“It looks like I’m pregnant!” Marge exclaimed. Treated abdominal distention, bloating continued for over three years. “Every time I eat anything I immediately get bloating. My abdomen fills up and...
Need calm? It is far to easy these days to feel overwhelmed by concerns about your health, finances, or family. Stress and anxiety can make it difficult to enjoy life,...
“Pancreatic cancer is the best thing that ever happened to me!” Sitting at the kitchen table in the home of Dr. Bob to sign papers for the purchase of his...
“You are what you eat!” The huge words from a colorful poster in the cafeteria of my elementary school keep coming to mind. Fifty years ago, as a child, and...
Hypertension every day affects more people recently, I have had several patients in my office who have been on inappropriate blood pressure medications for different reasons. Medication given to Alex...
Recently, I have had several patients in my office who have been on inappropriate blood pressure medications for different reasons. Alex was given medication which didn’t seem to be working....
There are two lists of risk factors for heart disease. One is the “traditional list” and the other is the "scientific list.” The Traditional List The traditional list [1] comes...
We often focus so hard on the outward things that we miss the more important things of life. It’s so easy to look at diet, exercise, and nutrients as the...
Karen had many children from adults to young children and her house was always busy. She did not want to miss out on any fun at night, and she had...
The J Curve Today, I would like to share something called “optimal.” We often think of things on a linear scale, but biology is rarely linear. There is a possibility...
I would like to spare everyone the pain of reading this article by summarizing it up front in three words: Eat More Plants! Now that I have that out of...
A substance required by the body to function, but not made by the body, is by definition a vitamin. B-vitamins are a very important group of substances that needed for...
