Genotype vs Phenotype and your Immune System The difference between your genotype and your phenotype is an important distinction. Your genotype is your book of life meaning, the genes that you were born with. Your exposure to the environment changes the function of your genes and results in how your body functions and even the way […]
How does aging affect your immune system? Well, that depends on whether you look at your chronological age or your biological age. Your biological age is extremely specific for you as an individual. Your biological age will dictate your overall health, your susceptibility towards chronic disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and even longevity. When speaking about the […]
What is the difference between your biological age and your chronological age? Have you ever said to someone you look good for your age meaning, they look better than they are chronological age. You cannot do anything about your chronological age, but your biological age depends on you. Researchers have been studying how to determine biological age […]
The immune system is the most overlooked system in our body. We are only aware of it when we cannot recover from an illness, have an autoimmune disease, have some sort of leukemia, or long COVID symptoms. Without our conscious knowledge we rely on the immune system for our very life. Not only does the […]
The inspiration for these emails is to teach you how to improve your immune system to resist viruses, bacteria, and other invaders. I started the series with the basics of functional medicine; stress reduction, sleep, diet, and exercise. I expanded on diet and later emails and provided basic supplementation recommendations. What I would like to […]
Living with viruses COVID 19, Monkey Pox, and now Polio (poliomyelitis). It is surprising with so much research on improved lifestyles having benefit to the immune system that is not mentioned anywhere in the media. I am not anti-vaccines. However, the pharmaceutical companies’ primary goal is to make money. Now that we primed […]
The Following was written by Austin Perlmutter, M.D. In association with Jeffrey Bland, PhD. How does immunity relate to our brains? Often when people think about their brains, they are looking at them as though they are relatively fixed. But our brains are changing every moment of every day. Our brains cells (neurons) are constantly […]
August 17, 2022 Living with viruses What we eat greatly affects our immune system. And yet, most of us do not know what to eat to promote good health. Functional Nutrition is about finding the right way for each of us as individuals to eat/use food to maximize the potential for health and […]
August 8, 2022 Living with viruses So far, I have discussed the hallmarks of lifestyle medicine which are; stress management, exercise, sleep, diet, and specific nutrients. Relationships are also discussed in functional medicine however; they are specific to each individual situation and not easily discussed in this format. Every day a new variance of COVID 19 develops, […]
Living with viruses Part 6 Concerns over the spread of COVID-19 is causing anxiety on a global scale. Anxiety is a leading cause of sleep dysfunction, and not getting enough rest may have negative effects on your health. Sleep plays a powerful role in supporting healthy immune system function, in fact these 2 are closely connected. A […]