Expert Health and Rehabilitation
It's Time for a Change in your Healthcare!
So it’s HOT outside! Please drink plenty of water...not flavored but good O'L fashioned water. Filtered or purified is best. NOT distilled. It is a dehydrator. Eat small meals throughout the day that are a mix of good proteins and greens (real veggies) and some good fats throughout the day. … [Read more...]
I had a patient who had mentioned to me that she had been told that bioidentical hormones are natural hormones from plants. WELL...not really true. Here is why. Plants DO NOT produce human hormones! Never did and never will. Secondly, hormone issues in women and men (yes men have hormones) are … [Read more...]
Fishy Fishy...what is the best fish to eat for your health and why: Well, fish make omega 3 to aid in protection of increased inflammation and to allow their muscles to stay flexible in cold water. Fish also make vit D hormone to aid in this protection. We don't have enough omega 3 in our diets … [Read more...]
Sweet sixteen reasons to eliminate sugar and save your Sweet Heart! 1. Sugar is Not Food – It is empty calories with little nutritional value and actually causes your body to steal vitamins from other vital organs in attempt to process the sugar, leaving you undernourished. It really is an … [Read more...]
Our hormones affect our health in many ways but one distinct way is – weight gain. Women with hormone imbalances can gain weight around their torso. Often their arms and legs are normal, and from the neck up they look awesome! Hormonally imbalanced men gain weight around their mid-sections and … [Read more...]
Feeling depressed during the winter months is NOT in your head! Mood is directly related to hormone balance. We all know that people seem to get more depressed during the winter months or certain times that may be cyclical. So during the winter is it directly related to the lack of sun? … [Read more...]
Black and Blue…the colors of the winter season in Lake in the Hills. So now that it gets dark at 5pm (black), seasonal affect disorder is upon us (SAD). Head aches, migraines, fibromyalgia, depression (feeling blue) and a host of other hormone problems begin to create problems for many. Colds … [Read more...]
As we get through the Holidays, many wonder how to eat so that they don't put on extra weight. Sure, as a doctor serving Lake in the Hills, Algonquin, Crystal Lake and the surrounding areas, I don't want people to put on weight but the bigger concern of mine is putting on diabetes. Well, I want … [Read more...]
On the subject of diabetes medications and their side effects, I want everyone to think about something: Most diabetes is related to too much demand on the pancreas to produce insulin so insulin production becomes problematic and eventually slows down. This is protective of the body so that you … [Read more...]
Lake in the Hills Doctor feels that this is not the month to bring awareness to diabetes. However, it’s as good of a time as any. So what is diabetes? Your body dislikes carbohydrates? Your body just stops working? Nope! Diabetes is an issue with your pancreas and insulin. Your pancreas is an … [Read more...]
