Recently I’ve realized that the most popular search term that guides people to my website is “ileocecal valve” (and variations thereof). Because of this, I thought I should write a few more words about the significance of it. If you are not familiar with the ileocecal valve, please refer to this article first, which explains [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fatigue’
Ileocecal valve – revisited
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions, tagged Applied Kinesiology, digestive disorders, fatigue, lower back pain on November 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Folic Acid/B12-deficiency anemia (megaloblastic & pernicious anemia)
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged anemia, blood tests, fatigue, homocysteine, remedies, supplements, vitamin B12, vitamins on August 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Let’s talk about two common types of anemia I see in my patients. They are self explanatory like iron-deficiency anemia. Megaloblastc anemia refers to a deficiency of folic acid and/or vitamin B12, and pernicious anemia refers to B12-deficiency specifically. Every single cell in your body requires folic acid and vitamin B12 in order to “mature” [...]
Iron-deficiency anemia
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged anemia, blood tests, depression, fatigue, female health, remedies, supplements on August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It is quite common for a (female) patient to come to my office and tell me she is anemic. And very often, she has been diagnosed with it several months ago. My question is always: “Why are you still anemic if you found out about several months ago?” With the exception of some (rare) complications [...]
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