If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, you know I come back to the same theme over and over: what you eat, most days of your life, quietly builds (or breaks) your health. Supplements can help improve health…medications are...
If you’ve followed Dr. Wiggy’s work for any length of time, you know he has written quite a bit about GLP-1 medications and how they’re changing the landscape of metabolic health. He’s also talked extensively about alcohol metabolism, the toll...
What Is a TENS Unit? Many people first try natural pain relief strategies: stretching, ice or heat, massage, topical creams, over-the-counter NSAIDs, and gentle movement therapy.Unfortunately, sometimes those alone aren’t enough, and that’s where a TENS unit becomes a useful...
Gut-Brain Connection Redefines Gluten Sensitivity Being gluten-free is far more common today than it was 10 or 15 years ago.For decades, people struggled with bad GI issues and didn’t know why.Research into the subject shed light on how the protein...
A Grape That Evolved to Survive Anything Unlike the table grapes most of us buy at the store, muscadines developed in the humid Southeast, where plants need strong defenses to survive. And those defenses, built right into their thick skins...
Researchers looked at more than 10,800 older adults and discovered that those who regularly listened to music had a 39% lower chance of developing dementia than those who rarely or never did. Playing an instrument also helped lower the risk...
Let Me Give You A Brief History of Chamomile Chamomile (pronounced kam-uh-meel or kam-uh-myle) is a member of the Asteraceae family, the same family that includes daisies, and has been used medicinally since at least 500 BCE. The ancient Egyptians...
Dr. Wiggy has often written about how chronic, low-grade inflammation drives many of today’s most common health problems, from heart disease to metabolic disorders and even cognitive decline. This new research supports that same principle, highlighting how simple, food-based interventions...
A Brief History of Valerian Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is a flowering plant native to Europe and parts of Asia, though it’s now grown worldwide. Its medicinal use dates back more than 2,000 years. Ancient Greek and Roman physicians, including Hippocrates...
