With the hectic pace of day-to-day life, many people don’t get the recommended amount of sleep each night. According to the National Sleep Foundation, adults typically need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep per night in order to function at their best. Getting a few less hours a night for a couple days […]
The World Health Association (WHO) has announced a review into potential risks of plastic in drinking water after a new analysis of some of the world’s most popular bottled water brands found more than 90% contain tiny pieces of plastic. A previous study also found high levels of micro plastic and tap water. In the […]
It’s well documented that 70 to 80% of our healthcare dollars are spent on chronic disease. The medical treatment for chronic disease, you can say, is treatment by numbers. If your blood pressure is up, we have to lower that number. If you cholesterol is up, we have to lower that number. Diabetes […]
John Ellis M.D., an orthopedic surgeon has written extensively about treating carpal tunnel with vitamin B6. He suggests that 400 to 600 mg of B6 taken 1 to 3 times a day for 1 or 2 months can reverse the condition. B6 is useless if you are deficient in Zinc. Zinc deficiencies are created […]
Anti-Aging. It seems like every new product related to health is some sort of antiaging pill potion or lotion. Guess what, we are all aging. The real pursuit should be aging gracefully, with full function of mind body and soul. There are ways of predicting your aging process. There’s a number of tests used […]
Everybody needs a community. Research shows that the risk of chronic disease and mortality is directly related to high social stress. The feeling of being isolated has a risk for chronic disease higher than physical inactivity, alcohol consumption of over 6 drinks a day, and smoking 15 cigarettes daily. This social isolation is heightened by […]
One of the 1st things that breaks down in getting a leaky gut is a change in the bacteria of the gut. So what do these bacteria do? They do a lot, you can’t live without them. · They protect the body from foreign invaders such as bad bacteria (C-Dif), parasites, yeast (Candida) and […]
You know the name of the disease but how did you get it? The research is very clear that the bugs in your gut, the microbiome, is at the center of all chronic disease. Your food choices, the gut bugs and the immune system are intimately connected. Most of your immune system is located in your […]
Many times each week I have to correct medical terminology. Unfortunately, many physicians may not understand the difference or have a planned script to describe musculoskeletal problems. One of my primary goals is to explain to each person exactly the nature of their condition. I hope I clear up some misinterpretations of these medical terms. […]
If you are trying to lose weight as 1 of your New Year’s resolutions and are having difficulty you may want to consider this. The toxins found in plastic products accumulate in the fat. The more fat you have more the more toxins you have. The toxins from plastics change the body’s chemistry preventing […]