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What’s the BUZZ about Methylation?

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Methylation Pathway What’s the buzz about? How about the fact that methylation is essential to regulate genetic expression in the body. Kind of like the traffic cop for your genes and genetic expression. In essence, you need proper methylation to function at a high level and to heal properly. Before […]

Escaping Hashimoto’s

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath For those that have Hashimoto’s disease, you know what I am talking about but I also want to define this for those that are not familiar with Hashimoto’s. Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune condition that is recognized by a high level of thyroid peroxidase as measured in your blood that […]

Adrenal Balance 101

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath So many people are reaching out to understand how to properly balance adrenal function, so here you go.  I first want to bring up something mentioned by Dr. Daniel Kalish in my Adrenal Summit. Dan mentioned that adrenal function has become a much more popular focus for practitioners these days, […]

Constipation…uggg!

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath  So why would I say “ugg” to constipation? Well, because if you are constipated “ugg” is exactly what you would feel like. There is one important fact discuss at the beginning here and that is to define constipation. Most people think that one bowel movement per day is actually healthy. […]

High Cholesterol???

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by Glen Depke Time and time again, clients walk into my office with a main concern of high cholesterol. I understand this because most conventional medical doctors put the fear of death into patients that have high cholesterol. When our clients visit Depke Wellness with cholesterol issues, we use their lipid panel to understand function […]

Detox w/o Drainage…Scary!

by Glen Depke Most everybody has heard about detoxification but very few are familiar with drainage. The interesting fact though, is that drainage is actually more important than the detoxification. You’ll “get” this today. If you have been following Depke Wellness for some time, you already know that I am not a fan of moving […]

My Health Journey

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath So many people feel that health is easy for me because I have always been healthy. Unhealthy Puffy Glen Now that’s funny! I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago where I lived until I was 44 years old. Trust me when I say that the Chicago area is not […]

Heart Disease…Winning or Losing?

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by Glen Depke Heart disease was such a focus for so long but isn’t it funny that we rarely here of this anymore?  Is this because we are winning or losing? Let’s find out. Here is an American Heart Association year-end report: Statistics Highlights: Although death rates from heart disease and stroke continue to fall, […]

Are Your Hormone Creams Hurting You?

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by Glen Depke So, are your hormone creams hurting you or helping you?  You may be surprised by my answer. Far too often I see clients in my office that have been put on hormone creams only to find themselves toxic in those very hormones or at times, creating other more problematic hormone imbalances. Today […]

Caffeine: Pros/Cons

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by Glen Depke I have shared for years that we have three legal drugs available to us on a regular basis. These three drugs are sugar, alcohol and our subject today which is caffeine. Searching a medical dictionary, the definition of a drug is, a chemical substance that affects the processes of the mind or […]