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NITRIC OXIDE AND GI HEALTH-PART IV
To better understand the information contained in this blog, please read the first three blogs in this series on the endothelial glycocalyx and Nitric Oxide (NO); THE ENDOTHELIAL GLYCOCALYX-PART I,...
THE ENDOTHELIUM- PART III Nitric Oxide Deficiency- the Missing Link
Summary Nitric Oxide (NO) is a signaling molecule that is anti-inflammatory, dilates blood vessels, is anti-oxidant, regulates blood pressure, platelet aggregation, adhesion, and clot formation NO...
More Trouble with TSH-Part 4
The troubles with Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) keep coming. I continue writing about it because relying on TSH alone to fully assess thyroid function, (as the vast majority of doctors do) is a...
THE ENDOTHELIAL GLYCOCALYX-PART II
Please read: THE ENDOTHELIAL GLYCOCALYX- PART I before this blog. In it, you hopefully learned of the critical importance of the endothelial glycocalyx (EGC), which plays the major critical role in...
Natural Treatment for Chronic Pain
CHRONIC PAIN? Is There a Natural Treatment? YES! Palmitoethanolamide (PEA) Current treatments for chronic pain all carry significant adverse consequences. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs...
THE ENDOTHELIAL GLYCOCALYX- PART I
THE MOST IMPORTANT BODY PART YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF In the case of the Endothelial Glycocalyx (EGC), what you don’t know CAN kill you. So you definitely want to know what it is, how it becomes...
More Trouble with TSH-Part 3
Before reading this blog, you should familiarize yourself with the basic issues regarding lab testing for, and interpretation of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) In Part 1 (Click Here to read), I...
WHAT REALLY CAUSES STOMACH PROBLEMS?
Too Much Acid or Too Little? Stomach complaints number among the most frequent in our society and can be debilitating. Unfortunately for the unaware public, the diagnosis given and the treatments of...
WHAT REALLY CAUSES ULCERS!
Do you suffer from: acid reflux (Gastro-esophageal reflux or GERD), “over-acid” stomach, ulcer or gastritis? If so, take the test below and see how you score. Do your fingernails chip or break...
UNDERSTANDING DIGESTION-PART 2
Disorders of the Stomach Stomach complaints number among the most frequent in our society and can be debilitating. Unfortunately for the unaware public, the diagnosis given and the treatments of...
WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
Allopathic (modern or western) medicine is by nature a reductionist philosophy, whereas Functional Medicine (a.k.a. Functional Nutrition or FN) takes the opposite approach, which can be termed...
Understanding Your Digestive System- Part 1
The gastro-intestinal (GI) system extends from the brain to the rectum; it is one that is critical to health, but poorly appreciated. It communicates with the outside environment, and actually has...
VITAMIN D
Vitamin D, under-appreciated by the general public (not to mention the medical profession), it is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies; it really possesses hormone-like activity and is...
“The Importance of Bone Health, Structure and Function”
In 2000, an estimated 9 million new osteoporotic fractures occurred. Of these fractures, 1.4 million were vertebral and 1.6 million involved the hip. At least one in three women and one in five men...
OSTEOPENIA & OSTOEPOROSIS
Osteopenia is defined as a condition of decreased bone density caused by greater bone loss (resorption) than bone creation. This is considered a milder form of bone loss that does not meet the...
VITAMIN D, ZINC, AND COVID
Our public health officials recommendations of social distancing, face coverings and washing your hands to reduce the risk of becoming infected with Covid are well known. Are there other things one...
Shoulder and Arm Circles for Neck and Upper Back Stress Relief
Many of you are sitting at less than optimal desks, perhaps even a makeshift desk or dining room table acting as your “home office” due to the recent societal changes we have all learned to endure....
Covid, Posture and General Health
Since March of 2020, most of us have endured a complete upending of our daily routines. Shelter in place has resulted many people working from home, with little or no preparation for this new...
Falling, Or Not Is Life Changing
By: Dr. Scott J. Heun We all fall. It’s part of learning to walk, and eventually run. If you are an athlete, or were, you no doubt have fallen many times when pushing yourself to your physical...
Thyroid Questionnaire
Before lab testing became available, physicians actually used their eyes and ears, listened to the patient’s history, and used their knowledge of the clinical picture of hypothyroidism to make a...
Staying Safe & Healthy: How to Play Offense & Win Against the COVID-19 Virus
Winning the Virus War: Building up your immune system is essential… You have undoubtedly listened for countless hours over the past couple of months to various media sources talking about the ever...
The Triage Theory of Aging
Occasionally, such a profound concept is developed; often by a single individual; that people must be informed of the discovery. Such is the case with the Triage Theory of Aging, as researched and...
Drugs That Can Cause Hypothyroidism
There are many drugs that have the potential to induce hypothyroidism. Drug- induced hypothyroidism is an underactive thyroid gland due to a reaction to a medication. If your hypothyroid symptoms...
Basal Metabolic Temperature Test
What is a basal body temperature? (BMT). “Basal” means, “base,” and your basal temperature is your body temperature taken the very first thing in the morning before you’ve gotten out of bed. Once...
What is Non-Alcoholic Fatty liver Disease?
Do I have it & what can I do about it? It is well known that excess alcohol and hepatitis can cause serious liver disease, which can be fatal. What is much less appreciated is that you can have...
What is C-Reactive-Protein & Why is it Important?
Doctors perform lab testing to provide valuable additional information to a careful history and examination, in order to better assess a patient’s condition. It is of little value to perform a test...
Progressive High Intensity Interval Training
EXERCISE TO LIVE Improper exercise is not only a waste of your valuable time, but can cause significant harm to your body, possibly even shortening your lifespan. I have been preaching for years to...
Implementing PACE Exercise
My last blog discussed the benefits of anaerobic exercise, also known as High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). The PACE exercise program developed by Dr. Al Sears is a specific form of High...
Iodine and Thyroid Function
Without iodine, thyroid hormone cannot be formed. Without thyroid hormone we are not born. Low levels of thyroid due to iodine deficiency are the leading cause of preventable mental retardation in...
Understanding the Keto Diet
You have probably read much conflicting information about the keto (also called ketogenic) diet. It is either the best thing since Swiss cheese or the worst since Limburger cheese. Let's set the...
Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroiditis
Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s) is the most common autoimmune disease in the United States, affecting 6-8% of the population, mostly women, who are affected 4-10 times as often as...
9 Thyroid Tests Your Doctor Likely Missed
Photo courtesy of www.123rf.com This third article discusses additional reasons your thyroid may not be functioning optimally. All these thyroid tests are just as important as the tests I discussed...
3 Thyroid Tests Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About
Photo courtesy of www.medicalnewstoday.com There is much more to a thorough thyroid evaluation that performing a TSH Test, yet your typical doctor will only test for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone....
An Overview of Essential Thyroid Lab Tests
After doing a lot of online searches about thyroid conditions, do you think you might have hypothyroidism? Did you go to your doctor and ask to have your thyroid checked, only to be told that there...
The Trouble with TSH Part 1
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you in trouble, it’s what you know that just ain’t so” - Mark Twain, quoted from Hypothyroidism Type 2, by Mark Starr Does this scenario sound familiar? You...
The Trouble with TSH Part 2
The trouble with TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone), or more specially, with your doctor relying solely on TSH to completely assess thyroid physiology, is that it happens to be extremely complex and...