If you’re new to natural health and supplementation, many of the terms you hear often will be totally foreign. One of our primary goals here is to help you to be educated and informed. We believe educated people make better patients with better outcomes. It’s only a matter of time until everyone comes into contact…
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The taste of citrus has always been a welcome sight in the summer. Now, “multiple studies have determined that eating citrus fruits will help ulcers and reduce the risk of stomach cancer.” A study from South Korea’s Jeju National University School of Medicine analyzed five large population studies that tracked stomach cancer. The studies were…
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Over the years, researchers have linked chocolate, particularly dark chocolate, to many health-positives. A new study from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health is drawing a new, stronger connections with AFib. AFib (Atrial Fibrillation) is a heart condition presenting as an irregular heartbeat. Many with the condition describe it as feeling like a flutter…
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If you’re a regular listener to the show, you may have heard Joe discuss intermittent/periodic fasting. Here’s a recent clip from the show where he mentions it: So what exactly is intermittent fasting? Intermittent Fasting (or IF) is an eating pattern that limits the number of calories you have, and more importantly, when you have…
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What in the world is an elimination diet? Isn’t every diet an elimination diet? You’d think, right? But no. An elimination diet (or food challenge test) is a specific diet you do for a period of time to help determine any food allergies or sensitivities. In general, they follow a simple pattern: Weeks 1 –…
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Not that we need another reason to enjoy a cup of coffee, but there are a BUNCH of studies now showing that drinking coffee has some effect on reducing your risk of various skin cancers! The most recent study followed over 500,000 people in Europe between the ages of 25-70 for nearly 20 years. During that…
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Many gut health issues, including crohn’s disease, can be helped dramatically by sticking to an elimination diet. Two studies, one from Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University, and the other from Università di Bologna, Italy, showed that simply using an elimination diet was a very effective primary treatment. From the Italian study: CONCLUSIONS: These…
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It’s always fun to see research confirm what we already new to be true! New studies out are showing that eating just a handful of nuts three times a week lowers the risk of metabolic syndrome in teens. About 12% of US teens are feeling the effects of metabolic syndrome (which leads to early heart disease…
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High Fructose Corn Syrup by any other name is still too sweet. (Apologies to Shakespeare) Food manufacturers are hoping you won’t recognize a “new” product for what it is: The same old thing with a new name. We all know that High Fructose Corn Syrup is terrible for you and even worse for kids. As that…
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Several studies are out further confirming the link between proper supplementation and brain health. One study focused on vitamin D deficiency in ethnic minorities and found the following: “Low VitD status was associated with accelerated decline in cognitive function domains in ethnically diverse older adults, including African American and Hispanic individuals who exhibited a high…
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