i ain’t no doctor

I Ain’t no Doctor an occasional column by Charles Faris, hhc Hey there Non-Doc. I’m reading about this Spring Cleaning thing and I’m a little confused. What’s the difference between a Spring Cleaning and a detox? And how is this different from the kit cleanses I see t the health food stores?–Tempted and Confused Well, [...]

I Ain’t no Doctor an occasional column by charles faris, hhc Panic is fear of the natural So here we go again, the latest outbreak of the disease that is going to destroy civilization, bring on martial law and enforced vaccination, or bring the population down to a sustainable level. Well sorry, I don’t really [...]

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc note: while the non-doc continues to ponder sleep, we’ve dug up this ancient document from his formative years. If It Hurts, You Are Doing It Wrong When he first began to teach yoga in the early 70’s, David Williams was told that the “the [...]

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc Last week I began talking about sleep, how much is enough and how to get enough. I definitely came out in favor of quality over quantity, and offered up a list of important factors in getting the most out of your time asleep, going [...]

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc Chas, How much sleep is enough? I feel like I  am never getting enough, even when i am getting 8 hours in each night…I eat well, exercise daily with yoga and other, but sometimes feel like i am not getting the right amount of [...]

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc All politics are internal In the spirit of the week, and playing off my recent (and to be continued) musings on democracy, todays topic is something that has been batted about a bit from podiums all across the land during the course of this [...]

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc Oh most humble and sometimes pressed for time non-doc; I know you are spending the week studying with your main yogi John Friend, so I thought I would ask you a simple question: how the heck am I supposed to get enough greens into [...]

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc Last week I began looking at a question from Massachusetts Sugar Fiend, who claimed to be “plagued by the desire to eat sweets; breakfast, lunch and dinner, morning, noon and night”, and wanted to know “what foods are good alternatives to satisfy my sugar [...]

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc   Charles, I am finding myself plagued by the desire to eat sweets; breakfast, lunch and dinner, morning, noon and night. What foods are good alternatives to satisfy my sugar craving? Massachusetts Sugar Fiend Dear Sugar Fiend, Thanks for asking me one of my [...]