Despite accounting for only 2% of the total body weight of adults, the human brain burns more than 33% of the sugar in your blood known as glucose. Deficiencies in the availability of glucose to brain cells can result in serious problems in human behavior and cognitive function. It’s important to realize that glucose is
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You have all been told to watch your cholesterol and to keep it under 200. Some doctors actually threaten patients that if they don’t lower their cholesterol levels, they will be forced to put them on a statin drug. So much for the ethical precepts of medicine and the Hippocratic Oath. You all know my
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Your symptoms and health challenges are best thought of as opportunities for growth and evolution as a human being on this planet. Most people don’t view it this way however. Most people are looking for quick fixes and for other people to nurture them, to care for them and to tell them what to do.
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Consider that your liver is a massive organ with so many crucial responsibilities, including: filtration of the blood, production of bile, synthesis of hormones, production of the vital lipid cholesterol, the production of blood clotting factors, release and storage of glycogen, amino acid synthesis, and literally hundreds of other vital functions. Your liver is like
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Stress reduction is an essential part of a person’s health. Stress can take on many forms, and certainly extends far beyond your work load, your bank account and paying your bills. Poor diet, poor digestion, illnesses, toxicity and free radical activity all can be very stressful upon the body. The stress response is the body’s
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Advanced glycation end products, called AGE’s, can have a devastating effect upon your health. AGE’s are compounds with potential carcinogenic effects in the body. They are one of several hundred volatile substances produced when food is heated at high temperatures. It is believed AGE’s can also be produced from hyperglycemia, when there are elevated levels
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Uric acid is a double edged sword. It is a waste product of purine and nucelic acid metabolism. It is also an antioxidant. When it is elevated, it is implicated as a causative factor in cardiovascular disease, diabetes type 2 and metabolic syndrome. Chronically elevated levels of uric acid is also a primary factor in
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Enzymes are the catalysts for energy production. They initiate and regulate metabolic processes in the body. Certain enzymes are used to digest food. Other enzymes are used in metabolic activity, including those involved in regulating inflammatory responses. This article is going to cover 2 primary classifications of enzymes: digestive enzymes and proteolytic enzymes. Digestive Enzymes
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Water fluoridation is one of the most insidious acts of forced chemical inundation that has taken place in the history of civilization. The fluoride that is dumped into municipal water supplies is the result of industrial waste from the nuclear/uranium, phosphate, aluminum and metal industries. Sodium fluoride is a drug that is being prescribed to
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Laboratory data and tests can provide a tremendous amount of information regarding various bodily functions, systems of your body, nutritional deficiencies, toxicity and stress responses. In fact, a strong, functional interpretation of data provides a load of insight into information that will help you to achieve a very high level of health. In my nutritional
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