by Les Cole | Dec 30, 2016 | Diabetes, Exercise, Food Cravings, Insulin Resistance, Lifestyle Medicine, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Natural Medicine, Nutrition, Obesity, Overweight, Pre-Diabetes, Supplements, Weight Loss
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...
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 7, 2015 | Aging, Andropause, Anti-Aging, Antioxidants, Bio-Identical Hormone, Bioidentical Hormones, Estrogen, Female, Hormones, Male, Menopause, Supplements, Testosterone, Toxicity
. 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...
by Les Cole | Mar 14, 2014 | Antioxidants, Depression, Supplements
In a head to head comparison between a standardized dose of curcumin (88% curcuminoids) and a 2o mg dose of Prozac in patients with major depression, 500 mg of curcumin twice a day was as effective as Prozac in improving patients symptoms. This was a randomized double...
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,...
by Les Cole | Feb 4, 2014 | Adrenal Fatigue, Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Antioxidants, Asthma, Atherosclerosis, Autoimmune, Blood Pressure, Cancer, Candida, Chronic Fatigue, Diabetes, Eczema, Endothelial Dysfunction (ED), Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Food Sensitivity, GI Disease, Heart Disease, IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), Insulin Resistance, Leaky Gut, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Multi-Modal Detoxification, Multiple Sclerosis, Natural Medicine, Neurodegeneration, Nutrition, Obesity, Operative Care, Overweight, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Pre-Diabetes, Psoriasis, Regenerative Medicine, Skin Conditions, Supplements, Toxicity, Triglycerides), Weight Loss, Wound Healing
Turmeric, as the picture shows, has a multitude of health benefits. The active component producing these benefits is curcumin and the supplemental form achieves significantly greater levels in your blood and tissues than can be achieved by eating tumeric alone....