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Neuroendocrine Restoration Will Lead You Out Of Addiction

June 28, 2014

The process of developing an addiction usually follows a pattern, regardless of the activity you become addicted to. There is a common misconception that has likely reified the concept into a simplistic definition; one that is inclined towards substance. Addiction does not necessarily have to deal with a substance. You can develop an addiction to eating, talking, masturbating, just the same way you get addicted to cigarette or bhang smoking.

At early stages the process is usually subtle and mostly subconscious. For the case of drugs, almost all addicts will have succinct picture of how they started; usually a few hurried gulps of the father’s favorite ‘long neck’ caring not to be seen; a bottle of Smirnoff which got them really high and chattering through the party; a stick of marijuana from a willing friend or a cigarette that appeared irresistible given the way a certain fatherly figure seemed to have felt heavenly while smoking it.

This would be followed by a series of like behavior occasioned by similar chances. The person usually repeats the action a number of times over a given period of time and cannot clearly tell the point when they could no longer back off this act.

Neurondocrine Restoration

Why can a person not simply stop the act as soon as they realize it has blown out of proportion? Why do they continue the act against their own will? Why does the process of rehabilitation from drug addiction so delicate that it can be fatal if not properly monitored?

Understanding the mechanism of addiction

The start of addiction is always a voluntary step. Your father smokes, you notice and become curious. You steal and smoke it.

You attend a party, people are all drinking and you are invited to have a taste; it tastes sweet (because it is Namaqua). You drain a glass, and wish it was a few inches deeper, just before you begin speaking louder and more than the music system.

You are just about to make the final turn to the hostel washrooms, when your nose picks a familiar smell. You decide to give a hand shake to the group of comrades involved in a hushed discussion a few meters away; they offer you a stick of bhang, which you accept ‘because you are a man’

You like the experience. So you get bored and feel like doing something different; you want a little adventure so you go for the drug you just tasted a few days back. Remember in each of these cases you could opt to refuse, but you just decided; why not?

Soon you decide to repeat the practice, because you are stressed and a friend said this usually work for them, or merely because you are tuned to it after having liked the experience. You do not notice it, but at this juncture your brain is releasing the happiness hormones like endorphins that stimulate the excitement.

This act becomes the triggering activity for the release of the hormones. Your body starts to relate the triggering activity to the sensation that it will cause as a cause-effect relationship. This begins to condition your body to an addiction.

You are welcoming a new habit; the condition now triggers a biochemical process in your body whose subsequent repetition soon gets your system conditioned to releasing the hormones.

Recovery from Addiction

addiction recoveryYou completely destroy a plant only when you dig its roots. Repetition of an activity gets entrenched as a condition in your system; a system controlled by a central engine in your body called neuroendocrine system.

The neuroendocrine system is the combination of interaction and interplay of the endocrine and the nervous system; the central nervous system.

Our bodies are made up of cells. And cells are components of the network of glands known as the neuroendocrine system that controls the internal state of balance in the body.

Therefore, when the body has been conditioned to react in a certain way, the neuroendocrine system becomes programmed to direct that certain response as a way of life. Getting out of an addiction therefore means deprogramming your body; which simply is reconditioning your hormonal responses.

Every hormonal response is controlled by the neuroendocrine system. For one to fully recover from an addiction therefore, their neuroendocrine system must be reconditioned to direct the normal response.

Dr. Dalal Akoury

Medical Doctor Dalal A Akoury is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist based in South Carolina, Myrtle Beach. She has a vast experience in medicine having served as a medical practitioner for thirty six years after receiving her medical degree from the University of Alexandria, Faculty of Medicine.

Dr. Dalal Akoury currently runs a medical facility Awaremed Health and Wellness Resource Centre located in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. This medical facility is the brainchild of the doctor.

Neuroendocrine Restoration Will Lead You Out Of Addiction

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Dr. D. Akoury Presents at ACAM Integrative Oncology

November 7, 2013

Integrative Oncology,Dalal Akoury MD, AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, ImaginePublicity

Dr. Dalal Akoury has been invited to present a workshop at the November 20-24 American College for Advancement in Medicine Conference being held in Palm Springs, California.  The two day conference will be the focus of Integrative Oncology and Dr. Akoury’s session will feature the spirit/mind/body connection to cancer.

