I grew up eating Ho Hos, Swiss Rolls, Nutter Butters, Ding Dongs, M&M’s, Oreos, Chips Ahoy, Captain Crunch, Fruit Loops, Trix, and, oh, so much more.  I have made tremendous strides over the last 4-5 years to decrease my consumption of sugar-laden foods.  It is amazing how quickly and intensely my body craves sweets when I reintroduce them into my diet!

Dr. Eydi Bauer (photo: Esther Robards-Forbes, Westlake Picayune)

Click here to read the feature article “Physician, Heal Thyself” by Esther Robards-Forbes in this weeks Westlake Picayune. Dr. Bauer will host a reading and conversation from her book “Life After Bread” on Wednesday, February 22, at 7pm at BookWoman, 5501 N. Lamar. The event is free and will include some samples of recipes from the book. We hope to see you there.

Sessions begin: January 9, February 13 and March 19

Class fee: $129

Register: Call us at 512-328-5200
or Email Us for more Info.

Perfect for health-focused New Year’s Resolutions, “5 Weeks to a Healthier, Leaner You!” assists participants in increasing energy, improving mental clarity and body composition, decreasing aches and pains and increasing an overall feeling of well-being.

The class meets on Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Whole Body Health with sessions starting January 9, February 13 and March 19. The class fee is $129. More information and registration is available by calling 512-328-5200 or emailing wbhteam@austinwholebodyhealth.com. Whole Body Health is located at 2525 Wallingwood Drive, Suite 1500, in Westlake.

The class addresses allergies, food sensitivities, weight gain, lack of energy and mental clarity. Based on both leader’s process and experience addressing their own family’s health, the class provides detailed training and support to help attendees shift emotionally and physically to whole food nutrition and a healthier lifestyle.

The class covers topics such as flushing toxins which prevent success with health and weight loss goals, grocery shopping, restocking a kitchen, cooking healthier meals, making healthy choices while eating out, exercising efficiently, and incorporating correct nutritional supplementation.

The classes are led by Whole Body Health‘s Patient Care Coordinators Judy Ulery and Anita Lane.

Ulery is the wife of Dr. Jeff Ulery, and mother of their four children. She brings experience as an exercise physiologist and independent sales professional of Arbonne to the team. She loves to serve others on their path to health.

Lane is also a Certified Transformational Life Coach and an Advanced Certified Theta Healer@. She offers each participant a complimentary individualized session to support their success during the program.

Register today by calling 512-328-5200 or emailing wbhteam@austinwholebodyhealth.com.

As holistic health practitioners, we believe in the importance of understanding all of your physical and emotional needs to fully individualize your care. We practice natural and non-invasive health care under the expert direction of Dr. Jeffrey Ulery. Our whole body treatment enables Dr. Ulery to evaluate the structural, nutritional, and mental components of your health, as outlined in our unique Six Step Approach To Health and Wellness, used to design a treatment plan specifically for you.

With Austin Whole Body Health, you can rest assured that you are receiving the most up-to-date and advanced chiropractic and wellness care available. We utilize state-of-the art technology, including cold laser therapy (Erchonia)and pharmaceutical-grade nutrition, in conjunction with the latest wellness techniques available.

Are you ready to feel like You, again? Then email us, or give us a call at 512-410-7935 to set up your first visit today!

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The ancient Chinese believed that human beings should live in harmony with the natural cycles of their environment. The cold and darkness of winter urges us to slow down. This is the time of year to reflect on health, replenish energy and conserve strength.Ruled by the water element, winter is associated with the kidneys, bladder and adrenal glands. The kidneys are considered the source of all energy or “Qi” within the body. They store all of the reserve Qi in the body so that it can be used in times of stress and change, or to heal, prevent illness and age gracefully.

Winter is the season where all living things slow down, conserve their energy and prepare for the outburst of new life and energy in the spring.

Eat warm hearty soups, whole grains, and roasted nuts to help warm the body’s core and to keep nourished. Sleep early, rest well, stay warm, and expend a minimum quantity of energy.

While optimal health and well-being in the winter season calls for rest, energy conservation and the revitalization of body and spirit, your holiday activities may have a different agenda.

The holidays can be filled with a dizzying array of demands, visitors, travel and frantic shopping trips. For many people, it is also a time filled with sadness, self-reflection, loneliness and anxiety. Compound the usual seasonal pressures with the constant barrage of bad economic news and you may find this to be one of the most emotionally trying times of the year.

Stress, anxiety and depression can cause a disruption in the flow of vital energy, or Qi, through the body. These energetic imbalances can throw off the immune system or cause symptoms of pain, sleep disturbances, abnormal digestion, headaches, and menstrual irregularities, and, over time, more serious illnesses can develop.

Acupuncture treatments can correct these imbalances and directly affect the way your body manages stress and your mental health.

Seasonal acupuncture treatments in winter serve to nurture and nourish kidney Qi which can greatly enhance the body’s ability to thrive in times of stress, aid in healing, prevent illness and increase vitality.

Call us now at (512) 410-7935 and schedule your seasonal acupuncture tune-up today!

Cluster headaches affect one side of the head (unilateral) and may be associated with tearing of the eyes and nasal congestion.  They occur in clusters, happening repeatedly every day at the same time for several weeks and then remitting. 

Cluster headaches are a fairly common form of chronic, recurrent headache.  Unlike migraines, they affect men more often than women.  They can affect people of any age but are most common between adolescence and middle age.  There does not seem to be a pattern among families in the development of cluster headaches. 

Cluster headaches occur as a severe, sudden headache.  The onset is sudden, and it occurs most commonly during the dreaming (REM) phase of sleep.  Cluster headaches may occur daily for months, alternating with periods without headaches (episodic), or they can occur for a year or more without stopping (chronic).  A person may experience alternating chronic and episodic phases.

Symptoms

• SWELLING UNDER OR AROUND THE EYES

• RED EYE (ON THE AFFECTED SIDE)

• FLUSHED FACE

• EXCESSIVE TEARS (ON THE AFFECTED SIDE)

• RUNNY NOSE OR NASAL CONGESTION

• BEGINS SUDDENLY

• PAIN COMMONLY BEGINS 2 TO 3 HOURS AFTER FALLING ASLEEP AND IS STEADY, SHARP, OR BURNING.

Characteristically occurs on one side of the head and may occur in and around one eye. May involve one side of the face from neck to temples. Pain quickly gets worse, peaking within 5 to 10 minutes and peak may last one-half to two hours.