Dr H Margaret

House Calls and Lifestyle Medicine

Introduction

The dominant theme in my health belief system is that we are meant to live in health, without encumberances of physical illness, and that this normal state of health is maintiained provided we do not deviate from the diet and lifestyle we were meant to follow. For all those I meet who are troubled by symptoms, sicknesses and other suffering, pressing questions are "What are we really meant to do for our health and wellbeing?" and "How can I actually make those changes in my own life?"

On this webite in progress I will be adding topics and sections on various aspects of health, with the hope that they be of some use to the reader. My opinions are not ``medical advice", for this you must seek personal consultation with a qualified healthcare provider. Much of what I share is from my own experiences and understanding. I do not claim to have a perfected diet to promote or complete system of healthcare to follow, there remains many more years of scientific research to be done before all truths can be sifted free from false understandings. My goal is to remain aware as the sciences progress, make my own consideration of whether information presented as fact is indeed true, and find ways to apply that which is useful to daily life.

Sections include:

  1. Nutrition

    • What kind of a diet do you recommend for weight loss?
    • A core and colorful diet for the promotion of health

  2. Birth

    • contents of the DIY homebirth emergency supplies kit
    • favorite books and video for preparing for birth and the years beyond
    • supplies for homebirth
    • herbs useful to me in the childbearing year
    • lecture notes prepared for SDSCO 2005 Healthy Birth Conference
    • low-tech approach to birth related emergencies

  3. Healthful lifestyle

  4. The spiritual disciplines of health and childbearing

    • Health as a spiritual discipline - lessons from the Bible
    • Childbearing as a spiritual discipline - lessons from the Bible
    • Health as a spiritual discipline - lessons from the Baha'i Writings
    • Health as a spitritual discipline - lessons from other faiths and traditions