Can probiotics help treat depression and anxiety?
There is a lot of interest right now in the human microbiome (the populations of bacteria that live in various parts of the body, including the intestine, skin, and lungs). We now know that there are approximately 10 times as many bacterial cells as human cells in the body. The vast majority of these bacterial cells are in the intestinal tract, and they serve many purposes, including digesting foods, manufacturing certain vitamins (for example, vitamin K), and regulating our immune system. Researchers are actively studying whether changes in intestinal bacteria can increase the risk of chronic illnesses, such as obesity or...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Athos Bousvaros, MD Tags: Anxiety and Depression Behavioral Health Brain and cognitive health Digestive Disorders Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Why is magnesium so important?
One of the six core strategies in the Undoctored Wild, Naked, and Unwashed program for health and weight loss is restoration of magnesium.
Magnesium deficiency is alarmingly common in today’s world. Why? Our reliance on filtered water that has had all of the magnesium removed, the reduced content of magnesium in modern crops, and the widespread use of proton pump inhibitors—-drugs prescribed to treat acid reflux and ulcers while reducing magnesium absorption.
Remember those darned phytates in wheat and other grains that bind magnesium and other positively charged minerals in the intestinal tract, preventing absorp...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 18, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle a fib constipation Dr. Davis grain-free grains health healthcare heart rhythm hydrochlorothiazide kidney stones oxalate sudden death Source Type: blogs
Undoctored: Health Should Be (Almost) Free
Follow the current debate on “healthcare reform”–which has NOTHING to do with healthcare reform, but healthcare insurance reform, by the way–and you will hear comments about the escalating and uncontrolled cost of healthcare and how people need access to it.
What you will NOT hear is that fact that, because the healthcare system fails to deliver genuine health, real health is actually quite easy, straightforward, and inexpensive–nearly free.
We achieve a life of being Undoctored, not becoming a profit source for the healthcare industry, not being subjected to the predatory practices of Big P...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle acid reflux anti-aging autoimmune blood sugar bowel flora cholesterol Dr. Davis energy Gliadin gluten gluten-free grain-free grains health healthcare Inflammation joint pain low-carb Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 196
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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 196.
Question 1
What happens if you swallow chewing gum?
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 6, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five catatumbo chewing gum children Constipation drowning growth lightning pancreatitis Schaltenbrand syndrome scorpion bite spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak Source Type: blogs
Announcing the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox BOOTCAMP
JOIN ME FOR A NO-HOLDS-BARRED, TOP-TO-BOTTOM 1-DAY WHEAT BELLY 10-DAY GRAIN DETOX BOOTCAMP AND BOOK SIGNING
Because the Wheat Belly Detox Challenges have been such HUGE successes, I am launching a series of Wheat Belly Detox BOOTCAMPS, intensive one-day workshops that pack the entire Detox program into a single day, to be conducted around the country. Here is what the Bootcamp is all about:
The Wheat Belly Detox Bootcamp distills the wisdom of all of the Wheat Belly books and lessons taught by NY Times best selling author, Dr. William Davis, and learned by millions who have adopted this approach–incorporating ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 6, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Detox Bootcamp Wheat Belly Lifestyle acid reflux anti-aging autoimmune blood sugar bowel flora cholesterol Depression diabetes Dr. Davis edema energy fatigue gluten-free grain-free health Inflammation joint Source Type: blogs
The Keto Trap
Achieving ketosis and living a ketogenic lifestyle is a terrific way to accelerate weight loss, reverse health conditions such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension, and to improve mental and physical performance.
But too many people are not aware that, because a ketogenic lifestyle means virtual elimination of carbs, you will deprive bowel flora of crucial prebiotic fibers. Long-term deprivation of prebiotic fibers will lead to metabolic distortions such as higher blood sugar and blood pressure, insulin resistance, higher triglycerides, sleep and mood disturbances, abdominal pain, constipation, and increased risk for color...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 14, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: ketosis Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora ketogenic low-carb microbiome prebiotic probiotic Source Type: blogs
Paging Dr. Google
“Did you consult Dr. Google?”
