Here at Cypress Natural Medicine, we have been fortunate to have had many beautiful, scenic photographs, taken by photographer Peter Buranzon of Pacific Visuals Photography, adorn our walls for the past few months. We have enjoyed working among such captivating and peaceful images of our environment and have received many compliments from our patients. We invite you to visit our clinic to view the showcase while on display until December 12th. You can even wrap one up and take it home as these beautiful, framed photographs would make a wonderful Holiday gift for someone on your list!

To learn more about Pacific Visuals Photography, you can visit pacific-visuals.com

“One Warm Coat” is a fundraiser for the Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition in Half Moon Bay. Their mission is to provide safe and affordable shelter of high quality to those in need, to establish stability and opportunity in the lives of residents and to foster communities that allow people from all ethnic, social and economic backgrounds to live in dignity, harmony and mutual respect.

Thank you for helping us to benefit others this Holiday Season.

Antioxidants in dark berries like astaxanthin and reservatrol are supportive to blood flow in the brain and body.  You can increase these in your diet with dark berries such as bilberry, blueberry, Concord grape, blackberry and elderberry.  You can also take a capsule of these concentrates in the Juice Plus Vineyard available through Cypress Natural Medicine. 

Phosphatidylserine is important for memory, judgment, and reasoning.  This is a phosphlidpid involved in brain nerve cells and is a building block for your brain’s 100 billion nerve cells. 

 DHA is a fatty acid in fish oil that may have a central role in nerve and brain cell function, and critical communication between nerve cells.  EPA/DHA supports the function of natural brain phosphatidylserine to better activate your memory and mental performance.

Add these to your support plan and increase you brain longevity.  If you have any questions, feel free to ask your doctor here at Cypress Natural Medicine for more information.  We can be reached at 650-323-7345.

A Juice Plus+ Prevention Plus Event

Featuring Dr. Destia Skinner, ND

Learn Easy Ways To:

• Feel Better – Look Better – Live Longer – Have More Energy
• Simple Daily Steps for Vibrant Health
• Focus on Prevention vs. Treatment

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Ocean Shore Train Depot, 110 Higgins Purisima Road, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Guests FREE with Reserved Seating

• Dr. Destia Skinner is the perfect person to help us kick off 2011 with great tips for experiencing less stress and more vitality. Dr. Skinner has been involved in medicine for over 14 years.  She is a researcher, educator and Naturopathic Doctor.  She currently owns a thriving integrative clinic, Cypress Natural Medicine in Palo Alto, CA. She is a woman on a mission to find the underlying causes of illness and support the body’s own healing support.
• After attaining her bachelors in molecular biology at the University of Washington and working as a clinical research coordinator in asthma and allergy pharmaceutical drug trials, her passion for health was ignited.
• She continued her educational journey by attending Bastyr University, one of the foremost institutions for Naturopathic medical education, where she received her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine.  She further focused her education in Craniosacral technique, natural pregnancy and childbirth, nutrition, and homeopathy.

To reserve seating, please contact:
Cypress Natural Medicine
650-323-7345

Directions: From end of Hwy 92 in Half Moon Bay, go south on Hwy 1 for 1.3 miles, turn left, going straight onto Higgins Purisima Rd (past end of Main St. on left, firehouse will be on left corner), go .4 mile to Ocean Shore Train Depot on the right.

How can you benefit from an Ionic Foot Bath?

The ionic foot bath operates through a process called electrolysis. The ionic foot bath produces positive and negative ions that reverberate throughout the body and aid in the rebalance of cellular energy. The ionic foot bath is not a medical device but rather an instrument of assistance that works to balance the body by promoting natural detoxification, alkalize the system, and ignite the body’s own healing response.

What can be expected when experiencing the Enhanced Living Ionic Foot Bath?

Some people do not feel anything while others may feel a change in health from just one treatment. During the first few treatments, there is a tingling feeling in the feet, hands, fingertips, and sometimes a light tingling in the head. The user’s energy level is usually increased, aches and pains can disappear, and most will have an enhanced sense of well-being with better concentration. Within a few treatments the patient’s skin will become clearer, their energy level and metabolism will be increased, organ function is improved, and symptoms from many conditions will most likely improve. For maximum results, it is recommended to have 12-14 continuous treatments.

If you have the following problems please do not use the Enhanced Living IONIC FOOT BATH:
* People who have had any type of organ transplant.
* If you wear a pulse adjuster, metal, or other electromagnetism devices.
* People whom suffer from epilepsy.
* People who have undergone heart surgery or have existing heart conditions.
* People who have Hypotension.
* Pregnant women.
* Legs with wounds (may use their hands instead).
* Blood cancer patients.

All metal jewelry, watches, rings, coins in the pocket, keys, cell phones, and especially earrings should be taken off the body during a treatment.

Cypress Natural Medicine in no way claims that this will treat any specific disease process.

