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The Real Reason You Feel Exhausted: Thyroid at a Glance
Are you one of those millions that wake up tired despite having been in bed 7 to 8 hours? Or do you find yourself reaching for a sugar or caffeine fix about 3 pm? Symptoms of an under-performing thyroid are becoming more common every day. These can include fatigue, dry skin, digestive issues and weight gain. The thyroid is often the diagnosed culprit, but what if there were other health concerns that could mimic or be the underlying cause of an under-performing thyroid? HIDDEN FACTORS There...
First Things First!
First Things First! Have too much to do and too little time? Are you doing what’s most important, or just what screams at you? Steven Covey in his book, First Things First, talks about organizing one’s life to be a highly effective individual, but also to keep the most important things in one’s life where they should be, first. The basic areas, as he outlines them, are spiritual, social, mental, and physical. In traditional time management or life organizational seminars, you are...
The Rise and Fall of Germ Theory
The science of medicine came into being about the same time America became a nation. Both political and medical groups debated similar points. Our founding fathers asked, “Can a politically free people exist?” While our medical fathers asked, “Can a physiologically free body exist?” Our founding fathers answered, “Yes” to their question and America was born. Our medical fathers answered, “No” to their question and modern medicine was born. In easy to understand terms, the medical question they...
Just Right
Imagine you’re the digestive system for a few minutes. It’s nearly dinnertime, and the aroma of your favorite meal fills the house, your mouth begins to water (that’s one of the first steps of digestion, you know) while the stomach prepares for the work ahead. Imagine, if you will, a little person in the stomach with his yellow acid-proof suit, hard hat, and heavy duty rubber boots. His job is to keep the acid and enzyme levels just right, so he sends...
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