Osteoporosis is a very common condition and literally means porous bones or bone loss. Osteopenia is a milder form that just raises the red flag that you aren’t going in the right direction. Classic risk factors of bone loss include: Petite and thin body type Women are [...]
I see an article on a weekly basis regarding the pros or cons of being gluten free. Traditional medicine leans toward the stance that if you don’t have Celiac disease then you should not avoid it. I have a problem with this because I think the way we diagnose celiac [...]
If you have any of the following symptoms then you might have a neurotransmitter issue: Low motivation Low energy ADD/ADHD Depression Anxiety Insomnia Irritability A neurotransmitter is a chemical released in one area that travels to [...]
If you have chronic bloating, diarrhea/constipation, abdominal pain, blood in your stool, mucous in your stool, intermittent hives or sudden onset of hives you might just have a parasite or bacteria! In the last 6 months alone, there have been numerous recalls on food items for contamination. Several different bugs [...]
Glyphosate is one of the key ingredients in herbicides including Round Up. Monsanto, the maker of Round Up was recently sued and has had multi-million dollar verdicts awarded to the people involved. One lawsuit awarded $55 million in compensatory damages in addition to $1 billion dollars each in punitive damages. [...]
This will be my final piece in my mental health series. I didn’t announce this series up front because for some reason when it comes to really looking at what is going on down deep inside we just turn away (which keeps everything down deep inside). I am a firm [...]
Forgiveness What an easy word to say. What a hard thing to do. I think this is something we all struggle with at times in our life. While we may easily recognize the need to forgive others we often overlook the need to forgive ourselves. How many times are we [...]
Depression is one of the most common mental health issues with almost 300 million people affected. 16.2 million people in the United States will have had at least one major depressive episode last year alone and anti-depressants are a multi-billion dollar industry. So, if you have a low mood, you [...]
Lack of sleep is a major cause of medical visits and can spiral into many different ailments. It is estimated that 70 million Americans have insomnia and roughly 43 million have sleep apnea with most of these people undiagnosed and unaware they have it. Prescription drug sales for sleep medications [...]
Just this week alone, I spoke with some amazing men and women who have hearts of gold taking care of everyone around them. A father stepping up to help his kids & provide for his family, a mother working as well as going the extra mile taking care of her [...]
