What is the most common nutrient deficiency in the US? As you might guess from the title of this article, the answer is iron. While half of Americans do not get enough magnesium, actual clinical deficiency is rare. Not so with iron. A big part of this deficiency issue is the move away from […]
Today’s article is a philosophical piece, so it will contain a lot of individual perspectives based on personal experience and conjecture. My life is dominantly that of a philosopher, always curious and always contemplating what if. Why am I that way? It is because I love wisdom. Philo means loving and sophia means wisdom. I […]
A couple of weeks ago I noticed a bit of tenderness in my left low back. Initially, I ignored it, but it didn’t go away. I had not done anything that would cause an issue in that region, yet it was a bit uncomfortable. Finally, I checked the low back with muscle testing, much […]
What is collagen and why are so many people taking it? Simply put, collagen is a type of protein your body uses to make skin, bones, joints, organs, and hair. It is the stuff that holds everything together. Those of us sneaking up on aging are well aware of how our stuff does not […]
Did you know that gallbladder removal surgery is one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States? Every year hundreds of thousands of patients have their gallbladders removed. What’s up with that? Clearly, gallbladders are not designed to suddenly crap out and go bad, and yet our doctors believe this is happening. […]
I spent last weekend at an educational seminar on autoimmune disease. This was a bit different than previous seminars which focused on the endocrinology and neurology of autoimmune disorders. This seminar took things to a whole different level and looked at why autoimmune disorders happen in the first place and what we can do […]
As I describe to patients the life changes they can make to improve their health, I frequently get the impression that I am Dante describing the journey down through the various levels of Hell. Somehow or other the thought of having to change one’s behavior in order to get different results is not embraced by […]
How much do you know about sleep? Considering that we as humans spend almost one-third of our lives sleeping, knowing what the heck we are doing while sleeping might be important. Most of us are aware to some degree that some of the time while we sleep, we dream. Some people dream about people […]
The last couple of years have been really hard on our bodies. Those of us that had a regular gym life found that activity severely restricted. Two years of being basically housebound, other than occasionally walking up and down the street in front of the house, have let the muscles we used to have to […]
What is the number one complaint patients have when they go into their doctor? Tiredness. Lack of energy is the biggest complaint folks have on their routine exams. Sometimes this is due to anemia like iron poor blood or low vitamin B12 levels, which shows up on your routine blood tests. But most of […]