Pollutants lower sperm counts in dogs and humans
Infertility has been a growing problem over the last three decades, with most of the attention focused on women’s reproduction. However, 40 to 50 percent of cases of infertility are [...]
Hashimoto’s: Is Your Thyroid Making Your IBD Worse?
This is shocking: Inflammatory bowel disease costs Americans $7 billion in medical bills every year. And while there are many ways to improve your health and reduce your symptoms – [...]
New study shows processed foods shorten your life
A new study shows regularly eating processed foods — the staple of most western diets — can shorten your life. In functional medicine, we know from the published research that [...]
Gut bacteria play a role in anorexia; eating disorders
People with eating disorders such as anorexia simply do not experience hunger and satiety in the same way people who have a healthy relationship with food do. New research suggests [...]
How to support your brain’s “happiness” chemical
Many people take SSRI antidepressants for depression. However, it’s important to ask why you are feeling depression in the first place. Many important research strides have been made linking chronic [...]
Is chronic stress damaging you? Take an adrenal test
Many of us are too stressed out these days and this can have negative consequences on our bodies and brains, promoting chronic disease and rapid brain degeneration. If you’re concerned [...]
The importance of gluten intolerance testing if you have Hashimoto’s
Numerous studies show a strong link between gluten intolerance and Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid gland, causing hypothyroidism. This is because gluten has a molecular structure [...]
Viruses trigger Celiac disease + other autoimmune disease
Autoimmune disease is a modern epidemic in which your body’s immune system, which normally helps defend you from pathogens, mistakenly attacks your own organs and tissues. Current research tells us [...]
What are Vitamin D Cofactors and Why are they Important?
Sufficient vitamin D levels requires more than a healthy diet and taking supplements—vitamin D cofactors are important too. A shocking three-quarters of the US population has too little vitamin D, [...]
Bad gut bacteria linked to hardening arteries, atherosclerosis
Unhealthy gut bacteria are a bigger risk for atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, than smoking, cholesterol levels, obesity, or diabetes. Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of heart disease. That’s [...]