Health Tips entries

Would you like to reduce or eliminate your consumption of NSAID pain medications like ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin and various prescription NSAID’s?   A 2006 study published in “Surgical Neurology” by where Maroon treated 250 patients who had been seen by a neurosurgeon and were found to have non-surgical neck or back pain with 1,200 mg per [...]

Functional Diagnostic Medicine or FDM is an organized system to assess and treat the underlying cause of many chronic diseases that people commonly suffer with. FDM is patient focused and NOT disease focused model. Example: A FMD practitioner encounters a patient who presents with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) they don’t “treat” the patient’s RA, but instead [...]

Are Your Favorite Foods Ruining Your Health? Headaches, fatigue, obesity and more can be a sensitive issue. Food sensitivities can be just as damaging as allergies, but they’re harder to decipher.  Many people confuse food intolerance with food allergy.  This difference between the two is complex, but a simple distinction is that the person allergic [...]

Sunscreen in a pill? Prevention of wrinkles, dry skin, age spots and freckles? Reversing the visible signs of aging? If you think checking “all of the above” seems too good to be true, you’re not alone. There are clinical studies that suggest it does ALL of the above—without a huge price tag or side effects. [...]

Are you currently taking antidepressants?  Were you informed of this possible side effect?   As with all drugs, any positive health benefits should outweigh the risk of that drug’s side effects.  Remember drug companies only make profit if they sell drugs….they will always minimize any potential side effects and pump up claims of health benefits.   While [...]

Eliminate processed foods sugars and starches, and replace them with fresh raw organic vegetables, organic meat and eggs. You should stick to these so that your foods are as nutrient rich as possible. Reduce your grains and fruits, as their sugars will contribute to the insulin resistance that makes it difficult for you to metabolize [...]

Most have heard that saturated fats are bad for your health and can lead to a host of negative consequences, like elevated cholesterol, obesity, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Over the past 60 years the American levels of heart disease, obesity, elevated serum cholesterol and Alzheimer’s have skyrocketed compared to our ancestors, and even compared [...]

 Have you ever read we should eat 5 or more servings of vegetables every day? Do you know exactly what a serving of vegetables is?  This Health Tip starts with purchasing two cereal bowls any cereal bowl will do. The Cereal Bowl Diet is pretty simple. Every day for lunch fill one cereal bowl with [...]

Magnesium can help with depression, bone strength, cardiovascular health, insulin and blood sugar control, and it is nature’s muscle relaxer.  An article appearing in Hospital Practice (April 30, 1993;79-92) had a few things to say about magnesium.  Magnesium is an important cofactor in 300+ chemical reactions in the human body.  It is important for ATP [...]

C-reactive protein (CRP) is a globular protein that increases in the serum as a response to injury or inflammation.  It also turns out to be a good predictor for cardiovascular disease.  A study appearing in the Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association (2005;8(1):43:44), involving 27,000+ women, found that CRP was a better predictor of cardiovascular [...]