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May 01, 2024 02:43PM ● By Jeaniesa Santiano

Desiree Bohn is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach based out of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She is passionate about helping folks that are frustrated or at rock bottom with their health and want to heal the all-natural way through food and vitamins, without medication. She will help you feel your best through personalized lifestyle changes that meet unique dietary, emotional and physical goals and needs. Desiree offers food education, what you need to know about food and vitamins, and debunking food myths.

Desiree’s healing programs are based on cleansing the body of toxins, metals and viruses that many people do not realize may be the underlying cause of chronic illness, skin conditions, constipation, fatigue, bi-polar, ADHD, cancer, anxiety, depression, Lyme disease, autoimmune and many more conditions. She offers help with sleep issues by addressing and teaching sleep hygiene and routines. Desiree’s approach to healing has been described as caring, calm, personal and empathetic.

Take your health and healing to the next level by reaching out to Desiree to get started. In-person meetings are preferred and will take place in a local public location (coffee shop, library, etc.) or via Facetime/Zoom call.

For more information, Call Desiree at 609-541-1087 or email [email protected]. See listing, page 37.

In-Print, Wellness, Conscious Eating May 2024
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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