The Dirty Dozen and the Clean 15

Here is the updated list of the Dirty Dozen and the Clean 15.  The Dirty Dozen does not mean that you  have to give up these delicious foods completely - it simply means you need to buy ORGANIC to avoid pesticides.   The Clean 15 are the foods that have been tested and had the lowest pesticides.  

Dirty Dozen (foods that should be bought organic because they hold the most pesticides

1. Apples
2. Celery
3. Sweet bell pepers
4. Peaches
5. Strawberries
6. Nectarines-imported
7. Grapes
8. Spinach
9. Lettuce
10. Cucumbers
11. Blueberries
12. Potatoes

Clean 15 (lowest in pesticides)

1. Onions
2. Sweet Corn
3. Pineapples
4. Avacado
5. Cabbage
6. Sweet Peas
7. Asparagus
8. Mangoes
9. Eggplant
10. Kiwi
11. Cantaloupe
12. Sweet Potatoes
13. Grapefruit
14. Watermelon
15. Mushrooms

We hope this list will help you as you make healthy choices for yourself and your family.  Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more tips on healthy living and alternative healing options!!

Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies

701 W. Queens St. Suite 100

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

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Can IV Therapy Help You?

Vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other nutrients are essential to our daily health and the natural function of the cells;  however, with more and more processed foods, maintaining the correct levels can be difficult to do.  It is even more difficult if you are suffering with a cold, flu, fatigue or a more serious disease.  IV Therapy offers a very effective absorption of these nutrients into the body, helping your body heal and function properly.

What is IV Therapy?

Simply put, Intravenous therapy is when medicine is injected directly into the veins.   This procedure often works very quickly and successfully compared to oral medications. With the advancement in techniques, we are able to administer a larger amount of medicine which has allowed Doctors to utilize the procedure for many different disease treatments.  Especially in cases of Pneumonia and Diptheria.

Benefits of IV Therapy

IV Therapy is beneficial because the vitamins and minerals will provide the raw material necessary to promote proper cell function.  Poor digestion, food sensitivities, chronic inflammation, poor immune function or any sickness can cause a deficiency in the vitamins, minerals and nutrients needed.  When the deficiency is present, the cells are too weak to transport vitamins and minerals which can cause sickness - leading to a vicious cycle.  IV therapy can help to break the cycle and begin the cellular healing that is necessary.

IV Therapy for your Health

IV Therapy can be used for numerous conditions and can be tailored to fit the precise type and amount of nutrients necessary on a case by case basis.  It is impossible to get the nutrients orally that you will attain when utilizing IV therapy.   When you take vitamins and nutrients orally they are broken down in the stomach and liver before they are absorbed - which means some of them will pass through your system without being absorbed.    High doses of these vitaimins and nutrients will often cause gastrointestinal issues and diarrhea.  IV nutrients and minerals go directly to the bloodstream in their pure form and the body is able to tolerate and absorb them with little or no side effects.

For more information about IV Therapy, please contact our office to schedule a consult to see if IV Therapy is right for you!!


Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies

701 W. Queens St. Suite 100

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

918-994-4810

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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

 INGREDIENTS:

2 ½ cups Pamela’s gluten free baking mix

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 ½ cups real butter melted and cooled slightly

1 cup  light brown sugar

1/2   sugar

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups chocolate chips (use your preference of semisweet, bittersweet, milk, white, peanut butter or your favorite)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Adjust the oven rack to lower-middle position. Line a 9X13-inch baking pan with foil, letting the excess hang over the edges of the pan by about 1 inch so you can grab those edges and pull the brownies from the pan after they have baked.

Mix the flour, salt, and baking soda together in medium bowl; set aside. Whisk the melted butter and sugars in a large bowl until combined. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Using a rubber spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture until just combined; do not overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips and turn the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula.

Bake until the top of the bars is light golden brown, slightly firm to the touch, and edges start pulling away from sides of pan, 35-45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack to room temperature. Remove the bars from the pan by lifting the foil overhang and transfer them to a cutting board. Cut into 2-inch squares and serve. 

