Stop Food Poisoning Instantly

July 19, 2011

Do you know that yucky feeling you get when you’ve eaten something bad?  Then bloating, diarrhea and even nausea and vomiting begin to happen.  We’ve all had food poisoning before and it’s not a fun time.  Due to the fact that the gut and brain are intimately connected it’s very difficult to do anything when [...]

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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

July 19, 2011

Are you suffering from fatigue, depression, sweet cravings or an inability to lose weight? Your thyroid could be a major contributing factor to these symptoms. Your thyroid may have been checked by your physician but were you evaluated for autoimmune thyroid disease? The number one cause of hypothyroidism in the world is Hashimoto’s autoimmune thyroid. [...]

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Sinus Infections

July 18, 2011

Western North Carolina is a breeding ground for sinus infections, or sinusitis. The climate, plant life, pollution and surrounding mountains make this area tough on all of our sinuses. Sinusitis is basically inflammation and infection of the sinuses, which inhibits normal clearance of mucous. It affects approximately 31 million adults and children in the US. [...]

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Hysterectomy? – Think again!

July 18, 2011

In February of 2000 a paper was published in the prestigious medical journal Obstetrics and Gynecology entitled, “The appropriateness of recommendations for hysterectomy.” The authors were four MD’s from the University of California Los Angeles and they reported some very disturbing data. 497 women who had hysterectomies were evaluated for the appropriateness of their surgeries [...]

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Thyroid Disrupting Chemicals

July 17, 2011

Recent research by Dr. Thomas Zoeller in the prestigious medical journal Thyroid, indicates that environmental chemicals can interfere with thyroid function. These chemicals can have a negative effect on thyroid function in a few different ways. They can inhibit thyroid hormone production, inhibit the conversion of thyroid hormone into the active form, and bind to [...]

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Fat Burning Supplements That Work

July 13, 2011

There are a lot of supplements out there that claim to burn fat and help you lose weight. Many of these do not have enough research to back up the claims that are made. The following supplements have plenty of solid research behind them for weight loss. If you were to ask me what one [...]

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Fibromyalgia – Vitamins and Minerals

July 13, 2011

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome characterized by muscle achiness, stiffness, and exaggerated tenderness at 18 specified tender points. It occurs in approximately 2% of the population mainly in women and does tend to run in families. Fibromyalgia was actually described at the turn of the 20th century but was not classified as a pain [...]

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