Research & Blog · Page 19 of 189
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Oxidative Stress · November 19, 2014
Can you Get Too Many Antioxidants?
CAN TOO MANY ANTIOXIDANTS CAUSE DAMAGE? Just like everything else in life, balance is important. This is not the first time that we have seen damage from higher levels of antioxidants. In this particular study (done in…
Childhood Obesity · November 18, 2014
Pregnancy Weight Gain and Childhood Obesity
BREAKING THE CYCLE OF CHRONIC DISEASE BEGINS HOW EARLY? Based on previous posts, this shouldn’t be a trick question. The answer is before pregnancy. In this study, women who gained excess weight during pregnancy had…
Colon / Colorectal Cancer · November 17, 2014
Diet and Colon Cancer
THIS DIETARY PATTERN VIRTUALLY ELIMINATES COLON CANCER. Colon cancer is among one of the more prevalent types of cancer. It is also one of the cancers that we know greatly how to prevent. In this study, a diet based on…
Probiotic · November 16, 2014
Exercise for Your Heart, Lungs and… Bacteria??
We all know that exercise is essential to good health. And you also know that the bacteria in your gut are critically important to good health as well. But I would be surprised if, even in your wildest physiology-based…
Diabetes (Type 2) · November 15, 2014
Stopping Prostate Cancer Recurrence: How to Completely Miss the Boat
Having prostate cancer at all is a bad thing, but living with the constant fear of prostate cancer recurrence can be worse. There is no shortage of controversy over our fascination with overdiagnosis of both prostate…
Autism · November 12, 2014
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Help from an Unexpected Source
There was a recent news story of a mother who threw her 6 year-old autistic son to his death off of a bridge. While this heinous act was performed by a mentally disturbed woman, her reasoning was heartbreaking. She…
Diabetes (Type 2) · November 9, 2014
Diabetes , Prediabetes = Osteoporosis? The Funny Math of Physiology
I recent taught a 12 hour CE class on gut to bone to gut on the links between the GI tract, bone and the risk of diabetes. The links between these body systems are so far outside the realm of how we “treat” in medicine…
Prediabetes · November 8, 2014
Sunlight and Vitamin D; More Complicated than We Thought?
I admit have fallen into a bad habit when it comes to vitamin D. I have exchanged the benefits of sunlight for vitamin D supplementation. Turns out I may be mistaken. This is not to say that vitamin D, by itself, does…
Cholesterol · November 5, 2014
The New Statin Guidelines: Surprisingly Inferior Compared to this
No one has ever accused me of being a friend of the statin class of drugs to lower cholesterol. An entire eBook devoted to the side effects of statins and natural ways to lower cholesterol that do not involve statins…
Chiropractic Care · November 2, 2014
Chiropractic Care in the Workplace: Money Extremely Well Spent
Employers have been getting hip on ways to increase worker productivity and jazz up the workplace. Some have added full gyms and relaxation areas. One large, local employer that I’m aware of now has an on-site nurse…
NSAIDs Dangerous · November 1, 2014
Ibuprofen Side Effects: Add a New Life-Threatening One to the List
Unfortunately, when most of us think about the side effects of NSAIDs like ibuprofen, we think ulcers. That’s not to say some 20,000 bleeding ulcers annually leading to death is something to be taken lightly, but it’s…
Vitamin D · October 29, 2014
Vitamin D: 6 Things Your Doctor Probably Doesn’t Know
I know, I know. You already know everything about vitamin D (mainly because you ALWAYS read this blog). Besides, your doctor has already checked your vitamin D and (almost assuredly) told you that your levels were low…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · October 26, 2014
Miracle Supplement for Bone or Waste of Money?
Coral calcium, Tums, dairy. The list of miracle compounds to increase bone density can be found easily on the Internet. And if you read it on the Internet, it’s got to be true, right? Just how many times has it been…
Healthy Kids · October 25, 2014
Bullying and the Brain—Is Diet Creating the Problem?
I’m pretty sure I’m going to catch heck for this one. As parents we would NEVER want to think that the choices we make for our children can create a bully. It’s much easier to place the blame externally at society, at…
Migraine · October 24, 2014
Migraines "Under Control" with Meds? Better Think Twice
Last Update December 18, 2014 I don’t mean to beat a dead horse, but merely managing your chronic migraine headaches with meds is not the answer. I am not saying that it’s not the short-term goal. If you’ve ever spent…
Drug Research · October 22, 2014
The 21st Century View on Antibiotics, aka Fleming Turning in His Grave
There is a time and a place for everything in medicine. Even, I would (very) begrudgingly admit, statins. But too often we are using meds without a full understand of the dark side of medicine. And that dark side can be…
Obesity and Weight Loss · October 19, 2014
Weight Loss Diets and Shakes—Avoid This Like the Plague
Weight loss. Your doctor pronounces the goal like it’s as easy as changing socks. But it’s the rare physician that can put you on the path to that goal. The (much) less informed physicians will recommend drink mixes to…
Seizures / Epilepsy · October 18, 2014
Natural Remedies for Seizure Control: You Haven’t Heard This
I’ve been reviewing research related to seizure control and brain health for many years now through the lens of natural medicine. I still remember being in a consult with an epileptic patient with a very well-known…
Childhood Obesity · October 17, 2014
Is Your Pediatrician Making Your Child Fat?
There are many causes of adult and childhood obesity, but some rise to the top. Today’s poor quality diets consisting of liquid calories (regardless of whether it’s milk, soda or Gatorade, we should NEVER drink our…
Chiropractic Care · October 15, 2014
Exercise or Mesa Chiropractor for Long-Term Relief of Leg Pain?
As usual, I have to give my “this article is going to be biased” disclaimer because back related leg pain is something I see all the time in my Chiropractic office in Mesa. Despite the experiences of myself and…
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