I was watching the Hunger Games movies these last several weeks and one of the lines President Snow said really stuck out. He was discussing the ways to keep the districts in line and someone had suggested increasing the fear. While fear is important in showing the districts consequences it [...]
I am seeing more and more people who have been told they have a fatty liver. While alcoholism, excessive acetaminophen use and some genetic conditions are all underlying causes these only account for a small portion of fatty liver disease. The real culprit is metabolic dysfunction. Hang on before I [...]
B5, O72…..Have you ever played BINGO? I’m sure you have like I had. You had a card and someone was clearly calling out the initial and number and yelling BINGO when you achieved whatever pattern they were asking for. Ho, hum. This is NOT the BINGO I did this past [...]
We have all been there. Losing weight and then suddenly it stops. Turns out the strategies you have been using to lose the weight over a prolonged period of time can back fire. In addition, some people are just programed with a slower metabolism in general so traditional diet strategies [...]
Do you ever feel like your head is caught in a storm, with lightning bolts of pain flashing behind your eyes and thunderous throbs resonating through your skull? If so, you may be familiar with the often-debilitating condition known as migraine headaches. Migraines are not just your average headaches; they're [...]
Mood issues like depression lumps everyone together in one category. However, there are many different kinds of depression that you may have never heard of and you will be surprised that while low mood is the common thread there are so many more symptoms involved with depression. Let’s get the [...]
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder that is becoming more common among young women. Hallmarks of PCOS are Irregular periods Excess androgen: elevated levels of testosterone can cause excess facial/body hair Insulin resistance: Insulin resistance is the precursor of diabetes and can occur as a very early sign [...]
Medications are necessary and important for managing issues like blood pressure, mental health, cancer, etc. However, they can come with a cost robbing us of certain key nutrients. When I hear of studies that indicate long term use of a medication creates issues like dementia, I wonder if that person [...]
As we age bone density starts to drop in almost every woman and many men, too! When bone density declines you are more prone to breaking a wrist, an arm or the dreaded hip. You DO NOT want to break a hip because the risk of mortality is very high [...]
February is World Cancer Day and National Prevention Month. I look forward to the day that we are no longer talking about cancer and how the rates are climbing especially in our younger generation. I’m ready to drop the C out this word which just leaves “ancers”. Wouldn’t that be [...]
