Increasing your intake of polyunsaturated, omega 3 essential fats is one of the healthiest diet changes you can make, boosting your overall health by leaps and bounds. Polyunsaturated fats (fats liquid at room temperature) are broken down into essential fatty acids (EFA). There are two groups of EFAs, Omega 6 and Omega 3 (DHA and […]
Wait until you are sleepy before going to bed. If you’re not sleepy at your regular bedtime, try to relax your body and distract your mind by reading, listening to music, or some other activity. Try to wind down one hour before bed-avoid watching Pre-sleep rituals help to initiate relaxation each night before bed. A […]
There I was again, speaking with a new patient. And once again, her doctors kept pushing her and pushing her to exercise. “Just exercise and you’ll feel better!” So exercise she would. She’d dutifully put on her sweatpants, and force herself to the gym – or out for a walk. Only to end up in […]
Why do you want to be free of fibromyalgia? Why do you want to feel good again? For some of my successful patients their “why” was their children – they wanted to be able to get down in the floor and play with their children, take them on vacations, spend weekends being active with their […]
Do you know the potential side effects of all your drugs? One of the most important things you can do to improve your health is to become proactive. I strongly encourage you to become an informed patient. You should know what drugs you are taking, what they are for, what their potential side effects are […]
I have specialized in treating, writing about, and teaching others doctors about fibromyalgia, for almost two decades. In the early days of fibromyalgia, most doctors, nor their patients, knew what the illness was, some chose to dismiss it as “all in your head.” Eventually more and more doctors came to realize that fibromyalgia was real. […]
You’ve heard it before “you are what you eat.” However, it should be you are what you absorb. If you’re like a lot of my fibro patients, you’ll be challenged with an assortment of gastrointestinal problems, irritable bowel syndrome, reflux, heartburn, or bloating, gas, and indigestion. If you’re not absorbing your nutrients, vitamins, minerals, etc. […]
As I have mentioned a few times before, sleep patterns is one of the first topics I discuss with my new patients who come to me with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Generally, 9 times out of 10, my patients are not sleeping enough, and when they do sleep, the quality is extremely poor. Sleeplessness […]
Magnesium is one of the most important minerals in the body – especially for those with fibromyalgia. It is responsible for proper enzyme activity and transmission of muscle and nerve impulses, and it aids in maintaining a proper pH balance. It helps metabolize carbohydrates, proteins, and fats into energy. Magnesium also helps synthesize the genetic […]
Do you battle low energy, brain fog, anxiety, depression, tingling in your hands or feet, cold hands and feet, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, headaches, hair loss, constipation, weight gain, or low sex drive? These are just some of the many symptoms associated with low thyroid, a condition often missed by conventional medical lab tests. […]
It may shock you to know that the FDA approved Prozac based only on 3 studies involving 286 patients over a period of 6 weeks. It gets worse. There were actually 14 studies submitted for review- but only 3 proved Prozac was more effective than placebo or an older antidepressant – and these are very 3 […]
In any given 1-year period, 9.5 percent of the population, or about 18.8 million American adults, suffer from depression. Major depression is the leading cause of disability. The indirect and direct costs of mood disorder illnesses totals over 43 billion dollars a year. Depression and related mood disorders ranks behind high blood pressure as the […]
Updated January 2022 Blood tests for thyroid function measure the amount of TSH, T4, and T3 in the bloodstream. But thyroid hormones don’t operate within the bloodstream; the action takes place in the cells themselves. Blood tests are measuring how much thyroid hormone is swimming around in the blood stream, but not what is in […]
I live in a free country. I really enjoy my life’s work, I get to work with people all over the world. I’m able to help others live healthier happier, more productive lives. I have a great staff of people I work with. My clinic is 2 miles from my house (no rush hour traffic). […]
Some of the hallmarks of fibromyalgia are fatigue, feeling un-refreshed in the morning, and chronic widespread pain that affects muscles and joints. Recent research out of the United Kingdom found that non-restorative sleep is tied to these fibromyalgia symptoms. This was especially prevalent in adults over the age of 50. Additionally, it was found that […]
