on target! In fact, my guts feel great…no irritation baby!

Give it a shot for 30 days…you won’t be sorry. Check out robbwolf.com for a 30 day quick start guide and shopping list. I plan to do my own soon and will be offering the supplements you need on the program in my NEW  online store…coming soon.

Dr.GB

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Post-Holiday Pudge

Saturday, November 27th, 2010

Hey all…sorry it has been awhile since I last posted anything. Life sometimes gets in the way.  I hope everyone’s Turkey Day was fabulous. Mine certainly was. I ate too much and paid with bowel issues the next day…agh! It was worth it.

I am contemplating a mini-cleanse between now and Christmas time and there are so many ways to do a Mini.

1. Carbohdyrate free for 10 days.

2.Sugar and alcohol free for 3 weeks.

3.Whole foods ONLY diet plus fitness increase.

4.Liver cleanse for 3 weeks (liver herbs, morning fiber drink, and whole foods diet..(no red meat, dairy, sugar or caffeine, or processed food).

5. Commit to your health…join the gym or take a yoga class or get outside more!

Whatever minicleanse you choose you will be thankful come Christmas time. You will feel great and maybe even be pounds lighter than you were at Thanksgiving (when does that happen??).  I also will bet that you won’t over-indulge at Christmas or that office party because you are on your cleanse or just feel so damn good!

Here is to starting 2011 off on the right foot.  Good luck to you all.

Dr.GB

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The life cycle…joy and sorrow.

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

As a practitioner, I hear lots of people’s stories and essentially go through their life with them. Just recently, I am reminded that the circle of life can be so great and yet also be so devastating. Joy and sorrow are part of everyone’s life circle but man….sometimes the sorrow part really stinks!  Let me tell you why I am in this philosophical funky mood.

For the past months, I have watched someone I know prepare for her wedding. It has been exciting, stressful, and wonderful for her all at the same time. She is young, and ready to conquer the world so her energy is unbounding. Her answer to all the stress is “GOD IS LOVE, LOVE is the ONLY WAY”  I love that!  I hope she never gets cheated on, lied to, pissed off, or otherwise “LOVE STINKS”-ed.  Ha! Anyway, her journey through love to marriage is fantastic and I can’t wait to attend her wedding this weekend and send her off to LOVERS LAND. God Bless her.

The flip side of LOVERS LAND is LOVE IS DOOMED LAND and LOVE SUCKS land. This is the other part of the circle I have been witnessing lately. When women who are close to you realize their partners are not faithful or not honest. The heart crushing pain that comes with wading through lies and truth. What the F$$&  were these penis endowed people thinking????  I mean, if your marriage sucks so bad that you want to horizontal mambo someone else, then for God’s sake TELL your wife before you cheat!  I have witnessed two of my gals become angry, jaded, sad, depressed, and energy-less just in the recent months. Yes, maybe they will heal and perhaps even repair their marriage but maybe not…..Trust is broken and trust cannot be earned back. Yikes! This part of the life circle really is sad to watch or even think about.  I know the ladies will survive and come out even stronger than before…..until then hang on for the ride.

I know I am venting today but really just in that kind of mood. The sun is coming in my window and my coffee tastes good. My life circle is actually circle shaped and not a pear or abstract figure right now so I feel good……………I hope your circle is a circle and if it is not, it will be someday. Remember that happiness and health go hand in hand. Stress kills…literally.  Be positive, put out there what you want, and LIVE.

Love and hope….Dr.GB

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Everyone is entitled to their opinion….except the ignorant.

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

I am so sick of people claiming that the “hcg diet” is dangerous and unhealthy. Usually the person claiming this is ignorant on the subject and perhaps jealous of the results. Even our local health club is doing a community talk on “the danger of hcg and rapid weight loss”. Cracks me up…this is the same club that wants you to pay $50-100 per month to jog on their treadmill but stop for a bagel on the way out….I guess it keeps you coming back!  Forgive me, I am a sarcastic bitch sometimes….I am all for exercise but come on PEOPLE!

The hcg diet is NOT dangerous for most people. At my office, we medically screen potential clients to make sure they can do the diet.  There are some people that can NOT do the diet and some people need help with drug management over the course of the diet. The diet is only 6 weeks long…not months and months like some think. In six weeks no one in America is going to die from malnutrition…remember you are eating your own fat for nutrition (that is what the hormone hcg does for us).  I guess religious fasts of 20-40 days are socially acceptable but a medical weight loss program causes huge controversy.

