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Insulin Resistance and Insulin Sensitivity
Insulin resistance can be difficult to detect without medical tests. However, its effects can be dangerous if left unchecked. This month we are taking a look at the risks and symptoms of insulin...
Heavy Metals In the Body: What You Need to Know
Heavy metals are naturally occurring elements that can be found throughout the environment. Given their prevalence in the foods that we eat and even the air we breathe, we are exposed to high levels...
PCOS in South Asian Women: Incidence and Treatment Considerations
*This article was published in an association magazine intended for health professionals; all names are fictions While on the rise in women over the age of 20, PCOS seems to affect South Asian women...
Incidence of Diverticulosis Increases with Age in Women & What You Can Do About It
Diverticulosis is a common gastrointestinal issue that is often found on screening colonoscopy. It appears that diverticulosis increases with age and while premenopausal women seem to be at lower...
Mushrooms: The Underrated Superfood
Mushrooms have been used for centuries, across many cultures as both food and medicine. A growing body of research now centers on the many benefits of mushrooms both on our physical and mental...
Iron Is Essential to Your Wellbeing: How To Get Enough
Iron is an essential mineral that helps maintain many vital functions in the body. This includes the production of hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that helps transport oxygen throughout the...
Food Sensitivity Testing: How Can You Benefit
What are Food Sensitivities? Often people feel that something they are eating in the diet may be causing them an issue or a symptom but they just can’t put their finger on it. Other times, a person...
Glow from Within with Cosmetic Acupuncture
In magazines and television these days, most images of women portray flawless, unlined skin. With beauty ads selling creams that can instantly help erase lines, it’s hard not to wonder what are the...
DUTCH Hormone Test
The majority of women I help are exhausted, adrenalized, and burned-out, spending their time juggling family duties, work, and other life challenges that are thrown their way. They are often not...
The Metabolic Balance Program – More Than Just Weight Loss
Balance your Hormones. Feel Great and Lose Weight Trouble losing weight? Diets today can be confusing. With so much information today on the internet, picking the right method of eating can seem...
These 10 Common Symptoms May Mean Your Hormones Are Out of Balance
Hormones affect every aspect of your wellbeing, from your appetite to your zest for life. Despite their large impact on overall health, hormonal imbalances can be frustratingly difficult to...
The Benefits of IV Vitamin Therapy: Is It Right For You?
A few years ago after having my second child, I found myself exhausted, overwhelmed and tired nearly every day. While being a new mom is hard work, I knew that sleep deprivation and the little time...
Does Açaí Berry Help with Fertility?
A recent study looked at the effect of Açaí Berry supplements on the fertility of women of advanced maternal age (39 and older) and the results were very positive. All 121 female patients were under...
Why Traditional Tests Don’t Get to the Bottom of Thyroid Troubles
Your thyroid is a small organ with a huge impact on all aspects of your health. Thyroid hormone impacts every cell in your body, so even a small disturbance in thyroid hormone levels affects your...
PCOS in South Asian Women
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common chronic endocrine disorder affecting women of reproductive age. While PCOS affects women of all ethnic backgrounds, South Asian women seem to be more at...
Post Viral Hair Loss – What the Evidence Shows
Among the many studies that have come out in the last two years regarding post viral complications, an interesting focus has been the role of viral infections and hair loss. While hair loss is seen...
What Should I Eat On A Uterine Fibroid Diet Plan?
Eating a healthy diet is an important part of any hormone support program and this is no different for the support and management of uterine fibroids. SInce fibroids cannot be directly predicted,...
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