by Brenda Watson | Aug 26, 2013 | General
Sixty percent of adults experience acid reflux—also known as gastroesophageal reflux and, more commonly, heartburn—at least once each year while 20 to 30 percent experience acid reflux symptoms on a weekly basis. The most commonly prescribed drugs for this condition...
by Brenda Watson | Jun 28, 2013 | General
When we hear recommendations to get more sunshine, it’s usually because the right sunshine exposure will help your body produce vitamin D, a vitamin that seems to have endless benefits when it comes to total-body health. But I’m not talking about vitamin D today. As...
by Brenda Watson | May 10, 2013 | General
High blood pressure is a common condition affecting 1 in 3 adults in the United States. Many people have high blood pressure for years without even knowing it. That’s why it’s called the silent killer. High blood pressure is one of the signs that you have silent...
by lsmith | Feb 20, 2013 | General
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) involves dysbiosis, or an imbalance of beneficial to harmful bacteria in the intestines.1 Specifically, obligate anaerobic bacteria are depleted and the facultative anaerobic bacteria Enterobacteriacea increase. A recent study has...
by lsmith | Sep 29, 2011 | General
Would you be surprised to know that eating a high-fat meal and/or high-sugar meal causes your arteries to not work in a normal manner? Let’s say we start the day with either coffee with cream/sugar and donuts, or same coffee/sugar with eggs and toast with butter/jam....
