Plastic is a brilliant invention. It’s light, flexible, and extroadinarily versitile. It’s the ultimate material for a society that values convenience and affordability. With these benefits comes a a huge price for our health and the environment: – Every piece of plastic that was ever produced still exists – Only about 25% of the plastic produced…
“Your blood test results were fine.” It’s the words that you hope to hear from your doctor a week after the annual dreaded blood test. “What a relief”, you think to yourself, “I am as strong as an ox!” Not so fast! You may want to read between the (blood) lines. The reference ranges that…
So you say you want to eat healthier, feel better, and have more energy. Perhaps, you want to cut out the pizza and eat some kale instead. This is easier said than done. You’ve probably tried sugar-free diets, week long juice detoxes, and low carbohydrate meal plans but nothing seems to stick. Why aren’t these…
So, you have an allergy to gluten, but you think it might be celiac. Well, it’s definitely a gluten intolerance, or perhaps a gluten sensitivity? One thing is for certain: Self-diagnosing yourself is never a good idea. By now, I’m sure you’re well versed on the gluten-free craze that stormed our nation over the past 10 years. Entire supermarket aisles…
Chances are you were scolded by a preschool teacher for packing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in your child’s lunchbox this year… Last week your coworker told you a story about a friend who accidentally consumed some fish sauce and went into anaphylactic shock … Just the other day some pollen drifted through your open bathroom window, which caused a sneezing…
We often take for granted how absolutely perfect the conditions on earth had to be for life to exist: life requires carbon, energy from the sun, water, oxygen, gravity, atmospheric gases, and neighboring moons. As far as we know, life is unique to our home planet. The earth existed in relative harmony for 4.6 billion years, however, humans…
Irregular periods. Check. Elevated insulin. Check. Elevated cortisol, testosterone and estrogen. Check, check, check. Excessive hair growth. Check. Acne. Check. Inability to lose weight. Check. Did you check off each symptom? If the answer is yes then you’ve probably already been diagnosed with PCOS. About 1 in 10 women are diagnosed with PCOS. PCOS is most commonly…
Only 100 years ago we used leeches to treat infections and mercury to cure syphilis. Today, if a doctor tried to administer mercury or attach leeches to a patients arm, the doctor would be sued for malpractice. In another 100 years we’ll look back at chemotherapy and radiation in the same way: archaic. Conventional cancer treatment will be phased out of our medical…
Rebuilding your health is daunting. You may not know where to start. But there’s good news! In your lifetime 98% of the cells in your body will die and be replaced with new cells. Hence, this time next year you will be a different person. Perhaps you’re not as old you think 😉 Why do…
All disease begins in the gut.” – Hippocrates Is it cliche to quote Hippocrates on a health blog? Oh well. Hippocrates was getting at something here. Perhaps all diseases do not begin in the gut but there is mounting evidence that many chronic diseases do. Did you know that we have a second brain? And it’s…
Think about it for a minute… It’s difficult to define what health really means. Health is not simply the absence of disease. We commonly define health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being” but who can say that they have achieved this? These days it seems that everyone is suffering from disease in one way…
Not too long ago I, myself went through a health crisis. My health was taken away from me as quick as a flip of a light switch. I was 25 years old. I woke up with severe burning in my hands and throbbing joint pains throughout my body. An avid runner at the time, I…
It’s time to alter your perspective on how disease forms in the body. This post will give you the perfect platform for understanding why we develop “diseases”. We are programed to think that disease is something that invades your body, but that is rarely the case. Disease is intelligently created by the body to deal…
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The Health Antidote 