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Gut Health

  Probably the most common issue I find patients complaining about besides their back pain is gut problems. This is not surprising as finding healthy foods to eat on a regular basis is getting pretty darn difficult. Even knowing what foods are healthy is becoming a mystical science. Unfortunately, the usual sources we used to […]

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Thyroiditis

  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 […]

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Sunlight II

One of the lovely byproducts I have been seeing from this Covid 19 scare is more people outside taking walks in the sun.  At least in my neighborhood, I see people through my front door window walking up and down the street all day long.  I expect this will slow down as the weather heats […]

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What is Detox?

People are starting to bandy about the detox word more and more these days, yet when I ask them what detox actually means they generally have no idea.  They know it means doing some sort of special diet and maybe something else like taking special cleansing herbs.  But that seems to be about the extent […]

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Testasterone

I was researching the impact of sugar on the body when I came across an article that blew me away.  It was a study published in the Endocrine Society journal on the impact of sugar on male testosterone levels.  Currently testosterone levels are typically tested in the morning when levels are the highest with a […]