Eating for natural beauty is pretty straightforward, and mostly about giving your body the building blocks it needs. But when it comes to anti-aging, there are a few specific nutritional building blocks that are most important. Essential Fatty Acids (Omega-3’s) and Aging I wrote here on the myriad of health [...]
I wrote here on lipoprotein(a) generally—what it is (a cholesterol analogue) and why it is far more concerning from a cardiovascular standpoint than elevated cholesterol by itself. Essentially the concern comes down to the fact that Lp(a) both decreases the breakdown of clots and acts as a strong adhesive in blood vessels, [...]
Guest post by Brad Krause at selfcaring.info What’s the longest you’ve kept your New Year’s resolutions? Research shows that 73% of adults drop their fitness-related resolutions before completing them. If this sounds familiar to you, don’t feel ashamed. It’s a natural part of being human, but so is overcoming obstacles. [...]
I wrote here on the benefits (and relative risks) associated with drinking coffee, and here on the studies showing that overall, coffee consumption decreases the risk of chronic disease. Yet caffeine certainly has its drawbacks. In addition to sex hormone disruption, it indirectly forces the adrenals to pump out additional adrenaline, [...]
I wrote here on the health benefits of sleep, and on practical solutions to insomnia. This is great, if the issue is one structuring your time to prioritize sleep, or minor changes to your routine. But for more extreme cases of chronic insomnia, we’ll need to delve into neurotransmitters (and related hormones.) [...]
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a variant of major depressive disorder that occurs during darker winter months when the days grow shorter. It’s fortunately far less common in sunny AZ. But it still does occur. This may be in part because, despite the sunshine, Vitamin D deficiency is still common [...]
Many of my patients with chronic infections struggle with low iron levels—perhaps not overt anemia (though sometimes this is present too), but often low iron saturation in the bloodstream, and low ferritin, the storage form of iron. This is because most organisms—bacteria, viruses, and fungi—use iron for various functions of [...]
Fluoroquinolones are a very effective class of antibiotics including levofloxacin (Levaquin), ciprofloxacin (Cipro), moxifloxacin (Avelox), ofloxacin, gemifloxacin (Factive), and delafloxacin (Baxdela). They work well for otherwise antibiotic-resistant organisms, and many doctors prescribe them as a first line treatment for infection, just assuming that the responsible organisms might be resistant to [...]
Guest post by Brad Krause of selfcaring.info There are things in life that we need to do and things in life that we want to do. Self-care straddles the fence of both needs and wants. These are the wants that become necessities — we can survive without them, but we [...]
For many years now, Vitamin D has been the darling of the nutritional world. After all, Vitamin D does so many things: it regulates immune function, improves insulin sensitivity, and even helps to heal acne. And yet, so many of us are testing chronically low, even if we’re healthy. In [...]