If your doctor asked you this question, he/she does not understand that you have the potential to obtain answers SUPERIOR to answers the doctor provides. This is because you have access to all the same information as the doctor does. You have the ability to discuss and collaborate on health questions with thousands of people. You now have access to an emerging world of health tools that allow you to track health measures and impact them. You have more health power in your own hands than anyone ever before in the history of the world.
Yet the paternalistic, “I’m the do...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 26, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle acid reflux autoimmune blood sugar collaboration constipation diabetes diy health diy healthcare heart disease hypertension IBS Weight Loss wellness Source Type: blogs
Detecting and Treating Weight Loss in Seniors
Conclusion
While many people may believe that losing body mass is a natural part of the aging process, it can be a rather serious issue. Dealing with weight loss in the elderly in a timely manner is crucial. Otherwise, weight loss can lead to other health issues or even death.
Do you or someone you know have experience dealing with unintentional weight loss? Let us know in the comments section. (Source: Shield My Senior)
Source: Shield My Senior - May 17, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Vin Tags: Senior Safety Source Type: blogs
Detecting and Treating Weight Loss in Seniors
Conclusion
While many people may believe that losing body mass is a natural part of the aging process, it can be a rather serious issue. Dealing with weight loss in the elderly in a timely manner is crucial. Otherwise, weight loss can lead to other health issues or even death.
Do you or someone you know have experience dealing with unintentional weight loss? Let us know in the comments section. (Source: Shield My Senior)
Source: Shield My Senior - May 17, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Stevie Compango Tags: Senior Safety Source Type: blogs
The Aging Digestive System: Maintaining Gut Health As You Age
People of every age experience digestive issues from time to time, but as we get older, annoyances like constipation, diarrhea and gas can become increasingly common. Aspects of our physical health change naturally with age, but poor diet, reduced digestive enzymes, and unbalanced gastrointestinal flora can wreak havoc on both our digestive and immune systems.There are countless products on the market right now to help improve gut health and immune function, but do any of these actually work?
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Source: Minding Our Elders - May 1, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 441
This week ' s case was generously donated by Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse. The following object was passed in the stool of a teenage boy with recurrent fevers and constipation. His only travel outside of North America was Portugal and Hawaii. Treatment with an antihelminth was ineffective at alleviating his symptoms and follow-up stool exams were negative.Identification? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - April 11, 2017 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
OPDP Picks Up Steam on Enforcement Letters
After a fairly slow 2016, the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued a quick burst of letters in the span of nine days in December. This flurry of activity more than doubled the enforcement letters that had been issued up to that point in the year.
Although there was an apparent increase in enforcement activity in December (perhaps related to the new Administration and the mark the old Administration wanted to leave on the industry), the type of activity and the nature of Draft Guidances issued in 2017 prior to the Trump Administration taking office indicat...
Source: Policy and Medicine - April 5, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
Undoctored: Giving back control over individual health
The new Undoctored book is scheduled for release this coming May 9th, 2017, a book that shows how you can be freed from the bonds of a predatory, profit-seeking healthcare system. Here’s a bit more from the book, now available in pre-release.
Undoctored: An excerpt
Unquestionably, there are situations in which doctoring and the healthcare system are needed. If you are bleeding, injured, or struggling to breathe with pneumonia, some old-fashioned suturing, bone-setting, or antibiotics can still do the trick. Nobody around here is going to replace their own hip joint or treat a urinary tract infection with sal...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 12, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat-Free Lifestyle autoimmune diabetes gluten grains hypertension Inflammation metabolic undoctored Weight Loss wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Help your IBS symptoms with a low FODMAP diet
FODMAP what? Have you heard? It’s the new dietary approach for the bloating and belly cramps seen with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
IBS affects one in seven Americans. It’s a gut condition which affects the flora in the bowels and causes abdominal pain, cramping, diarrhea or constipation, bloating, gas and overall discomfort and misery. It can be life changing and debilitating; jeans and Spanx don’t stand a chance!
IBS has been treated in the past with drugs like Zelnorm that are now off the market, probiotics and prebiotics (that are expensive but all the rage), bulking agents and laxatives that fill the aisles ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 28, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/katherine-freeman" rel="tag" > Katherine Freeman, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions GI Source Type: blogs