Good luck and let us know what you think!  We love to hear alterations to our recipes.

Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies

701 W. Queens St. Suite 100

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

918-994-4810

918-994-4816 Fax

Gluten Free Monster Cookies

I have found the cookie of my dreams.  This recipe is for a GLUTEN FREE peanut butter, chocolate chip, oatmeal and M&M cookie.  This cookie is sure to please everyone in the family.  It is a very simple recipe but make sure you do not over bake them!!

Monster Cookies 

1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter

1 cup light brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

8 tablespoons of unsalted butter, softned

3 large eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

4 1/2 cups quick cooking gluten free oats

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 cup semi sweet chocolate Chips

1 cup M&Ms plain 

Preheat oven to 350*F.  Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray.

In a large bowl, combine peanut butter, sugars and butter.  Use an electric mixer to mix until well combined.  Mix in eggs and vanilla.  Mix in the oats and baking soda.  Then STIR in the chips and M&Ms.

Drop the dough by the heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. 

Bake approximately 10 minutes.  Do not overbake.  Cool for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.  Once the cookies are completely cooled, store them in an airtight container.

Good luck and let us know what you think!   We love to hear alterations to our recipes.

Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies

701 W. Queens St. Suite 100

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

918-994-4810

918-994-4816 Fax

Gluten Free Banana Cream Cheese Pudding

Banana Cream Cheese Pudding:

6-7 bananas

Gluten free short bread cookies

1 8oz cream cheese

1 can Eagle Brand

1 lg instant vanilla pudding

2 ½ cups milk

1 sm cool whip

1tsp vanilla

Beat together cream cheese and Eagle Brand , set aside.  In another bowl mix vanilla pudding, milk and vanilla.  Mix with cream cheese mixture.  After mixed well, fold in cool whip.  Layer bananas, pudding and cookies ending with cookies on top.

Keep Refrigerated.

ENJOY - I know our office did (but I think I enjoyed it the most) !!

Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies

701 W. Queens St. Suite 100

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

918-994-4810

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List of Gluten Free Foods

The list below contains items that are gluten free - however, it is not all inclusive. Get out to your local grocery store and begin investigating! It's going to take some time, but it will be well worth the investment. Make a list of gluten free items that you like and take the list with you EVERYWHERE until you memorize it!!

Tip#1  Avoid canned food unless they specify that they are truly gluten free
Tip#2 Watch your frozen foods - many will have preservatives and gluten.
Tip#3 Avoid prepackaged food
Tip#4  Buy Fresh food - typically it is gluten free.

Fruit

• Acai
• Apples
• Apricot
• Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Canteloupe
• Carob
• Cherry
• Cranberries
• Currants
• Dates
• Figs
• Grapes
• Guava
• Honeydew Melon
• Kiwi
• Kumquat
• Lemons
• Limes
• Mandarin
• Mangoes
• Oranges
• Papaya
• Passion Fruit
• Peaches
• Pears
• Pineapples
• Plantains
• Plums
• Persimmons
• Quince
• Raspberries
• Strawberries
• Tangerines
• Watermelon

Vegetables

• Acorn
• Agar
• Alfalfa
• Algae
• Arrowroot
• Artichoke
• Arugula
• Asparagus
• Avocado
• Beans
• Broccoli
• Brussel Sprouts
• Cauliflower
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Celery
• Corn
• Cucumber
• Eggplant
• Garlic
• Green Beans
• Kale
• Lettuce
• Mushrooms
• Okra
• Onions
• Parsley
• Peas
• Peppers
• Potato 
• Pumpkins
• Radish
• Spinach
• Squash
• Turnips
• Watercress

Meats - Meats are naturally gluten free unless process, breaded or fried.

• Alligator
• Beef
• Buffalo
• Chicken
• Duck
• Goat
• Goose
• Lamb
• Pork
• Rabbit
• Snake
• Turkey
• Quail
• Veal
• Venison

Eggs and Dairy Products

• Butter (with no additives)
• Casein
• Cheese
• Cream
• Eggs
• Milk
• Sour Cream
• Yogurt (plain)

Flours Grains and Wheat 
Read LABELS ON ALL FLOUR GRAIN AND WHEAT PRODUCTS!!!

