Juice cleanses seem to be all the rage these days, especially with celebrities like Beyonce, Demi Moore, Ashton Kusher and Gwyneth Paltrow touting them. A patient of mine recently sent me an article from The New York Times titled “The Juice Cleanse: A Strange and Green Journey”. She was asking my opinion about juice cleanses, …
Causes of pain
Pain is one of the most common reasons that people visit my office for treatment. That said, I thought I’d write a little bit on the topic. Interestingly, pain doesn’t occur where you “feel” it or believe it to exist. In fact, pain really isn’t a “thing”. Pain is a perception triggered by the activation …
Stress and joint pain
It is not uncommon for patients to report that their joint pain becomes exacerbated during stressful times. There are many known, and probably many to be discovered, different reasons for this. For now I’ll focus on one aspect of the stress response which may seem like minutia, however, if it’s your missing link you’ll want …
Whole-food versus synthetic (isolated) supplements
Very often, though not always, I find that patients require nutritional supplements in order to achieve noticeable and measurable results in their presenting condition. This is true whether the condition is chronic or acute. The quality of the supplements used is certainly important; just as the quality of food you eat is important. However, in …
Unwanted side effects of (bioidentical) hormone replacement therapy
The use of bioidentical hormones got a lot of press after Suzanne Somers (Three’s Company cast member and promoter of the ThighMaster™) began touting them as an alternative to synthetic hormone replacement. I wholeheartedly agree that bioidentical hormones are preferable to synthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Recall the large experiment on the female population known …
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