by Les Cole | Jun 23, 2016 | Adrenal Fatigue, Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Andropause, Anti-Aging, Antioxidants, Anxiety, Autoimmune, Bio-Identical Hormone, Bioidentical Hormones, Candida, Chelation, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Infection, Depression, Diabetes, Estrogen, Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Food Sensitivity, GI Disease, Gluten, Heart Disease, Heavy Metals, Hormones, Hypothyroid, IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), IV Therapy, Leaky Gut, Leaky Gut, Metabolism, Multi-Modal Detoxification, Nutritional IV, Pain, Supplements, Testosterone, Testosterone, Thyroid, Toxicity
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,...
by Les Cole | Mar 26, 2016 | Aging, Anti-Aging, Exercise, Lifestyle Medicine
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...
by Les Cole | Jan 6, 2016 | Autoimmune, Diabetes, Gluten, Multiple Sclerosis, Psoriasis
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...
by Les Cole | May 8, 2015 | Aging, Andropause, Anti-Aging, Atherosclerosis, Bio-Identical Hormone, Bioidentical Hormones, Cancer, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Diabetes, Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Fatigue, Heart Disease, Hormones, Insulin Resistance, Male, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Overweight, Pre-Diabetes, Prostate Cancer, Replacement, Sexual Health, Testosterone, Testosterone
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...
by Les Cole | Mar 12, 2015 | Hyperthyroid, Hypothyroid, Natural Medicine, Thyroid
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...
