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Understanding Apolipoprotein B
Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) is a crucial structural protein found in atherogenic lipoproteins, including low-density lipoprotein (LDL), very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), ...
New Study Further Supports the Role of NAD in Healthy Aging
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a key cellular component in virtually all forms of life. While best known for its ...
Alcohol and Gut Health: Clinical Insights Using the 5R Approach for Supporting Patients’ Digestive Well-Being
As a medical education specialist at a functional medicine laboratory, I speak with clinicians daily about their patient’s stool test ...
Cardiovascular Care and Endothelial Health
Protecting endothelial function is central to a comprehensive cardiovascular care protocol—here’s how ubiquinol helps. With the number of deaths ...
Eradicate Stress: Supplement Your Endocannabinoid System
If you’re like most people in today’s world, you’re probably stressed out. Work deadlines, taking care of elderly parents or ...
Maintaining the Brain
Designing an evidence-based protocol for patients, with supplements proven to protect cognitive function, promote brain fitness and enhance overall quality ...
Understanding Advanced Lipid Testing for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Advanced lipid testing goes beyond traditional cholesterol panels, providing detailed insights into cardiovascular risk factors like Lp(a), apoB, and LDL-P. Discover how these tests support ...
Understanding Lipoprotein(a)
Lipoprotein(a), abbreviated as LP(a), is a unique lipoprotein particle that has garnered increasing attention in recent years due to its ...
How to Market Your Functional Medicine Practice
In today’s competitive alternative healthcare landscape, it can be challenging to market your functional medicine practice. The right strategies can ...
9 Effective Ways to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally
In the United States, approximately 47% of adults have hypertension, a condition characterized by consistently elevated blood pressure. This statistic is concerning as high blood ...
A Promising Herbal Therapy for Patients with SIBO
Could there be natural support for patients with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)? SIBO is characterized by a higher concentration of bacteria exceeding 100,000 colony-forming ...
Crafting a Comprehensive Cardiovascular Protocol
Seven science-backed interventions to tame inflammation, lower cholesterol, minimize cardiometabolic risk factors and support your patients’ heart health Of all the disease and conditions ...
Curcumin and Turmerones: A Powerful Natural Medicine Explained
There’s no doubt that we need to drastically improve our health. The fact that 60 percent of Americans are taking some kind of prescription drug ...
Demystifying Methylation: Patterns, Processes and the Pivotal Role of B vitamins.
Methylation is a complex, often poorly understood subject—but it’s essential for overall wellness, vitality and disease prevention. As a central player in regulating gene expression ...
Eight Evidence-Based Ingredients to Promote Immunity, Prevent Infection and Protect Your Patients
With the start of school, and as colder weather and winter approach, practitioners brace for an increase in colds, flu, respiratory infections and other ailments. ...
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 while meeting work deadlines, taking care of the kids, or letting the housework pile up. Especially in ...
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 properties, shiitakes and other mushrooms have been used for thousands of years in Traditional Chinese Medicine to ...
Want Effective Immune Support? Then Stop Pigeon-Holing Botanicals
If we want our patients’ immune systems to be robust, we must take a wider view of immune health. After all, immune system support is really about whole-body health. If a patient’s body is under strain from various comorbidities, it will be ...
Zinc and Selenium: Key Players for Healthy Immunity
Adequate nutrition is essential for the normal functioning of the immune system, although some nutrients are more important than others when it comes to defending the body from infection.[1] Among the essential minerals, deficiencies in either zinc or selenium can greatly increase ...
Elderberry Minimizes and Inhibits Flu Virus Propagation
A recent study by a group of Chemical and Biomlolecular Engineering researchers from the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Engineering and IT has determined exactly how a popular ancient remedy, the elderberry fruit, can help the fight against influenza. Conducted by Professor ...