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It is conventional wisdom in allopathic medicine that brittle bones and age-related bone loss — or osteoporosis — in seniors is a result of a loss of calcium; and doctors have often prescribed calcium supplements in addition to drugs like Actonel, Boniva, Fosamax or Reclast. But those drugs carry with them unpleasant side effects, and taking a calcium supplement is no good if the calcium isn’t absorbed. Besides, it’s increasingly…
Fatigue is the number one reason people with MS leave the workforce. It is also a top complaint in my traumatic brain injury and therapeutic lifestyle clinics. By using conventional treatments for MS-related fatigue, people may experience very modest reduction in fatigue severity. Most MS neurologists push their patients to take disease-modifying drugs, but few talk to their patients about how to use diet and health behavior (i.e. lifestyle) changes…
Tight hamstrings are a problem not only for athletes but also for those who just walk or engage in everyday activities. Tight hamstrings can cause pain in the low back, hips and quad muscles in front of the legs because, like a pair of tight cables, they pull the pelvic structure off kilter. When people experience low back or hip pain, they usually try and stretch those areas. While some…
Deciding to start anything new warrants consideration. Will it benefit you? Are there any cons? Am I going about this the best way possible? The same goes for deciding to make certain life changes as we age. Sometimes we wonder if it’s just too late to make a difference. Well, if you’re concerned you’ve waited too long to start an exercise program, researchers in England have looked into this issue…
Products, recipes and advice on fasting, cleansing and detoxing are abundant these days. And it’s no wonder considering the plethora of pollutants and toxic threats you encounter in your daily life, probably starting with the parabens in your shampoo and ending with the petrochemicals on the mattress you sleep on at night. Any number of cleansing protocols could be beneficial. But a simple supplement you may already take could be…
Coconut oil is one of the richest sources of saturated fat, a fat long considered to be unhealthy. Yet coconut oil is being touted as one of the healthiest oils you can consume. What’s wrong with this picture? Unlike most other sources of saturated fat, including vegetable and seed oils and animal fat, which consist mainly of long-chain triglycerides, coconut oil is made up primarily of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). It…
It’s absolutely amazing that we live in a time when researchers are able to actually dig into a cell and see what causes its destruction. Understanding what causes our cells to degenerate and die is key to helping us live better and longer lives. That research hasn’t necessarily resulted in a magic anti-aging pill, but it has produced the next best thing. A study at the University of California, San…
If you feel sick and tired at work, the truth is you truly may be sick from being overly tired and stressed. It turns out that workplace stress is as lethal as second-hand smoke. It brings on disease and early death. What’s more, workplace wellness programs don’t seem to be making much of an impact at all. Something needs to change. Stress ruins lives Stress is a killer. If gone…
Five years ago, my children and I moved from a fairly large city to a small town; and in doing so, we improved our health. No longer driving in traffic on a daily basis lowered our stress levels. Having a strong sense of community boosted our emotional health. And perhaps best of all, breathing fresh air eased the allergy and asthma symptoms we had all struggled with in the city.…
Menopause symptoms are more than an annoyance for many women. Hot flashes can be downright miserable and embarrassing if they catch you off guard. And deciding how to alleviate these symptoms can be vey complex. There is much to consider. A study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association [1] looked at more than 16,000 postmenopausal women from 40 U.S. clinical centers over nearly six years, and found…