Oxymel is an ideal home remedy for both adults and kids for the cold and flu season. It's a mixture of honey, water and vinegar, boiled into a syrup, and can be mixed with your favorite herbs or spices. Honey and garlic have anti-microbial benefits. Garlic has...
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A Tale of Elevated Lead Levels
Charles is a pleasant, married, middle-aged man that works in construction; who is hands on and supervises a small team. By all accounts, he feels well now, but when we first met he suffered from ongoing fatigue, unrelenting muscle pains that couldn’t be explained,...
What You Need to Know About Bio-identical Hormonal Replacement Therapy
When 51-year-old Lucinda first came to see me, she had been experiencing extreme fatigue, frequent hot flashes throughout the day and night which impacted her sleep, anxiety, lack of sex-drive, poor appetite, and weight gain for several years. She had seen other...
3 Remarkable Cardiovascular Benefits of Sauna Therapy
Yes, sitting and sweating away in a hot room has tremendous health benefits. If you’ve been avoiding your gym’s sauna; think again. Evidence shows that the benefits of sauna usage not only alleviates rheumatic pain, and helps to clear toxins from your body, but it...
5 Ways to Beat the Mess Out of Stress
According to the American Institute of Stress, stress is defined as the non-specific response of the body to the demands of change. Stress can be internal or external. Internal stresses include illnesses, injuries, and medical procedures. External stresses include...
Vitamin D: Problems with Too Much and Too Little
Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin” is most known for its eradication of rickets, a bone deformity that was discovered in children during the 1930s. Most recently it’s touted as the cure all nutrient. Truly, more a hormone than a vitamin, the body manufacturers it with...
New Research Shows Long Term Metformin Use Lowers B12 Levels
Drug textbooks and handbooks alike have long documented that Metformin use lowers vitamin B12 levels. Metformin is the most commonly prescribed medication for type II diabetics. It accounts for millions of prescriptions each year. Dr. Jill P. Crandall of the Albert...
Study Shows Soft Drinks “Double Diabetes Risk”
According to a study in the European Journal of Endocrinology, drinking more than two soft drinks a day doubles the risk of developing type II diabetes and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood (LADA). LADA shares features of both type I and type II diabetes. LADA...
These Foods Improve Your Dangerous Estrogen Ratios
Did you know that circulating estrogen metabolites are linked to an increased risk of breast cancer? You see, estrogen is broken down into different estrogen by-products, notably the C-2 and C-16 metabolites. The C-2 metabolite is inactive and harmless; whereas the...
Hidden Health Hazards in Your Kitchen
Are you unknowingly exposing yourself to toxins that could be harmful to you and your family’s health? You may be surprised to know that the kitchen can be a repository of chemicals that promote cancer and endocrine disruption. I’d like to bring to your attention some...