Do any stores near you carry the magazine Spirituality & Health? If so, swing by and pick up a copy of the May/June issue and check out my article, “Why go Paleo?” with some really great photography taken by the son of a friend of mine. No such local store?
Perhaps one shouldn’t be eating pork at all?
The Bible, and some biblically based nutritionists, believe that the meat from pigs is unavoidably contaminated by their willingness to eat almost anything. If a pig has eaten something rotten, maybe their meat is rotten? Following that same argument, we’d have to caution the people living in the Mediterranean and Himalayan regions to stop eating goat meat as well.
Several times a day, I find myself discussing chemistry and currency with my patients. The chemistry part is to describe what comprises a methyl group: a carbon atom with three atoms of hydrogen attached to it. And though I know nothing really about economics, I do understand that methyl groups are the currency used for transactions in numerous parts of our physiology.
I love the potential benefits of using hormone replacement therapy! As a post-menopausal woman, aiming for vibrant health as long as possible, as a physician and research geek, and the daughter and grand-daughter of women with breast cancer, I take hormone replacement therapy, and – unless information changes – will continue to do so as long as I’m able! I’ve looked into the subject very thoroughly, so – if you’re curious – here’s a meandering through the science of hormones, with my personal take on the whole subject.
Everything we put in our mouths affects the health of our brains. What we are learning now is that sweets don’t appear to be good for our brains, while healthy fats are good brain food. The story, however, gets much more complex than that.
The synthesis of thyroid hormone, and its regulation, are complicated! If you’ve followed my Thyroid Thicket series, you have an overview of approaching someone who might be considered to have thyroid hormones.
One of the details mentioned early in Part Three is that if you have low iodine, you might normalize thyroid levels by simply replacing iodine (or zinc, or magnesium).
IMeRG Emerging
Last weekend, February 28, 2015, I gave a quick five-minute presentation to the first meeting of our local IMeRG group. I want to tell you about the event and the group.
First, IMeRG is the brainchild of one of our local physicians, Dr. Dawn LeManne, an integrative oncologist with a keen understanding of metabolism and its interaction with cancer cells.
OK, I have no idea whether statin drugs look anything like the pills in the picture, but what is a greater mystery to me: why isn’t the world jumping up and down about the article published last month suggesting unexpected adverse effects from statins, exactly in the areas where it was hoped they were the greatest benefit?
Does milk build strong bodies or is that just an advertisement?
We all know baby mammals drink milk and grow well with an exclusive dairy diet at the beginning of their lives, but what about those of us at the other end of our lives? Should we still be enjoying milk and imagining that it does us any good?
“Oh, don’t worry,” the doctor said in a kindly voice, “these little hot flashes will disappear on their own.”