Delaying the Degenerative Diseases of Aging
“The future of healthcare will be focused on, not anti-aging research, but genomic protection with lifestyle medicine” Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D. Have you ever noticed that some people look young for their age? Have you seen people that look much older than they actually are? Why is that? Are there internal mechanisms in the body that […]
The Myth of Diagnosis, One Disease, Many Causes—One Cause, Many Diseases, Gluten: One Food Compound That Causes Many Problems
The Myth of Diagnosis: If you know the name of your disease, you know what’s wrong with you This myth is pervasive throughout medicine and is the single biggest obstacle to changing the way we do things and finding the answers to our health problems. The problem is we are in the “naming and blaming” […]
The Myth of Medication, The Rapid Increase in Prescriptions for Mood-Altering Drugs and their Side Effects
The Myth of Medication: Drugs are the Answer to Mental Illness One of the problems of conventional medical training is that doctors are not trained to identify the root causes of health disorders, but trained more to act as clinical pharmacologists. M.D.s are trained to diagnose disease, and choose the most appropriate medication to treat […]
The Brain-Body Separation Myth, Autism: A Systemic Disorder that Affects the Brain, The Blood-Sugar and Alzheimer’s Disease Connection
The Brain-Body Separation Myth: Your brain is protected from your body Many doctors and patients view the blood-brain barrier as an impenetrable wall that protects the brain from any problems in any of the other organs or anything that circulates throughout the bloodstream. However, we now know that the blood-brain barrier is just a partial […]
The Brain is the Master Organ and is Often Overlooked in Medicine
“Everything you have ever experienced, felt or conducted in life is due to brain function. The ability to enjoy, perceive, sense and experience life is dictated by the firing rate of your brain. It is impossible for a person to become healthy mentally or physiologically without a healthy brain.”(1) The Brain is the Master Organ […]
Neurodegeneration and Preserving Brain Plasticity
We Really Don’t Have an Evidence-Based Model of Medicine According to the literature, nutritional medicine is the most powerful and effective treatment available for brain and neurodegenerative disorders. Do you know how many papers are now published supporting the use of essential fatty acids for brain function? And there are still doctors that refuse to […]
Diseases and Disorders that can be treated with Acupuncture
Diseases and disorders that can be treated with acupuncture The diseases or disorders for which acupuncture therapy has been tested in controlled clinical trials reported in the recent literature can be classified into four categories as shown below. 1. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been proved-through controlled trials-to be an effective treatment: […]
Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults Between 1985 and 2010
During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. In 1985, only a few states were participating in CDC’s BRFSS and providing obesity data. In 1990, among states participating in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, ten states had a prevalence of obesity less than 10% and […]
Nutrigenomics: How Nutrients in Food Interact with our Genes
We generally think of food as a way to get energy; a means to provide our bodies with the fuel they need to function. However, new science has shown that food literally speaks to your genes. The information your body receives from the foods you eat turn your genes on and off. This provides your […]