Dr. Dalal Akoury is the host of the weekly television program, Your Health is Wealth with Dr. Akoury, and has featured several of the doctors who will be in attendance on her show such as Dr. Sean Devlin and Dr. Constantine Kostansis who have discussed the various integrative methods of treating and preventing cancer.

Akoury is the Founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center in Myrtle Beach, SC which combines her knowledge and education in traditional medicine, emergency medicine, and oncology with her expertise in several integrative practices. Her clinic works with patients from all over the country in the areas of cancer treatment, addiction treatment, weight loss and wellness treatments.

 

 

 

ACAM Conference, Dr. Dalal Akoury,Integrative Oncology

 

 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

This scientific- and evidence-based workshop will educate the attendee in some of the different science-based modalities involved in integrative oncology such as:

  • Targeted Integrative Cancer Therapies
  • Detoxification
  • Nutrition as a Chemotherapy
  • Epigenetics
  • Adjuncts
  • Spirituality
  • Onco-Immunology
  • Stem Cells
  • Mind-Body Medicine
  • Emotional Healing

Integrative oncology is much more than a prick of acupuncture and a dollop of nutrition. According to the NCI, MD Anderson, Andrew Weil, MD, the Institute for Integrative Medicine, and the International Organization of Integrative Cancer Physicians, it has evolved from a disease-centered approach to become “a model of a systemic, healing-oriented, patient centered, whole-being, and functional approach to the individualistic causes and treatment of cancer using all appropriate therapies”.
Integrative oncology looks for the cause of cancer, which can start as early as childbirth. According to chemical analysis of 10 cord blood samples from newborns conducted by AXYS Analytical Services, 287 toxins were identified in umbilical cord, 180 of which cause cancer. We are born toxic. Integrative oncology addresses the whole body toxic load, not just the cancer!

Integrative oncology can restore the patient to functionality and vitality while treating cancer. It can also greatly assist in rebuilding the patient who has already experienced conventional oncology.

Dalal Akoury, MD Presenter at ACAM Integrative Oncology Conference Nov 20-24

 

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Holidays Weight Loss is Possible this Year!

November 4, 2013
Holidays Weight Loss

Dr. Dalal Akoury

Healthy Happy Holidays Weight Loss Myrtle

Beach, South Carolina

Eating healthy over the holidays will help you enjoy them and not feel guilty because you’ve overindulged in those high fat, high sugar deserts. Holidays Weight Loss Myrtle Beach, South Carolina advises to skip those high calorie foods and increase your intake of fruits, vegetables, no-fat dairy, and whole grains. To keep weight off, you have to use more calories than you take in. If you are eating all those holiday deserts, than you are increasing your calorie intake.

Buy healthy foods. Don’t go to the grocery store when you are hungry or you will want to buy everything you see. Go to the store after you have eaten so you can take your time and have more self control when you are making your purchases. Avoid those processed and pre-packaged foods. They are loaded in preservatives so they will last. Do not buy junk foods. Potato chips, French fries and sugary sodas just add calories and will surely add on weight. Also those high sugar foods; the pastries, donuts, pies will quickly add weight. Cut back on all those high calorie foods and increase your intake of fruits and vegetables. The more fruits and vegetables you eat that less you will eat of those high sugar foods, because you will feel full and more satisfied. This will be an effective way to manage your body weight as you sample some of those deserts.

Healthy Happy Holidays Weight Loss Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Healthy Happy Holidays

Eating refined carbohydrates, such as white bread and pasta and simple carbohydrates and high sugar foods will cause a dramatic increase in blood sugar for energy. Not only does this make your body overwork get excess insulin into your blood to bring your sugar levels down, the excess sugar from these foods will be stored as fat. Whole grains, fruits and vegetables have healthy carbohydrates that do not cause a dramatic increase in blood sugar and distributes an even amount of energy that lasts longer. Also, eat more lean protein foods and you will feel full and satisfied and this will help reduce eating the simple carbohydrates says Dr. Dalal Akoury regarding Holidays Weight Loss Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

It’s the holidays, so relax and enjoy spending time with family and friends. You will have many opportunities to eat as you visit with them, so pace yourself. As your sitting in front of the TV or at the kitchen table, eat small portions. Remind yourself to get up and walk around. Take a brief walk or walk for 30 minutes if you can. Get away from the food for a while. Being around food continuously will cause you to over eat.

