Dr. Daemon Jones completed her undergraduate education in economics at Northwestern University (graduated 1992). She completed her naturopathic medical training at University of Bridgeport’s College of Naturopathic Medicine (2002). Dr. Jones founded Healthydaes Naturopathic Medical Center in the Washington, DC metropolitan area since 2003. As a naturopathic physician, Dr. Jones is turning her life’s passion – the pursuit of vibrant health – into her life’s mission for others. She uses private consultations, cooking demonstrations, lectures and workshops as a hands-on way to help people enjoy learning about improving their health. She is a faculty member of Smith Farms Center for Healing and the Arts and Food As Medicine Professional Training program. Dr. Jones is the author of Daelicious! Recipes for Vibrant Health published in 2007.
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In the last blog we talked about how high total cholesterol increases the risk of heart disease. Today we will talk about how cholesterol is important to the body and how to get our cholesterol ...
February 9, 2012 - 2:54pm
During this month of heart health awareness, I want to bring attention to some of the most common conditions that contribute to heart disease. Today I want to talk about cholesterol levels in the ...
February 7, 2012 - 7:20pm
This week birth control pills have been in the news because there was a problem with a certain batch from Pfizer. I will give you information about the recall at the end of the article. Before I ...
February 2, 2012 - 3:01pm
Did you know that being overweight or obese increases your risk of developing cancer of different types? Unfortunately it is true.
According to the National Cancer Institute obesity can ...
January 31, 2012 - 5:37pm
For the last month or so I have been asked to write about topics that generally fall into the category of alternative medicine. I find it interesting that it seems like alternative medicine has ...
January 26, 2012 - 2:17pm
With the current increase in interest in alternative medicine, complementary medicine and natural medicine, people are looking into acupuncture as a way to regain their optimal health. ...
January 23, 2012 - 7:56pm
Children's rates of obesity have been increasing in the last 20 years. After writing about the controversial add campaign targeted for obese children in Georgia “Stop Sugarcoating It, Georgia” in ...
January 19, 2012 - 10:53am
Children’s obesity rates have been increasing in the last 20 years. It is a huge concern for the medical community, and in the last five years it has been a topic of discussion in all of the ...
January 16, 2012 - 10:45am
In my last blog I talked about my definition of healthy living. I would like to continue with my discussion about healthy living by adding a few other ideas that I think are necessary to live ...
January 12, 2012 - 2:32pm
In the beginning of the year many people are looking for ways to create healthy living behaviors in their lives. What is healthy living and how do you create healthy living in your life? I believe ...
January 10, 2012 - 6:35am
I decided to become a naturopathic doctor at the age of 26, which is a relatively late age to decide to change to such a challenging career. To be honest, I didn’t know anything about the field ...
January 5, 2012 - 2:01pm
Today I was asked to write about what holistic is, or what is the definition of holistic. When I think about the definition of holistic as it relates to holistic medicine, I find it can be very ...
January 3, 2012 - 3:44pm
This is my last post for 2011 and I have decided to write about reviewing your year. As the year comes to a close there are many articles and news stories that talk about the year in review. ...
December 29, 2011 - 12:23pm
A comprehensive survey of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) called the National Health Interview Survey in 2007, reported that almost five million adults and children used homeopathy in ...
December 27, 2011 - 11:24am
It seems like not many people in the Washington, D.C. area are familiar with naturopathic medicine however many more are familiar with the term homeopathic medicine.
When I tell people that I ...
December 22, 2011 - 3:47pm
I have been asked to write and explain some basics several healing modalities. I have decided to start with Reiki. Reiki is a Japanese form of healing that creates overall well-being, stress ...
December 21, 2011 - 10:58am
Sugar Busters is a diet plan that promises weight loss, as a result of removing refined sugar from the dietary plan. I had never heard of this diet before so I was intrigued to understand more ...
December 15, 2011 - 3:33pm
Continuing the series on comparing the most popular diets today I’m looking at the South Beach diet. Dr. Arthur Agatston, author of the South Beach diet is a Miami cardiologist, who created a ...
December 13, 2011 - 3:48pm
The Atkins diet plan has been well-researched yet it still is controversial among medical professionals as to its safety in the long term. There is research that has reported that Dr. Atkins' plan ...
December 7, 2011 - 3:10pm
As I continue to look at widely-publicized dietary plans in preparation for the many questions that people ask starting in January, I turn to the Atkins plan for weight loss.
This plan was ...
December 6, 2011 - 4:42pm
When I talk to groups about healthy eating and creating a healthy diet plan, the concept of food combining for healthy eating is asked. After getting the food-combining questions several times in ...
November 30, 2011 - 10:34am
In the last several months there has been much buzz about this “new” diet, called the caveman diet or the Paleolithic diet. I’m not sure how “new” it really is, given that it refers to the ...
