At first glance a few key statistics related to water intake and composition are important to note: the human body contains roughly 11 gallons of water broken down into these fractional parts: blood is 85% water, muscle is 80% water, brain is 75% water and bones are...
“Overall, the results indicate that the medical profession is doing a poor job of appropriately prescribing opioid painkillers. Even though the rates have leveled off, we have a long way to go in improving medical care so these are not as overprescribed as they...
Many health care professionals are recommending that their patients who are “baby boomers” get tested for Hepatitis C. Did you know that 1 in 30 baby boomers are infected with Hepatitis C and don’t even know it? In 2012, the CDC amended testing recommendations to...
The Cholesterol Theory: THE MEETING OF SCIENCE AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE For the better part of the last 50 years or more, we have been told to fear cholesterol and saturated fat as the cause of heart disease.1 Cholesterol is not the enemy and this newsletter will help...
The Cholesterol Theory: THE MEETING OF SCIENCE AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE For the better part of the last 50 years or more, we have been told to fear cholesterol and saturated fat as the cause of heart disease.1 Cholesterol is not the enemy and this newsletter will help...
“Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.” – Natalie Goldberg Do you wake up in the morning feeling tired? Does your boost of energy dwindle as the afternoon approaches; causing you to crave something sugary or even coffee? Just to...
Weight loss. one of the most talked about topics when it comes to women’s health. Let’s face it, in today’s media driven society, we are putting ourselves on display more than ever and are even comparing ourselves to other women our ages all the time. The weight may...
In preparation to write this newsletter, for your educational pleasure, I went to pubmed.com and simply typed into the search bar: B vitamins brain. In less than 5 seconds I had 458 different research studies to peruse. B vitamins in the vast majority of the forms...
“Let Food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food” – Hippocrates What is a Paleo Diet? The Paleo Diet is one of the latest and hottest lifestyle trends to date. Celebrities endorse it some and restaurants are starting to serve Paleo style foods to keep their...
Your baby finally has arrived and it is a time of pure bliss. The snuggles, the coos, the bonding…it has all become so real. But there is something inside of you that just isn’t right. You are emotionally and physically drained from the hours of labor. The sleep...