Join Michelle Melendez, Fitness Expert and owner of Revelation Fitness, to start creating the body you want. Learn 3 key tips to stop struggling and maintain a thin and healthy body for life. We will share easy and fun methods on how to set and achieve goals and reveal how the pros increase their fitness levels that you can easily do yourself. The focus is on how to make fitness fun! Studies show that support is one of the most important keys to successfully losing weight and keeping it off. This program offers the opportunity to make health your priority and experience benefits that will last a lifetime. Begin the amazing journey of your way to a new you. If not now, then when?

This workshop is FREE! To register, visit
www.pilatescardiocamp.com
or call 866-339-4438.

The latest research reporting no benefit for breast cancer reoccurrence seems flawed. They did not report what type or sources of vegetables and fruit the subjects ate. Here at Cypress Natural Medicine we understand that all plants are not created equal. Veggies with higher lignin’s and higher cancer fighting elements like the sulfonamides found in broccoli can produce greater anti-cancer benefits.

The second flaw we noted was that levels of organic fruits and vegetables consumed was not listed. Pesticides are well documented to be breast cancer promoters and just by increasing the amounts of pesticides in the women could help to promote cancer as the veggies were fighting the cancer. Pesticide free, vine ripened, canned verses fresh are all important factors to the quality of the food we are consuming. These are all important elements when trying to fight cancer with fruit and veggies.

This is not a study to say that fruit and veggies don’t prevent cancer in first place. This is about reoccurrence of breast cancer not cancer prevention. The fabulous flavinoids in our fruit and vegetables are widely shown to prevent cancer by protecting our cells and increasing our immune system but the quality is just as important as the quantity.

In this study design the subjects were counting all sources of plant life including canned, microwaves, non organic sources. This is a flaw in the information. This may not be due to the fruits and vegetable not doing the job but instead the many factors that increase quality in our foods. . There is such a wealth of research on the fabulous effects of our plant based diets that plants should remain the major basis for every day eating.

The lesson of this study is the importance that not all fruits and veggies are created equal. Here are some guidelines for getting the most out of your fruit and veggie eating:

1. Choose organic whenever possible. Pesticides are associated with cancer. No reason to cancel out the effects of your healthy eating.

2. Shop at your local farmers market. Local vine ripened plants are higher nutrition because they are fresher.

3. Eat a majority of fresh, lightly steamed or sautéed veggies

4. Eat the rainbow of colors. Choose vibrant colors and at least 5 colors to explore each day. The health protective factors are in the color and flavor molecules of our plants.

5. Eat a wide variety of fresh fruits and veggies. There are over 300,000 different types of edible plants. Start exploring new colors and flavors.

For more research on the importance of fruit and vegetables in your diet and to find out about a simple way to get your servings visit www.fruitveggiehealth.com.

SOURCES: Touillaud, M. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, March 21, 2007; vol 99: pp 475-496. News release, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

The latest research reporting no benefit for breast cancer reoccurrence seems flawed. They did not report what type or sources of vegetables and fruit the subjects ate. Here at Cypress Natural Medicine we understand that all plants are not created equal. Veggies with higher lignin’s and higher cancer fighting elements like the sulfonamides found in broccoli can produce greater anti-cancer benefits.

The second flaw we noted was that levels of organic fruits and vegetables consumed was not listed. Pesticides are well documented to be breast cancer promoters and just by increasing the amounts of pesticides in the women could help to promote cancer as the veggies were fighting the cancer. Pesticide free, vine ripened, canned verses fresh are all important factors to the quality of the food we are consuming. These are all important elements when trying to fight cancer with fruit and veggies.

This is not a study to say that fruit and veggies don’t prevent cancer in first place. This is about reoccurrence of breast cancer not cancer prevention. The fabulous flavinoids in our fruit and vegetables are widely shown to prevent cancer by protecting our cells and increasing our immune system but the quality is just as important as the quantity.

In this study design the subjects were counting all sources of plant life including canned, microwaves, non organic sources. This is a flaw in the information. This may not be due to the fruits and vegetable not doing the job but instead the many factors that increase quality in our foods. . There is such a wealth of research on the fabulous effects of our plant based diets that plants should remain the major basis for every day eating.

The lesson of this study is the importance that not all fruits and veggies are created equal. Here are some guidelines for getting the most out of your fruit and veggie eating:

1. Choose organic whenever possible. Pesticides are associated with cancer. No reason to cancel out the effects of your healthy eating.

2. Shop at your local farmers market. Local vine ripened plants are higher nutrition because they are fresher.

3. Eat a majority of fresh, lightly steamed or sautéed veggies

4. Eat the rainbow of colors. Choose vibrant colors and at least 5 colors to explore each day. The health protective factors are in the color and flavor molecules of our plants.

5. Eat a wide variety of fresh fruits and veggies. There are over 300,000 different types of edible plants. Start exploring new colors and flavors.

For more research on the importance of fruit and vegetables in your diet and to find out about a simple way to get your servings visit www.fruitveggiehealth.com.

SOURCES: Touillaud, M. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, March 21, 2007; vol 99: pp 475-496. News release, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.