November 29, 2011 - 1:54pm
In the United States during the week of Thanksgiving people’s thoughts turn to gratitude and thanksgiving. Gratitude, the state or feeling of being thankful, is an almost universal concept among ...
November 26, 2011 - 9:34am
When I was in medical school we had classes to teach us about diseases and risk factors. I remember sitting in class and learning that people who were underweight had higher incidences of poor ...
November 22, 2011 - 2:39pm
When people think about bone strength or bone disease, osteoporosis tends to come up in conversation. Bone is a dynamic organ in the body and is continually being restructured. The normal ...
November 17, 2011 - 8:53am
This weekend I was teaching a master’s of nutrition class and one of the questions that came up was, what is the best way to absorb calcium in the diet? The discussion revolved around whether ...
November 15, 2011 - 4:42pm
In my blog written earlier this week we got an understanding of causes and triggers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is defined as the development of certain symptoms following a ...
November 10, 2011 - 2:07pm
After years of being under-diagnosed, especially in military personnel, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is starting to come into the awareness of the medical community and the mainstream ...
November 8, 2011 - 12:53pm
For the last week I have been writing articles about insomnia and the many reasons why people may develop insomnia. I thought I would take this opportunity to give different options for ...
November 3, 2011 - 11:58pm
More than half of Americans between the ages of 13-64 reported sleeping disturbances at least one night every week, in a 2011 Sleep in America poll taken by The National Sleep Foundation. Sleep ...
November 1, 2011 - 1:34pm
On October 26, 2011, Dr. Oz, America’s favorite doctor, did a show on insomnia and since I was planning to write an article on it today I decided to watch, hoping to learn something new. What I ...
October 27, 2011 - 10:55am
In the last blog I wrote about the definition of anxiety along with some of the most commonly diagnosed anxiety disorders. I explained that anxiety is one of the normal emotions that human’s ...
October 25, 2011 - 7:05am
Dr. Jones explains how optimal liver function reduces menstrual pain.
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October 21, 2011 - 10:10am
Dr. Jones explains how nutrition affects fertility.
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October 21, 2011 - 9:55am
I was asked to shed some light on a very common problem for women in United States -- Anxiety! I have worked with several women in my practice who have been diagnosed with different anxiety ...
October 20, 2011 - 9:15am
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects several different organs. Autoimmune diseases are characterized by the body’s immune system attacking the body instead of attacking foreign substances ...
October 17, 2011 - 7:35pm
When I was in naturopathic medical school I learned about mental and emotional stress as risk factors in many disease processes. In the last eight years in practice I have realized that stress is ...
October 13, 2011 - 12:50pm
I find that when people have a goal for their health they are more likely to achieve their goal. I know that parents always want the best for their children. Mothers will often modify their ...
October 10, 2011 - 5:49pm
Today I came across a study which found that children with type I diabetes who watched four hours or more of TV per day had higher glucose levels than children that watched less TV. This study ...
October 6, 2011 - 12:31pm
Most of the parents that come into my practice with healthy children under the age of six months usually want to talk about vaccinations for their children. Many parents are concerned about ...
October 3, 2011 - 7:51pm
Last week I was sitting in a workshop about the philosophies of healing and I heard a lecture about the importance of play in healing! As I was listening I began to think how wonderful it is to ...
September 29, 2011 - 2:03pm
One of my colleagues suggested that I write a blog about what questions should you ask to find reputable holistic practitioner or alternative practitioner. I thought this was a great topic to ...
September 27, 2011 - 12:46pm
In medical science there is often a debate as to whether the placebo effect can have therapeutic benefits effects on a patient. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, "placebo" is defined ...
September 23, 2011 - 12:21pm
In last week’s blog I created a list of the practitioners that can be considered holistic or alternative. This was not an exhaustive list. It was just a list that my patients tend to have ...
September 20, 2011 - 11:27am
Holistic medicine has been gaining popularity in the last 10 years. Americans are not only adopting healthier lifestyles, they are also taking nutritional supplementation to help improve their ...
September 14, 2011 - 6:24pm
For the last several months I have been working with several patients who have been diagnosed and have been living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is a viral infection that damages ...
September 14, 2011 - 6:45am
As a child I didn’t like fact that my parents smoked. I’m not sure exactly at what age I decided that it wasn’t a behavior that I never wanted to take up, but to this day I have never tried it. ...
September 8, 2011 - 5:28pm
For those of you that have been following my blog, you know that food sensitivities and food allergies are always of interest to me because they affect so many of my patients. Food sensitivities ...
September 6, 2011 - 11:40am
Menopause, according to the Mayo Clinic, is the permanent end of menstruation and fertility, defined as occurring 12 months after your last menstrual period. There are many women whose menopausal ...
September 1, 2011 - 12:36pm
At last we have arrived at the juicy part of "Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zone Way," by Dan Buettner-- what is the take home lessons for us all? What insights can we integrate into our ...
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