I’m sure you’ve heard something about Vitamin D lately. This all-important vitamin seems to be in the news constantly, with new research revealing connections between vitamin D deficiency and a myriad of health concerns, including cancer, depression, osteoporosis, immune dysfunction, diabetes, heart [...]
The hourglass shape of a woman’s body allows the pelvis to provide primary support for everything above it. The pelvis is the foundation upon which much of the body’s structure rests, and just as with any other kind of structure, it’s important [...]
Without a doubt, eating well and having optimal nutrition is the number-one strategy for creating lifelong health, regardless of your starting point. You may be highly conscientious and diligent about your diet, or you may be in despair about your nutrition and [...]
Updated 6/28/2020 When I asked Daniela, 33, what her primary reason for coming to see me was, she answered “I’m just so tired all the time. It takes me so long to get out of bed in the morning, and when I [...]
How long has it been since you felt truly great? Stop for a moment and take inventory of how you feel right now. Are you feeling tired, bloated, moody, flabby, achy or spaced-out? Do your clothes fit a little tighter than you [...]
Your bones, hair, teeth, and nails are all mirrors of what you put into your body. In my practice, I encourage patients to try a combination approach to preventing and treating osteoporosis that begins with optimal nutrition. In short, this means: Take [...]
Updated 11/08/2020 Answers to Your Questions About Irregular Periods Janet was very worried when she came to see me for the first time. She’d always had a regular menstrual cycle, she said, but recently things had shifted. She’d missed one period, then [...]
Up until relatively recently, conventional medicine has had little to offer women suffering from symptoms of hormonal change. Until a woman was deemed to be officially in menopause and could be prescribed synthetic hormone therapy, she was often told that her symptoms [...]
Learn About Low Thyroid Function - Issues and Approaches to Hypothyroidism in Women The thyroid gland is a little winged gland in our necks that controls the rate of function for every cell and gland in the body, including growth, repair and [...]
Premenstrual syndrome, or PMS, is one of the most common forms of hormonal imbalance affecting women. Up to 75% of all American women who menstruate report experiencing PMS symptoms, and as many as 30–40% report impairment of their daily activity due to [...]
