Much of the nutritional information you will read says that a calorie is a calorie. I wish it were this simple, but unfortunately it isn’t. For example: late night calories are different than regular meal time calories. (more…)
Migraine headaches can be devastating to those unfortunate millions of people that suffer with them. We have seen people that had 3-4 migraines every week prior to coming to us. We’ve developed an approach that determines and addresses the root cause(s) of each person’s migraine headaches. (more…)
A recent New York Times article had an interesting story about how most American consumers are choosing high calorie indulgences when they visit fast food restaurants even though there are healthier options available. Now, that may not sound so interesting, but the group of people the article focused on were the health-conscious eaters. These are the people who have been saying they wish there were healthier fast food options and they are the ones who are actually most likely to pick the unhealthy items.
The Environmental Working Group came out with an updated Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 a few months ago. Here’s an overview and a link to the new lists.
Part 1 of this series described how taking only 5-HTP can exacerbate neurotransmitter imbalance because of issues during the production of neurotransmitters. Part 2 described a similar problem that can occur during the degradation of neurotransmitters. The upshot is that if you take only 5-HTP, it will cause (a) decreased production and (b) increased degradation of all the catecholamines, including dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine. Since serotonin and the catecholamines work as a system, this creates greater imbalance in the system, which will eventually either make your original problems worse or create new ones. (more…)
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed why taking only 5-HTP can create further neurotransmitter imbalances because of completion/inhibition in the production of neurotransmitters. This post will cover an additional issue that occurs during the degradation of neurotransmitters that can lead to greater neurotransmitters dysfunction over time. (more…)
We routinely have people come into the clinic wanting to address one or more disorders related to neurotransmitter imbalance. When we explain our approach of using amino acid therapy, occasionally we will hear something like “I’ve tried 5-HTP before, but it didn’t work” or “5-HTP makes me sleepy, hungry, tired, (insert symptom here)”. I explain to these people that what they have done by taking only 5-HTP is cause further imbalance in the system, which will not address their underlying neurotransmitter dysfunction and could make it worse. (more…)
My balanced lunch today was a greek yogurt parfait with wheat berries, blackberries and a drizzle of agave with leftover red cabbage, carrot and cilantro slaw.
Here is the breakdown:
Protein: Greek yogurt
Vegetable: red cabbage, carrots, cilantro
Carbohydrate: wheat berries and blackberries
Fat: olive oil in the slaw, 2% Greek yogurt
This meal does contain your one starchy carb option per day. If you don’t want to use your starchy carb option here, omit the wheat berries.
Much of the nutritional information you will read says that a calorie is a calorie. I wish it were this simple, but unfortunately it isn’t. For example: late night calories are different than regular meal time calories. (more…)
Here are 6 things you should STOP doing if you want to get healthy or lose weight. (more…)
Give the gift of health!
