The hormone/endocrine systems are very complex in nature. Please peruse this section to learn more about neuro-endocrine function, hormones and ways to improve your health using integrated, functional nutritional therapies.
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In many ways, the issue of adrenal fatigue can be thought of as a lack of coordination between various endocrine glands in the HPA axis. In the past I've written about many factors that can influence adrenal fatigue, and its associated lack of HPA axis coordination. ...
Thyroid conditions are increasingly common. Some researchers and clinicians would argue that thyroid conditions are an epidemic. When thyroid conditions are present, the thyroid is treated as if the thyroid itself is the core of the problem. ...
Traditional herbal medicines provide tremendous therapeutic benefits for issues related to adrenal stress, high and low cortisol, nervous system imbalances and depression. While there are a plethora of herbs used, some of the most common, therapeutic herbs in these regards are: ashwagandha, licorice, eleuthero and Korean ginseng. ...
One thing that I have learned is that healing is a journey. Complex endocrine and hormonal issues take time to correct. There is no doubt about it: hormone and endocrine issues can be some of the more complex and involved issues to resolve, largely because the endocrine system is quite... ...
Endocrine dysfunction is becoming increasingly more common. Thyroid conditions are epidemic. Adrenal exhaustion is all too common. There are a plethora of approaches to healing, restoration and regeneration of the endocrine system. However it should be pointed out that correcting these issues are often complex, take a good deal of patience and attention to detail. ...
Hormones are cell messengers that carry important signals to different cells in the body. There can be a lot of things that go wrong in their communication, and these problems can be due to a multitude of factors, including: nutritional inadequacies, stress, toxicity, organ toxicity/malfunction, mineral deficiencies. ...
The incidence of thyroid conditions has been on the rise for decades. Active thyroid hormone is found inside of every cell of the body, and it is this reason that leads many clinicians to believe that conventional diagnostics to detect certain thyroid conditions are largely unreliable. ...
Adrenal fatigue has become a standardized term in the alternative health world. And with good reason too. Excess adrenal output and diminished adrenal output can both be primary issues that can derail a person's health. I have seen the benefit of taking adrenal glandular extracts, nutritional supplements that inhibit or... ...
Adrenal fatigue is thrown around a lot these days even though conventional medicine fails to acknowledge it as a legitimate health issues. Perhaps conventional medicine isn't interested in things in cannot treat with drugs. Another major problem is that conventional medicine does not know how to adequately test for adrenal fatigue. ...
Hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) is a tissue level biopsy which can reveal a lot of very important data regarding the activity of the adrenal and thyroid glands. Additionally, HTMA and the study of minerals is highly complex and intriguing, and if used as a long-term lab test, can reveal... ...
One of the most essential electrolyte minerals is one that is increasingly deficient among people today. Magnesium deficiency is so common, one could write several volumes of books about it. Magnesium is essential for initiating more than 300 enzymatic reactions in the body. more »
The gastrointestinal tract is a large surface area containing trillions of microbes that make up a large percentage of the immune defenses. Dysfunction to the intestinal mucosal barrier leads to a condition commonly referred to as leaky gut syndrome. Closer inspection often reveals a condition called villous atrophy. more »
I have moved my entire nutritional consulting practice to an online format. The advancement of technology of the world wide web has allowed me to do every nutritional consulting service I offer (including lab screening testing) from a distance. more »
