Management Shmanagement! By Bera Dordoni, N.D. When Dr. Chris Dyer, Executive Director for UNM Gallup, asked me to come on board to teach classes on diabetes management in an effort to help lower the rate of this epidemic, I asked him why teach management of a disease that is often curable when the goal is… Read more »
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Made from a Plant
Made From a Plant or In a Plant? I love to eat. I know some people can take it or leave it, but I really, really love to eat. But even people who don’t really enjoy eating cannot live without food. I mean, that’s just the way life is. The need for food is a… Read more »
Let’s Do It
LET’S DO IT THE FOOD BABE WAY! She limped up the pathway to my office, clutching a Big Gulp with one hand and her stomach with the other. “I’m Lila,” she said, as I ushered her inside. “Eddie said you can gimme something for my pain.” After removing the Big Gulp and settling her down… Read more »
Knowledge is Power
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER… Be Proactive NOW! This is a true story. Some of the names have been changed to protect the not-so-innocent. ** My dad, Julio Ortiz, always a jock: High school football hero. College football hero. WWII B-24 navigator who survived a crash landing in Wales with nothing worse than a broken… Read more »
Kick It Up
Kick it Up Yet Another Notch! by Dr. Bera Dordoni, N. D. “Dr. Bera, you’ve just got to see this new video all about the amazing new discovery that can help someone lose a ton of weight!” Another “greatest find in the history of mankind.” It might be raspberry ketones, or the latest rediscovered… Read more »
Juice It Up
Juicer, a scruffy-looking dog, walks into the neighborhood watering hole, steps up to the bartender, and orders a carrot juice. “We don’t do carrot juice here, ya mutt,” said the bartender with annoyance. “How many times do I have to tell you and your friends? This is a bar. We sell booze and sodas. Who… Read more »
I’m an Addict part 2
Hi, I’m Bera, I’m an Addict By Dr. Bera Dordoni, N.D. I’ve never attended AA or NA. Does anyone know where an SA group meets? If not, I’m thinking I might have to create my own group for sugar addicts who want to give up their sugar addiction and replace it with something more healthful…. Read more »
I’m an Addict
Hi, I’m Bera, and I’m Still an Addict – Bera Dordoni, N.D. “I Have a Choice!” is more than just an idea or book title for me. It’s my daily mantra, my own way of combating the sugar addiction that almost killed me nearly 30 years ago. I wish more folks would pick up that… Read more »
Green Power
Summertime… and the livin’ is easy. Or not, if you’re a farmer, and have to be up at 5 a.m. every day to make sure your plants are fed and nourished so you and your family and your local community can be fed and nourished. Farming is hard work, but it’s what keeps us alive… Read more »
Go Ahead and Cry
GO AHEAD AND CRY IN MY SOUP By Bera Dordoni, N.D. Food. Men. We can’t live with or without them. Well, at least the food we can’t do without. Right, ladies? Oh, my, did I just say that? I know I also can’t live without my dogs! Or a good book. Or… especially Ron. And… Read more »