Modern-day medicine and technology have revolutionized our ability to “look within” – allowing us to quite literally get a glimpse of what’s going on inside of our bodies. And while these technological advances have drastically improved our ability to detect, diagnose, and treat countless conditions, these tools can also have a dark side. In some…
There may be a link between the gluten in your diet and the following symptoms if you have genetic predisposition to gluten-intolerance or celiac disease: ‘brain fog’ anxiety depression dementia autism even schizophrenia! Many people have reported ‘brain fog’ and anxiety as symptomatic of gluten poisoning and depression is a classic symptom celiac disease. The…
Your brain is an intricate and remarkable organ that makes you uniquely you. Our brain is the powerhouse that controls every thought we think, emotion we feel, and action we take. And this delicate network between our ears is uniquely susceptible to a toxin that’s become a growing concern in our increasingly toxic world. The…
The truth is, no matter how hard we try, many of us are likely not getting all of the vitamins and basic nutrients we need. Combine that with chronic stress, environmental pollution, and nutrient-depleted foods, and it’s not a surprise that so many people are suffering from chronic illnesses. But intravenous (IV) vitamin therapy may just be what you need to revitalize your body at the cellular level.
Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases have been gaining more interest in recent years due to the explosion in tick populations, but it’s still rare to see news about ticks going viral. So, is this just another conspiracy theory? Is there any evidence that the U.S. government was involved in starting the Lyme disease epidemic?
Even though methylation is a hot topic in the world of medicine right now, most of the conversation revolves around undermethylation. If your attention perked up when you saw that today's blog is about overmethylation, I’m guessing you’re already a bit familiar with MTHFR mutations and some basic concepts of methylation.
If you've struggled most of your life with depression and nervousness, or even tend to feel a little down in the dumps, you might want to check to see if you are undermethylating. Methylation status something I regularly check patients for because it's a process the body needs to run diverse and vital functions, but oftentimes their methylation processing isn't quite balanced – causing them to undermethylate or overmethylate.
If you’ve been diagnosed with a mold-related illness, chances are, somewhere along the way, a doctor or loved one has told you that your symptoms were all “in your head”. When grappling with an illness that’s hard to pinpoint and that’s triggered by a culprit that’s often even harder to pinpoint, it’s not uncommon to…
December 29, 2010 — Individuals exposed to pesticides on the job are more likely than their unexposed peers to experience a decline in cognitive function as they grow older, new research shows. “The mild impairment we observed raises the question of…possible evolution towards neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or other dementias,” write Isabelle Baldi,…
We’ve all heard some version of the phrase “Love heals all wounds”. And while this line might sound a little corny, there’s actually more truth to that statement than you might think. As it turns out, love really does have the power to heal us from the inside out.
