Osteoporosis and Osteopenia are very common especially in women over the age of 60. There are a lot of reasons for osteoporosis and often times there is a genetic component. Sometimes you can do everything right and the process continues despite all your efforts. The basic reason for bone loss is an uncoordinated bone remodeling […]
Functional Medicine
Chronic Pain: A Functional Medicine and Functional Neurology Approach
Chronic Pain is an epidemic in America with over 100 million people suffering. By definition chronic pain is pain lasting longer than three months. Many chronic pain sufferers have been failed by our healthcare system for various reasons. Without a doubt our healthcare is the best in the world for acute care, however once the […]
Glutathione: Its Role In Preventing Chronic Degenerative Disease
Glutathione is our most powerful antioxidant; in fact it is called the mother of all antioxidants. Why is it that so few of us have ever heard about it and its importance in maintaining proper health and preventing degenerative diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s and even heart disease? Our bodies make it naturally but several […]
The Bucket Theory: Cellular Health and Detoxification
During my online and in office consultations with patients that have chronic health issues, I will review their lab and genetic testing and discuss the bucket theory and its impact on cellular health, inflammation and detoxification. The bucket theory simply stated is that we were all born with a certain size bucket. Our genetics in […]
Improving Neuropathy With Functional Medicine and Genetics
The current approach for the treatment of neuropathy has not been very successful. There are millions of people that suffer with this condition all across this country. There are several reasons for this failure in part because there are so many causes of neuropathy and in part because the treatment is not directed towards the […]
Alzheimer’s Genetic Testing: Strategies To Control Your Destiny
How can we protect the aging brain and implement effective strategies to recover and improve brain health? Have you noticed more fatigue when reading, driving or working? Have you become more sensitive to bright lights or loud noise? Has your balance, memory or focus begun to change? These can all be important because prior to […]