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Blocking the Cytokine Storm & Balancing Immune Responses—Strategies for COVID-19
As more data is gathered on COVID-19 and its pathogenesis within the body, it’s becoming clear that inflammatory damage to the cardio-respiratory system, as well as other vital organs, presents life-threatening complication in a wide range of patients. And it’s all driven by an overreactive immune response leading to the deadly cytokine storm. As practitioners, ...
A New Branch of Health Care: Nature Therapy
I have always been fascinated by fractals. The repeating patterns in nature that reflect the large scale on the small scale. There are large interactions, ocean and sky that scale down to the miniscule, water and vapor molecules. What happens between us and the environment is reflected on what happens in our own cells, in ...
Getting Off the Pain Train
People come to you because something is hurting. Beyond signifying dire health straits, there are effective natural ways to help manage the aches. A perennially funny joke is when a patient says to the doctor, “Hey doc, it hurts when I do this.” The doc’s recommendation is simply, “Well, don’t do that.” If only it ...
Stress Mismanagement
Practitioners can help patients manage stress with a combination of lifestyle changes and supplements. American life is demanding enough: work, kids, deadlines, family responsibilities, economic worries and societal pressures are enough to make even the calmest among us feel like we are slowly unraveling. Add in a global pandemic with a heaping uncertainty about the ...
Food Allergy and Intolerance Awareness
Food allergies and intolerances are omnipresent in society, yet misconceptions about them remain. According to Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), 32 million Americans are living with potentially life-threatening food allergies. Further, every three minutes, a food allergy reaction sends someone to the emergency room, while between the years of 2007 and 2016, there was ...
James B. LaValle, RPh, CCN, MT
James B. LaValle, RPh, CCN, MT, is an internationally recognized clinical pharmacist, author, board certified clinical nutritionist and naturopathic doctorate with more than 35 years of clinical experience. In addition to his LaValle Metabolix Practice, he works with players and teams from the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, NHL and is the clinical director of the ...
Bioavailable Curcumin for Pain
Turmeric, and more specifically its primary active constituent known as curcumin, has been used extensively in ancient and modern times for its medicinal qualities.1,2 Not surprisingly, curcumin is one of the most popular nutraceuticals in use today. In fact, a study3 by Grand View Research, Inc. indicates that the global curcumin market will reach $94.3 ...
Vitamin D Function & Benefits: Should You be Taking it?
Vitamin D is often referred to as the “sunshine” vitamin, as it is produced by the human body in response to sunlight exposure. Colloquially, it is said that we “get” vitamin D from the sun, but this is not quite accurate. Instead of being a vitamin obtained from diet and ingested, like most others, the ...
Caring for Bones, Joints & Muscles
In an ever-changing world, prevention and maintenance are as important as ever. When people hear about joint inflammation, they often associate the term with arthritis, and understandably so. According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 23 percent of all adults—more than 54 million Americans—have arthritis. Approximately 24 million of those adults find themselves ...
Weighty Opinions
Successful weight management continues to be elusive for millions of American adults. The Participants Are: Rosia Parrish, ND, Boulder Natural Health, Boulder, CO, www.bouldernaturalhealth.com Amy Rothenberg, ND, Naturopathic Health Care, Northampton, MA, www.nhcmed.com Firlande Volcy, ND, Innovare Wellness, LLC, Stockbridge, GA, www.drfirlande.com Always a hot topic, successful weight management continues to be rather elusive for ...
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