Joy to the world! ‘Tis the season to be jolly! Festive music fills the air; holiday cheer abounds. Everyone is happy at holiday time — right? Wrong. Truth be told, many people feel lonely, sad, anxious, and depressed at this time of year. How can this be?
My name is Jeff. I used to be a healthy, active 42-yr-old man. I’m now a 44-yr-old disabled man. In January of 2013 I had just returned from visiting my fiancé, Donna, in Australia when I came down sick with a virus and sinus infection...
Prostate cancer is something that more than 80% of men will have on autopsy, but only 3% of men die from. This demonstrates that it is common, but not always deadly.
Many neurologic diagnoses can seem that one is being robbed of life and that there is nowhere to go, and no answers to find. While a diagnosis of neuropathies can seem overwhelming, there are some common nutritional interventions that can make a huge difference in the progression of conditions.
Lean body mass consists of biologically active tissue including muscle, bone, nerve, and vital organ tissue. These have a greater calorie-burning capacity than fat tissue.
In the past 2 decades, views about dietary n−3 fatty acids have moved from speculation about their functions to solid evidence that they are not only essential nutrients but also may favorably modulate many diseases.
The Quinolone Vigilance Foundation is an international non-profit, charitable foundation that funds research on fluoroquinolone toxicity and helps raise awareness among patients and medical professionals about the dangers of these antibiotics.
Auto-immune diseases such as Crohn’s, Celiac, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Lupus all involve an imbalance of the immune system. A large part of conventional treatment for these diseases involves suppressing the immune system.
Genetic testing allows one to unzip their genes and get a sneak peek at our biological destiny. Our DNA is made up of 3 billion base pairs, with myriad possible sequences of the four chemicals that form the “instruction book” for a human being.
Heart disease and cancer are the top two killers of today but diabetes has become the emerging plague that projects the grimmest picture of our future, and sadly it is mostly preventable.
When it rains it pours, especially with infection. When a chronic condition sets in we are all anxious to find the cause. In fact, we have been taught for a sickness, there is one drug, one prescription, and therefore one “cure.”
Weight Loss can be a troubling topic for most, or something that is disregarded by others. However, it is one of our best barometers for how our body is functioning. Conventional wisdom will say calories in equals calories out. However conventional wisdom is not so wise in this case
