Many people have had an episode of gout or know someone that has. Gout is a common type of arthritis that is caused by an increase in uric acid concentration in the blood. This leads to urate crystals that are deposited in joints, tendons, kidneys, and other tissues throughout the body. Sudden, red, tender and […]
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(warning this is a very technical blog entry for those that are familiar with MTHFR) I love reading about the methylation cycle and methyl tetrahydrofolatereductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms. MTHFR along with some other enzymesin your body are responsible for transferring carbons. Carbons are necessaryfor building everything in your body from DNA and neurotransmitters toproteins, fats, and
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A peaceful night’s sleep is important for allowing the body to reset. While you are off in dreamland, your body is hard at work fixing and repairing vital functions throughout the whole system. Lack of sleep can disrupt your life in more ways than one. Your brain relays on sleep to form new pathways for
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More Than Just “Holistic”: What It Actually Means to Be a Naturopathic Physician Whenever I tell someone I am a Naturopathic Physician (ND), I’m usually met with a look of polite confusion or a series of common misconceptions. The responses almost always fall into one of three categories: “So, you’re a homeopath?” “So, you don’t
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I am often asked this question and there is no single best answer. Looking at disease from a multifactorial standpoint requires a detailed history and some understanding of that individuals genes. This is essential because lupus can have many different causes. Once we have a working theory we can work on optimizing the patient’s detoxification
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After my last post I want to make it clear that I’m not promoting artificial sweeteners over real sugar. In fact I probably tell one patient a week to switch from diet _________ to regular. Once they switch then I will work on decreasing their overall sugar intake. Aspartame is at the top of my
The World Health Organization (WHO) has come out with a recommendation that 5% of your total calories should come from sugar. That doesn’t sound like much but if you eat 2,000 calories a day that’s still 100 calories of sugar which is 25 grams. Well how much is 25 grams of sugar? Sugarstack.com to the
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The FDA plans to update the current food label to make it easier to read with special attention paid to total calories and a new line called added sugar. They also hope to change the serving size to reflect how much people are really eating. This is a positive step towards a better label. The
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Cancer prevention is a lifestyle While the American Cancer Society’s standard guidelines—no smoking, regular exercise, and caloric control—provide a vital baseline, they treat the human body largely as a thermodynamic machine: energy in versus energy out. This approach leaves a significant gap in the narrative: food is information to your body and the biochemical quality of
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Navigating the supplement industry can feel like the “Wild West” sometimes. With so much noise, clever marketing, and flashy packaging, it’s incredibly easy for even the most health-conscious person to end up with a cabinet full of empty promises and “filler-heavy” capsules that don’t actually deliver. That’s why looking beyond the front label is so
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