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Pamela McDonald, NP
Pamela McDonald, Boomer-Living Director,is a Board Certified - Primary Care and Nurse Practitioner, and devoted to the prevention of heart disease and chronic illness. Pam is graduate of Andrew Weil, MD’s Program of Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, She has used her advanced specialty training in surgery, women’s health, adult primary care, pediatrics, pediatric obesity, family practice, cardiovascular and heart disease prevention, nutrition, exercise sports medicine, mind-body medicine, energy medicine, and botanical medicine to develop the groundbreaking Apo E Gene Diet. Through her private practice and work in primary care, she uses this program to help patients work with their own genotypes in order to reach optimum health and prevent disease.
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Alzheimer Disease and the Apo E Gene
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
Cognitive decline in old age has been described throughout history. However, it was not until the early part of the 20th century that a collection of brain cell abnormalities was specifically identified...
Tags: alzheimer, chronic diseases, genetic testing, genotype
Toxins and Processed Foods – Part II
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
Toxins, Genotype, and Toxin-Clearing Abilities
First, let’s define what I mean by a toxin. A toxin is a chemical or substance that brings imbalance to the body’s cells, creating an adverse environment....
Tags: arsenic, chronic illnesses, food toxins, genotype
Toxins and Processed Foods – Part I
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
Besides the food itself being toxic and the huge number of chemicals added to it as it is processed, most commercially grown foods come to us with residues of pesticides.
Consider the food chain where...
Tags: chemical additives, harmful chemicals, heart disease, toxic ingredients, unprocessed foods
Mindful Dining: Setting a Table Fit for a King and Queen
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
In these hectic times, eating nothing or grabbing something on the go are the two choices often facing us. Not eating when you need to is not healthy, but there is also a difference between consuming food...
Tags: afternoon tea, evening dinner, food convenience, hectic times, home cooking
Cardiovascular Disease and the Apo E Gene
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
Cardiovascular disease accounts for the number one (heart attack) and number three (stroke) causes of death in the United States. Combined, these account for 40 percent of all deaths. Cardiovascular disease...
Tags: cardiovascular disease, coronary arteries, genetic makeup, inflammatory disease, risk of heart attack
The Chocolate Heart Prescription
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
February is a special month—lots to think about. February is sometimes 28 days and sometimes 29 days, and is the month that we recognize as a time to bring awareness to heart disease. It is also a month...
Tags: chocolate heart, dark chocolate, diet exercise, healthy diet, valentine s day
Cholesterol: The Good and the Bad
Posted in: Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
First ...the Bad News: LDL Cholesterol, Large and Small
How does an artery become damaged? Understanding how our body’s vascular plumbing system—especially the arteries—becomes damaged by imbalances...
Tags: cholesterol, chronic heart disease, fatty acids, immune system, plaques
A Patient’s Story: Janet
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
When Janet came to see me the first time, she was taking eight medications every day. She had chronic body pain, some joint pain, deep fatigue, migraines, and diarrhea 12 to 14 times a day. Her cholesterol...
Tags: american diet, chronic diarrhea, dietary changes, joint pain, migraines
Pamela McDonald
Posted in: Boomer-Living's Authors & Integrative Medicine & Wellness Authors & Wellness Center |
Pamela McDonald, Boomer-Living Director,is a Board Certified - Primary Care and Nurse Practitioner, and devoted to the prevention of heart disease and chronic illness. Pam is graduate of Andrew Weil, MD’s...
Tags: mind body medicine, program in integrative medicine
Who needs Lipitor when you have the APO E Gene Diet?
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
A Patient’s Story: Dora
For 16 years, Dora had been working with her primary care doctor to solve her cholesterol mystery. Despite trying many different medications, reading all the books about lowering...
Tags: cholesterol, HDL, LDL
Eating A Healthy Diet on a Limited Budget
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
During times of increased stress and change, eating a healthy diet is one of many things you can do to maintain good health. Daily exercise is another. Consider a daily walking program. As little as 20...
Tags: breathing exercises, digestive tract
Integrative Medicine Health Goals – Consider Your Own DNA
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
Gaining better health does not have to be a burden. Think differently!
Here are some easy, uncomplicated ways to start your behavior changes for optimum health in 2009.
Write Out your Diet and Health...
Tags: disease prevention, integrative medicine
Feeling Integrative Medicine. – Healing Magic
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
A question I am asked quite often is - What is Integrative Medicine? It is difficult question to answer quickly – Integrative Medicine is an intelligent combination of conventional and alternative...
Tags: alternative medicine, alternative therapies
Don’t be fooled by the DETOX diet and hype
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
Each year, many of my patients are motivated to make change- some patients are willing to try the hottest and latest trend being touted in many health foods stores and vitamins shops to gain those much...
Tags: detox diets, detoxification
