Magnesium is one of the top things I write about. Why? Because it’s essential… because it’s used in 300 different enzymatic processes throughout the body, and because most people (80% of Americans) simply don’t get enough of it in their...
BDNF. A 4-letter acronym for one of the most important genes in the human body. BDNF stands for brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Harvard psychiatrist John Ratey describes brain-derived neurotrophic factor as a compound that is like “miracle-grow for your brain”. And...
Not to be overly dramatic, but even though there are hundreds of hormones floating through your body at the moment, there’s one hormone in particular that could be ruining your life. It’s cortisol. Too much cortisol is a significant problem,...
One of the things we do at our office at Robinhood Integrative Health is help people manage their hormone levels. We do that by giving people bioidentical hormones to help them correct their deficiencies. A majority of Americans, especially those...
In the past few years, I’ve probably written more about vitamin K-2 than I have any other vitamin. Or, for that matter, any other nutrient. There are a few reasons for my intense focus on vitamin K-2. The first is...
Your brain is easily the most important organ in your body. While every other organ in your body is essential, thanks to technologies in modern medicine we’ve figured out ways to keep people alive and living happy lives if those...
The reason I’m writing this article today is because inside my home a common virus is wreaking havoc. That’s right, it’s the middle of winter and we’ve been sucker-punched by the cold. The common cold may be a misnomer. While...
There are a lot of people who think the ketogenic diet acts like a magic diet pill. Yes, it’s a proven formula to induce rapid weight loss and improve blood sugar.But the ketogenic diet only works when you don’t give...
If you had asked researchers 60 years ago what they thought about selenium, they would have told you it was a toxin. They would have told you selenium has no known health benefits. And they would have told you to...