Eat a healthy high-protein breakfast to control your eating motivation. In Holidays Weight Loss Myrtle Beach, South Carolina it will reduce your brain’s hunger signals so you won’t want to eat more. Taking in more calories at the beginning of the day, will allow more time to burn off those calories throughout the rest of the day. This can help keep your weight off. Reduce eating those late night meals and snacks.
It takes about 20 minutes to your body to feel full naturally when you eat, so take your time. If you eat your food fast, you will eat more and this could cause you to overeat. So, slow down, taste your food and appreciate each bite. Eating slowly will cut back on your food intake and you don’t have to finish everything on your plate. Store the leftovers and save them for later.

Healthy Happy Holidays Weight Loss Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Healthy Happy Holidays Weight Loss Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Anytime is a good time to manage your weight. You do not have to wait until after the holidays to continue losing weight or start losing weight. You will be more apt to overindulge because you not watching what you eat. You can lose weight simply by eating more fruits and vegetables. They are filled with water and fiber and will make you fill full and satisfied so you don’t overeat and decreases your hunger. High calorie-dense food, such as cheese, ice creams, cakes and pies, just make you feel full temporarily and then you will want to eat again soon.

You can lose weight either by reducing your energy intake by eating fewer calories or increase energy output through exercise. So don’t take in excess calories if you don’t have the time or ability to exercise to account for those excess calories. Losing weight is difficult, so therefore obesity is rising because of our diet. Adopt a healthy lifestyle and maintain a healthy weight so you won’t have to lose the weight later. Eat breakfast, eat a low-calorie diet, be consistent, don’t overindulge, weight yourself daily and don’t forget to exercise. The longer you keep off weight, the longer it will stay off!

Take regular walks or do other forms of exercise that you enjoy. Keep yourself busy to help will keep your mind off of food. Exercising doesn’t have to be hard, just keep moving. You will burn calories as you do and won’t be putting them on. More exercising will also help you sleep better. So relax and enjoy exercising and of course take time to meditate. Holidays Weight Loss Myrtle Beach, South Carolina asks you will relax your mind as well.

Healthy Happy Holidays Weight Loss Myrtle

Beach, South Carolina

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Weight Loss and Stress the Missing Link

October 23, 2013

Understanding Weight Loss and Stress

Weight loss and Stress are linked, it is hard to lose weight when– Stress…Is Everywhere! says Dr. Dalal Akoury

Weight Loss and Stress

Understanding Weight Loss and Stress

Lets face it people, stress will always be in our lives… to a certain degree anyways.  It is almost a way of life in the 21st century.  Stress can be a major prohibiting factor to weight loss and can even contribute to weight gain.  Chronic stress can be tied to an increase in appetite and ultimately stress-induced weight gain.  It all starts in our neuroendocrine system.  This system activates a hormones in response to stress or life threatening situations.  The hormones released during this response is adrenaline, corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH), and cortisol.  Elevated levels of adrenaline and CRH cause a decreased appetite.  This result is usually temporary.  Cortisol on the other hand is there to support and replenish our body after the stressors have gone.  This elevated level of cortisol remains for a long period of time and tends to increase appetite.  For most people, increased appetite means increase in weight gain!

 Weight Loss – Stress A Tyrannosaurs Rex  or a Late Electric Bill?

This response from the neuroendocrine system is doing what it is supposed to do but it was not designed for the 21st century stressors.  The increase in hormones was intended for life threatening situations such as, a tyrannosaurs rex trying to eat your entire family as it was in the time of cavemen.  The calories or stored food in the body we would have used to fight off the tyrannosaurs rex in the beginning of time is not being expended in modern day.  Now “we” mope around and fuss and dwell on our stressors and anger.  Eating has become our stress reliever.  At this point or neuroendocrine system is confused and has not received the necessary signals to know if we fought off that tyrannosaurs rex or not.  This causes us to feel hungry because the hormones are still being released to restore calories lost and our depleted food stores.

AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center team and Dr. Dalal Akoury reminds us that – Weight Loss  a ndStress – Cortisol and the Adrenals – are all connected

Cortisol is actually made in the Adrenal Cortex.  It controls the strength of our immune system, normalizes blood sugar, and regulates blood pressure.  This production is due to adrenal cortical stimulating hormone (ACTH) produced in the pituitary gland.  If the adrenals are producing to much of the cortisol, the motions for increased susceptibility to infections and cancer will occur, along with weight gain around the belly area and your immune system can be compromised.  Opposite of that, if too little cortisol is produced chronic fatigue can occur and so can exhaustion.  An overactive immune system could develop as could autoimmune disease.

Dr. Dalal Akoury founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center describes the Weight and  Stress connection – Let’s Correct That Cortisol Level!!

 Weight Loss and Stress the Missing Link

Stress reduction is an essential part of all efforts to normalize cortisol. Stress is the stimuli that caused the cortisol levels to get out of hand to begin with. Each individual should explore and find the stress reduction techniques that work best for themselves. Meditation, physical activities, attitude changes, just to name a few are good paths to explore. Without stress reduction, therapeutic and support measures will ultimately fail.

Get plenty of rest.  Rest must be handled as a scheduled and straight forward strategy, choice, and course of action. That may sound obvious but how well do you really schedule your rest?  Otherwise it gets lost and forgotten in the high strung pace of life.

A low glycemic diet is also important. Sugar handling stress increases cortisol levels. Elevated cortisol, then disturbs the sugar handling situation, contributing towards the development of high insulin levels and possibly diabetes. Diet alone without stress reduction will not help you lose weight because weight loss and stress are connected.

Weight Loss and Stress

Understanding Weight Loss and Stress

Nutritional supplementation is highly recommended in restoring normal cortisol levels. We suggest a Integrative Therapeutic Cortisol Manager.  Our product will support a healthy sleeping habit without using habit forming ingredients.  Due to the more normal sleeping pattern, the stressors associated with the unhealthy sleeping pattern will disappear.  Phosphatidylserine is the main active ingredient in our Integrative Therapeutic Cortisol Manager and is believed to facilitate the repair of the cortisol receptors in the hypothalamus. It is believed that the cortisol receptors get damaged by high cortisol levels reducing the ability of the hypothalamus to sense and correct high cortisone levels. Because Phosphatidylserine helps repair the feedback control apparatus, it is useful in correcting both high and low cortisol levels.

Another nutritional supplement that is necessary are adaptogen herbs.  Adaptogens are an entire category of herbs that assist the body in coping with stress by restoring hypothalamic cortisol receptor sensitivity.  A combination of these adaptogens are all researched for their effects on increasing stamina, mental alertness and work performance.

The AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center team and it’s founder Dr. Dalal Akoury  describe that Weight gain is caused by  Stress and Having Healthy SEX will help weight loss

The adrenals are a big deal in many people’s sex lives. People usually feel sexier on vacation when the stress level is down. They can relax and also make up their sleep deficit. Many couples complain that they are just too tired to be interested in sex. A great rule for rebuilding the adrenals is “rest is best.” I can guarantee that if one spouse is feeling fearful and anxious, he or she is definitely not feeling very sexy. Remember Weight loss and stress are closely linked.

All of the adrenal hormones, and all the sex hormones for that matter, are steroids. Steroids are made from cholesterol. You need good sources of cholesterol. Forget the margarine and only eat butter. Keep up a good protein intake, which will also provide good sources of cholesterol.  Remember, healthy sex equals healthy adrenals!

 

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Influenza, Conquer naturally, Dr. Akoury

October 19, 2013

  Conquering the Influenza

 AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center – Influenza Season is Serious Business – Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Conquering the Flu

Conquering the Flu

Influenza season is serious, particularly this year as the H1N1 (“swine”)

Influenza reached pandemic status throughout the world as of July, according to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

An average of 36,000 people die every year from seasonal flu, and 200,000 are hospitalized with serious complications. The H1N1 virus seems to impact a greater diversity of ages and has been of particular concern among pregnant women. Though not considered a high-risk group, H1N1 seems to prefer the under-25 generation. The CDC believes the elder generation may have developed a persistent immunity years ago to a similar viral strain, which still protects them and has rendered much of that age group immune to the current infection.