Someone recently said “hcg caused a bladder infection in my friend”. I say BULLSHIT to that….dehydration causes 90% of urinary tract infections and if she wasn’t drinking enough water she probably caused the infection all by herself. Coincidence. Coincidence. I did tell this person that sex causes UTIs too…so maybe we shouldn’t have sex either????? Come ON!

The hormone hcg is present in the 100,000’s in pregnant women…injecting 200 iu/day is a pinprick amount compared to that. In fact, the more times you are pregnant the lower your risk of breast cancer. Now I guess I could say that hcg lowers cancer risk…I am not going to say that but these are the claims that get made for or against drugs/programs/vitamins/herbs etc…

With about 3000 people through our HCG program (I did it way before the FAD hit) we have had no serious medical problems. In fact, we have had hundreds of medical miracles…people go off of blood pressure medications, migraines go away, blood sugar stabilizes, rashes go away and hundreds of other maladies disappear.  If you can convince people that what they eat matters and directly causes disease and health issues then we have succeeded…no matter how many pounds they lost.

I do hate the fact that people do the program and then gain their weight back and then want to do it again. These people irk me. I want people to change how they eat forever….be thinner forever, be healthier forever. I love the lifelong success the program can jump start in folks. I have over 1000 testimonials I could share and they are the above folks…they lost 30-100lbs on the program and are now LIVING life and maintaining their healthy new self. Love you!  When people say “hcg didn’t work for me” I think they meant to say “I didn’t work while doing the hcg”.  If you want to do the program do it right, don’t waste your time or money. Agh!

So enough of my verbal diarrhea…I hope you get the idea. HCG is a great jumpstart to a healthy new life and anyone who says differently is ignorant or makes money prescribing drugs and seeing sick, fat people. Good luck!!!!!!!

rgds,

dr.gb

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Why does Dr.Greenbean think the hcg diet is great for most??

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Hey all-I am sick of people/patients saying “I can’t believe Dr.GB (not my real name…many of you know me) promotes the hcg diet”. First of all, I am entitled to my opinion…my opinion is backed by 9 years of college/medical school education and 11 years of patient experience. Let me tell you all why I do think the hcg is good for most…my opinion afterall.

I think that the hcg program jump starts anyone’s journey towards wellness. Yes, you might lose 25-40+ pounds and feel great but medically speaking you have just really improved your health. Your heart thanks you for releasing some burden off of its action, your blood sugar might register on the normal side now, your blood pressure might not scare the person taking it, your brain might not want sugar/empty carbs when bored, your appetite might not be that of a grizzly bear before hibernation, your kidneys have to deal with less fluid, and YOU LOOK FRICKIN’ FABULOUS!

As a physician, I get so sick of other physicians telling their patients to lose weight and then offering NOTHING to help them. Well, this hcg program is an option for my clients. Yes, it is a drastic, invasive, seemingly crazy way to start a weight loss journey but HELLO—-if you lose 25-40+ pounds maybe, just maybe you will begin to change your life forever! I do lots of other weight loss programs for my patients that need to lose 5-20 pounds but when someone needs to lose more than that, the hardest part is EMBARKING on the journey.

I have had lots of patients lose over 100 pounds….without surgery or harsh drugs…THAT  ROCKS!  Those people will tell you HCG saved their life.

I have had people lose 25 pounds and then change the way they eat forever. Oh, and they even go to the gym now….WOW! Oh, and their health is better now than ever!

I have had people gain back every pound they lost within 2-3 months of the hcg program. I HATE that…HCG is NOT a quick fix, nothing is. If you are not ready to be healthy forever, then save your money and time. You will need the money for insulin and blood pressure medication eventually anyway.

The hcg program is also a great cleanse for people. It is also a hypo-allergenic diet. I have had many people figure out they were allergic to wheat or dairy or corn or soy or….after doing the program. I have seen many medical issues disappear while on the hcg program…after all, food can cause illness or disease. I have seen eczema, GERD, migraines, acne, hypertension, high cholesterol, edema, PMS, menopausal symptoms, and many others issues DISAPPEAR on the diet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If that doesn’t teach folks that what they eat matters then nothing will.

Thanks for reading the soap box….Next time someone wonders why this physician does HCG with people, I can refer to the soapbox. HA!

Dr.GB

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Keep your PRIVATE PARTS healthy!

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

I see alot of perimenopausal and menopausal women…This crowd tends to complain about dry vaginas alot (guys, if you are reading this it is bc your partner probably can’t even have sex due to the pain!). A dry vagina is like saran wrap held taught…one tiny tear and the whole thing rips in half. OUCH!  Another complaint is that of chronic yeast infections or itchy vagina (vaginitis)…this is in the same group of women or even young women.  How can we keep the down-unders healthy and moist??? Simple answer.

