The standard American lifestyle is no longer a problem to deal with tomorrow, or decades from now. Your choices today can kill you in less than a week. In my career I have spent hours discussing the paths that are available for my patients to avoid their family history of medical illness. I know it […]
Immune System
Top 7 signs your cravings are damaging your brain.
And what you can do about it. One comment about cravings. The secret to defeating cravings is NOT willpower. The secret is to not have them. According to neurologist and author, Dr. Dale Bredesen, the human body is genetically adapted to deal with about 15 grams per day of sugar. That is about the […]
What should health insurance pay for ?
Would you let yourself get sick and risk chronic illness if your health insurance did not pay for you to intervene ? This story has occurred countless times in my career and the thousands of practitioners like me who specialize in reversing chronic disease by instructing patients and clients to take the specific steps necessary […]
Extreme fitness and health or DEATH.
These were the only options for thousands of years. How micro-dosing that, which gave our ancestors extreme fitness and health and at the same time a high probability of death, can be an effective strategy for anti-aging, health restoration and fitness. I woke up this morning and the previous 2 mornings in a bedroom that […]
Bone up on your bone health
Its not about Calcium Truly understanding bone health. Are your bones structured like a brick wall? The bricks are the calcium that make up our bone mass, the mortar are all of the co-factors needed to hold the brick in place and direct the bricks where they need to go, these cofactors include, magnesium, phosphorous and […]
Can Toxicity Be the Answer?
Can aging, thyroid health, weight gain, athletic performance, blood sugar and hormones all benefit from just a little toxicity? Maybe, but first let us define toxicity. Toxicity is the degree to which a substance can damage an organism. The only way you could benefit from toxicity is if the toxic agent has hormetic properties, […]
Is It My Thyroid or My Immune System or…?
An immune system run amok. In our most recent post, we discussed the role common viral infections have on our long term health. We considered the possibility that chronic activation of the immune system from a resurgent virus from many years ago could challenge the nervous system for energy resources and cause symptoms of chronic […]
Fatigue, Brain Fog, Chronic Pain: Can it be an infection?
If it’s an infection, the solution is simple, right? Antibiotics? Not so fast. We are aware now of the limitations of antibiotics for chronic bacteria and of course the fact that many chronic infections are viral and therefore would be made worse by antibiotics. Antibiotic resistant infections are on a dramatic rise, and it is […]
Want to lose weight? Change your genes.
Want to lose weight? Change your genes. No, we are not talking about manipulating your DNA in a laboratory. At least, I am not. I’m not very trusting that researchers will take into account all of the factors that 600 million years of evolution (and perhaps the hand of God) did. I know there are […]
Can “Dizziness” be confused with “Anxiety”?
The balance system is also known as the “vestibular system”. The vestibular system is a group of structures in your body, head, and brain that work together to tell us where we are in space and where things in our space are related to us. The vestibular or balance system is like a 3 […]
