Sunscreens can disrupt your endocrine system?

The sun is finally out here in San Diego and the one thing that most people will be applying to theirs bodies over the next several months is sunscreen. Did you know that most sunscreens may act as an endocrine disruptor? Basically that means when you apply sunscreen to your skin and let it soak into your pores you are giving yourself a dose of some chemicals that could mess with your hormones! I am not suggesting that you go completely sans sunscreen because it is important to protect yourself from skin cancer. What I do recommend is that you do your research and find one that is free from chemicals such as oxybenzone or 4-MBC, both of which are chemicals that have been found to have a direct affect on your reproductive, thyroid and immune systems. This is especially important for children, if you are trying to get pregnant, or are already pregnant. Mineral sunscreens seem to be the safest on the market because they stay more on the surface of the skin and yet still provide adequate protection. For more information please click on the link below.

http://www.ewg.org/2010sunscreen/full-report/nanomaterials-and-hormone-disruptors-in-sunscreens/

Aaahhhh the summer is here...

Now that summer has officially arrived there is no better time to get out and use our beautiful San Diego weather to your advantage and jump start your health.

Essential Points Acupuncture, The AHAPC and SGO Fitness are teaming up to bring you are very special Saturday Bootcamp on July 10th at 9AM...just the kick start you need to get healthy this summer. You will get a great workout and have an opportunity to hear Annette Romios, L.Ac. and Dr. Andrea Dorris give some health tips for keeping your body balanced and well...all for only $10. Come check it out and bring a friend.

When desperate times call for desperate measures...

Just had to share this because I thought it was funny. I had gone to home depot to pick up the quarter round to go against the base boards on top of the hardwood floors. What I didn't think about before I got there was how I was going to get it to the clinic...this is when the brilliant idea came to me to open the sun roof and just stick the 9 foot pieces of quarter round out of the top of my car. I think this ingenuity is a result of watching my dad strap anything and everything possible, including lumber and mattresses, to the roof of his VW bug when I was little. Like father like daughter!

Open for business!

So it is actually starting to look like a real clinic now!!! With the addition of carpet in the waiting room and hallway and hardwood floors in the treatment rooms the space is complete. Now there are just a few minor decorating things and finishing touches to be done but all in all the hard work is over with (or should I say just the physical labor is over with) and now the fun begins...bring on the patients!

Signs and more!

So things are really coming together now more than ever...we actually have a sign up now with a phone number so that people can find us. We also got our counter top this week. I am happy to report that thanks to the good measuring of my brother Michael the installation went off without a hitch. Did you hear my sigh of relief...ha ha ha! And last but not least our new windows were also installed this week and they look really great too.

Almost there...

Here are some of the more recent photos of our progress. There is paint on the walls and light fixtures in now, yeah!!! We have come such a long way but there is still so much more to do...sometimes I feel like it will never be finished. I was able to get it set up enough to see my first few patients this week though and what a good feeling that was.
This has been quite an experience to say the least. I think over the past six weeks I have experienced every emotion possible...from happiness and joy to anger, frustration, fear and anxiety! We are really through most of the rough stuff now though it is really just more about finishing touches. Except for my floor! I decided to leave the floor as bare concrete and just paint it but it has proven to be one of the biggest headaches. We will see how that turns out...I got on the phone with Behr paint last night and they were able to give me extremely helpful technical advice. This is really a great service that this company provides.
Stay tuned for more updates!

We have walls, doors and...power agh, agh, agh

So, I have been a little behind in my posts but here is last weeks progress. Things are coming together now!