1. Estriol suppositories–the gentlest of the plant estrogens. Used nightly for 7-14 nights and then even 2-3 times per week feeds estrogen starved saran wrap tissue. It is 100% successful and is treating the cause of the problem to begin with. I DO NOT prescribe premerin or estrace cream for the same issue….synthetic estrogens are GROSS and scientifically WRONG. 

Find the suppositories in my online store…1 mg for mild issues, 2 mg for very dry VaJJ.

2. Fem Dophilus–good “flora” down there is a must to prevent infections. It keeps the areas ph healthy and fresh. You take 1-2 capsules per day of these GOOD bugs for the privates!  Find FemDophilus in my store.

3. Apple cider vinegar and water douches occasionally can balance the entire area. (use only once in awhile)

4. Use it or lose it….no explanation needed.

Dr.GB

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My BEST-est Doctor Skill

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Do I give the best pap smear in the northwest? Do I figure hormonal problems out like a detective? Do I draw blood with ease? Do I help people feel better? YES, I do ALL of the above but none of those things are my BESTEST skill.

LISTENING is my best skill….and probably the most important. Now, I do admit there are times when I may be distracted and don’t listen as intently as I should but most of the time my  job is to sit back and listen to the person (patients) story.

My appointments are 30 to 90 minutes long…the less I know you the longer your appointment (for example, the first visit is always the longest). I need to know who you are, what makes you tick, what makes you sick….so to speak.

I want to give you a few examples of stories I have heard over the last year that have nothing to do with health but still affect health:

1. A woman came in and before I even introduced myself she began:  “I am sorry I am such a wreck today but last night I found out my husband of 23 years is having an affair”  BULLET straight to the heart!  For the next hour and a half we talked about love, love lost, and how stress can kill you. 

2. A man who recently lost his young wife to a devastating cancer came in to talk about sex. Lack of sex after your mate dies talk………DEEP, HEARTWARMING, and IMPORTANT! We had a great conversation and I hope eased his questioning brain.

3. Last week a woman came in with no emotions….flatlined and gone. The beginning of the conversation was rough…not many words. Then she said “we have been through a lot in the last year and last night our adopted child was taken from us”….the bomb dropped. The story is much more complicated than I will let on but for her privacy the details are unnecessary. We talked about 90 minutes about her situation and how it is affecting her body and brain chemistry. She left with a smile on her face and a “sense of hope for the first time in a long time”. 

I ask you, what DRUG or pill gives “hope for the first time in a long time”?????????????????  Listening to clients is the best medicine! I urge you to find a physician who does listen and one that you listen to as well.

rgds,

dr.gb

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To mammogram or not to mammogram?

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

What do all ladies dread? Getting their boob squished by a cold steel plate and being told to HOLD STILL. Yep, that is right….mammograms are not pleasant but are they necessary? I debate this question every working day in my practice.

I do believe it is YOUR choice to do it or not but what do I tell patients who ask my opinion? I say this…”since the invention of mammogram, breast cancer detection has improved drastically. Cancer is caught earlier and treated and then women are CURED and SURVIVE.  The new digital technology exposes you to far less radiation than the old mammogram machines so maybe they are safer. No one knows for sure if the squishing/procedure causes any harm or not. I do tell patients to get a baseline mammogram at 45 years of age…then if you decide to do yearly or every other year that is up to you! 

Our local hospital will NOT do an ultrasound on a suspicious lump unless you have a mammogram first….sucks but it’s true. I can’t tell you how many times I have sent someone to check out a suspicious area and they end up with a $650 bill and a “come back in 6 months” note…Ridiculous if you ask me.

I have offered thermograms in my office as well. A doctor comes in twice per year and does them for my patients that chose this diagnostic method. The thermograms are very cool and I think someday will be the standard for cancer detection. NO radiation, no squishing, no invasiveness at all….Thermograms detect heat in the body tissue – cancer and other problems usually emit more heat than normal body cells. Insurance does NOT cover thermograms yet but may in the future. 

I hope I haven’t confused you more….the bottom line is mammograms are your choice! If you have any increased risk for cancer (family history, personal history, drink/smoke, fibrocystic breasts, etc..) you should have a baseline young and proceed yearly. Self breast exams and your physician are the first line of detection and mammograms/ultrasounds/thermograms are the next line.  Good luck and I hope your boobies are healthy!

rgds

dr.gb

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Difficulties of being a DOCTOR who gives a RIP.

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

OK…DR.Greenbean is on her soap box again.

