Bone health is important BECAUSE FRACTURING A HIP CAN BE LIFE ALTERING! And maintaining healthy bones before your risk of fracture increases (later in life) is vital.
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Did you know that there are both PRIMARY and SECONDARY CAUSES of Osteoporosis? Most people are familiar with the causes of primary osteoporosis which are the result of the normal aging process. Wonder what the secondary causes are? (hint: things you have control over) Read on…
In part 1 of this series, we learn what to expect reliably from a DEXA scan. In this post, we’ll learn about the limitations of the DEXA scan and why they should NOT be the sole determinant of fracture risk.
Antibiotics shouldn’t be taken lightly. Besides the well-known effect of disrupting gut health and therefore one’s immune system, there is a less well-known phenomenon of potential damage to one’s tendons when taking a particular family of antibiotics….
There is plenty of proof that although osteoarthritis is common, it is definitively not normal! Today’s research has clearly established that osteoarthritis (OA), sometimes referred to as degenerative joint disease (DJD), needs to be categorized as a disease of the cartilage not a normal part of the aging process. If we all thought of it as an actual disease, we might think differently as to how to treat it.
Instead of thinking of osteoarthritis as an inevitable result of aging, lets take measures to target the causative agent - low-grade inflammation.
Brain health – protecting it, nurturing it and repairing it – is big news lately and for good reason. We once thought that when nerves were injured, that was it, a permanent loss. The good news now is that as the concepts of neuroplasticity and neurogenesis are becoming better understood, we can appreciate the fact that the nervous system is capable of regeneration in quite amazing ways. If you’re ready to grow a better brain, here are 5 ways to enhance your neuroplasticity. (continued)
BDNF, Brain-Derived Neurotropic Factor – if you could bottle it, you’d drink it all day! It’s been described as “Miracle-Gro for you brain” by Harvard psychiatrist John Ratey.
I frequently hear from many of my clients that “I tried the elimination diet and it didn’t help me at all…” or “I’m still confused about what foods might be bothering me even after 3 months on the elimination diet.” And while there are some situations where identifying food reactions may not be part of the solution, I frequently find that the elimination diet, when done correctly can reveal a lot of useful information.
Known food reactions of all kinds affect at least 5-10% of the population. I suspect that the actually number is much higher for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the lack of clarity about the meaning of the terms to describe the different types of food reactions. In this blog I’d like to clear up the confusion around the meaning of these different terms.