Many experts agree that your body’s most important functional system is the endocrine system. It is composed of glands (the endocrine glands) that produce hormones that control everything happening in the body. So, it’s time to meet your hormones. Or, as one of my favorite clients called them: her “horror-mones!” [...]
ARE YOU BEING FOOLED? This is the first year in memory that the April newsletter did not contain an April’s Fool headline. Why? Unfortunately, in today’s world, it is becoming more difficult each day to separate what is real and what is “fool.” One of my long-time clients wrote me [...]
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. [...]
WHAT SHAPE ARE YOU IN? Welcome to March, Spring is just around the corner. Perhaps, you have settled into your routine for 2023. This is a great time to assess your health goals for the year. Do you still wonder what foods are best for you (remember we are all [...]
This is part of a two-article series exploring the critical relationship between our weight and our health. This article explains why we gain weight and the second looks at the negative consequences to our health from being overweight. More than 60% of the US adult population is overweight. Being overweight [...]
Many health experts believe that the US is now in the midst of an obesity epidemic. According to the CDC’s latest official statistics 39.8% (93.3 million) of US adults are obese (37.9% for men and 41.1% for women); and 17% of children and adolescents aged 2–19 years are obese. In [...]
Did you know that sulfur is the third most abundant mineral in our bodies? The body uses sulfur to produce sulfate which is required for many life supporting processes. The trick is that most of the sulfur we consume needs to be converted into sulfate through a variety of different [...]
Did you know that sulfur is the third most abundant mineral in our bodies? The body uses sulfur to produce sulfate which is required for many life supporting processes. The trick is that most of the sulfur we consume needs to be converted into sulfate through a variety of different [...]
June has several health awareness topics associated with it. We will focus on two: Men’s Health month and Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. If you are interested in learning more about the awareness months click here: Health Awareness Directory Last month we learned about the prostate gland as the key [...]
Have you ever wondered why there seem to be so many advertisements for erectile dysfunction (ED) medication - Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra - on television and in the magazines you are reading? I did, and began an investigation that would ultimately become my Doctoral dissertation. The reason is quite simple [...]
