We are pleased to announce we now offer the Toxic Metals & Elements Panel from DiagnosTechs. This is an accurate, noninvasive saliva and urine test that measures 36 different metals and elements to assess potentially harmful levels of toxic metals and other elements that can accumulate in your body over [...]
More Than Ever, Now is the Time to Eat Well and Be Well Welcome to the October newsletter. Hard to believe it is the Fall. It is our favorite season. We love the beautiful colors as the leaves change. While we strive to bring you new material each month, we [...]
Emu Oil – The Traditional Nutrient Dense Sacred Food of Australian Aboriginals We are please to announce that we are now carrying Emu Oil from Australia distributed in the United States by Walkabout Health Products of Marshfield, Wisconsin. Emu Oil’s main benefits are anti-inflammatory and anti-aging. Emu Oil is a [...]
Winter is here! Today has been a snow day here in Milwaukee. I have been working from home, catching up on e-mails, talking to out-of-state clients, and rescheduling all my in-town clients. We’ve had about 7-10 inches of snow and more seems to be coming. The below zero weather comes [...]
Steroid Hormones Part 5: Hormonal Imbalances At the core of many symptoms suffered by both men and women are hormonal imbalances. Imbalances occur several ways. There are deficiencies, there are excess, and there are relational imbalances. We have previously mentioned “estrogen dominance” which is an example of a relational imbalance. [...]
Steroid Hormones Part 4: Female and Male Life Cycles Before we look at hormonal imbalances, let’s get a quick understanding of the hormonal stages of the typical female and male life cycles. Female Life Cycle Once the female reaches puberty she has entered her reproductive years. To reach full reproductive [...]
Steroid Hormones Part 3: Introduction to Testosterone, Estrogen, and Progesterone Testosterone Testosterone is the main male and androgen hormone. It is produced in the testes (males) and in the ovaries and adrenal glands (females). It is also produced by the conversion of androstenedione and at times DHEA. It is a [...]
Steroid Hormones Part 2: Cortisol and Stress Cortisol Cortisol is made in the adrenal cortex. It is primarily known for its role in our stress response by engaging the sympathetic nervous system (better known as “fight or flight”). Here’s the basic mechanism: We see a tiger. We need to run. [...]
Steroid Hormones Part 1: Introduction, Cholesterol, Pregnenolone, and DHEA We now turn our attention to the steroid hormones, and particularly the sex hormones (a subset of the steroids). These hormones are made in a variety of organs and their production is linked with sex and life cycle. We will briefly [...]
There is an old saying that how well you live depends to a large extent upon how well your adrenal glands function. We have two adrenal glands, each about the size of a walnut, that sit on top of each kidney. The adrenals are best known as our stress handling [...]
