Oct 12
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Bromine and Thyroid Health

Bromine and Thyroid Health

By Thyroid
If you are like most people, you probably haven’t spent much time thinking about how much bromine you’re absorbing from your car upholstery or your Mountain Dew. But bromine toxicity is a definite danger from some surprising sources, and it can wreak havoc on your health. Bromines All Around You Bromines are common endocrine disruptors, and are part of the…
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Sep 24
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Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Prescription | Total Health Center VB

Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism: Why Do I Have to Continually Increase My Hormone Dose?

By Thyroid
According to the Endocrine Society, eight to ninety percent of all cases of hypothyroidism in the United States have an autoimmune mechanism, which leads to the actual low thyroid production. This is commonly referred to as Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroid. The immune system is the source of the problem in these cases, which requires certain questions to be asked and answered…
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Mar 08
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Digestion Herbs

By Digestion and Digestive Disorders, Total Health
The Power of Digestive Herbs… And Which Ones Matter Most   Digestion… The under-appreciated process that drives life and well being. Digestion begins once food enters the mouth, where chewing and saliva start the break down process. A quick swallow and consumables are sent to the stomach, ready for the real action to commence. As the acids and enzymes transform…
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Feb 11
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How To Correctly Test For Adrenal Fatigue

By Total Health
Often new patients come into our practice complaining of tiredness, where the alarm disturbs rather than wakes and getting up and ready for each day is difficult. Coffee is reported as an indispensible best friend, although it doesn’t ease the brain fog or poor memory. Energy slumps snatch their focus at around 3-5pm and 7-10pm, yet if they stay up…
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Jan 06
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Vitamin K The Secrets of the Forgotten Nutrient

By Total Health
Vitamin K… Have you heard of this potent health improving nutrient? Chances are you may not have. While research into vitamin K has expanded over the last eight decades since its discovery in 1935, leading to a greater understanding of the importance of this nutrient and insights into the variety of effects it has in our bodies, it is still…
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Nov 22
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Discover effective strategies for improving stomach acid and digestion, reducing bloating, heartburn, and gastrointestinal discomfort.

Digestion

By Digestion and Digestive Disorders, Total Health
Best Practices For Optimal Stomach Acid & Digestion Sometimes bloating, belching or heartburn after a meal is nothing but a fleeting irritation, but all too often it becomes a chronic problem. When patients feel overly full, develop severe heartburn, continually bloat or belch, or their doctor diagnoses them with gastrointestinal disease, something is clearly amiss. The Digestive System & Immunity…
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Oct 25
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Health Benefits of Collagen - Total Health Center VB

Health Benefits of Collagen

By Total Health
Collagen vs. Gelatin: Health Benefits & Differences People often refer to collagen and gelatin interchangeably, but they’re not the same thing. They do come from the same sources such as skin, tissue, and bones, and they are both proteins with health benefits. However, they also have specific properties. Similarities Between Collagen & Gelatin Collagen and gelatin have identical amino acid…
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Jan 10
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US Health Care is Broken!!!

By Total Health
The us health care system is broken. Special interest groups are controlling public policy and we suffer. Functional medicine is the health care of the future ( I hope and pray) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/10/americans-sicker-die-younger
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Nov 16
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No more Twinkies !! Mixed feelings.

By Total Health
I just read that Hostess is closing down. As a kid I loved Twinkies and Ho Ho’s and do not forget wonder bread, so there is a powerful nostalgia built into me. As an adult with children and a doctor with chronically ill patients I see the harm that these products cause our population. The important point that came to…
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