Last week I wrote about the hormone GLP1 because of its role in reducing hunger and controlling blood sugar. Both of these are vital to carrying out an effective weight loss plan for the new year. So here we are with one foot planted in 2024 ready to take off in this new year. […]
I have been noticing a peculiar trend over the last couple of decades with patients, their temperatures are dropping. Back when I was growing up and through my schooling years the normal temperature of your average human was 98.6 degrees. This is what is still taught in school. Yet when I check patients or […]
I was having a conversation with my brother the other day about my trials with my prostate over the last couple of years. Enlarged prostate is a very common issue that seems to hit men in their 60s. He was concerned since he is only 5 years younger than I. He wanted to know […]
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 […]
No discussion of mental health would be complete without looking at the relationship between hormones and their impact on mood disorders. Any woman who has had a typical American lifestyle has experienced the impact of hormones on her mood. So most of us are aware of this hormone mood connection, but just how far down this […]
The subject of depression has come up for several patients recently, so I thought it would be a good subject for a newsletter. My interest is in looking at depression from angles different than the psychiatric community as I am a holistic practitioner. Psychiatry reports that depression is exceedingly difficult to treat. One of the […]
I was at Costco yesterday picking up some food items when I came across a new product, edamame spaghetti. This was non-gmo, organic, and even Fair Trade sourced. The numbers looked good with 25 gms of protein, 11 gms of carb, and 11 gms of fiber per serving. The only ingredient was edamame – green […]
Hormones are pretty important. They are chemical messengers that control most of the physiologic processes that happen in your body. Hormones tell your body when to grow and when not to grow. They control healing and how fast you age. Hormones directly regulate your brain neurotransmitters. Low hormone levels means low transmitters and the […]