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Ina May Gaskin is the matriarch of midwives and has written a bunch of seminal books on childbirth and homebirth. This quote from Ina May's Guide to Childbirth has always stuck in my head. I love it so much. How many of us have been conditioned to think that once we're given a diagnosis that our bodies are somehow "broken" and will always be broken? Almost every patient I have comes in with some degree of this belief. ⁠ ⁠ And it's just not true. ⁠ ⁠ Ina May writes about this in the context of childbirth: that women are taught to think of pregnancy as something to be medically "treated" when, really, it's the most natural thing that a woman's body is designed to do—without intervention most of the time.⁠ ⁠ But this idea can apply to literally anything about our bodies. ⁠ ⁠ The human body is designed to be well. Not sick. When we don't feel well, something is blocking proper function. In naturopathic medicine, we call this the "obstacle to cure." As a doctor, my goal is to find out what this obstacle is and seek to rebalance the body at that level. We remove the obstacle. And then the body goes on its merry way, functioning well. As it knows how to do. ⁠ ⁠ Your body is not a lemon. It's actually imperfectly perfect.

These are before and after water filters I use in

These are before and after water filters I use in my office water filter. The one on the left is the new filter and the one on the right has been filtering New York City tap water for a couple of months. Gross, right? ⁠ ⁠ What’s in NYC tap water? A quick look at the @environmentalworkinggroup Tap Water Database shows that the water in my neighborhood has 16 contaminants, 9 of which exceed their health guidelines. What are they? Things like bromoform, chloroform, and trichloroacetic acid. Translation: many of these compounds form when chlorine is added to water as a disinfectant. Does your water taste like chlorine? Then it probably has this stuff in it. What they cause: cancer. Tap water also typically contains pesticides, bacteria, pharmaceutical drugs, and heavy metals. Yikes. ⁠ ⁠ A few points to make here (credit to Environmental Working Group):⁠ 💧 Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.⁠ 💧 Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.⁠ ⁠ Staying adequately hydrated is one of the very best things you can do for your health but not if you’re drinking dirty water! Environmental toxins pose an enormous risk to almost every aspect of our bodies. First step is to get the best filters you can afford. And don’t forget a shower filter—we might actually absorb more of these chemicals through the skin than by drinking them.

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Moonrise —-> sunset 🌕✨

Bye, 2020. Here’s to renewed energy and intentio

Bye, 2020. Here’s to renewed energy and intention moving into the next cycle around the Sun. Me: I’m taking a break from social media for the rest of the year to give myself more quality time with these two sweeties and space for stillness and recharging. Hope you find some peace in these days too. ✨

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