Are Diet Foods Increasing Your Risk of Diabetes? It may be common knowledge that sodas contribute to a drastic increase in sugar consumption and increases your probability of developing type 2 diabetes but did you know that research has shown that consuming foods labeled as Diet can be equally as…

5 Year Study Confirms Functional Medicine Provides Superior Results Did you hear the news! This week a landmark study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world). This comprehensive, 5 year study, demonstrated that Functional Medicine provided significantly…

Healthy Paleo Eating Eating Paleo, the idea of eating foods that were available to people during the Paleolithic time period, is a current FAD that has gained some merit.  There was no farming and most people were hunters and gatherers.  Their diet consisted of whole foods, fruits, vegetables, meats, nuts,…

Did You Know Our Bodies Detox Every Day? Just as in nature when the trees shed their leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring, we too have cells die and new ones made every day.  Each cell in your body dies and is replaced on a…

How To Protect Your Brain Before It’s Too Late Ever forget where you left your keys, your phone or your wallet?  Let that be a warning sign to put some preventative measures in place for the health of your brain. Every 65 seconds someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s…

Vitamin C Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble antioxidant vitamin that our bodies do not make so it is essential to consume daily. Vitamin C has far-reaching effects on a number of tissues in the body because it is required for the synthesis of collagen, carnitine,…

Summer In The Sun And Still Low On Vitamin D? Many people do not consider a vitamin deficiency as a serious condition or vitamins as healing agents. I was reviewing bloodwork with a patient and their vitamin D levels were really low, 8.  His wife was so surprised and said…

How Do Probiotics Effect Your Health? What are probiotics? Probiotics are living microorganisms that adhere to human intestines.  They stimulate, regulate and modulate various functions including digestion, metabolism, immunity, toxin prevention, brain-gut communication and nutrition promotion. Highly Studied Strands: Scientist give bacteria three names; genus, species and strain.  This helps…

How To Keep Your Prostate Healthy When it comes to men’s health the questions are always, heart, colon, testosterone, and prostate.  So What is the prostate? The prostate is a small, walnut sized, gland that sits underneath the bladder in men. The urethra passes from the bladder through this muscular…