Over the last few years I have started to adapt a very different practice style, focused primarily on “food medicine” with the addition of nutritional and pharmaceutical support to supplement lifestyle changes. Although diet strategies have always been the central focus of my naturopathic practice, what has changed is that through experience I have seen way too often, that certain…
I’m fascinated by gut flora and the clear impact our flora can have on our overall health. Considered to be a new human organ by many reputable medical sources, and one of the most significant medical discoveries of all time, the microbiome is as unique to each person as is a finger print. More importantly though, the bacteria (and other…
Today, more young people than ever are suffering from a chronic illness — the cause of which has everything to do with eating a toxic diet — that used to occur primarily only among older adults with diabetes. Figures recently compiled as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reveal that roughly 10 percent of American teens are…
Cranberry juice beats bladder infections in children 40 children who had experienced two or more UTIs were randomly assigned to drink either a cranberry juice-rich in PACs (proanthocyanidin) or a non-cranberry juice. The testing occurred at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The reoccurrence rate among the high PAC cranberry juicers was over 65% fewer than the placebo subjects. This type…
FDA Approves EPA-Only Omega-3 PUFA Capsule for High TG By Steve Stiles from medscape Late today the FDA approved a patented synthetic ethyl eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), icosapent ethyl (Vascepa, formerly AMR101, Amarin) [1], for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia. It should now become the market’s second omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) preparation available only by prescription. Vascepa is a purified marine-oil…
Celiac Disease: Not So Rare, Mostly Undiagnosed By: Steven Fox @ Medscape The prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in the United States may be more common than originally thought, according to findings from the first large population-based study that sampled people from a variety of ethnic groups. Among the survey’s key findings are that nearly 2 million people have CD,…