The act of cleansing the body is an ancient practice sewn throughout the fabric of cultures around the world. A portion of these practices serve to further facilitate our innate detoxification pathways and what better time to discuss than with the onset of spring…the time of year most commonl... [More]

You may know about the many millions of “other” cells in your body, ones that don’t carry your DNA. But I’m talking about the 3 to 4 pounds of gut bacteria in your colon or large intestine. We are talking 10 times the number of human cells – approximately 100 trillion m... [More]

Spring is in the air. Birds are chirping, flowers and trees have started to bloom, and amidst all the beauty of Spring – seasonal allergies make many people dread this time of year. It is estimated that 17.7 million adults and 7.2 million children have been diagnosed with hay fever. Seasonal ... [More]

What do you do when an older patient has no mal-absorption symptoms but a low fecal elastase-1? Well a new study says that you should go ahead and provide support. They concluded that older adults with low elastase-1 enzyme levels might benefit from pancreatic enzyme supplementation therapy, regardl... [More]

George Bernard Shaw’s famous quote, “Death is the ultimate statistic, one out of one of us dies,” is a great truth, particularly in the study of medicine and science. Nowadays science can measure all manner of variables related to health and disease, but there’s really nothin... [More]

March is National Nutrition Month, which is a nutrition education campaign sponsored by the American Dietetic Association (ADA). This year’s theme is "Eat Right with Color." No matter what your opinion of the ADA, you can’t really argue with the theme. Americans do need to eat more color... [More]