Many of the most commonly used drugs including diuretics, proton pump inhibitors, and antibiotics can cause magnesium-wasting. Though it may be asymptomatic, drug-induced hypomagnesemia is a contributing factor to many chronic diseases (Image: Olga Sadnikova/Shutterstock)
Many of the most widely prescribed drugs, including diuretics, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), and certain antibiotics, can cause magnesium wasting. Given how many people are on one or more of these drugs, it is likely that a large segment of the global population–and many of your patients– have iatrogenic magnesium-deficiency.
Most physicians do not routinely evaluate magnesium status. But they should, state Rhian M. Touyz, PhD, and colleagues of the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal.
It is time to rethink how we’re using folate, and its derivatives, methylfolate and folinic acid. Recent research suggests that people who routinely take more than 1000 μg of folic acid per day may be at increased risk of cognitive decline, asthma, impaired immune function, and certain types of cancer (Fardous AM, et al. Nutrients. […]
Add retinal damage to the long and growing list of potential sequelae of Covid-19. Researchers at the University of Missouri have shown that the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for triggering the ‘classic’ respiratory and immunologic symptoms of Covid can also pass the blood-retinal barrier, causing retinal damage and visual impairment. Like the blood-brain barrier, the blood-retina […]
Candida is a commensal microorganism living in the digestive tract of the vast majority of our patients. For most, it causes no harm. But certain common lifestyle factors and medication exposures promote overgrowth of Candida species, leading to a fungal-predominant dysbiosis with sometimes severe systemic symptoms.
Candidal
overgrowth is often an important piece of the chronic illness puzzle. In
some cases, it can be the crux of chronic disease.
There’s a vast
amount of conflicting information about dietary approaches to treating Candida
overgrowth. Similarly, recommendations for use of antifungals to address
Candida also vary widely.
In this free
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you can use to gently help your patients heal from Candidiasis and prevent
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You’ll learn
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The basic characteristics and qualities of Candida
Causes and drivers of GI Candidiasis
Signs & Symptoms
When to Treat
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Dr. Blake Myers is a naturopathic physician, teacher, and author, who earned his ND degree from Bastyr University. With well over a decade of clinical practice experience, Dr. Blake’s clinical expertise ranges from emergency medicine to primary care, complex chronic illness, chronic pain, and integrative addiction medicine. Grounded in naturopathic principles and philosophy, Dr. Blake takes a root cause, vitalistic, systems biology, and holistic approach to clinical practice. He is a core faculty member at Saybrook University in the masters and PhD programs in Integrative and Functional Nutrition. In addition to the fields of medicine and writing, you can often find Dr. Blake fly fishing, playing and recording music, and going on bike rides with Leonida, his 6 year-old-son
