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Fatigue, Brain Fog, Chronic Pain: Can it be an infection?
If it’s an infection, the solution is simple, right? Antibiotics? Not so fast. We are aware now of the limitations of antibiotics for chronic bacteria and of course the fact that many chronic infections are viral and therefore would be made worse by antibiotics. Antibiotic resistant infections are on a dramatic rise, and it is clearly due to the irresponsible […]
Want to lose weight? Change your genes.
Want to lose weight? Change your genes. No, we are not talking about manipulating your DNA in a laboratory. At least, I am not. I’m not very trusting that researchers will take into account all of the factors that 600 million years of evolution (and perhaps the hand of God) did. I know there are teams of researchers in labs […]
Concussion – Some thoughts on returning to play, work, and school.
“Sport is sport, sport is NOT health” Ben Velazquez Having a practice that specializes in metabolic, immunologic, structural, and neurological health- my interest in the brain and what impacts it takes up a considerable amount of my time and attention. In addition, I have young competitive children who are becoming teenagers. It seems that kids these days are playing, practicing, […]
How can Greek Easter save you from Inflammatory bowel disease like Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis?
I want to share with you the healthy rationale behind our traditional Greek Orthodox Easter feast and how it can impact inflammatory bowel disease. The inspiration for this post came from one of my guests. Growing up the son of Greek immigrants in Queens NY, it is hard to tell who in the community is family or not family. If […]
A little light dispels a lot of darkness
Can light improve my: Thyroid? Immune system / Autoimmunity? Energy? Gut? Brain? and more? So many of my patients have specific thyroid concerns. Two weeks ago, we discussed that the thyroid is an adaptive organ and it helps us adapt to our changing environment. We expressed the fact that so much of our environment no longer changes because of modern […]
Expanded Definition of “Supplements”
Our definition of “supplements” is usually limited to nutritional supplements. Generally, a nutritional supplement is a product intended for ingestion that contains one or more ingredients intended to have either a supplemental effect on overall diet or perhaps a specific medicinal effect on physiology. Let’s expand our definition of supplements to include supplementing components of our environment that are beyond […]