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Women and Testosterone View PDF Newsletter Androgens, such as testosterone, play important physiological roles in women as well as men. Androgens appear to have an important effect on women's energy and well-being. One Australian clinical trial of a transdermal testosterone patch developed specifically for women, showed that postmenopausal women had [...]
The Importance of Bowel Flora Bowel flora are important for good health. You have between four and seven pounds of bacteria in your bowel. There are more bacterial cells there than there are in your entire body. They belong there. Beneficial bacteria do the following: Produce vitamins like folic acid [...]
Our Chemical Environment In 1993, Mary Wolff, an associate professor at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center, published a paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, indicating that exposure to certain chemicals may indeed play a role in breast cancer. Women with high blood levels of DDE, a DDT [...]
Low Testosterone in Males Testosterone is a steroid hormone produced in the male body, mainly in the testes but also in the ovaries of females and adrenal cortex. If you have ever been or know a boy going through puberty, you know first hand the changes that [...]
Autoimmune disease is an immune response caused by antibodies being produced against the body’s own cells and tissues.
What is Naturopathy Naturopathy is based on the belief that the human body has an innate healing ability. Naturopaths teach their clients to use diet, exercise, lifestyle changes and cutting edge natural therapies to enhance their bodies’ ability to prevent, combat disease and restore health. Naturopathic medicine is an eclectic combination of ancient [...]
What is Hair Analysis? A hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) is a screening test that measures the mineral content of your hair. However, a hair tissue mineral analysis is much more than a test for minerals. Hair analysis can identify: Trace element deficiencies Trends for psychological and emotional conditions Heavy metal toxicity Cellular [...]
Endocrinology Endocrinology is the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their hormones. General clinical endocrinology bases its therapy on identifying organs that are deficient or none-functioning and uses some type of pharmaceutical agent or hormone to replace, suppress, or support the dysfunctional endocrine system. On the other hand, functional endocrinology [...]
What is GAPS Diet? A Very Brief History The Gut and Psychology Syndrome Diet has its foundation on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) created by Dr. Sidney Valentine Haas to heal digestive disorders. SCD gained great popularity after a mother, Elaine Gottschall, healed her own child and became an advocate for SCD. Elaine Gottschall is [...]
Headaches Over the years, I’ve come to understand that headaches are my body’s way of telling me something’s out of balance. Generally speaking headaches are an inflammation in the head area (including brain and certain glands). The trick is to find out what is causing the inflammation. Inflammation is the response of a body [...]