Dr. Mikell Parsons, D.C.
A peaceful mind and a relaxed body—what a precious gift, yet many take it for granted until the opposite happens. Suddenly, you’re overwhelmed by tension, irritability, and a mind that feels like a runaway freight train with no brakes. In my 30+ years of practice, I have never met someone who enjoys feeling anxious. Anxiety…
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We often associate toxins with dangerous chemicals, hazardous materials, and polluted environments. I want to show you some very surprising sources of hidden toxins that are lurking in your everyday life. I’ve talked about various sources of toxins, including cellular waste, medications, environmental pollutants, and bacterial endotoxins in other blog posts but today, let me…
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“Wow, Dr. Parsons, that’s pretty strong language for something that has been around for over a hundred years and GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe)!” Yes, it is strong language. Saccharin has been on the list of questionable sweeteners because of its potential link to cancer. There used to be a warning label on the packets!…
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Detoxification, or detox, has become a trendy topic in health and wellness circles. There are techniques from the ridiculous to the dangerous that claim to help clean your body of toxins and improve your health, but what really works? Let’s talk about what detoxification really is and clear up a lot of the confusion and…
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Let’s talk about something in our heads that is very chill – alpha brainwaves! They’re like the secret sauce in our brains that help us relax, be creative, learn and remember. We often enter into an alpha state before falling asleep. Sounds wonderful, right? But if we have too much or too little at the…
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Do you ever think about the mind-boggling connections within our own bodies? There are systems that work together much more closely than you thought. One of those is your gut and brain. They don’t look like the closest of neighbors in your body, but they are actually BFFs that affect our mental and physical health.…
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Uh oh. Your kiddo is super stressed, feeling anxious and getting emotional. Telling them to “calm down” doesn’t work. And what stressed kid likes to be told that anyway? I have a cool trick that you can do anywhere, any time that will help them feel better fast. I’ll tell you exactly how to do…
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Estrogen, progesterone and testosterone are hormones that most people are familiar with. These and many others need to be in balance and working together. If even one hormone gets out of balance, the body will express symptoms. But can you get brain fog from hormones!? Yes, it’s quite common. Here’s how it can happen. When…
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Getting to sleep should be the easiest thing in the world. You’ve had a long day, you’re tired and all your body wants to do is rest. It’s a natural cycle, but since technology entered the picture, it’s become harder and harder for any of us to do. Instead of letting technology keep you up,…
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Where are my meal-skippers? I know you’re out there! You’ve been out there skipping meals for many years and now you’ve even got a fancy name for it: Intermittent Fasting. It’s nothing new. Intermittent fasting (or “fasting”) has been used for centuries for religious or spiritual reasons or to prepare for battles or great efforts.…
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