How do you know if you have PMDD? Is it the same as PMS, just worse? Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) affects approximately 5% to 8% of cycling (pre-menopausal) women. Amazingly, there are still many medical practitioners that don’t believe PMDD…
Why should you get IV nutritional therapy if you are having surgery? Insufficient nutrition impairs wound healing and leaves surgical patients more susceptible to post-operative complications. By providing optimal IV nutritional supplementation before and after surgery we can positively…
Vitamin D is important for a host of immune functions in your body. Vitamin D is critical to both the development and important tasks of your immune system. It is known that vitamin D is important in the defense functions…
What is Andropause? Previously called “Male Menopause” and now also referred to as “Low-T”, Andropause is the condition in men characterized by having lower Testosterone levels usually peak in the late teens and early twenties. There is a slow…
Vitamin D is important for a host of immune functions in your body. Vitamin D is critical to both the development and functions of your immune system. It is known that vitamin D is important in many immune functions…
Chelation Therapy to prevent Heart Disease has been around for 50 years. So why haven’t you heard about it? Because the studies that showed benefits are old and it was discredited by both Physicians and the FDA. This was…
Do you deal with Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Depression? Methylation is the most common biochemical reaction in your cells. This is because methyl groups contain a single carbon atom (1 carbon & 3 hydrogens = a methyl group). Carbon is…
Do you have PMS? Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS) affects up to 75% of women. 20 – 40% of women have seen a medical doctor (often Ob-Gyn) for PMS symptoms. But if you have seen an alternative practitioner, these numbers are probably low….
What is the Live Well Weight Management Program? To begin, let’s talk about what it isn’t. It is not a diet and it’s not a weight loss program. It does not use pharmaceuticals or diet pills to make you…
Our Paleolithic ancestor’s genes grew up with the world, when we were dependent on what we could hunt or gather for food. At that time there wasn’t…
Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms we see in functional medicine. Most patients have seen multiple doctors; have been told they are getting old, are depressed or need to exercise; are on multiple medications – antianxiety, anti-depressant,…
What are Blue Zones? There are 5 identified places in the world where people live long, healthy lives. They have the highest number of healthy centenarians per capita than anywhere else on earth. They are: Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica…
For years we have known that salt could contribute to High Blood Pressure and that cutting down on salt in our diet was a good thing to do. Now, there are several recent studies showing that salt intake increases autoimmunity. Autoimmunity occurs…
For years and even still today many doctors will not prescribe testosterone to men with low testosterone levels because they believe it will increase the risk of prostate cancer. This is medical dogma that has never been based in science….
Depression affects millions of Americans. If you experience depression, you know disabling it can be. Some studies show the best prevention and treatments include Sleep – 8 hours where possible. A consistent pre-bedtime routine is very helpful and should consist…
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