The Mind Body and Soul - An Unorthodox Blog Discussion on Health and Wellness by Karin Nahmani

  So as you may or may not know, March was National Colon Cancer Awareness Month.   This month in particular is used to bring awareness to Colon Cancer and it gives the practitioner a way of educating people about what it is, what is does, how to get screened and treatments that are available.    What is Colon Cancer? Cancer of the colon or rectum is located in the lower digestive track Early cases can begin as non-cancer polyps.  This type of cancer often has no symptoms, but can be detected by early screening.  For this reason, doctors , and I, highly recommend you get screened in your early 50’s. Colorectal Cancer treatment depends on the size and the location and how far the cancer has spread.  Common treatments include; surgery to remove the cancer, chemotherapy and radiation therapy.   Colon Cancer is sometimes called Rectal Cancer which is a term to combine colon cancer and rectal cancer, which begins in the rectum.  Rectal cancer starts in the colon.  Indirectly, this cancer ca

    The gastrointestinal tract is sensitive to emotion. Anger, anxiety, sadness, elation — all of these feelings (and others) can trigger symptoms in the gut. The brain has a direct effect on the stomach and intestines. For example, the very thought of eating can release the stomach's juices before food gets there.   Can stress give me a stomach ache? The brain-gut axis also explains how you can feel stress and emotions in the gut.  Most people have experienced butterflies before a first date or diarrhea before public speaking. These "gut feelings" are the result of stress being communicated to the gut via these bidirectional nerve pathways.  For many patients, living with unpredictable GI symptoms can be highly stressful on its own. How can I use my mind to heal my gut? Medicine is moving towards a more holistic approach to treating patients, and there is growing interest in finding non-medication treatment options. GI diseases are a great example of the positive effects

Why A Healthy Gut Is So Important by Karin Nahmani  Why Is A Healthy Gut Is So Important, for that question we need to go back to Hippocrates. Hippocrates was a Greek physician who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is traditionally referred to as the "Father of Medicine”.  Hippocrates said good health starts with your gut, a healthy body start with healthy colon. It is so important to keep our body alive and healthy, especially our colon. The colon is the center of all the garbage, basically. We need to keep and maintain that healthy bacterisa detoxing so our body can actually work and function. It’s very important to have good bacteria like probiotics. Probiotics, Acidophilus Bifida‘s to have all the other system function properly. I will give you an example… Our body needs to be healthy the same way our car wants to run (or be healthy), with tune-ups. Our cars needs be tuned up every three months. Changing the oil, fluids, filters a