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Ayurvedic Approaches for Immune Health: Harnessing Nature’s Wisdom
The immune system is a marvel of biological engineering, working tirelessly to defend the body against invaders such as viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. From the moment we’re born, it shields us from harm and works to restore balance whenever our defenses are breached. While modern medicine offers powerful tools to address acute and chronic ...
A Simple Diabetes Protocol
What if you could simply and naturally lower most people’s diabetes HgBA1C test results by 2-3 percent? For example, from 8.7 percent (poorly controlled diabetes) to under 6.5 percent (not diabetic). You can, and this article will show you how. Some Historical Background Medical anthropologists tell us that adult diabetes used to be quite rare. ...
How Stress Eating Can Negatively Impact Health
Presently, an estimated 46 percent of Americans will meet the criteria for a diagnosable mental health issue at some point in their lifetime.1 With the significant increase in mental health disorders, such as anxiety and depression, in the past decade, we have also seen an increase in stress eating. Stress eating is also referred to ...
Natural Approaches to Address Pain & Inflammation
When it comes to pain and inflammation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 20 percent of adults in the U.S. are in chronic pain, with much of this stemming from inflammation in the body. Inflammation is the body’s response to invaders or injury, however, the issue becomes when inflammation does ...
Preventing Alzheimer’s
New research shows that everyday habits provide promise! If you’ve ever cared for a parent with Alzheimer’s disease, you know the heartbreak of watching the person you once knew gradually fade away. It’s also likely that you’re worried that the same fate may be in your future. The fear of Alzheimer’s is a common concern ...
Clearing up the Omega-3 Confusion
Understanding the difference between ethyl esters, triglycerides and polar forms of omega-3 essential fatty acids. The Issue We all know that omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids are essential for human life, which means we must consume them in our diets or as a supplement because our bodies do not make them. We are likely aware ...
Keeping an Eye on Gut Health
Most health practitioners are familiar with the gut’s connection to many other organ systems in the body—the immune system, the brain, the skin and the cardiovascular system. Recent research has elucidated another surprising, yet important connection that extends from the digestive system to the windows of the soul—the eyes. This connection is known as the ...
Beyond Birthdays: Decoding Biological Age with Epigenetics and Innovative Testing
Last year I looked up the phrase “biological age” one time, that’s all it took and from then on I was inundated with ads, seemingly at every website I visit, extolling the endless benefits of the “most advanced” biological age tests and accompanying supplements that all promise to “turn back the hands of time” and ...
Easily Eliminating Pain, and Its Routine Secondary Dementia
Research is showing that chronic pain, regardless of the cause, is associated with loss of brain volume and likely dementia. The more areas of chronic pain, the more the risk. Five or more areas of pain was associated with changes reflecting eight years of excess brain aging compared to controls.1 With 20 to 33 percent ...
Neuropathy No-More!
As a naturopathic doctor, I have the privilege and enjoyment of being able to run functional medicine tests, alongside reference range labs to get the clearest picture of a patient’s clinical condition. It has been rather amazing to me how many people in our modern day are showing up deficient in B vitamins. Especially people ...
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