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Cognitive HealthNutritional Medicine

Lithium Orotate and Brain Health: Micro-Dose Lithium as a Neuroprotective Trace Nutrient in Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Longevity

Abstract Recent research identifies a potential role for low-dose lithium orotate (LO) as a neuroprotective trace element in Alzheimer’s disease ...
Cognitive HealthMagnesium

Maintaining the Brain, Across the Lifespan

A comprehensive protocol with evidence-based ingredients to improve focus and concentration, enhance memory and support cognitive health for patients of ...
Cognitive HealthMagnesium

Magnesium & Brain Volume

More evidence of the likely neuroprotective effect of magnesium was recently published in the European Journal of Nutrition. This study comes on the ...
Botanical MedicineKidney/Liver Health

Treating Kidney Stones with Chanca piedra (Phyllanthus niruri, “Stonebreaker”)

Overview and Ethnobotanical Context Chanca piedra (Phyllanthus niruri), known as “Stonebreaker,” features prominently in Amazonian and South Asian traditional medicine ...
SIBO

The Missing Piece in SIBO Treatment: Beyond Eradication

Eradicating the overgrowth with antibiotics or antimicrobial herbs can certainly reduce the overgrowth and resolve symptoms. However, it’s imperative to work upstream on the root ...
Foundational NutritionImmune Health

A Robust Multi and Proper Immune Support Are a Home Run for Cold/Flu Season

Immune defense can be compared to a sport like baseball. You want to have all the bases covered with nutritional ...
Diagnostic TestingFood as Medicine

The Perfect Diet

Most healthcare practitioners understand that a key component of the healing journey for patients to help them to resolve health ...
Immunity

AHCC and Immunity: Evidence-Based Insights into Comprehensive Immune Support

From infection protection to disease prevention—how this shiitake mushroom extract offers comprehensive immune support for all your patients.   For ...
Immune Health

Immune Resilience: A Science-Backed Protocol for Preventive Maintenance

As cold and flu season approaches, immune health is top of mind for most patients, But rather than reacting to ...

A Robust Multi and Proper Immune Support Are a Home Run for Cold/Flu Season

Immune defense can be compared to a sport like baseball. You want to have all the bases covered with nutritional support. Combining a Multivitamin with ...

AHCC: Powerful Immune Support

This concentrated blend of bioactive compounds harnesses the power of medicinal mushrooms, in a natural supplement with proven benefits.   Widely recognized for their immunosupportive ...

Attenuation of Natural Killer T-Cells with Cystine and Theanine

Men who perform resistance training 3 times a week for at least 6 months tend to have lower T-helper cell counts than non–resistance trained men. ...

Biofilms — A Contributor to Chronic, Degenerative Disease

From the plaque on our teeth to the mucosal layers in the gut lumen, biofilms are everywhere in our environment — and they are a ...
breastfeeding, Todays Practitioner

Cessation of Breastmilk Alters Infant Microbiome

It’s widely accepted that the delivery mode, whether vaginally or C-section, shapes the manner in which an infant’s healthy microbiota are established. Vaginal deliveries are ...

Comprehensive Protocol for Defending Immunity

Maintaining a healthy immune system is critical to supporting a patient’s overall well-being and productivity in daily life. No one likes to be laid low ...

The Missing Piece in SIBO Treatment: Beyond Eradication

Eradicating the overgrowth with antibiotics or antimicrobial herbs can certainly reduce the overgrowth and resolve symptoms. However, it’s imperative to work upstream on the root causes that allowed the overgrowth in the first place for long-term success. Otherwise, recurrence is likely and ...

Adjunctive Therapies Improve Clinical Outcomes in SIBO

A randomized controlled trial published in the journal Nutrients studied the effects of herbal supplements and probiotics alongside antibiotics and a low FODMAPs diet for SIBO. 179 patients diagnosed with SIBO via breath testing were enrolled in the study. Patients received breath ...

Is Your Clinical Approach to SIBO Treatment Leading to Recurrence? (Podcast)

Why is SIBO (small intestinal bowel overgrowth) challenging to treat? Might the issue lie in hasty diagnoses and repetitive treatments without deeply exploring the root cause of SIBO? Could its persistent nature be attributed to the common approach of using antibiotics or ...

Why Use Breath Testing for SIBO and IBS?

You see patients in your office with chronic digestive issues, such as bloating, gas, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps all the time. First, you may want to rule out irritable bowel diseases and other serious gastrointestinal issues. At this point, many doctors may ...

SIBO & NAFLD – Cause, Effect or Bystander?

A recent review published in Nutrients examines the relationship between small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This relationship has gained research attention, as a growing body of evidence points to gut microbiota as playing a potentially causal role in NAFLD development and progression, ...

Foods to Eat & Avoid for Optimal Microbiome Health

Everyone’s gut microbiome is unique and evolving. Harmonizing the gut, by keeping the trillions of microbial residents in balance is a key to health and wellbeing. Whenever there is dysbiosis or a loss of diversity in the gut microbiota, there is often ...

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