Several modifiable factors contribute to metabolic inflexibility that underlies metabolic syndrome and associated conditions like obesity and diabetes—including environmental chemicals, circadian rhythms, and timing of meals and exercise.
Issue: May 2021 #454
Applied Kinesiology Assessment and Management of Female Hormone Imbalances: A Chiropractic-Endocrinology Case Report
Long-standing severe premenstrual symptoms resolved with chiropractic adjustment and herbal treatment after applied kinesiology identified
underlying liver, bowel, and adrenal dysfunctions.
Do Chemicals Make You Fat? The Influence of Environmental Chemicals on Obesity
Bestselling author and long-time Townsend columnist, Marianne Marchese, ND, shares her expertise in environmental exposures and how chemicals affect health. Specifically, she discusses how obesogenic chemicals contribute to obesity and how to use lifestyle changes and nutrition to counteract their effects.
If We Lose Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
The NASEM Report concluded that the FDA should restrict the use of compounded bioidentical hormone therapy preparations, and recommended other actions that would mean the end of hormone medicine as we know it.
Vaccination Support
By Debby Hamilton, MD, MPH Introduction The issue of how to vaccinate people safely and effectively is at the forefront of thought as we try to tame a pandemic of SARS-CoV-2. If we accomplish this, we should be able to achieve herd immunity and return to a familiar way of […]
Do the Math: “MATH+” Saves Lives
Peer-reviewed published studies confirm that early intervention with an integrative treatment, developed by the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, significantly increases survival of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
How We Can Fix This Pandemic in a Month (Revised Edition)
Supplementation with vitamin D, which enhances innate immunity, is too often overlooked as a tool for reducing morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19.
A Grand Experiment: Air Pollution and Heart Disease Deaths
Recently published studies showed a significant association between air pollution levels and death rates from cardiovascular disease.
Letter from the Publisher, May 2021, Issue #454
While mask wearing is hardly foolproof in preventing, acquiring, or spreading infection, it is a reasonable mandate for a pandemic.
Diagnose and Treat Hypothyroidism in 2021, Part 1: New Endocrinology
Part 1 of a three-part article presents the complex physiology of thyroid function and the causes, symptoms, and diagnosis of hypothyroidism.
