CATEGORY: Health and Wellness
Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Fugue
A discussion of how a person can lose awareness of their identity. This week our focus in on something other than hormone replacement specifically. This topic is often more related to Counseling and Psychology. But it is real, and it[...]
Chronic Inflammation and How to Counteract it
One of the problems that develops chronic inflammation is the accumulation of heavy metals in the body like mercury. This week, we make the distinction between acute inflammation and chronic inflammation. A chronic condition is more enduring and long term.[...]
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – The Characterizations of Inflammation in Modern Medicine
Inflammation can be both good and bad. What matters is that we recognize when it is a signal of an acute problem. Inflammation is considered the bad guy in the world of preventive medicine…the condition that causes damage to joints,[...]
Filling Your Script Doesn’t Treat Your Problem Unless You Take It as Directed
Doctors will tell you to take all of your prescription, even if you begin to feel better before the deadline is reached. This week, we are discussing the concept of taking your prescription medicines as they are prescribed. There is[...]
Atrial Fibrillation is an Electrical Short in the Heart
Atrial fibrillation can be caused by chronic stress, chronic fast heart rate called tachycardia, or a genetic weakness. Heart Disease, Blood Flow, SA node, Right Atrium, Left Atrium, ventricular contraction, neurologic malfunction of the heart. Before I can explain a common[...]
It is not your imagination you do lose muscle mass as you age.
Don't take your muscle mass for granted. We take our muscle mass for granted unless we are body builders. There are five reasons why this happens: Decrease in testosterone after age 40 for women and 45 for men. Inactivity is[...]
How Your Sympathetic Nervous System Responds in Times of Stress and Fear
It is not easy to control what is happening inside your body when fear or stress occurs. Everyone responds to fear differently on the outside: they stop eating, or they eat everything in the house, they become immobilized or they[...]
The Apple iPhone Health Heart can save your life!
This may save more lives than anything we have talked about in our 500 Healthcasts. During this time of quarantine we all need something to do that is positive and protective, right? I think one of the best things you[...]
How do we age, concerning the Brain, the Sensory System, and the Muscle System.
The amount of muscle mass you maintain depends on how much testosterone and growth hormone you produce or replace. The brain is complex and is not a static organ. It is always growing new cells and breaking down the old[...]
Aging of the GI System
Our intestines do a lot more for us than we actually give it credit for. The entire system from your mouth to the end of the alimentary canal. Food that we eat is a fuel. We ingest it in the[...]