I have received countless emails from Hashimoto’s readers who have started feeling so much better after digging at their own root cause, making adjustments to their diets and lifestyles, and finding supplements that restore the nutrient depletions which are so common in those with thyroid disorders...
Those who were eating a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet or a “flexitarian” type of diet before going vegan could very well have much smaller stores of B12. And research suggests that blood levels can decline fairly rapidly in just months when B12 intake is low. Furthermore, if you wait until ...
If you aren't active now, start slow. Then build up how much exercise you get over time. Shoot for four to seven periods of activity each week. Try to make each period last at least 30 minutes. And you don't have to work out at the gym to be active. Take the stairs instead of...
Alcoholic neuropathy involves both unpleasant sensations and the potential risk of dysfunction in balance and body systems. The body systems most commonly affected by damage to peripheral nervous tissue are the excretory system, with nerve problems affecting bladder control, and the reproductive system, ...
A CT scan will highlight any problems with bone and tissue, butthey won't help much in determining nerve damage. X-rays, also, are not very effective in picking up neural subtleties, but they will show if there is a break, fracture, or if something is out of place in the musculoskele...
As many of you know, I train clinicians in Functional Medicine through theADAPT Practitioner Training Program. In preparing for that program, I created a “unified theory” of what causes disease that I call the Functional Medicine Systems Model. I’d like to share that with you here, and ...
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Nerve damage:Injury, disease, or a problem with your central nervous system can also cause tremors. Your doctor will call thisperipheral neuropathy. It can affect your hands and feet. Because the causes and treatments vary widely for different types of tremors, it’s important to talk with you...