by Les Cole | Nov 8, 2020 | Articles, Healthy Eating, Live Well, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Nutrition, Overweight, Weight Loss
By Les Cole, MD, St. Petersburg Health & Wellness How would you like to finally lose weight this year and keep it off? Skeptical? Understandable! You’ve probably dieted (no matter the diet) and exercised (no matter the exercise) and wound up hitting a plateau that...
by Les Cole | Sep 2, 2017 | Aging, Andropause, Anti-Aging, Atherosclerosis, Bio-Identical Hormone, Bioidentical Hormones, Blood Pressure, Cancer, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Diabetes, Energy, Fatigue, Functional Medicine, Heart Attack (MI), Heart Disease, Hormones, Male, Obesity, Overweight, Testosterone
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 decline thereafter,...
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 | Jul 30, 2014 | Anti-Aging, Anxiety, Asthma, Bio-Identical Hormone, Bioidentical Hormones, Blood Pressure, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia (Cholesterol, Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Fatigue, Female, Fibromyalgia, Functional Medicine, Heart Disease, Hormones, Hypothyroid, Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Natural Medicine, Obesity, Overweight, Pain, PMS, Pre-Diabetes, Regenerative Medicine, Replacement, Thyroid, Triglycerides), Weight Loss, Wound Healing
Hypothyroidism affects many people. It is a condition with many potential symptoms, some more common than others. However, because everyone has different genetic makeup, nutritional inputs, exercise level, toxin exposure, etc., your individual set of symptoms will...
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...
