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Could Toxins be causing your symptoms?

You should be searching for a Functional Medicine doctor when you are trying to find the causes of any symptoms you are having that your body is experiencing. You see, a symptom is nothing more than your body’s alarm that something is going wrong. When you seek the traditional allopathic medical system, the system is set up to treat the symptoms solely with medication. For example, if you have a cough, you’re given a cough suppressant. They won’t find what is causing the co

Certain vitamin deficiencies are liked to stroke let's dive in! This study especially hits home for me and not just cause it's a Canadian study :) but because I am heterogyguous for a genetic mutation in the MTHFR gene. This makes me 30-40% less efficient at methylating . The study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal revealed that people low in vitamin B12 had an increase risk of a fatal heart attack and stroke. The study focused on the relationship between

Kimchi, a cabbage-based Korean staple, was recently hailed by Health magazine as one of the five healthiest foods in the world (along with yogurt, olive oil, soy and lentils). Cabbage contains a substance known as vitamin U, which has anti-ulcer properties. Cruciferous vegetables also contain compounds that increase glutathione production in the body. Simply put, glutathione is an antioxidant and is associated as an anti-aging nutrient. So, this is a GOOD THING :). As a note

News you may have learned is that elevated fibrinogen, hsCRP , a CT heart scan and homocysteine are among the many known risk factors for progressive heart disease. It now turns out that there is a blood test that is an even a better indicator than any of these, especially if they are all normal. The test is simple and inexpensive and readily available and reliably shows the level of cardiovascular risk you are at. For one, this test can show if you need bypass surgery or a