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Postponing your ovary’s retirement plans: Two factors that may extend fertility.
If you would say that menopause can’t get here soon enough, this advice may not be for you. On the other hand, if you think that your ‘clock is still ticking’ and you want to extend your ovarian reserve, that is-the number of viable cycles you have left, there are two factors you may want to consider. Environmental hormone disruptors There…
Is there help for PMS?
Vitamin D & PMS Reduction As you probably know, premenstrual syndrome is a group of symptoms that express themselves in the latter half of one’s menstrual cycle. If you’re not aware that this can be an issue, you can probably skip the rest of this article. However, those who know this story will recognize the typical cluster of PMS symptoms which…
PMS relief with Calcium and Vitamin D
As you probably know, premenstrual syndrome is a group of symptoms that express themselves in the latter half of one’s menstrual cycle. If you’re not aware that this can be an issue, you can probably skip the rest of this article. However, those who know this story will recognize the typical cluster of PMS symptoms which include : mood swings, food cravings,…
There’s More to Sunlight Than Vitamin D
For years I have advised patients that judicious exposure to sunlight has multiple health advantages. A recent scientific consensus article in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition addressed this issue as it reviewed the pertinent literature and documents on how UV exposure has many additional health benefits above and beyond those related to improving Vitamin D levels. An excellent…
Have you been told you have rocks in your head? It could be true…
One out of every four or five people DO have rocks in their head. Well, more accurately, in their throats. If you still have your tonsils, there are nooks and crannies around them called tonsillar crypts that can harbor small tonsillar stones called tonsilloliths. These small stones, ranging from the size of a grain of rice and up to that of…
Master’s Athletes test out as "25 years younger"
This year’s Senior Olympics will include 10,000 men and women aged from 50 to 100, and begin this Friday in and around Minneapolis-St. Paul, in Minnesota. In celebration of this event, this post reviews the latest evidence that older athletes can be much younger, physically, than their birth certificate would otherwise suggest, according to a new study of participants in the…
Optimal nutrition and the chewing gum−maldigestion link.
You’ve heard it said that “you are what you eat”, right? A more accurate version would be: “you are what you absorb from what you eat.” We all need to break down food into basic nutrient forms, proteins into amino acids−for instance, before our body can absorb them into the bloodstream. This starts in the mouth, by chewing the food into…
Riboflavin: a simple nutrient that can reduce one of America’s most common pain problems by 50%
Migraine headaches are one of the most common pain problems in the U.S., affecting 18% of women and 6% of men. There are several underlying factors that predispose to migraines. One of these is an underproduction of energy in the mitochondrial ‘power plants’ in brain cells. Several clinical studies, the first dating back as far as 1946, have shown that Vitamin…
Protecting your skin from the inside out
It’s that time of year again, when long and sunny days invite us outdoors to raise our spirits and our Vitamin D level. While avoiding more than 30 minutes of mid-day sun is good advice, there are going to be days where you get more sun than anticipated. While sun blocker ads are telling us what to put on your skin,…
Pesticides: Eating organic really does make a difference
This video from Sweden, where they probably already eat healthier than here in the U.S., demonstrates how quickly you can detox organic contaminants by changing your food sources. And the especially impressive drop in the urinary pesticides in the children when eating organic is certainly motivating. As pesticides are a well known factor for promoting inflammation and carcinogenic changes, clearing them…
Consumer Reports Talks about Menopausal Therapy
A recent Consumer Reports article has raised concern among those considering therapy for menopause related symptoms. Because of general interest and concern over this article, I’d like to address several comments they have made. Many of them are good medical advice, and some others…well, read on to hear a differing opinion. They say: “First, you should know that medicines containing various…
100 oz./day: the price of hydration
Our bodies are two-thirds water. It fills, surrounds, bathes and nourishes every one of our 100 trillion or so cells. “Water is the basis of all life and that includes your body. Your muscles that move your body are 75% water; your blood that transport nutrients is 82% water; your lungs that provide your oxygen are 90% water; your brain that…