by Jodi Knapp | Jan 11, 2023
Metabolic syndrome is the precursor to diabetes. It involves obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, moderately high blood sugar, and the beginnings of some insulin resistance. If this condition is not nipped in the bud, it will progress to full-blown type 2...
by Jodi Knapp | Jan 4, 2023
Parkinson’s disease has long been considered a disease of the brain. However, studies have increasingly focused on the role of the colony of microorganisms that live in our intestines in neurological and brain diseases such as Parkinson’s. Three studies linking gut...
by Jodi Knapp | Jan 1, 2023
The worst problem with neuropathy is not the tingling feeling, the numbness, or even the pain you experience in your arms, hands, legs, and feet. The worst problem is that neuropathy damages and eventually kills your nerve cells, and there is no medical treatment to...
by Jodi Knapp | Dec 31, 2022
People normally associate hypothyroidism with fatigue and obesity. According to a new study in JAMA Network Open, hypothyroidism can cause even more devastating effects. It can drastically weaken your bones, causing bone fractures and disability. It can happen whether...
by Jodi Knapp | Dec 23, 2022
Doctors tend to subscribe pills for life for hypothyroidism without any lifestyle suggestions. That is sad because hypothyroidism can be managed and even cured using simple diet changes. A study in the Archives of Pharmacy reviewed the data and revealed five food do’s...