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2. Organic Chocolate 85% Cocoa

3. Combination Enzyme Formula (500 tablets)

4. Combination Fatty Acid Formula (capsules)

5. Combination Fatty Acid Formula (liquid)

6. CoQ-10 (Co-Enzyme Q-10) 100 mg, 60 caps

7. Healthy Chocolates -- Benefits for Mood, Brain, and Heart

8. 100% Certified Organic Honey

9. Organic Olive Oils

10. Antioxidant Organic Teas

11. Five-Part Nutrition Plan

12. Polymeal

13. Dr Vasquez

14. Free eNewsletter *new videos* Audio MP3 Podcast Nutrition Recipes Health Wellness

15. Green Tea -- Organic, fair trade, bulk 1 lb (one pound)

16. Green Gunpowder Tea -- Organic, fair trade, bulk 1 lb (one pound)

17. Health Foods, Functional Foods, Polymeal, Chocolate, Olive Oil, Whey

18. Free eNewsletter Audio MP3 Podcast Nutrition Recipes Health Wellness

19. MultiProVit -- Professional-grade multivitamin multimineral supplement

 

Our Vision for this Website: The redesign of this website will include articles, books,  product information, MP3 audio files and Podcasts that will synergize to promote the health of our customers and visitors.  Our products and information will reflect the current state-of-the-art and will include essential nutrients, accessory food products, and products that support a healthy lifestyle.  Our products will be hand-picked for quality, frequency of use, importance for a health-promoting lifestyle, and applicability to a wide range of conditions.

     We fully support creative living! And we've recently started a new blog that we will periodically update to support your creative living ideas and to show you that we practice what we preach!

 

Our Doctors and Staff: Our faculty and staff are lead by Dr Alex Vasquez, who will be--upon graduation from medical school in May 2010--the only physician in the United States to have attained three doctorate degrees in three separate professions from US-accredited colleges and universities.  Dr Vasquez is an international expert in nutrition, having published approximately 75 articles and 4 textbooks for doctors and the general public. Our other clinicians bring diverse backgrounds and extensive experience to supporting our educational efforts.

 

Dr Vasquez (above) presenting at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, England in 2006.	Dr Alex Vasquez: Alex Vasquez began his professional training at Texas Chiropractic College and later graduated from Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Oregon.  He then attended and graduated from the Naturopathic Medicine Program at Bastyr University near Seattle, Washington.  Over the next few years, Dr Vasquez maintained a private practice (first in Seattle, then in Houston, Texas), taught Orthopedics and Rheumatology at Bastyr University, and pursued his constant review of Medline for the continuous compilation of his biomedicine, nutrition, and physiology database. Dr Vasquez has published more than 70 articles and letters in magazines, newspapers, and peer-reviewed journals including Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, JAMA, The Lancet, British Medical Journal, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Integrative Medicine, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Arthritis & Rheumatism--official journal of the American College of Rheumatology.  Dr Vasquez has written three textbooks: Integrative Orthopedics, Integrative Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Pain: Expanded Clinical Strategies.  Dr Vasquez's current affiliations include National University of Health Sciences (Adjunct Professor), Institute for Functional Medicine (Forum Consultant), and Biotics Research Corporation (Researcher and Lecturer). He is currently a medical student at University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine where he will graduate in 2010 as Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.  Dr Vasquez has been a life-long athlete who started reading nutrition books at the age of 14 and who has participated in soccer, competitive bicycling, powerlifting, running, yoga, and martial arts. [Schedule pesonal consultation]
	Kathy Kennerly: Kathy graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in Spanish Language. She has worked with Dr. Vasquez for a number of years, serving patients in the office as well as fulfilling supplement mail orders. Previously, Kathy worked with Baker and Botts (one of Texas' largest legal firms) as well as Enron and Azurix.  Kathy has volunteered at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for many years, and is currently an active volunteer hospitalera on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Kathy spends her state-side time developing recipes, gardening, exercising, walking and tending her dogs Daisy, Chai and Zoey.

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Site Contents--Updated January 2010: We will update our site on a regular basis with new information, new audio MP3 podcasts, and new newsletters.  It is not our intention to carry a large range of products--we are primarily interested in carrying products that are the most important for wellness promotion and disease prevention and which have the broadest applicability for the foundational treatment of various health conditions.  Listed below are some of our current pages, and this list will be updated on a regular basis:

1. Advice for the Optimal Nutrition and Exercise Plan

2. Health Foods, Functional Foods, Polymeal, Chocolate, Olive Oil, Whey

3. Send Email to a Friend

4. Free eNewsletter Audio MP3 Podcast Nutrition Recipes Health Wellness

5. Information about Exercise

6. Photo Gallery

7. Information and Support for a Healthy Lifestyle

8. Introduction to our Website, Faculty, and High Standards

9. Our Secure Measures for Ensuring Your Shopping Safety

10. Product Detail

11. Introduction to Phyto-Nutrients

12. The Power of Weekends--A Resource for Life Transformation

 

