Your Pancreas: Digestion & Hormones
The pancreas is unique in that it is both an organ and an endocrine gland. It serves the function of producing enzymes that are essential for the breakdown of fat,…
The pancreas is unique in that it is both an organ and an endocrine gland. It serves the function of producing enzymes that are essential for the breakdown of fat,…
Its adrenal time. The amount of demand placed upon the adrenal glands due to modern day stress factors is immense and unprecedented. Stress can be identified as having both internal…
The Berkeley, CA hotel was jam packed with perhaps 100-125 alternative health professionals. The event was a 2-day seminar hosted by the long-standing nutritional supplement company Standard Process, featuring presentations…
This week’s focus on blood chemistry analysis is digestion and liver function. Both of these are related to each other. The digestive system involves liver function. The liver, whose function…
De-regulated blood sugar levels have become epidemic in the western world. The incidence of blood sugar-related diseases such as diabetes now strikes tens of millions of people. Type II diabetes…
Pull out your magnifying lens and become your own health detective! Real health is about self empowerment, patient education and applying and understanding principles and strategies that work for you.…
Elevated levels of fasting insulin is the single greatest marker to assess a person’s cardiovascular and diabetic risk factors. This has been consistently demonstrated in the medical literature going back…
Weston A. Price, DDS unequivocally demonstrated the power that food has on human health more than 70 years ago. The native people that he studied and lived with, who maintained…
At first glance the title of this article may seem stunning to you, shocking or jolting even. You have been told all of your life that cholesterol is either “good”…
Liver function can be assessed by reviewing various markers on a standard blood test. These markers are reflected in the primary metabolic enzymes. In truth, these enzymes can reveal more…