It has been two or three years since I have written on the current information on osteoporosis. Since 26% of women will get severe bone loss leading to fractures, it is an important topic. While much of the basic physiology remains the same, the recommendations for preventing bone loss have changed. What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis […]
What hormone regulates your immune system and protects you from cancer, type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis? This same hormone is critical to over 2000 pathways in your body. And yet this hormone level is low in most Americans because of our lifestyle. What hormone is this – Vitamin D. We have always thought of Vitamin […]
The new year is upon us and with it is the desire to get the year started off on the right foot. For a couple weeks now patients have been asking me “should I do a colon cleanse?”, “how can I detox my body?”, “what is the best diet for losing weight for the new […]