Like many viral infections, influenza is spread by touch, so easily and quickly runs through a population – be that a household or a schoolroom, a town or a cruise ship. A person is contagious from the day they become infected, before they are even sick, and up to a week or more afterward. Symptoms of this year’s H1N1 virus are similar to those of past years, and include fever and chills, cough, sore throat, runny/stuffy nose, head and body aches, chills, and fatigue. Many have also reported diarrhea and vomiting. For most people, H1N1 causes mild symptoms, and they recover in a few days, though respiratory symptoms tend to linger. For some, however, significant illness – requiring hospitalization – and even death has occurred. It is definitely best to avoid becoming infected.

Dr. Dalal Akoury the Founder of  AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center  explains–  The InfluenzaVirus Remains Active –

Did you know that the Influenza virus can remain alive and active for up to eight hours on a doorknob or tabletop? Did you also know that the most natural cleaners (soap, hydrogen peroxide) are equally effective as the more toxic commercial cleaners? Do yourself a favor and use the mildest method possible – your immune system will thank you in the long run – and use it often on bedside tables, lamps, doorknobs, and bathroom areas. Wash dishes and linins daily while people in your home are ill as well.

As with other infections, many of the best ways to avoid getting sick are the easiest to do, and most are common sense. These include:

  • Cover nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze – and then throw the tissue away immediately.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth, as these areas are most susceptible to germs.
  • Wash your hands often, especially after you cough/sneeze, touch someone (e.g., handshakes, hugs, etc), or visit public areas. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if washing is not available (rub until hands are dry).
    • Remember, effective hand washing requires soap, the friction of vigorously rubbing hands together for 20 seconds (that’s singing Happy Birthday twice), and running water to rinse it all away. Wash both sides of hands, between fingers, and up past the wrist.
  • Stay away from close contact with people who are sick. If you are sick, wait until your fever has been gone for 24 hours (without fever-reducing medication) before you go out or are around others.
  • Follow the advice of public health workers regarding school closures, and avoiding crowds as much as possible.

Dr. Dalal Akoury the Founder of  AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center  recommends – Know Your Risk Potential to get the Flu – 

The groups generally considered high-risk during Influenza season are the very young, very old, and those whose immune systems aren’t

Conquering the Flu

Conquering the Flu

working properly. As mentioned, this year’s H1N1 seems to be affecting those between 5 and 25 and pregnant women, and SC is just now seeing rising cases of Influenza. Though usually a mild illness, there are warning signs that indicate a need for immediate medical attention. In children, very fast or difficult breathing, a bluish or gray cast to the skin, and not waking up or interacting with others are trouble signs, as are a general refusal to drink fluids, or being uncharacteristically irritable. If adults begin to suffer difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath, pain or pressure in chest or abdomen, dizziness, or confusion, they should seek immediate medical attention. Severe or persistent vomiting or symptoms that are gone only to come back worse than they were before are indications that medical care is needed no matter the age.

It is also important to be prepared in case you do get sick, when you will have to stay home for a week or so. Stock up on tissues, food, and liquids like tea and Emergen-C. If you need medical attention, be sure to tell the office that you have the Influenza, so you can be brought in the back door and avoid infecting others.

Dr. Dalal Akoury the Founder of  AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center  stresses that you should Enhance Your Immune System overcome the Influenza

Remember, an influenza infection typically lasts 5 to 7 days. The treatment at AWAREmed can substantially decrease this time, and make sufferers feel better as they recover. Among the modalities used at AWAREmed are those specifically targeted toward enhancing the immune system, and when the immune system is functioning at an optimal level, it is easier for the body to either fight off an infection altogether, or to get it under control more quickly. Argentyn 23TM is one such agent, one that uses modern scientific methods to deliver silver hydrosols in a sub-nanometer size. Homeopathy may also be used, which works much like a vaccine in a “like cures like” sort of way, as well as hydrotherapy, which calms the spirit as it enhances the immune system. IV nutrition can be an amazing treatment, whether to deliver much needed fluids or to administer disease-busting nutrients and the antioxidants to clean up the mess left behind. AWAREmed’s new  state of the art IV Meditation room offers a soothing atmosphere where patients can relax, be nurtured, and receive the treatments designed especially for the Influenza

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 Conquering the Influenza

 

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