Risk for heart attack, stroke & thrombophlebitis is 4-fold higher In the first week after diagnosis: Risk of suicide increases 12.6-fold Heart attack risk increases 5.6-fold I have been in practice for 45 years and I have never seen in a report from an oncologist about discussing these risks with... read more →
Sep
11
Sep
04
Did you know? – Low levels of B12 increase your risk of gastric cancer by 5.8 times? Low dietary B12 levels are associated with a 56% higher risk of breast cancer!* A more accurate means to determine your B12 levels is a blood test called methylmalonic acid test and not... read more →
Aug
14
In his most recent book, The Revised Edition of “Grain Brain”, David Perlmutter, M.D., quoted two articles discussing that many factors that show up later in life originate before and shortly after birth. The first article was published in American Journal of Psychiatry 169, no.6 (June 2012): 625-32. The title... read more →
Mar
01
We are all familiar with the dashboard of our car showing the low oil light. Now you can choose to ignore the low engine oil signal, but what are the consequences? Remember the functions of motor oil--lubricates moving engine parts, reduces the chance of friction, which can damage your engine,... read more →
Feb
12
What is blood viscosity? Blood viscosity is a measure of the thickness and stickiness of your blood. It measures how easily your blood flows through your vessels. It is an indicator of how much friction is being generated between your blood and the walls of your blood vessels, how hard... read more →
Sep
06
What is the microbiome? Joshua Lederberg coined the term and he describes as "the ecological community of commensal, symbiotic, and pathogenic microorganisms that literally share our... read more →
Jul
05
I would like to introduce you to an amazing product called Cogniquil. Cognition, including learning and memory, is dependent upon neurons in the human brain communicating with each other through synaptic connections. Age, genetics, diet, exercise, and environment may affect how efficiently neurons communicate and, thus, overall cognitive health. Individuals... read more →
Jul
05
There are numerous published articles discussing your waist circumference and it is associated with adverse health conditions. First, how do you correctly measure your waist circumference? Stand and place a tape measure around your bare stomach, just above your hip bones. Pull the tape measure until it fits snugly around... read more →
Jul
05
Metabolic Endotoxemia: First, let’s break it in to understandable words. Metabolic: “pertaining to or of the nature of metabolism.” What is metabolism? Metabolism: Metabolism is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of organisms. The three main purposes of metabolism are the conversion of food/fuel to energy to run... read more →
Jun
20
INTRODUCTION Stigma toward obese persons is pervasive in North America. Obese individuals are vulnerable to harmful weight-based stereotypes, including perceptions that they are lazy, lacking in willpower, indisciplined and unintelligent. (1,2) These stereotypes give way to stigma, prejudice and discrimination in multiple domains of living, including the workplace, health-care facilities, educational institutions, the mass media and even... read more →