Category Archives: Elderly Conditions

Don’t Feed Big Pharma: Statins

I do have to give statins one thing: they do lower cholesterol. Remember yesterday’s discussion about cholesterol and testing. Traditional testing just give us a total LDL number, but leave us in the dark about the size of the proteins. … Continue reading

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Houston We Have a Problem: Chronic Inflammation

Oh inflammation, the culprit of many diseases as you can see from the picture.  I had a client in the other day, bounced from doctor to doctor, prescribed different medications, but what is at the heart of the problem? All … Continue reading

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The Power of Thought

“Health, wealth, beauty, and genius are not created; they are only manifested by the arrangement of your mind–that is, by your concept of yourself, and your concept of yourself is all that you accept and consent to as true.” – … Continue reading

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Beneficial B’s: B6

                Today we carry on with another B vitamin, B6. What’s sad is that for those helplessly following a standard American diet, are putting themselves at risk for B6 deficiency (some 90% of women and 71% of men!). What does B6 … Continue reading

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Beneficial B’s: B12

Today we’re going to take another look at yet another vitamin. Today’s star is none other than one of the many B vitamins, B12. But just because it is one of many B’s does not make it any less significant … Continue reading

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Mandatory Magnesium

Who knew that a little snooping into vitamins and minerals would bring about such an in-depth look at different versions of these nutrients. Today we’ll investigate a heavy-hitter in the realm of minerals, magnesium. Keep in mind even though we … Continue reading

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How Excess is making us fatter and unhealthy

Excess, that is the problem with this country. It is our demise and it is taking us under in the form of excess body fat, diseases like heart disease, cancers, etc. We take things that are good and exploit them. Well … Continue reading

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Hormonal Balance to Combat Aging

Aging, are we meant to age or is this some new-age occurence? Aging is relatively new in the realm of human existence. Aging is pretty much the deterioration of the body (decreasing muscle tissue and bones, as well as organs), with … Continue reading

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Hormonal Eating for Sustained Fat Loss

Losing weight is easy, right? Just eat fewer calories. This may work, but is the weight going to stay off and is the weight you’re losing only fat, but muscle as well? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could lose … Continue reading

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Put down the Bread: Why not to eat grains

We’ve discussed several times that controlling insulin is the key to longevity and health. The way to do this is to get rid of the problem children. You know grains, starches and sugars that lace all the processed foods that … Continue reading

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