Depending on the healthcare provider you’re talking to, you may get a different answer to this question: Does diet influence acne? I say, unequivocally, yes*! Yes with an asterisk? What do you mean, Dylan? Well, I mean there are two parts of our diets in particular that we have to be mindful of if we’re […]
Endometriosis is one of the causes of menstrual pain and infertility. In endometriosis, the cells that normally line the uterus (endometrium) are also found outside the uterus. Even though they are found outside the uterus, the still respond to hormones the way they would inside of the uterus. This causes recurrent pain along with the […]
When a man has BPH, or benign prostatic hyperplasia, the prostate becomes enlarged. The urethra (the tube that brings the urine from the bladder out of the body) runs through the prostate. As the prostate becomes large, it can impede the flow of urine through the urethra, eventually leading to blockage. BPH can cause urine […]
Yes. Yes, it does. Stress is one of the worst things for your sex drive. (Assuming your relationship is healthy, the others big players are alcohol consumption, fatigue, certain medications and being overweight.) The hormones produced by chronic stress are the reason stress so quickly affects your libido. They act fast and don’t screw around. […]
My belief is detoxing and cleansing isn’t something that happens as an extreme eating diet week where we put our bodies through some crazy stuff. Detoxing and cleansing should be a way of life. I lay out a plan for that in The Best Detox Cleanse Around. This post will talk about additional things you […]
Vitamin D is a unique vitamin. It is the only vitamin that the human body can produce naturally. Vitamin D is often called the “sunshine vitamin” due to the fact that the body can synthesize vitamin D as a result of direct exposure to sunlight on the skin. Recently, this vitamin has been getting a […]
Boosting Your Health Naturally So many people rush to pills or vitamin and mineral supplements to cure what ails them. Unfortunately, this is the nature of our society, a development of living a life cut off from our food and its sources. Instead of looking for a cure in a pill, whenever possible, I encourage […]
The word Calcium makes most people think of two other words – bones and milk. Calcium is essential for having strong bones and teeth. Calcium also plays essential roles in myriad other functions in the body, such as the function of the nervous system and the heart, and even in cancer prevention, according to research […]
As you many of my patients know, I have been gluten-free for over 8 years. My health now compared to when I was eating gluten… well, there’s really no comparison. I wasn’t overtly sick when I was eating gluten, but I just wasn’t well. I was fatigued, my complexion was sallow, I caught colds easily […]
Trans fats have been in the news a lot lately. But what are they and what do they really do to us? In science-speak, trans fats are unsaturated fats (they’re always unsaturated and never saturated fats) with at least one trans-isomer fatty acid. Trans fats are exceptionally rare in nature. They are a product of […]