• Almond Flour
• Amaranth
• Arrowroot
• Bean Flour
• Besan
• Brown Rice
• Brown Rice Flour
• Buckwheat
• Cassava
• Corn Flour
• Corn Meal 
• Corn Starch
• Cottonseed
• Dal
• Flaxseed
• Millet
• Pea Flour
• Polenta
• Popcorn (plain)
• Potato Flour
• Quinoa
• Rice
• Sago
• Soy Flour
• Tapioca Flour
• Taro Flour
• Tef
• Yeast
• Yucca

Other Gluten Free Items

• Baking Soda
• Honey
• Herbs
• Jam 
• Jelly 
• Juice
• Nuts
• Oils
• Seeds
• Spices (typically - but check the label)
• Syrup
• Vanilla
• Vinegar
• Vitamins
• Wine
• Xanthan Gum

The task of a gluten free diet probably seems a little daunting right now - but remember to take it one product at a time and work the gluten free products into your normal diet as you find them.  We hope this list is helpful - be sure to look for Gluten Free Recipes on our blog - we will be adding them soon!

Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies

701 W. Queens St. Suite 100

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

918-994-4810

918-994-4816 Fax

8 Easy Steps to Start your Gluten Free Diet

Starting a gluten free lifestyle can be overwhelming - in fact, many people that visit our office say the hardest thing about the gluten free diet is figuring out how to start! We suggest Baby Steps and here are a few tips that will help you get started.

1. Find a list of gluten free items and highlight the items that you like.  There are many foods that are naturally gluten free and you probably already like many of them.  Take this list to the grocery store until you have the list memorized.
2. Read labels - Many products will have the words "gluten free" on the outside packaging - however, many times you will need to look through the ingredients to really learn what is actually in your food
3. Find restaurants that offer gluten free entrees - most restaurants will offer their menu online so that you can find one before you head out for dining.
4. Do your research - there are all kinds of helpful books and magazines on eating gluten free.  They include recipes, tips and suggestions on how to take your current recipe and make it gluten free.
5. Stick to REAL food when you begin.  Avoid processed and try to consume fruits, vegetables, meat and whole grains.   
6. Be Patient - Remember that not everything gluten free is going to be tasty (or at least not tasty in the way you are accustom).  It will take some time to adjust.
7. Create a Support System - Follow Blogs, Twitter Feeds and LIKE facebook pages that promote gluten free living.  They will offer lots of tips that will keep you on track.  Get friends and family involved - this will be a great resource to help you with new recipes!
8. Meet with a professional that understands gluten free diets and celiac disease.  They can offer tremendous help and support to make sure you are keeping your diet gluten free AND getting all the nutrients and vitamins you need to stay healthy.

The staff at PURE HEALTH would love the opportunity to meet with you and discuss your health needs and concerns.   If you are in the Tulsa area, please give us a call to set up an appointment.  If you are not a local resident, soon we will be offering new services that will allow us to meet with you from the comfort of your home.  LIKE our Facebook Page and Watch for announcements!!

Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies

701 W. Queens St. Suite 100

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

918-994-4810

918-994-4816 Fax

Welcome to our Blog!!

Welcome to the the weekly blog for Pure Health!  As we venture into the Social Media world, we hope that you will follow us.  Our goal is to provide you with tips and inspiration that will empower, educate and heal your body.

Our patients come to us because they are looking for a different answer than they have received from the typical avenue of healthcare.  They are looking for an alternative - a different way to heal their body.  We want to restore a patient's ability to work and play through a creative well-rounded treatment plan that offers multiple options.

This blog will be a place to find health tips, information about our procedures, supplement information as well as recipes and inspiration.  We hope that you will return often to find empowerment thru education that will lead to healing your body.

We would love to hear your feedback - Please feel free to comment on the blog and let us know your thoughts or subjects that you would like us to consider.

Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies

701 W. Queens St. Suite 100

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

918-994-4810

918-994-4816 Fax