Dearest readers, a question: were you at Back to School for Doctors this year? You know, the annual event where Mark Anderson takes attendees on the deepest of deep dives into the wholistic principles of Dr. Royal Lee. When wholistic-minded practitioners and self-healthers from all over the country show to a singular event year after […]
Author Archives: Heather Wilkinson
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Nov
Nov
A couple of years ago I wiped out while walking on the sidewalk. It was a bright October morning. I was not drunk or coming down from mind-altering drugs. I was simply walking a bit enthusiastically to Kilwins, to get Halloween candy—not for myself, of course, but for all the little children. I was also […]
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Sep
Sep
Let’s embark on a journey of discovery. A fact-finding mission, if you will. Together, we seek to answer the not-so-simple question: “Who owns organic?” I already know the answer because I wrote this. Then again, it’s an easy guess. I refer to the usual rogue’s gallery of malfeasance-y food corporations getting up to their usual […]
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Aug
Aug
I am a lover of all kinds of merch. I hunt down postcards during vacations to big cities or little beaches. I adore keychains from lonely gas stations and crowded amusement parks. I will never pass on hoodies from rock shows or caps from baseball games. I love nerdy merch from museums and seminars as […]
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Jul
Jul
I’ve got deep pockets. But before you romance scammers get too excited, you should know my deep pockets are not of the monetary kind. They are the kind of deep pockets your dental hygienist discovers, and then she snitches to your dentist, and then he comes to talk to you, while you are still wearing […]
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Jul
Jul
“It is hard for most people to accept the colossal picture of dishonesty to be traced once we look into this matter of counterfeit foods. It is too late to act on the knowledge that this state exists once we become a victim of cancer, polio, heart disease, diabetes, or arthritis.” In 1956, Dr. Royal Lee […]
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Jun
Jun
A peek at my calendar tells me that Independence Day, my third favorite holiday, is rapidly approaching. Have you noticed that independent thought is a bulwark of the Selene River Press Historical Archives? I sure have. It is an especially strong current in Dr. Royal Lee’s Applied Trophology newsletter, which he published every month from […]
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Jun
Jun
I met my husband because of barbecue, yet barbecue almost kept us apart. I’ll explain. In the earliest years of the early aughts, I was going to school in Austin and working at a local institution called Artz Rib House (yes, with a z). By the end of a six-hour shift delivering heaping plates of […]
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May
May
My mother’s mother grew up on a farm in Utah. My husband’s mother grew up on a farm in Indiana. I grew up in a house across from an empty field, and my husband grew up in an old house by a cemetery. For us, no farms in sight. Instead, we have been passed down […]
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Apr
Apr
Last week I needed to pick up a prescription from the pharmacy. My husband was home. I occasionally adore him, so I asked him if he needed anything. “Body Fortress,” he replied. “Vanilla.” That’s when I realized my mistake. To ask my husband if he needs anything from the store is to risk losing many […]
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May
May
Here at SRP, we’ve been thinking about an old proverb. You know the one: Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime. Dixie Lee Huey’s The Nourishment Mindset is a bit like that proverbial fish: Nourishment can sustain you. But with a nourishment mindset, you […]
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Sep
Sep
Practitioners, if you know Selene River Press, you know we have an expansive catalog of patient education materials to boast of. That’s because we’ve been at it since 1986, and from the start our goal was to help translate practitioner knowledge into a language patients can understand. With so many titles to choose from, focusing […]
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May
May
Ever wondered how nutrients are taken out of a whole food and put into a whole food supplement? At least part of the answer involves smart people doing smart things—inventing, engineering, building, manufacturing. And they are at it again in Palmyra, Wisconsin. There, on the certified organic farms of Standard Process, Inc., exists what is […]
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Dec
Dec
SRP has a gripe. And before we turn our attention to this month’s Product Spotlight, we’d like to discuss it. The issue? Practitioners whose reaction to the words “ongoing education” is a resounding…meh. You know who we’re talking about. Practitioners who are content—with the level of their patient care, with the pace of their referrals, […]
11
Nov
Nov
Being the new anything is hard. The new kid in class. The new member of the team. Or, God forbid, the uncoordinated newbie at yoga class. Now imagine the new patient who walks through your door. They have a lot to learn, and you, being the excellent holistic practitioner that you are, want to help […]
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Jun
Jun
This month we’re shining our Product Spotlight on Why Your Doctor Offers Nutritional Supplements by Stephanie Selene Anderson with Mark R. Anderson, now in its fourth edition. Which begs the question…why does your doctor offer nutritional supplements? There’s not one answer; Anderson lays out an entire ecosystem of them. It begins once upon a time, […]
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Jun
Jun
Psst…how’s your sleep? If you’re exhausted, you’re not alone. Millions of Americans, as many as one-third of us, are sleep deprived in one way or another, and it’s seriously messing with our health. The consequences of sleep deprivation range from the obvious (tiredness, mental distress, poor cognitive function) to the surprisingly dire (heart disease, diabetes, […]
Product Spotlight
Prenatal Nutrition and Birth Defects:
The Hereditary Catastrophe of Nutritional Deficiency
10
Nov
Nov
Prenatal Nutrition and Birth Defects is an essential new booklet from SRP that tackles one of the most fundamental problems in today’s America: the continued genetic destruction of our progeny. In just a few information-packed pages, Mark R. Anderson connects the dots between abnormalities in the developing fetus (which are frequently revealed later in life) […]
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Sep
Sep
Imagine preparing your family a slow cooked masterpiece on a cold winter’s night. Or whipping up your first batch of homemade kefir, yogurt, butter, or cheese come a leisurely weekend afternoon. Which would you rather do? Happily, there’s no need to choose. With Chef Phyllis Quinn’s Slow Cook Gourmet and Udderly Cultured at your disposal, […]
08
Sep
Sep
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride—author of Gut and Psychology Syndrome and creator of the GAPS healing protocol—is back with two more deeply researched and thoughtfully written books exploring the intersection between food and health: Vegetarianism Explained – An essential read for anyone following (or considering) a plant based diet. Dr. Campbell-McBride turns her focus to the value […]