I went into medicine to “help people” as I bet 99% of all new med school students do. I decided to really help people you have to listen to them, really hear them and their story. I became a naturopathic physician because naturopaths are trained to do this “listening” the best. I am very science-driven and don’t do anything to weird so I guess I am a green-allopath of sorts but one thing I do with every patient is give them the time to share their story and I listen. (my office visits are 45-90 minutes long)

I get very attached to my patients. We form friendships and a tight bond. That being said, my heart and soul are sometimes tested. When a patient ends up with a cancer, illness, or even a personal problem it causes my heart to ache and sometimes to second guess what I have done with them as a doctor. I try my best to prevent disease and illness in everyone I see but sometimes the path is already laid or genetics are a bitch.

I do a weight loss program (hcg diet) at my office that the general public can do without being a “patient” of mine. All they want is the quick weight loss solution and they couldn’t careless about prevention and health (not EVERYONE is like this). I am finding I can’t stand that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have managed to gain several FABULOUS patients who have done the hcg program and want to continue the journey to good health.

I guess what I am trying to say is that for a doc like myself to enjoy what they do and feel adequate we need good relationships with our patients. Our patients must WANT to heal and be healthy.  Getting to know my patients, their stories, their families, their dogs, their sex life etc…is the BEST part of my job. I care about YOU…please remember I am being the best DOCTOR I know how to be and that I still am an emotional bitch too!

rgds

Dr.GB

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SOBs (stressed out bitches)

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Are you an SOB (stressed out bitch)? Well, are you a mother? Are you a wife? Do you work your ass off all day to come home to another “job”? Are you ALIVE? Then you are an SOB. Woman today do so much, we run around like a squirrel on crack from sun-up to sun-down and then we want to curl up a die. But wait, you crawl into bed (finally) and then your spouse whispers “do you want to get it on?” Jesus Christ. Literally, we pray he either dies a sudden death or we do.

Well, SOBS, we all have stress in our life, no matter how perfect your little universe is. Stress affects us at a cellular level and changes our internal chemistry. After awhile, all these changes cause our adrenal glands to give up on us. I am not going to bore you with the science of it all…instead I am going to tell you the signs of adrenal fatigue and then what we can do about it. You might always be a SOB but you will feel good doing it!

The symptoms of adrenal fatigue or stress-induced-exhaustion are as follows: 

Weight gain around the middle or hip area

Fatigue

Sleep disturbances

Depression/Anxiety

Low blood pressure

Low blood sugar

Changes in skin pigment

NO libido (sex drive)

Menstrual irregularities

Sensitivity to caffeine or other chemicals

Allergies

Basically, you just feel like shit and you don’t know why!  If you go into any doctors office in the world and complain about the above they might test your thyroid, check for anemia, and then probably suggest an anti-depressant as treatment. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! That really cracks me up and pisses me off. Treat the cause not the symptoms people.

So let’s talk treatment…SOBs have to take charge of their own health to change it!  We can’t get rid of stress but we can make our body tougher and more resilient to it.  The results of treatment are slow but over time you will feel better and your body chemistry will change.  Here are the treatment options I lay out for my SOBs:

1.  Lower your cortisol (stress hormone) whenever you can.  Whether that means breathing for 5 minutes, a massage, exercise, reading after the kids are in bed, drinking (no, just kidding), just relax and take some ME time.

2.B-Stress Complex–one or two per day with food.  I give a liquid B-Stress formula that is like rocket fuel…it works! I have it as a product for sale on the site.

3.B5–I recommend an extra B5 per day.

4.Adrenal glandulars/herbal combination–I like a combo product that is POTENT. I use ADR and do 2-4 caps/day

5.Omega 3 oils–2000-3000mg/day (fish is best)

6. If testing (saliva is what I use) reveals a high cortisol at night—Seriphos (phosphatidyl serine) 2 caps/bedtime

7.If testing reveals low cortisol all day, I do prescriptive cortisol 2-4 times per day. This has to be prescribed by a qualified physician….

8. DHEA– 10-25mg/day if testing reveals low levels

9. Anti-oxidant support–resveratrol, Vitamin C, Vitamin E

10. Diet–Whole foods (which means no crappy processed food–lean proteins, fruits, veg, whole grains)

11. Magnesium citrate–500-800 mg/day

I promise that if all you SOBs make a committment to change by doing some of the above your body will love you for it. You will age slower, you will feel better, you will lose weight, you will SURVIVE!  I, personally, treat my adrenals every day with my basic supplementation/wellness guidelines and then do more aggressive treatment once or twice per year to keep my stress in check. I may still be a SOB but atleast my body is reacting healthfully to the stress.

rgds

dr.gb

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