An increasing percentage of the population is consulting complementary medicine practitioners. Why is this trend happening? Patients are often unsatisfied with what they perceive as a focus on using pharmaceuticals to treat or suppress a specific disease rather than helping them become and remain healthy. Physicians have become so specialized that their traditional role of […]
Green Bay Integrative Health Blog
Natural versus Synthetic Hormone Therapy
The usual aging process leads to slow decline in the levels of estrogen and progesterone in women and testosterone in both men and women. The decline in hormone levels begins during middle age and slowly progresses long before symptoms occur. Women often experience premenopausal or postmenopausal symptoms including hot flashes, night sweats, irritability, fatigue, mental […]
How Much Fish Oil Do I Need for Maximum Benefit?
Many consumers may not obtain maximum possible benefits when taking fish oil supplements. Often consumers are unsure of the proper daily dose to take. Recommended daily intake varies from 1-12 g based on the goals of therapy and ailments treated, from severe inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis to fatty liver disease or hypertriglyceridemia […]
Is Prescription Lovaza Superior to OTC Fish Oil Supplements?
Glaxo Smith Klein, the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, sells Lovaza which is an omega 3 fatty acid derivative medication approved by the FDA in 2004 for treatment of high serum triglycerides. Elevated triglycerides form one the most common problems in lipid metabolism and an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Hypertriglyceridemia also […]
Do I Need Lucia Light Therapy?
The Lucia N°03 offers the benefits of a very deep mediation, through accessing an expanded state of consciousness almost immediately. The light stimulates temporary harmonic brain wave patterns in the brain usually only found in the brains of people who have been meditating for decades. The light helps the user access the Theta state […]
Why Can’t I Lose Weight?
Optimizing testosterone levels improves body composition by reducing fat mass and increasing lean body mass for both men and women. Testosterone also helps to stabilize blood glucose and insulin levels making weight loss easier. Just as low testosterone can make weight loss more difficult, an underactive (hypothyroid) or suboptimal thyroid can also lead […]
Am I Getting Enough Vitamin D?
There is an ongoing and little-reported controversy concerning the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for vitamin D. A report issued in 2010 by the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine proposed an RDA of 600 to 800 IU for all individuals from birth to adulthood with upper limits of 1,500 to 4000 IU/day based […]
Lifestyle Changes: The Best Medicine Your Doctor Is Not Using
A 3-part series examining why traditional medicine has failed to promote lifestyle changes as a pathway to preventing disease and mortality. Based on a News & Perspective article published on April 22, 2015, in Medscape Internal Medicine by Christopher Labos, MD CM, MSc. Research Fellow, Division of Cardiology, McGill University Faculty of Medicine; Staff Physician, […]
Revitalize Yourself
Aging is a process that many people fear, and with good reason. Among men, physical aging is often linked to general loss of vigor as well as increased risks of diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular ailments. Women, on the other hand, experience menopause that is associated with osteoporosis, urinary problems, weight gain, heart disease, […]
The Single Most Important Ingredient for a Healthy Marriage
IT EVEN WORKS FOR HUSBANDS WHO PLAY IN THE NFL! When violent incidents such as those of former NFL player Ray Rice punching his fiancée, now wife, flash on our television screen, we are appalled and sickened. While this physical battering is atypical and is the end of the scale for abuse, there are many […]
Why Thyroid
Provided by BioTE Medical Tired all of the time? Keep gaining weight for no apparent reason? Hands cold all of the time? Eyebrow and hair thinning? Dry skin, dry hair, brittle nails? You have asked your provider about these symptoms because you are SURE it is your thyroid, but alas your thyroid blood tests come […]