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Before we take a look at some of the best and worst foods for your heart, let's make one point clear: a healthy heart is useless without several other well functioning organ systems.

A strong heart can only keep you healthy if the following parts of your body are functioning properly:

Nervous system (cerebrum, midbrain, spinal cord, vagus nerve, and sensory fibers)
Respiratory system (nasal passageway, nasopharynx, oropharynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli)
Digestive system (digestive tract, liver, gall bladder, and pancreas)
Blood vessels (arteries, arterioles,capillaries, venules, and veins)

Assuming that all of the above components in your body are functional, some of the best foods for your heart and blood vessels are: Read more

How to Treat and Prevent Head Lice

Posted by Margaret Kim on Mar 23, 2008

Health Warnings

Before you use a conventional lice-treatment shampoo for yourself or your children, consider this: Many lice-treatment shampoos contain ingredients that have been banned as agricultural insecticides and are extremely toxic. For instance, the insecticide lindane, once used to protect crops such as barley, wheat, and corn from pests, is no longer used by farms in Canada, and has been banned in over 50 countries around the world. But it can probably still be found at your local drug store, in bottles of lice shampoo.

In 2002, the state of California in the United States banned lindane from being used in pharmaceutical products due to reports that the chemical was causing skin irritations, dizziness, headaches, convulsions, and even death. Read more

Simple Tips to Keep Your Nervous System Healthy

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Dec 02, 2007

Natural Health Care

I recently worked with a client whose chief complaint was muscle weakness. More specifically, he was concerned with his increasing tendency to drop light objects at work and home. He wasn't a clumsy person by nature, so he found it puzzling that he frequently experienced momentary flashes of grip weakness.

A thorough neurological evaluation was mostly unremarkable. The only noteworthy findings were as follows: Read more

Understanding and Overcoming Chronic Depression

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 29, 2007

Have you ever considered the possibility that if you are depressed, you should be?

Popular media and our society in general tend to teach us that it is normal to be perpetually happy. But is it normal to be happy all of the time? Read more

How Do You Know That You Are Depressed?

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 28, 2007

What’s In A Diagnosis?

How do you know that you are depressed? Is it just plain obvious to yourself and those who are closest to you? Did a doctor diagnose you with depression? Read more

Nutritional Considerations for Chronic Depression

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 27, 2007

Nutritional Considerations for Chronic Depression Read more

Mind-Body Exercises to Help You Transcend Chronic Depression

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 26, 2007

What follows are a series of questions and exercises that are intended to strengthen your capacity to deal with life circumstances that can cause chronic depression. I encourage you to work on no more than one exercise per day to give yourself ample time to consider the thoughts and feelings that each exercise brings up for you. Read more

How to Use Physical Exercise and Acupressure to Address Chronic Depression

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 25, 2007

Don't Overlook the Importance of Being Physically Active Read more

How to Prevent the Formation of Varicose Veins

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jun 23, 2007