Candida albicans is a yeast that is normally present in our gastrointestinal tract, skin, and vaginal tract in women. Under normal circumstances it remains in those places causing no harm whatsoever. However, it is quite common for candida to grow out of control and cause many debilitating symptoms. An overgrowth of candida is probably one [...]
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Candida and yeast infections – a virtual epidemic
Posted in common conditions, tagged back pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, digestive disorders, GERD, heartburn symptoms, irritable bowel syndrome, lower back pain, symptoms, yeast infections on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How to eat to maintain healthy blood sugar levels
Posted in common conditions, food, tagged anti-aging, chronic fatigue syndrome, sugar on October 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
You may have already read my article titled “General guidelines for a healthy diet“. Often I’ll listen to patients tell me what foods they eat, and they are all great choices. They don’t eat sugar or starches (or perhaps very few starches), they avoid the most common food allergens and sensitivities, etc.. Early on in [...]
Recovering from adrenal fatigue
Posted in common conditions, food, remedies, tagged anti-aging, chronic fatigue syndrome, remedies on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I wrote two articles on the topic of (adrenal) stress. Please refer to those articles in order to gain a better understanding of how the adrenal glands and stress play a role in our health. When I think of experts in the field of endocrinology (the study of the hormone-secreting endocrine glands), Janet Lang, [...]
Adrenal Stress Syndrome
Posted in common conditions, food, tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, digestive disorders, pain, sugar, symptoms on September 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Everyone experiences stress to some degree. The amount of stress and ability of your body to adapt to it will determine how it affects your health and well-being. We have 2 adrenal glands that sit atop each of our kidneys and are sometimes referred to as the “stress glands”, because they secrete stress hormones (cortisol) [...]
Blood sugar regulation
Posted in common conditions, food, tagged blood tests, chronic fatigue syndrome, sugar, symptoms on September 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I talk about blood sugar metabolism being so important to health and wellness that I figured I should start writing articles about it. It’s such an enormous topic and impacts health in so many ways…. Because of this, I thought we should start with the basic physiological mechanisms of blood sugar metabolism. Really basic, it’s [...]
Causes of chronic fatigue and exhaustion
Posted in common conditions, food, tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, detoxify, fatigue, hypothyroidism on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I was reading an article titled “Yawning? 6 surprising reasons why you are exhausted“, on the “Shine” section of Yahoo®. So now I’ll share my comments on it, and expand on some more ideas on why you may be exhausted. Before I get into the reasons mentioned in the article, I want to quickly [...]
Arthritis, back pain, digestive complaints… and nightshades
Posted in food, tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, detoxify, fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Nightshades are plants in the solanaceae family. Within that family are some common foods in almost everyone’s diet. These include: potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, and all types of pepper (except black pepper). According to Michael Lebowitz, DC, goji berries and ashwaganda (“Indian Ginseng”) contain the same potential toxin as nightshades. And the National Toxicology Program reports [...]
ALL FISH CONTAIN TOXIC MERCURY!
Posted in common conditions, food, tagged anemia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, digestive disorders, fatigue, fish, hypothyroidism, mercury on August 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
According the Associated Press (AP), every single fish tested from nearly 300 streams in the US were found to be contaminated with the toxic metal mercury. However, “only about a quarter had mercury levels exceeding what the Environmental Protection Agency says is safe for people eating average amounts of fish”. The EPA states on their [...]
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