Common Chemical Exposures and Impacts on Human Health
What chemicals are you exposed to on a daily basis? What is your chemical load? Does it matter? Are you exposed to harmful chemicals right now? Are your kids being exposed? In this 4-segmented series of part 7, we examine the effects of common environmental chemicals…
Gluten Summit Recap
Wow! I hope all of you got a chance to listen to some of the experts that spoke in the Gluten Summit last month. Dr. Tom O’Bryan did an excellent job in gathering some of the world’s leading researchers and medical experts in the field of gluten sensitivity…
Management of Autoimmune Disease in Functional Medicine
In this issue, we discuss the strategies used to manage autoimmune disease in functional medicine, including dietary and lifestyle strategies and the use of key supplements targeting the major areas of immune dysfunction…
Autoimmune Disease and the Major Areas of Immune Dysfunction in Autoimmunity
Did you know that 1 out of 12 women and 1 out of 24 men in the U.S. have autoimmune disease? In this issue we look at the prevalence of autoimmune disease, the stages and characteristics of autoimmune disease and discuss the major areas of immune dysfunction involved…
Intestinal Permeability (Leaky Gut)
By now, most people have heard of leaky gut syndrome but are still wondering if this is real or if this is folklore medicine. Leaky gut syndrome is very real. The immunological literature is filled with information on leaky gut syndrome.
The Gluten Sensitivity, Leaky Gut and Autoimmunity Connection
In parts 4, 5 and 6 of this series, we examine the connection between gluten sensitivity, leaky gut and autoimmune disease. In this article, we focus on gluten sensitivity. What is gluten sensitivity and how is it different from celiac disease? What are the most common symptoms…
Insulin Resistance, Dysglycemia and Diabetes
In part 2, we learned that the same physiologic processes that drive biological aging are the same processes that lead to chronic disease, increased risk of poor quality of life and shorter lifespan. In order to slow down biological aging, we need to reduce our risk of developing chronic disease. In the next few articles […]
Assessing Biological Aging
“The mean telomere length serves as a marker for the biological age at the cellular level, with shorter telomeres defining the increased biological age.”1 In part 1 of this series, we discussed the concept of biological aging and how this differs from chronological aging. We examined some of the research of Bruce Ames, Ph.D., and […]
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 […]