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The human brain has evolved as the most efficient brain of any animal on the planet simply because we walk on two legs. When we walk on two legs, we use a cross-crawl pattern, meaning the right arm is moved by the brains left parietal motor cortex, and the left...
Stable and healthy blood sugar is a key component of optimal metabolic health, helping lead to things like more energy, mood stability, better sleep, lower chronic disease risk, and even clearer skin. The process behind it: Glucose is the main sugar in the bloodstream, and it mostly comes from the food...
For as long as I remember most people including myself have been told that LDL cholesterol is the bad villain of plaque build-up and HDL cholesterol is the good guy. Of course, with this hypothesis it would make perfect sense that the higher your LDL cholesterol the greater the chance...
What Is Inflammation? Acute Inflammation Acute inflammation is necessary. Inflammation is the body's attempt at self-protection; the aim being to remove harmful stimuli, including damaged cells, irritants, or pathogens to begin the healing process. A simple example is a sprained ankle. After an injury, the ankle swells up because it...
Let me be very clear. There is no "One Size Diet" that fits all. No Paleo diet, no Ketogenic diet, no Mediterranean diet, no South Beach diet, no Cabbage Soup diet. The only one that will work is discovering"Your Unique Nutrition for Life!" and, in order to be long term...
In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated.”— Santiago Ramon Y Cajal, “Degeneration and Regeneration in the Nervous System,” 1928 This long-held tenet, first proposed by Professor Cajal, held that brain neurons were unique because they lacked the ability to...
Millions of people are suffering needlessly and are seeking a solution to an epidemic of chronic health problems. More people are suffering from obesity, low energy, pre-diabetes or diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, autoimmunity, brain and neurological problems, hormone imbalance, chronic pain, thyroid problems, osteoporosis and digestive issues more than any...
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., DACBN, MS, CFMP A new study presented at the American Heart Association's Prevention, Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2020 revealed that consumption of olive oil was associated with up to a 7% lower risk of coronary artery disease. The study shows that replacing a mere five grams...
How to Make Your Aging Brain 12 Years Younger In 3 Months Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. What do you do when someone has the beginning symptoms of Alzheimer's, but has not yet been given the official diagnosis? The answer is-- come up with a new disease label. Well medical...
Many of you reading this short article already know that hemoglobin A1C is extremely useful revealing what the "average" blood sugar has been over the previous ninety days. This is the same standard laboratory measurement used to measure blood sugar control in diabetics. What many people may not be...
A new study has found that the essential fatty acid gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) has an anti-tumor function and has proven to dramatically reduce the expression of various types of cancers. GLA is found in grapeseed oil, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, pistachio nuts, sunflower seeds (raw), olive oil, olives, borage oil, evening primrose oil,...
As we all know, our conventional medical system is a reactive system when it comes to chronic conditions. The US is ranked among the best when saving someone from near death experiences, but our mortality and health ratings are at 57th. We commonly try to fit these chronic conditions into...
Four percent of U.S. adults regularly use prescription sleep aids, and nearly 7 percent of people live with depression. However, many don’t realize that these hormone changes or imbalances may be the cause of unrelated symptoms. Hormones regulate just about everything in the body — from how we process energy...
Have you tried all the fad diets and joined gyms, yet you’ve seen no difference in your weight? Are you afraid to make weight loss a New Year's resolution again this year? If so, maybe you need a team of medical experts to help you. At Midwest Integrated Medical Center...
New Year’s Eve is an exciting time of new possibilities, when you can clearly envision your ideal self taking shape in a new year with each passing month (aided, perhaps, by that glass of champagne). But by February, you’ve already run out of a steam on most resolutions. And one...