A new form of supplemental magnesium derived from buckwheat and Swiss chard provides the benefits of this key mineral at lower doses than typical magnesium salt supplements, minimizing the gastrointestinal side effects that deter many people from taking magnesium.
When Dr. Terry Wahls first began speaking about how she had reversed her own case of multiple sclerosis using nutritional and lifestyle interventions, she was quite literally banned by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. “They told me I was creating false hope,” she says. Fortunately, things have changed. Over the last decade, Wahls has helped hundreds of MS patients slow the disease progression and in some cases reverse it completely. And the MS Society now funds her research.
Two pivotal studies on omega-3s —the long awaited REDUCE-IT and VITAL trials, attempt to clarify the clinical roles of omega-3s for cardiovascular risk reduction. While many of the mainstream headlines took a negative view of the findings, the data actually show some meaningful benefits from omega-3s. Dr. Bill Harris, developer of the Omega-3 Index test, weighs in on the negative and positive messags of these important studies.
When treating patients with complex autoimmune diseases, it’s advantageous to, “think of the patient’s biology like a landscape,” proposed Samuel Yanuck, DC, FACFN, at the Institute for Functional Medicine’s 2018 Annual International Conference in Hollywood, FL. Imagine a meadow. An “autoimmune flare is a ditch in the meadow,” he suggested. The question to ask is: “How far are they from the ditch?”
According to Dr. Steven Gundry, author of The Plant Paradox, there are seven broad categories of toxins that are widely prevalent in modern life. Avoiding them is an important step in restoring or preserving good health.
Several recent surveys indicate that the majority of American medical professionals see therapeutic value in cannabis and cannabis-derived substances, and would support federal legalization of adult-use medical cannabis.
fruits, vegetables, and other health foods we’ve long been taught are good for us are actually quietly making us sick, warns cardiologist Steven Gundry, MD, author of “The Plant Paradox.”
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) “is a very serious condition that needs aggressive intervention,” said Gerard Mullin, MD, MS, at the Institute for Functional Medicine’s recent 2018 Annual International Conference in Hollywood, Florida. While conventional medicine offers drugs for symptom management, Mullin believes that to truly heal IBD, clinicians need to “DIGIN,” and work holistically to address the multiple facets of this condition. His DIGIN protocol offers good guidance.
It is important for anyone interested in detoxification to understand a bit about the body’s various detoxification pathways, and the ways in which specific herbs and nutrients can support these processes.
The “Estrobolome” –representing the aggregate of enteric bacterial genes whose products are capable of metabolizing estrogens—is a major influence on a woman’s lifetime exposure to circulating estrogens, and therefore of her risk of developing estrogen-driven cancers.
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