The amount of people with inadequate electrolyte levels continues to amaze me. It is no surprise why there are so many people with adrenal fatigue, digestive issues, chronic fatigue, high blood pressure and a seemingly endless list of every disease name under the sun associated with or due specifically to dehydration. In short, electrolytes are
Of your liver’s 500 functions, its production of bile is one of the most important. Bile is an essential “de-greaser” and “emulsifier” of dietary fats. Bile is also essential for the utilization of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. The bile that is produced by your liver also contains conjugated “already used” hormones,
The over-zealous, over-hyped allopathic, “one size fits all” approach to recommending Omega 3 oils is almost as obsessively rambunctious as the omega 6 corn and vegetable oil circus in the previous decades. Apparently the seed and fish oil industries have a vested interest in pumping out as many different kinds and brands of omega 3
Malic acid has numerous benefits fordigestion, detoxification and to support aerobic metabolic functions. Malic acid is an acid derived from plant foods, especially apples. Malic acid’s nutritional benefits are under-appreciated. The salt forms of malic acid known as malates are Kreb’s cycle intermediates: they assist in the intracellular process of energy production. In addition to this, malic
Detoxification has become one of the key flagship words in alternative health and alternative medicine. Millions of people every year go on various detox diets, or detox supplements of some kind. And while there can certainly be a lot of value to much of this, there can also be adverse reactions that people experience as
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 more than 20 years. Elevated levels of insulin are found among those with heart disease, congestive heart failure, insulin resistance, diabetes, high blood pressure, and
Food cravings can tell you a lot about your body’s nutritional needs if you understand how to decode and interpret them. In my nutrition practice, I always teach my clients the importance of listening to one’s body and developing one’s ‘nutritional intuition’. Your nutritional intuition is the inherent understanding of how your body instinctively knows
If you’ve been following the seemingly endless barrage of government-induced terrorism inflicted on raw dairy farmers and private cooperatives, you are well aware of just how far the federal government’s agencies will go to enforce illegal, illicit, unconstitutional police force tactics, paid for by your tax dollars. The FDA and their conspirators have been engaging
Good health begins with the fundamentals. This includes supporting the most basic functions of the body such as: hydration, digestion/assimilation and elimination. When there are problems in these basic bodily functions, health often seems like an impossibility. These basic functions are easy to overlook, especially if your health is in a precarious state. Yet they
A new component of my work has been centering around attempting to get to the root of my most challenging client cases. A very common thread for many of these chronic cases has been the presence of systemic fungus and mycotoxins. A somewhat new area of research in some medical circles has been studying the