New Year Health and Vitality
By Susan Tanner M.D.
While the holiday season can be one of great joy and fun, what many of us find is that it is also accompanied by diets set awry with the abundance of treats, social situations, and stress. It is “supposed” to be a happy time of year, yet just as often we may feel anxiety set off by the increased demands of the season.
As you know, I am not usually one to advocate a “quick fix”, but I do have a little something that may be helpful for you.
I am introducing a quick and safe natural product! Inexpensive too! You may have heard of the amino acid, GABA, and its ability to calm stress, emotional eating, and sugar cravings. The great thing is that it does not have to be taken all the time but can be used on an as-needed basis. The lozenge or under-the-tongue form can be used any time you find yourself really craving that candy or feeling stressed or anxious. A brand I particularly like is Source Naturals GABA Calm. You can take 1-3 daily and monitor how you are feeling, as to sugar cravings, anxiety, and sleep. It can easily be ordered (with your preferred patient discount) from my Fullscripts platform: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/susantannermd If you do not already have an account, you will be asked to create one first. Look under My Favorites to find it easily.
Please let me know if you find this helpful for you!
Finally, I have given much thought as to what might be appropriate regarding health as we move onward into 2023. “Detoxification” is a term that I receive many questions about. It is such a broad subject as it both pertains to what goes into the body and also what comes out of the body, and while first thoughts are that it is primarily a biochemical process with avoidances and nutritional supports (and that is certainly a part of it), we also know that environment plays a large role.
Soon I will be introducing a program to help and support both those new to the concept of detoxification and also those who have been down the path before in various ways. I intend that you will have all the necessary information and be ready to go in February. I will actively participate in and lead you through this program. Please email me directly if you are interested in joining.
As we enter into 2023, I continue to wish you the best health and vitality you can achieve, wherever you are in your journey! January seems to always bring around that “starting anew” type of feeling. Many people make resolutions to be better in some way.
I invite you to consider this instead:
Life
By Donna Ashworth
No, 2023 won’t be the best year yet, nor will it be the worst.
You see, a year is a mosaic of absolutely everything.
Joy, fear, heartache, friendship, misery, exhilaration.
Each day, each moment even is a tiny shard of glass in this beautiful, confusing creation.
2023 will be another mosaic to add to your wall of art.
A wall that shows the life with which you are continuously gifted.
A wall that shows you are human.
A wall of survival.
I wish you many broken pieces of glass this year, my friends because this is living.
And before you march on into another year of “everything”,
pause to look back at the work you have created thus far.
It is quite something.
You are quite something.
Now onwards we go, my friends.
Onward we go.
Wishing you all a healthy AND positive 2023!
