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 | Aug 30, 2014 | Anti-Aging, Anxiety, Asthma, Atherosclerosis, Autoimmune, Bio-Identical Hormone, Bioidentical Hormones, Blood Pressure, Cancer, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia (Cholesterol, Eczema, Endothelial Dysfunction (ED), Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Fatigue, Female, Fibromyalgia, Functional Medicine, Heart Disease, Hormones, Hypothyroid, Insulin Resistance, Lifestyle Medicine, Male, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Obesity, Overweight, Pain, PMS, Pre-Diabetes, Sex, Skin Conditions, Thyroid
Are You Fatigued? Do You Have Low energy? Your thyroid hormone, T3 (the active thyroid hormone), has many functions. One of these is to increase the number of mitochondria (power plants) in your cells. Your mitochondria are intracellular organelles that produce ATP...
by Les Cole | Jun 22, 2014 | Autoimmune, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Lifestyle Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis, Natural Medicine
The verdict is out. We are simply not getting enough Vitamin D. Vitamin D is crucial in every disease from inhibiting cancer and heart diseases to mental disease, recurrent infections, tooth loss, osteoporosis, narcolepsy and auto-immune disease. Unfortunately the...
by Les Cole | Mar 29, 2014 | Adrenal Fatigue, Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Andropause, Antioxidants, Asthma, Atherosclerosis, Autoimmune, Bio-Identical Hormone, Blood Pressure, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Candida, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia (Cholesterol, Endothelial Dysfunction (ED), Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Exercise, Fatigue, Female, Fibromyalgia, Food Cravings, Heart Disease, Hormones, Insulin Resistance, Lifestyle Medicine, Male, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Neurodegeneration, Nutrition, Obesity, Overweight, Pain, Pre-Diabetes, Regenerative Medicine, Skin Conditions, Stem Cells, Testosterone, Testosterone, Toxicity, Triglycerides), Weight Loss, Wound Healing
Don’t You Just Want… A gland that you could squeeze that would optimize your health? Just imagine if you had a gland you could squeeze every day or every other day that...
by Les Cole | Mar 23, 2014 | Adrenal Fatigue, Alzheimer's Disease, Autoimmune, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Diabetes, Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Food Sensitivity, GI Disease, Gluten, Heart Disease, Leaky Gut, Leaky Gut, Lifestyle Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurodegeneration, Nutrition, Overweight, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Skin Conditions, Thyroid
What is Gluten? Gluten consists of 2 proteins: gliadin and glutenin. They are stored with starch in the seeds (grain) of wheat and they provide nourishment for the seedlings to grow upon sprouting until the roots are established. Uses of Gluten The word gluten...
by Les Cole | Feb 6, 2014 | Autoimmune, Bio-Identical Hormone, Bioidentical Hormones, Diabetes, Female, Food Sensitivity, GI Disease, Hormones, Insulin Resistance, Leaky Gut, Male, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Natural Medicine, Nutrition, Obesity, Overweight, Pre-Diabetes, Supplements, Thyroid, Weight Loss
The human gastrointestinal tract requires “good bacteria” to help the body to absorb and utilize nutrients from food properly. Previous studies demonstrate that the intestinal flora of obese individuals differs from that of people of normal weight. Angelo Tremblay,...
