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Environmental · July 23, 2015
Do You Know What YOUR Child is Wearing? 5 Tips to Keep Them Safe
Chemicals are everywhere in our world. I’ve said before that we live in a toxic soup, and that absolutely includes our children. Our kids have a particular susceptibility to toxins in our environment because their…
Breast Cancer · July 18, 2015
Alcohol Intake and Cancer–Add this to Negate the Risk
The link between breast cancer and alcohol intake has bounced back and forth between no risk and increased risk. The past few years has seen this association settling in on the recommendation that alcohol intake does…
Environmental · July 17, 2015
Have You Gone BPA-free? Does it Really Make a Difference?
For several years now, the BPA-free craze has been on the rise. The initial concern focused on baby’s products. Keegan is 9 now, and I do not remember any BPA-free water bottles when he was an infant, so the public…
Liver Disease · July 16, 2015
Taking Vitamin D? You Need to Add This Vitamin as Well
Prediabetes is arguably more dangerous to your health than is cigarette smoking. For the smoker who is prediabetic, life insurance is a must. This danger to your health stems from the fact that prediabetes and diabetes…
Environmental · July 12, 2015
Firmiculates Bacteria in the Gut and Pollutants in Your Diet
Gut bacteria and your health. The microbiome. These strange bedfellows play a massive role in our health and yet we know so little about how to positively impact our microbiome using lifestyle and supplementation…
Knee Pain · July 11, 2015
Common Knee Osteoarthritis Symptom Treatment Fails Again
Knee osteoarthritis symptoms. For some, it seems like the diagnosis is pretty much the same as saying that surgery is inevitable. There are times when I think that more information is a bad thing. There have been…
Gastroenterology · July 8, 2015
Appendicitis Concerns: Don’t Rush to Have it Removed
The common belief is that, if your appendix becomes inflamed and infected, it needs to come out now. As in like “emergency surgery” now. It’s one of those situations where you would never think about doing a randomized…
Alzheimer's · July 4, 2015
Too Young for Your Brain to Rot? Results Will Surprise You
Sure, you know that a daily meth habit will fry your brain. But what if over half of 40-somethings had brain damage? Couldn’t be possible, right? Alzheimer’s dementia, memory loss, cognitive decline, Parkinson’s…these…
Dietary Protein · July 3, 2015
Want to Add More Muscle Mass? Use This Simple Trick Before Bed
Admit it. You’d like to be built just a little more like the Rock or Jennifer Aniston, especially if it wouldn’t take much work. Hate to disappoint you, but it’s not going to be that easy. But every little bit helps…
Probiotic · July 2, 2015
Probiotics; Should You Take Them Short or Long Term?
A large chunk of the probiotic-popping population uses them only after a course of antibiotics, but would you be better off taking probiotics on a regular basis? The human species’ exposure to bacteria over the course…
Arthritis · June 28, 2015
Having Orthopedic Surgery? You NEED to Know this Scary Risk
Everyone knows that there are risks associated with any surgery. But the risks that you know about are the obvious ones. Problems with the anesthesia such as aspiration pneumonitis or respiratory failure. Problems with…
Obesity and Weight Loss · June 27, 2015
Obesity, Brown Fat and Being a Night Owl; What Glasses are YOU Wearing?
It seems like there is a definite trend of families (both parents and kids) not getting to sleep at a decent hour. There are lots of issues with this. “Sure,” you say, “from the guy up at 11 PM starting to write a blog…
Vitamin D · June 24, 2015
Optimal Vitamin D Levels: Who’s Got the Right Answer?
Anytime I try to answer a question about health, I always look back towards what we are designed for. Our bodies are designed with a brilliance that surpasses our current knowledge. My rationalization is that, if we can…
Heart Disease · June 20, 2015
Coronary Stents and Reality; Did Your Cardiologist Come Clean?
Heart stents. Coronary Stents. Angioplasty. Angiogram. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Regardless of what you call it, over a half MILLION of them are done per year at a cost of around $18,000 each. Sounds…
Probiotic · June 17, 2015
Probiotics and Digestion in Your Gut–Do They Even Survive?
The use of probiotics to positively affect health (and your microbiome) and disease has expanded massively in the past decade. Supplements, powders, probiotic drinks, juice drinks with probiotic straws–the options are…
Fish Oils · June 14, 2015
Fish Oil Supplements: Buyer Beware of Dangerous Brands
Earlier this year, the New York Attorney General charged Target, GNC, Walmart and Walgreens with removing certain supplements from the shelves. Specifically, these stores were given cease and desist letters to stop…
Probiotic · June 13, 2015
Cranberry; And You Thought it was Just Good for UTIs
It’s pretty much common knowledge that cranberry is good for urinary tract infections. But, just like many other food items, the benefits extend far beyond this. Let’s face it, though, the berries, as a group, have…
Chiropractic Care · June 10, 2015
Narcotics and Your Baby; Not a Good Combo
You’re reading the title of this thinking that this is pretty stupid. Who on Earth would think that this is a good idea?? Opioids during pregnancy. I’m sure that if I gave you the true / false question, “Morphine is ok…
Obesity and Weight Loss · June 7, 2015
Gut Bacteria Insights: Simple Amino Acid Changes Your Microbiome
Regular readers of this blog will know that I consider the gut bacteria as one of the most important factors to do with health. Probiotics showed up in the medical literature some 107 years ago (1908 to be exact). To…
Fatty Liver · June 6, 2015
NSAIDs, Prediabetes and Your Liver; Dangerous, but Not Like You Think
There is pretty much no chronic disease that prediabetes does not contribute to. Fatty liver is on the list. It goes by many names: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fatty liver, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease…
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