Category Archives: Gut/Brain Connection

Early Detection of Colon Problems

Colon-Cancer

A special thank you to Dr Chi for permission to reproduce his work on our website. Dr. Tsu-Tsair Chi is a biochemist and Board Certified Naturopathic Physician, and the founder of Chi’s Enterprise, Inc. Dr. Chi has worked in the fields of infectious disease, cancer, and artherosclerosis. He also consults worldwide. Dr. Chi developed an […]

Inflammatory Physiology

Inflammation-diagnosis

by Glen Depke Before we get into the physiology of inflammation, let’s look at what inflammation can lead to in your body. Alzheimer’s disease Eczema Obesity Asthma Edema Osteopenia Atherosclerosis Emphysema Osteoporosis Arthritis Endometriosis Parkinson’s disease Autoimmunity Fibromyalgia Periodontal disease Bronchitis Gastroenteritis Polychondritis Cancer Gingivitis Psoriasis Celiac disease Heart disease Scleroderma Chronic pain Hepatitis Sinusitis […]

Alzheimer’s disease: food to improve cognitive function

Alzheimer

Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., MS Walnuts have been shown to improve memory, cognition and neuronal effects related to oxidative stress (OS) and inflammation (INF) in animals and human trials. Walnut looks like the brain, has a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. The folds and wrinkles of a walnut resembles to […]

Does Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity Exist?

Gluten-Free

by Dr. Peter Osborne The Gluten Free Society Thank you to Dr. Peter Osborne from The Gluten Free Society for allowing us to reproduce his article on non-celiac gluten sensitivity. This is one of best articles I have ever had the pleasure of reading on this subject. Please be sure to visit Dr. Obsorne’s website, […]

Get Back That Loving Feeling

Couple-in-bed

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Last week I wrote and article “3 Reasons Why You May Have Lost that Loving Feeling” discussing the impact your hormones, neurotransmitters and cardiovascular system will play in your ability to experience intimacy with your significant other. If you missed that article, read this here. As promised, this week I […]

Three Absolutes for Weight Loss

Weight-Loss-Goals

Today we will discuss three absolutes that are essential for healthy weight loss, defining this as reaching your weight loss goals and maintaining your new healthy weight long term. Let’s start of by understanding who this article is written for. If you have focused on weight loss in the past, you’ve lost the desired weight […]

Top Ten Weight Loss Lies

Lies

It’s the beginning of a new year and what is one of the biggest new year’s resolutions for so many? If you guessed weight loss, you are right on! Did you know that most of the people that are making this resolution this year also made the same resolution last year? Perhaps you are one […]

Hangovers: Alcohol Poisoning

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath For so many of us, we get so excited about celebrating Independence Day that we do not realize that the celebration itself often leaves us struggling as we enter into this new year. Some celebration, right? The struggle that I am referring to is the hangovers that we are waking […]

The Adrenal, Immune, Inflammatory Trilogy

health

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Through the years of working with clients and assisting thousands regain their health and happiness, I see one consistent core challenge for a very high percentage of chronically health challenged individuals. This is tied into the trilogy of adrenal function, immune function and inflammation. To understand this, let’s first look […]

What’s SIBO all About?

SIBO

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath The acronym SIBO has been thrown around quite a bit lately and many are unaware of what this even stands for, let alone what it’s all about. SIBO stands for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth at a level of more than 10 to the 5th power of bacterial organisms per milliliter […]