During the last 50 years as a praticing integrative physician, 35 of which have been as the medical director of PMCM, I have also been studying the more subtle and invisible aspects of health and healing that some might call "metpa-physical." I have decided at this point in my life...
Tips for Winter 2022 From Elson Haas MD Even in normal times, it can be difficult to Stay Healthy during the Winter season and we still have the added challenges of the ongoing Covid pandemic, so it is more important than ever to take good care of ourselves. We want...
10 Tips for Staying Healthy in Autumn 2021 from Elson Haas MD Given our current times with the continuing challenges of the Covid pandemic, as well as extreme conditions from drought, fires and smoke on the west coast, it’s vitally important to pay attention to what’s happening around us...
Staying Healthy through the Holidays When we were children, I imagine that most of us really looked forward to this holiday season as one of the best times of the year. Halloween kicks off a two-month long extravaganza of treats, sweets and gifts especially for those of us in the...
September 9, 2020 Important information about a voluntary recall on Natural Thyroids from PMCM Hello Everyone, You may be interested in the story on natural thyroid products, Naturethroid and WP Thyroid. The company making these products has issued a “voluntary” recall on many of their products for “possible inconsistent...
During the 1980s and 90s, I was part of a group of medical and osteopathic doctors called Meta-physicians, who believed that there was an important factor missing in modern medicine—namely that spirituality was essential in healthcare practice. People are much more than a just physical body that can break or break...
Staying Healthy with N.E.W. Medicine is the title of Elson's most recent book in which he introduces his integration of Natural, Eastern and Western (NEW) therapies for optimal health. No one medical system has all the answers, so combining the best of these three different approaches can be extremely beneficial....
How can we stay safe and still experience the joys of summer? The pandemic persists and even as shelter-in-place is easing around the world many people are still feeling the underlying stress and challenges of these unusual times. If we can, it is vital to stay connected to Nature, whether in the...
12 Immune Boosting Foods and Herbs That Add Powerful Healing Properties to Your Meals BY ELSON HAAS MD AND SONDRA BARRETT PhD Adding herbs and spices is an easy way to create variety and expand the flavors of your meals—and load up the immune-boosting properties of your food, too. Herbs...
I have created a number of resources to help you sleep better. This article about how to begin a sleep log A 25 minute YouTube video called Healing Sleep HERE My 10 Sleep Tips HERE I hope you find them useful. Keeping a Sleep Log - a good place to...
Tips for Staying Healthy through Spring 2021 Spring is here and the season of Nature’s renewal always inspires me to explore rejuvenation in my own life and health. One of the keywords for this time of year is CLEANSE and since 1976 I have done a 10-14 day juice fast...
10 Tips for Fitness from Dr. Elson Haas Of course, the suggestions here relate to your own state of health and abilities. Adjust your various activities if you are just starting a new program. Enhance and build as you can and try new exercises. After the 10 Tips, I share my...
The Winter Blues - 10 Tips for Prevention & Treatment It is estimated that 1 in 5 people in the US experience some symptoms of mild to moderate depression during the late Autumn and Winter months, a condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Scientists have recently discovered light sensitive...
Eat for HEALTH A Presentation and Demonstration at CERES Community Project 6-8 PM on the evening of February 26th, 2020 at the Ceres Community Kitchen, 7351 Bodega Ave. Sebastopol COST - Sliding Scale. To Register go to CeresProject.org/vision Plus future events during the coming year We all need some unreservedly good news...
How do we Stay Healthy? That’s still my model and message after 45 years of Integrative Family Medicine at my clinic, Preventive Medical Center of Marin, in San Rafael, California. One of my basic messages is that health and illness begin at the cellular level. When our cells are healthy,...
Is BEMER Therapy the answer for You? Are you dealing with a lack of energy? Do you feel tired even when you wake up in the morning? Do you have trouble sleeping and feel that your brain is in a fog all day, unable to regain the cognitive clarity you...
“Pay attention to the seasons of the year and what affects they have on our health.” These words are attributed to Hippocrates, often called the “Father of Western Medicine,” and ideally, we do pay attention to the times of seasonal change and look ahead to adapt to this ongoing cycle...
Richard Tunkel, MD After practicing as a Chiropractor for many years, Dr. Tunkel received his medical degree from SUNY-HSC at Brooklyn in 1987. He then received his specialty training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation through Cornell Medical Center in NYC and became board certified in 1992. After more than a...
The Benefits of Intradermal Allergy Testing and Sublingual Antigen Therapy The word “allergy” was created 100 years ago to describe strange and unusual reactions to substances that we eat and inhale. We can also have allergic skin reactions to natural substances, like plants, or man-made chemical products like soaps and...
The issue of Woman's World dated August 26th actually actaully hit the stands at your local grocery store on Thursday, August 15th. I was featured on the cover and inside there was a 2 page spread with lots of simple and practical health information. The key message is changing your...
My first book was Staying Healthy with the Seasons in which I first presented my ideas on the importance of attuning our lifestyle to the seasonal cycles as a key to getting and staying healthy. In the 40 years since I wrote the book I have become even more convinced...
The concept of the People's Doctor is meaningful for me because I truly believe that empowering people to take their health into their own hands is a key part of my role as a doctor – the origin of the word being the Latin docere – meaning to teach. One...
