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The Next Frontier in Nutrient Delivery: Hydrogels, Polyphenol NO Activators, and Neuro-Calming Botanicals
Introduction: Today’s Patients, Tomorrow’s Solutions In modern practice, single-issue patient visits are increasingly rare. Instead, many present with overlapping concerns ...
Pulmonary Health & Nutrition Support
The results of a network meta-analysis, which evaluated the use of various nutritional supplements for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ...
Cardiometabolic Health at 60 – A Personal Journey
In this episode, naturopathic physician Chris Meletis joins Rob to discuss their personal journeys with cardiometabolic health as they both ...
Comprehensive Joint Support: Science-Backed Solutions
An evidence-based protocol can ease aches and pains, tame inflammation, and help active patients stay in the game. All active ...
Can Prebiotics Help Brain Health in Aging Adults?
The gut-brain axis communicates through metabolic, neural, immune, and endocrine pathways, which are influenced by the gut microbiota. Prebiotics are ...
The Wellbeing Prescription: Restoring the Whole Patient
Many patients present not with specific, acute conditions, but rather with a general lack of wellbeing. How a comprehensive protocol ...
The Gut–Lung Axis in Respiratory Disease: Mechanisms and New Interventions
Managing chronic pulmonary diseases can be challenging, with factors such as air pollution and COVID-19 compounding the issue. Microbial imbalances ...
Coenzyme Q10 (Ubiquinol) and Hypertension: Effects on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Health
CoQ10 is synthesized endogenously and can be obtained through diet and supplements. With certain conditions, such as hypertension (HTN), the body cannot synthesize enough CoQ10, ...
Can Stress Cause Hypothyroidism? Let’s Take a Closer Look
If stress were the sole cause of hypothyroidism, we’d see a predictable pattern: every high-stress individual developing thyroid dysfunction, and ...
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra): Setting the Record Straight
By Jessie Hawkins, PhD/ Elderberries–dark purple berries from the Sambucus nigra plant–have become a universal natural remedy for respiratory complaints such as the common cold ...
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 ...
From Lancet: Coronavirus Mortality Risk Factors of Adults Hospitalized in Wuhan
Being of an older age, showing signs of sepsis, and having blood clotting issues when admitted to hospital are key risk factors associated with higher ...
From Snakebites to Seasonal Sniffles, the Many Reasons to Turn to Echinacea
The modern data supporting echinacea, the Indigenous American botanical Perhaps you know it for its distinct flower – a pronounced brown central cone, surrounded by ...
Hemicellulose as an Immune Enhancing Tool
The Impact of Hemicellulose from Plants and Mushroom-Derived Polysaccharides on Immune Function Hemicellulose isn’t a new thing. In fact, it is as timeless as the ...
ICU Stays Destroy Gut Microbiome, Ups Sepsis Risk
Researchers at the University of Chicago found that after a long stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) only a handful of pathogenic microbe species ...
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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