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,…
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Secrets Of Blood Chemistry Analysis (part 4 of 4): Adrenal Balance
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…
Summary Of Standard Process’ Weekend Nutrition Seminar in Berkeley
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…
Secrets Of Blood Chemistry Analysis (part 3 of 4): Digestion & Liver Function
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…
Information For the Millions Of Diabetics
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…
Secrets Of Blood Chemistry Analysis: Integrating Effective Nutrition By Becoming Your Own Health Detective (part 1 of 4)
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 Insulin, NOT Cholesterol Is the Single Greatest Marker of CVD Risk
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…
Degeneration, Disease & Sickness: Grim But Honest Forecast for Future Generations
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…
Cholesterol Is Among Your Body’s Most Powerful Defenses Against Toxins & Free Radicals
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”…
These Critical Blood Chemistry Factors Reveal Liver Function
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…