Medical Reports

Using Deodorant This Summer? Read this first…

Well, it’s closing in on summertime. That means it’s time to blog about on of my favorite, holistic ways to get prepped for summer… tackling armpit odor!   I hate having any armpit funk. But I FINALLY found something that has totally, and I mean COMPLETELY taken away any and all forms of pit body odor!!!! Are you ready for this life changing realization? 
It’s something you can do too! I’ll tell you at the end of this post.     But first… my armpit odor solution is not going to be an antiperspirant or deodorant recommendation, and here’s why: …

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Dementia: A Gluten Induced Condition (And What To Do About It)

  Last week I shared a new study that proves and association between Alzheimers Disease and pesticide exposure… and 4 things you can do to decrease your own risk.   This week, I want to continue with the focus on brain health and share with you a very interesting idea that I’ve begun to embrace whole-heartedly… …that gluten may be casting a brain-fog over our entire civilization!     Enter this book: Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar — Your Brain’s Silent Killers, by Dr. David Perlmutter, Associate Professor at the University of Miami School of …

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Evidence That Pesticides Increase Alzheimers Risk

New evidence shows that having measurable levels of pesticide metabolites in your blood increases your risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 400%.   Published on January 27, 2014 in JAMA Neurology, a new study shows that high levels of DDE (a metabolic by-product of notorious pesticide DDT) in the body was found to cause a 4-fold increase in Alzheimers Disease risk. This study confirms that if there are serum levels of DDE in your blood (from pesticide exposure) this is crossing your blood-brain barrier and directly affecting your brain.   Even though DDT was banned in the United States in 1972, …

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10 Natural Ways To Get Constipation Relief

I’ve had more questions lately from patients regarding constipation relief than any other topic, so I figured I might as well share some of my top tips for easy bowel movements here on the blog with you today! Moving your bowels is important on an energetic level, because this is an important way that we process and release old, unwanted, toxic emotions from our body. Out with the old, in with the new.   Can’t poop? That energetic release process gets S-L-O-W-E-D…. D-O-W-N… way down.   You can fix it naturally, though. Here is how:   1. Water Recent medical …

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Why Allergies Might Help You Live Longer

A new study suggests that folks with allergic rhinitis are more likely to outlive the rest of us.   Allergic rhinitis patients have a decreased risk of heart attack, a decreased risk of stroke and over all a significantly decreased risk of all-cause mortality!   “They were basically half as likely to die during the study period,” says Dr. Crans Yoon, after looking at a database of over 200,000+ allergic rhinitis patients and following those patients for a 7 year period.   Presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2014 conference, Dr. Yoon found that people who …

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Omega 3’s Increase Brain Volume

  You know I love sharing positive holistic health news with you here. And today is the best!   Positive health information is the only kind of health news I feel is worth focusing on… coupled with practical things you can do TODAY to increase your health and well being for a lifetime. I literally scour the medical literature to bring you something uplifting each and every week. Nothing bothers me more than medical reports or natural health news that try to effect change by creating fear about our health, fear about the foods we consume, fear about the impending …

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Caffeine — Best Study Aid Ever?

Last week, I shared with you the news of the recently found heart protective quality of caffeine. Caffeine appears to have an enhancing effect on memory consolidation as well, suggests a study published right on the heels of last week’s study.     Published on January 12, 2014 in Nature Neuroscience, caffeine was shown to have an immediate boost on memory. 140 participants of this study were able to remember and recall images that they were shown 24 hours later better if they were consuming caffeine while looking at the initial image. They were better able to discriminate differences and …

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