Do you deal with Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Depression? by Les Cole, MD & Delene Cole, LMFT 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...
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 lose weight or to suppress your appetite. It is not designed to...
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 growing or shipping of food. They relied on animals, roots, leaves and during one season of the year fruit and vegetables developed from the blossoms of plants.
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 Sardinia, Italy’s Nuoro...
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 when your own immune...
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 the medical dogma that has never been based on science. It comes from the...
Before discussing the tests, we need to cover a few definitions: T3 (triiodothyronine) – this is the active thyroid hormone. rT3 (reverse T3) – an inactive form of T3 that blocks active T3 from reaching its receptors T4 (thyroxine) – this is the pro-hormone that is...
. What is osteoporosis? To be honest, this is not really an easy question, though you will hear simple answers from many practitioners. “It is thinning of the bones.” “It is low...