Have you experienced the severe pain caused by gout? Identifying the cause of gout pain is the first step to addressing the inflammation caused by gout, and it is possible to eliminate gout naturally.For some people, medications may be necessary, but if you get to the root cause they may ...
What is a GI MAP Stool Test and How Can It Help?The GI MAP Stool Test, otherwise known as the Gastrointestinal Microbial Assay Plus or GI-MAP test, has been the number one stool test for a while now to identify gut health issues. The test has recently been updated with new ...
You’ve left it all out on the field—or the court, the pool, or the track. Your body is spent and exhausted, but you don’t have unlimited time to rest.Training is important for success but to train and perform effectively you need your body to recover! If athletes recover quickly they ...
How to treat hypothyroidism naturally, and without medication is a question that I am often asked.But is it even possible?The simple answer is that in most people you can improve thyroid function through diet changes, stress reduction, nutritional and herbal supplementation.That’s the simple answer and now we will go into ...
Got your health all figured out?Sure, you’re watching your diet and making sure you’re moving a lot. So there’s not much more you can do to further optimize your health, right?Let me explain why you might have that impression:One common piece of advice to optimize your health is to “eat ...
The Organic Acids Test, commonly called the OAT test is one of my favourite functional medicine tests - this OAT test review will explain why.Organic acid testing measures 70+ different markers looking at many aspects of your health, and these types of metabolites cannot be tested with standard pathology tests.So ...
Running to the bathroom a few times per night? That could be the first sign of prostate enlargement, otherwise known as BPH.In medical terminology, it is referred to as benign prostate hyperplasia or just BPH. In simple words, it is a prostate disorder, that occurs when the prostate gland that ...
This articles focuses on the importance of Secretory IgA for optimal health, also known as SIgA.Our body, specifically our digestive system aims to absorb good things such as nutrients from the foods we eat.Another key part of the digestive system is to prevent toxins, undigested food substances, and pathogens from ...
Helicobacter pylori virulence factors are not tested as part of a standard H.pylori test, but they are very important when considering whether you need to treat the infection or notHelicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is a common infection that can affect up to 50% of the population. For some people, it can ...
Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms that I see in clinic, clients may present with other health problems but when I review their health history and “other” symptoms, the fatigue box is commonly ticked.There are many different causes of fatigue and identifying the underlying cause is the key ...
The Broken Brain Video series is 8 documentaries focusing on all aspects of how to improve your brain.The Broken Brain video series discusses why conditions like ADHD, autism, depression, anxiety, brain fog, multiple sclerosis, dementia, Alzheimer's disease are on the rise, and what the underlying cause of these conditions are. ...
Why Alzheimer's OccursDr Dale Bredesen in his new book The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline describes the cause of Alzheimer's disease as the brain trying to protect itself from three metabolic and toxic threats, these three threats are listed below.Inflammation (from infection, diet, ...
Recently I have had a number of clients testing positive for Helicobacter pylori with their GI Map or Gut Zoomer stool tests, and I found that many people had not heard of this bacterial infection, or know what widespread affects it can have on your body.Helicobacter pylori natural treatments are ...
I have just finished reading Robb Wolf’s new book “Wired to Eat”, in case you don’t know who Robb Wolf is, he is the author of “The Paleo Solution” and runs the podcast of the same name.I don’t normally write book reviews, but I think this is a great book ...
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