How to Optimize Your Cardiovascular Function to Maximize Energy
Dr. Sean X. Hesler, ND Thyroid, adrenals, anemia, stress, infections…oh my! When most health-savvy people think of fatigue, they think of these causes. While these are very common causes of fatigue in my patients, as a whole-patient Naturopathic Physician, I always consider my patients’ cardiovascular health as KEY to their energy levels! Reduced circulation is […]
Feeling Fatigued? Could it be Your Thyroid?
Dr Sarah Preston Hesler, ND What is the thyroid and what does it do? The thyroid is a gland located near the base of your neck, which is responsible for the body’s metabolism. The pituitary gland in your brain signals the thyroid to produce thyroid hormone which stimulates the metabolism. The thyroid is responsible for many […]
Can A Virus Make You Fat?
Alethea Fleming, ND Not all Obesity is the Same A body that is sedentary and fed with junk food will end up unhealthy and usually fat. It stands to reason then that simply eating a healthy diet and moving more is the secret to staying trim. For many people that is true, but for […]
How the Microbiome Affects Weight Loss
Dr. Alethea Fleming, ND Feed your gut microbes well, and they will help keep you trim We are all too familiar with the broken refrain that to lose weight we must eat less and exercise more. However, starvation portions and more time on the treadmill doesn’t work. This series examines several simple tweaks that help […]
Environmental Impacts on Weight
Dr. Alethea Fleming, ND Beyond Eating Less and Exercising More: Part 3 We are all too familiar with the broken refrain that to lose weight we must eat less and exercise more. However, starvation portions and more time on the treadmill doesn’t work. This series examines several simple tweaks that help keep weight off. There […]
Normalizing Movement and Embracing Intervals for Weight Loss
Dr. Alethea Fleming, ND We are all too familiar with the broken refrain that to lose weight we must eat less and exercise more. However, starvation portions and more time on the treadmill doesn’t work. This series examines several simple tweaks that help keep weight off. Read part one of this series on weight loss here. […]
Figuring Out Fat After 40
Dr. Carrie Louise Daenell, ND What’s going on here?! Doing everything right, yet packing on the pounds with every passing year? Losing and regaining the same 5 or 10 pounds? Stuck and unable to lose, at all? There has to be another way, as we move into the next decades of our lives! There is. My […]
How to Eliminate Water Retention before your Period
Dr. Donata Girolamo, ND How awful does it feel to be bloated, swollen, puffy, and uncomfortable 1-2 weeks per month? A lot of women describe feeling this way at some point before their period comes; one source quoting over 50% of PMS sufferers1. Water retention can affect the face, hands, lower legs, and abdomen. Some […]
Vitamin D and Weight Loss Surgery
A study published in the journal Obesity Science and Practice took a look at the link between Vitamin D and weight loss surgery. Low vitamin D levels have long been identified as an unwanted hallmark of bariatric surgeries. Vitamin D supplements are often prescribed after weight loss surgery because of evidence that the operations reduce […]
Fish Oil to Control Obesity
In an article published on Nature.com’s scientific reports page, a study looked at fish oil and the sympathetic nervous system. Fish oil contains the fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in abundance. Fish oil, regarded as a healthy addition to the diet of diabetic patients, have hypolipidaemic effects, augment the efficacy of […]