One of the most popular areas of medicine today is anti-aging medicine, or as it is often referred to, functional HORMONE medicine. Anti-aging/functional medicine attempts to keep individuals healthy and functioning regardless of their age. Most of us want to live as...

  It is estimated that worldwide, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 12 men over the age of 50 suffer from the bone-weakening disease known as osteoporosis. Osteoporosis occurs when there is an imbalance between bone reabsorption (bone breakdown) and bone formation. Bone is a...

A diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, usually hypertension (high blood pressure) or dyslipidemia (elevated cholesterol), often marks the beginning of multiple medication therapy. A multiple medication regimen not only can be difficult and expensive to maintain, but...

Nowhere are the adverse effects of the Standard American Diet (SAD) more visible than in the current nutritional status of American children. Poor nutritional intake beginning in the womb, followed by a diet of highly processed, refined, high fat, high sugar, low...

The increase in the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease is a concern shared by most Americans. The process of aging is challenging enough without fear of declining cognitive function. The actual cause of Alzheimer’s disease is unknown. But what is definitely known is...

Detoxification takes place through a number of body systems, including the kidneys, the skin, the liver and the lungs. An effective detoxification procedure must address toxic build-up throughout the body. The build-up and retention of toxins in the body can take...

Human digestion is a complex process with many stages. At any of these stages, inadequate concentrations of natural digestive acids and enzymes can make digestion problematic. Digestion begins with a very simple, yet important step: chewing. The smaller the particles...

Diabetes is becoming one of the leading causes of death among Americans, and cases of this disease are growing at an alarming rate. Diabetes literally has become a modern-day, silent epidemic. More than 29.1 million Americans are estimated to have diabetes, with many...

  The issue that we need to consider is not whether alternative or complementary therapies work better than prescription medications. Instead, we need to look at how our medications work in our bodies and their effect on various essential pathways. If you look at...

Probiotics are beneficial, friendly bacteria that reside in our intestinal tract. There are approximately 500 different strains of these bacteria. In fact, there are several times more bacteria in our intestinal tract than there are cells in our entire body. In all,...