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This meta-analysis of three separate cognition studies provides “strong and consistent evidence that taking a daily multivitamin, containing more than 20 essential micronutrients, can help prevent memory loss and slow down cognitive aging,” “The finding that a daily multivitamin improved memory and slowed cognitive aging in three separate placebo-controlled studies in COSMOS is exciting and … Continue reading A daily multivitamin can help prevent memory loss and slow down cognitive aging
Welcome to my science blog! Reaching and maintaining optimal mental health is everyone’s goal. Western medical approaches specialize in using drugs to minimize symptoms, treating the mind as if another body part. Psychologists view the mind as distinct and provide therapy to identify and change harmful thinking patterns. Both approaches are helpful but often overlook … Continue reading Mental Health Science News
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Meetup group recipes, plus a few extras, can be downloaded here as a pdf, click on each heading. Tamales Meetup 11/7/21 Pierogies Meetup 10/10/21 African Meetup 9/26/21Spicy Moroccan CouscousDoro WatNiter Kibbeh Ethiopian spiced gheeBerbere Ethiopian spice mixAfrican Peanut SoupSouth African BobotieEast African Mango and Cucumber Salad Peruvian Meetup Recipes 9/5/21Lomo SaltadoAji de GallinaPapas a la … Continue reading Cooking Adventures Recipes
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Another nonsensical “study” to discredit nutritional supplements Effect of Long-term Vitamin D3 Supplementation vs Placebo on Risk of Depression or Clinically Relevant Depressive Symptoms and on Change in Mood Scores A Randomized Clinical Trial In this randomized clinical trial that included 18353 adults aged 50 years or older without depression or clinically relevant depressive symptoms … Continue reading Focus on Depression
Aging refers to the accumulation of changes in a person over time, including physical, social and psychological changes. Illness is not necessarily a part of aging, although sickness often is a result of lifestyle choices, poor nutrition, a degraded food supply system, environmental toxins and pathogen exposure. All of these factors include inflammation, a natural … Continue reading Aging
One of the greatest achievement of conventional Western medicine has been the development of antibiotics. Unfortunately the over marketing of these wonder drugs is rapidly undercutting their usefulness to physicians. We now know that pathogens rapidly gain resistance to antibiotics through genetic changes, and also through their ability to become dormant in the presence of … Continue reading Immunity
Gastrointestinal complaints affect men and women equally and may occur at any age. Conditions can be acute or chronic. Common chronic “disorders” include ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s irritable Bowel Syndrome, celiac disease, and diverticular disease. Diagnosing gastrointestinal disease is often difficult, and causes are not understood. Current research indicates they may all be caused by an … Continue reading GI Issues
There are three major categories of headaches, and different approaches are needed for each: Primary headaches: These include migraine, tension, and cluster headaches, as well as a variety of other less common types of headache. These are by far the most common types of headaches. Cranial neuralgias, facial pain, and other headaches: These headaches are … Continue reading Headache & Migraine
Fibromyalgia (FM) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are closely related disorders that frequently co-occur. They are so similar in pattern, symptoms and response to treatment that many researchers view them as two faces of the same disorder. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia are poorly understood. Current research indicates that in many cases a viral infection may be involved; … Continue reading Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue
Welcome to the Center for Health Science. We are a Holistic Health Clinic and Resource Center offering guidance and the latest science to help you achieve optimal health. What You Can Do to Maintain Health We are all bombarded with advertising from drug companies, supplement suppliers, food purveyors and even our government suggesting … Continue reading Welcome to the Center for Health Science!
Anxiety is strongly linked to outlook and your thought processes, which is why talk therapy (such as cognitive-behavioral therapy) can be so effective. Physical issues can also play a very large role in causing or worsening anxiety and may be the “first cause” that leads a person to develop what we know as an anxious … Continue reading Anxiety
Dr. Reinhardt treats holistically, using Apex Energetics Western herbal Formulas and Evergreen Herbs, Traditional Chinese Formulas. and Modern Chinese Medicine. Apex Energetics formulas integrate a wide range of healthcare perspectives and approaches such as functional medicine, chiropractic principles, Eastern medicine, and the latest nutritional science. Their formulas support specific biochemical pathways and physiological processes, such … Continue reading Apex Formulas
If you suffer from fatigue, excessive moodiness, depression or other common complaints you could have a thyroid issue. The thyroid gland affects almost every aspect of health. It is the most common physical cause of depression. It controls your metabolic rate and can cause hair loss, skin changes, and weight gain. Both low thyroid (hypothyroidism) … Continue reading Thyroid Disorders
Lack of quality sleep can sap your energy level, sour your mood and can effect health, work performance and quality of life. Sleep impairment has been found to contribute to ADHD-like symptoms in children and to a variety of physical disorders including hypertension, heart disease, insulin resistance and diabetes. The answer to sleep problems is … Continue reading Sleep
Sexual Dysfunction is common in both men and women. Arousal issues such as erectile dysfunction, orgasm disorders, decreased libido and pain during intercourse often go untreated due to embarrassment or lack of knowledge. Sexual issues often lead to depression, anxiety and marital discord, which serve to make these issue worse. A variety of physical issues … Continue reading Sexual Function
Many women experience difficult emotional and physical changes prior to and during menstruation. When symptoms are severe, the medical term for these changes is “premenstrual syndrome,” commonly called PMS. More than 150 symptoms are associated with PMS, ranging from breast tenderness to nausea to anger and irritability. Several physical issues can worsen PMS symptoms, including … Continue reading PMS
Brain fog, often called “mild cognitive impairment” or just clouded thinking, is extremely common. It affects thousands of people, including children as well as adults. It contributes to school and work problems, low self-esteem, accidents, unhappy relationships and often is a factor in crime and delinquency because it can cause intense frustration and inability to … Continue reading Mental Focus/Brain Fog
Menopause is defined as occurring 12 months after your last menstrual period. Perimenopause encompasses the years leading up to menopause -anywhere from two to eight years — plus the first year after your final period. During the perimenopausal transition you may experience a combination of PMS and menopausal symptoms or no symptoms at all. Several … Continue reading Menopause
Nearly one in three American adults has hypertension. Many of the cases of hypertension are idiopathic (essential hypertension), meaning arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause. Secondary hypertension is hypertension with an identified cause. Instructions on the correct way to monitor your blood pressure may be found by clicking on the Monitoring tab … Continue reading Hypertension
Over 1/3 of the US population suffers from excess blood sugar elevation (diabetes and prediabetes). It is a “silent epidemic” and many victims are unaware until they begin to experience the devastating complications. Western or conventional therapies for diabetes have been geared toward regulating blood glucose with a combination of diet modification, insulin and/or oral … Continue reading Diabetes / Prediabetes
Depression IS NOT necessarily “all in your head” Depression may be caused by purely psychological issues such as grief, loss, and fear; research tells us these types of issues themselves can bring about physical problems including elevations in homocysteine, decrease in thyroid function, and a host of other problems requiring nutritional intervention. Depressive symptoms … Continue reading Depression