10 TIPS for SUMMER HEALTH Hydration is Key - especially in the heat Minimize the Effects of Sun Exposure Exercise Appropriately Summer Foods – Enjoy Nature’s bounty Heart, Circulation & Small Intestine Health Digestive Support & Protection from Illness Picnic foods should be healthy and safe Inner Healing and De-stressing...
The use of sugar and its effects on health and weight is important for women who want to remain trim and vital. Of course, the wise use of sugar is crucial for everyone, children especially. As mothers and support guides for our youth, keeping sugary foods in check is a...
Weight Loss Diets & Healthy Eating Habits by Elson M. Haas, MD © 2015 Even though our habits and behavior around food, and specifically our relationship to food, is crucial to whether we can actually attain and maintain a healthy weight, there are several diets that can help us lower...
Detoxification and The Detox Diet: An Important Healing Process by Elson M. Haas, MD © 2015 The simplest way to understand symptoms and disease integrates Western linear thinking, Chinese medicine and its philosophy of yin and yang, and the naturopathic approach to health and illness. Problems in the body (and mind) often...
1. Toxicity. Overall, use fewer chemicals and toxins. Eat wholesome, fresh food, (organic whenever possible); drink good water (filtered in some way to remove chemicals and potential pathogens — for specifics, see chapter 1 of Staying Healthy with Nutrition). Use more natural products for your body, in your home (skin and hair...
Depression and Natural Therapies by Elson M. Haas, MD © 2015 Depression could be described as a mood, a state of being, or energy level that includes lack of motivation, a sense of hopelessness, and often a lower level of physical energy. It is an emotional state that can result from...
Male Aging, Hormone Support, and Prostate Health by Elson M. Haas, MD © 2015 We can truly alter our aging process by the way we live. For most men, whether we can ultimately alter our longevity is not as important as enhancing our health and vitality as we age. It’s...
The best approach to cancer is prevention. Cancer is one of the greatest fears of modern societies. It squelches life too early in many cases and is often a difficult demise in later years. Many cancers are preventable with lifestyle changes. Keys are dietary deficiencies, excess fats and chemicals, and cigarette smoking....
The Purification Process: Healing for Modern Times by Elson M. Haas, MD This is an article about thinking simply, in a new way, and using common sense in your choices about your health. A choice I often recommend is cleaning up your act, your diet, your relationships, your home and...
Self Care and Stress Reduction by Elson Haas, MD © 2015 Caring for our selves and finding ways to handle our stresses are clearly important practice for assuring our long-term health. They are definitely key aspects of Preventive Medicine, along with the right nutrition and exercise programs for our body,...
Allergies: An Integrated Approach to Self Care Allergies include a variety of bodily reactions to our external and internal environments. We offer an integrated approach using intradermal testing and sublingual treatment as described in another blog article, but there's a lot you can do too in regard to self care....
Hypertension & Wise Therapy by Elson M. Haas, MD © 2015 Hypertension, or High Blood Pressure (HBP), is a common disease in modern cultures, more common in men than women, and in African Americans over Caucasians. Hypertension means ‘too much tension,’ and of course, stress plays a role in this...
Bladder Health For Women by Elson M. Haas, MD © 2015 (Judy Lane, NP, collaborator) Women are prone to bladder infections, much more so than men. Due to the very short length of the urethra, bacteria can more easily migrate up into the bladder, and then multiply and irritate/infect the...
Follow a non-toxic lifestyle. Eat wholesome, natural foods, drink good water, exercise regularly, and avoid junk foods and additives–to minimize the need to detoxify. If you feel toxic or congested – from aches and pains, allergies and sinus congestion, sluggish digestion, or skin rashes. You might consider a detoxification program as...
10 Tips on Healing Naturally and The Nature of Healing 1. What is healing? Let’s look at that in contrast to what is disease, or dis-ease. Illness is a lack of harmony with Nature and with our true selves, a dis-integration between mind-body-emotion-spirit. We become out-of-sync so to speak when one...
10 Tips on The Purification Process On Your Mark, Get Set, Let’s GO! And grow, and know you can always embark on a healing journey. Start simply with an honest evaluation of your life and habits. How do you think each activity (or lack of it) contributes to your health...
1. As with the gardens, open up to the harvest of your year from the seeds you have planted for your life, and be willing to work hard and discipline yourself as you head into a new season. If you are a student (we are all students of life), get back to...
Become Current in your Life in this inspiring Spring season. Embrace yourself honestly as you look at all of your habits and areas of your own life. Even with all the worldly concerns, care for yourself and your loved ones. Assess the various aspects of your lifestyle to see where stresses...
Spring Cleansing Did you ever wonder how you would feel if you took a break for a week – took a vacation from the foods that drain your energy? Speaking personally, until I did my first ten-day juice fast in 1975, I couldn’t make any kind of comparison. Sure, I...
Life Plan: I make caring for my health a priority in my life. My other top priorities are caring for others in my world and doing a quality job in my work. Nutrition: I eat a balanced diet of wholesome foods for my weight and body type to maintain or achieve an optimum...
The Winter season offers us with the greatest challenges for Staying Healthy. The cold and damp extreme weathers are often the hardest on our body, along with the shorter daylight and less sunshine to give us energy and vitality. So, Staying Healthy in Winter is an Inside Job, with nourishing...
Because our main holidays, from Halloween through New Year’s Day, occur in the darker, late autumn and wintertime of the year, we have a built-in conflict. Ideally this is a more inward time with more rest and quiet required, and a simple warm, nourishing diet. Yet, there are more treats...