Recipes for Healthy and Enjoyable Living

1. Recipe for Acorn Squash

2. Recipe for Raw Salad of Cabbage, Almonds, and Sesame Seeds (anticancer)

3. Cinnamon Apple Chocolate Almonds: a wonderful and healthy snack!

4. Eggplant Onion Recipe

5. Hazelnut-Fig-Almond bars with home-made almond milk (and whey protein powder)

6. Recipe for Fresh Fig Delight

7. Recipe for Fresh Gazpacho

8. Easy Green Beans and Almonds

9. Green Brownies Sweetened with Prunes and Honey

10. White Button Mushroom Miso Soup

11. Recipe for PhytoGreen Fiber Bars

12. Recipe for Protein-Power Pancakes (low carb)

13. Raw Fruitcake

14. Recipe for Shitake Miso Soup

15. Snack of Mango, Nectarines, Almonds, Prunes, and PhytoGreen "Green Brownies"... could add Yogurt or Cottage Cheese

16. Spelt berry breakfast bowl

17. Recipe for Sprouted Quinoa Bars

18. Almond Tort, aka Torta de Santiago

19. Recipe for White Button Mushroom Miso Soup (anticancer)

20. Recipe for Raw Protein Brownie Bars

 

Nutritional Supplements and Health Foods We Use and Recommend

1. Healthy Chocolates -- Benefits for Mood, Brain, and Heart

2. Combination Enzyme Formula

3. Combination Enzyme Formula (500 tablets)

4. Combination Enzyme Formula

5. Combination Fatty Acid Formula (capsules)

6. Combination Fatty Acid Formula (capsules)

7. CoQ-10 (Co-Enzyme Q-10) 100 mg, 60 caps

8. Almonds are rich in fiber and phytochemicals which protect the body as antioxidants. Frequent consumption of almonds (68 grams per day) is associated with a -12% reduced risk for cardiovascular disease according to a review article published in the British Medical Journal (2004; vol. 329: pages 1447-1450).*

9. Healthy Chocolates -- Benefits for Mood, Brain, and Heart

10. Combination Fatty Acid Formula (capsules)

11. Details about the Health-Promoting Benefits of Garlic

12. 100% Certified Organic Honey

13. Living Food: Sprouted seeds and lentils are bursting with life!

14. Organic Olive Oils

15. Prunes have the highest antioxidant capacity of any fruit or vegetable. The ORAC* for 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of prunes is 5770 which is much higher than the ORAC of an identical serving of raisins (2830), blueberries (2400), kale (1770) and spinach (1260). Prunes are high in fiber to promote a healthy digestive tract.

16. Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) -- Health-Promoting Benefits for Migraine Sufferers

17. Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) -- Health-Promoting Benefits for Migraine Sufferers

18. Vitamin D

19. Garlitirin 4000 Tablets

20. Glutamine (pure powder)

21. Green Tea -- Organic, fair trade, bulk 1 lb (one pound)

22. Green Gunpowder Tea -- Organic, fair trade, bulk 1 lb (one pound)

23. Health Foods, Functional Foods, Polymeal, Chocolate, Olive Oil, Whey

24. 100% Certified Organic Honey

25. 100% Certified Organic Honey

26. 100% Certified Organic Honey

27. MultiProVit -- Professional-grade multivitamin multimineral supplement

28. Phytogreens Organic Vegetable Concentrate

29. Vitamin B2 -- Riboflavin -- 400 mg

30. Vitamin D

31. Vitamin D

32. Whey Protein Isolate

 

Health-promoting and Antioxidant Teas

1. Supplement and Support Your Health-Promoting Diet with Our Antioxidant Teas

2. Organic Green Tea from China

3. Organic "Gunpowder" Green Tea from China

4. Organic Rooibos Tea

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Topics and News in Health and Wellness

1. Table of Contents for Health TopicsAmericans Spent $33.9 Billion Out-of-Pocket on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

2. ALA

3. Arachidonic acid is a fatty acid that promotes inflammation and cancer growth

4. Cyclooxygenase-2 (cox2) is an enzyme that converts arachidonic acid into prostaglandins

5. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) from fish oil benefits inflammation and improved mental function

6. Most doctors don't know much about fatty acids

7. Eicosanoids are inflammatory mediators made from arachidonic acid

8. Enzymes for converting fatty acids

9. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from fish oil promotes health, anti-inflammation, and improved mental wellbeing

10. Fatty acid "families"

11. Major Fatty Acids have biologic actions

12. Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) is a health-promoting antiinflammatory and anticancer fatty acid

13. Linoleic acid (LA) has some benefits, but is generally proinflammatory and appears to increase risk for cancer

14. Lipoxygenase (Lipox) converts arachidonic acid into leukotrienes, which are proinflammatory for cancer and heart disease

15. Major Fatty Acids have biologic actions

16. The Major Fatty Acids and End-products of Clinical Significance

17. ALA clinical notes

18. Fish oil clinical notes

19. NFKB

20. NFKB modulation

21. NFKB modulation by diet 

1. Exercise News -- Organization seeks to mix exercise into medical practice

2. Exercise News -- Organization seeks to increase use of exercise in medical practice

 

Need more information?  You'll find tons of information in Dr Vasquez most recent textbook.  Please note that this book is very technical and is written for doctors.  Click the image below for a closer view of the cover, or click here if you'd like to see more details and purchasing information.