by Dr. Oler, ND | Oct 26, 2017 | Amino Acid Therapy, Areas of Weight Loss Resistance, Athletic Performance, Eating Naturally, Fatigue, Health and Wellness, Men's Health, Weight Loss, Women's Health
On occasion, a client will come in after a few weeks or months and say something like “I’ve been doing this for ‘x’ amount of time and I’m not seeing any results”; this inevitably leads to a discussion as to what they are doing exactly to try and determine if we are missing something. A majority of the time, when we begin asking specific questions about what they are doing, we find that they are not following their recommended plan of action. (more…)
by Dr. Oler, ND | May 18, 2017 | Amino Acid Therapy, Areas of Weight Loss Resistance, Depression, Digestive Support, Inflammation, Insomnia, insulin resistance, Migraine, Neurotransmitter, Neurotransmitter Imbalances |
Migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, fibormyalgia, obesity and even ADHD can all be traced back to depleted serotonin levels – and the effects on your body can be as damaging as they are diverse. When most people think of serotonin deficiency, the first thing they usually think about is depression. If that someone is you, you’d be right. But there’s a lot more to this neurotransmitter than meets the eye – a lot more. (more…)
by Dr. Oler, ND | May 4, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Inflammation, Nutrition, Testing Category
Biochemical individuality is a really cool sounding term (really cool to people like me:)) that simply means that every’s nutritional needs are different. These unique nutritional needs are based on each person’s genetics, lifestyle, diet and environmental exposure to various stresses. Biochemistry is a complex web of interactions that controls the way your body uses and/or responds to the things you take into your body (food, drink, supplements, medications, pollutants, stresses, etc.) and how that translates into how your body functions. For your body (biochemistry) to function properly, your body requires the right amounts and proportions of nutrients. This amount is dependent on you – the amount of a certain nutrient required by the average person (or another person) may not be the optimal amount you need for proper health (this is one of the reasons the RDA/DRI reported for nutrients is misleading at best – more on that later). (more…)
by Dr. Oler, ND | Mar 30, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Men's Health, Natural Remedies, Women's Health
Many people are unknowingly placing themselves in harms way by consuming grapefruit juice along with their medications. (more…)
by Dr. Oler, ND | Mar 23, 2017 | Depression, Health and Wellness, Immune System, Inflammation, Mineral Absorption |
If you are paying attention to nutrition or health-related news, you know that not a week goes by without some new findings coming out about the health benefits of vitamin D. However, there is also a lot of confusion about how much vitamin D each person needs as well as the best/safest way to achieve optimal vitamin D levels. The purpose of this post is to try and clear some of the confusion. (more…)