Tag Archives: adrenal function

Worried about hormones?

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath I am so excited that there was another recent adrenal summit called the Adrenal Reset Summit. After all, anything that brings awareness to stress hormones and adrenal function is good in my book. Many people that see my emails actually initially found me when I did the original Adrenal Summit […]

The PAIN of Endometriosis

Endometriosis

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Endometriosis is a very personal subject for me because when I met my wife, she had already been diagnosed with endometriosis and had endured two surgeries for this horrific autoimmune condition and was told she would have surgery every 2 years for the rest of her life. Thankfully, even before […]

The Dr. Jekyll anb Mr. Hyde of Adrenal Function

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath In the spirit of Halloween… The truly scary tale of the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of adrenal function! Before we move on to the adrenal version, let me first summarize the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story from years ago. “The dual title character is a doctor who has […]

Stop Fat Shaming!

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Last week, a so-called comedian and YouTube personality posted what most consider a mean spirited attack on overweight people. Nicole Arbour claimed it was meant to inspire people to lose weight, but really it is fat shaming. If you’re a reader of my blogs, you know that uncontrollable weight gain […]

How YOU Pay for Work Stress

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath In the honor of the upcoming Labor Day we started a conversation about work stress last week. Within this article we discussed work stress and provided some helpful tips to help shift this for you, ultimately leading to more happiness in your life. If you missed last week’s article, you […]

My Truth Behind Food Sensitivity

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Everybody is talking about food sensitivity these days, myself included, but is the food sensitivity really the issue. After years of working with thousands of individuals with food sensitivities, I will share that the sensitivities themselves are not the main issue. Before I address what I feel are the true issues we are dealing with […]

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 […]

3 Reasons Why You May Have Lost that Loving Feeling

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Valentine’s Day is coming up and this will often lead to conversations about relationships and intimacy. The unfortunate part of this conversation is that most are actually discussing the lack of intimacy. Sad but true. Of course this lack of intimacy can be driven by mental, emotional and feelings toward […]

Still Suffering with Thyroid Symptoms?

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The number of people suffering with thyroid symptoms is truly reaching an epidemic proportion. I want to be clear that the bulk of these thyroid disorders are not actually a thyroid issue. Let’s look at some simple statistics first. More than 12 percent of the U.S. population will develop a thyroid condition during their lifetime. […]

Hormones and Weight Loss

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When we think about weight loss we typically think about diet and exercise. Far too often the issue that is staring us back in the face is the diet and exercise does not leave us with the weight loss goals we are looking for. How can that be? After all, we’ve been told for years […]