Visceral Fat: deep, hidden fat with deep health consequences Can’t pinch an inch of belly fat? You may be a normal, healthy weight, but you could still have excess fat hiding deep inside you, surrounding your vital organs. Visceral fat can’t be seen, and even skinny people aren’t immune from accumulating too much of it. […]
by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath On a recent trip back to the Chicago area to visit my father, I just happened to be listening to a sports talk radio show as a I was driving. The shows host were talking about LeBron James and some other well known athletes that have seemingly overnight, become […]
by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Addison’s disease is an autoimmune, inflammatory condition of the adrenal glands, resulting in the gradual destruction and inability to make sufficient amounts of adrenal hormones. The most common symptoms of Addison’s disease: weight loss muscle weakness fatigue loss of appetite low blood pressure darkening of the skin in many cases, […]
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by Glen Depke We often hear about the Gut/Brain connection but nobody is talking about the Brain/Immune connection. So what is the Brain/Immune connection all about? Let’s look at some simple facts first. If you have poor brain function you will have poor immune function and if you have poor immune function you will have […]
by Glen Depke Simply put, antibiotics are poisons that are used to kill. Only licensed physicians can prescribe them and they are used to kill bacteria. While many have benefited from antibiotics, it is important to understand that antibiotics kill organisms and you are an organism. So what are the biggest challenges when taking antibiotics? […]
by Glen Depke First of all, what is auto-immune disease? This includes but is not limited to rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile RA, lupus, scleroderma, endometriosis, Sjogren’s syndrome, type I diabetes, Hashimoto’s, MS, and Addison’s disease. For most that are diagnosed with these challenges there are often many challenging years ahead, so it is best to address […]