Category: Supplements

Navigating the Holidays with a Special Diet

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Dr. Masina Wright
Category: Special Diets, Supplements

by Dr. Masina Wright I remember when I was a kid going to my Aunt’s house for Thanksgiving, my mom would always show up with a box of special food for us with brown rice, miso, special breads and other jars of rattling, unappealing looking things. I always felt slightly embarrassed, wishing we could just... Read more »
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3 Natural Mood Enhancers

Posted on May 21, 2013
Category: Sleep, Supplements

Giving your mood a boost can be as simple as getting a good night’s sleep or spending the day in the sunshine. But for people who have more severe symptoms of feeling down, such as seasonal affective disorder or depression, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals or a combination of both may be able to improve their sense... Read more »
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The Road to Health is Paved with Good Intestines #3 – The Esophagus

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Dr. Peter Knight, ND
Category: Digestive Health, Supplements

by Peter Knight ND When last we left our journey through the digestive tract, we had prepared ourselves to eat in a relaxed state, we took a bite of food, and chewed it well to get the digestive process started. Now its time to swallow. We go through the act of swallowing countless times a... Read more »
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Supplements to Help Manage Blood Glucose Levels

Posted on March 23, 2012
Category: Diabetes, Special Diets, Supplements

When you eat food, your body absorbs the food and turns it into sugar, causing your blood sugar levels, also called blood glucose levels, to rise. Normally, your body releases insulin to combat these increased glucose levels; however, in diabetes, either your body isn’t releasing insulin, or your body isn’t responding to the insulin, causing... Read more »
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DHEA – An Important Hormone Precursor

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Brenda Houdlette
Category: Compounding, Supplements, Women's Health

DHEA will be our topic for this month as this is a hormone precursor. What this means is that it is transformed by cell-specific local conversion to androgens or estrogens. Although it favors the androgen (testosterone) pathway it can affect either hormone. As with other hormones, DHEA declines with age. This begins in the late 20’s and continues to do so... Read more »
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