Jan 29 2008
Osteoporosis – Calcium Alone is not Enough
A friend told me she was suffering from osteoporosis and couldn’t understand how she was ingesting so much calcium in supplements and food and it wasn’t helping her situation at all. “I just don’t know where all the calcium is going!” she lamented, telling me that she was drinking so much milk and taking calcium supplements. Read more…
Jan 27 2008
Oh the Wonders of Melatonin!
Melatonin is known as the hormone of darkness because it is produced in our bodies when we are asleep at night. Melatonin production peaks in the middle of the night, and gradually declines during the early morning hours. Melatonin is produced by pinealocytes in the pineal gland in the brain and by the retina lens and in the GI tract. Read more…
Jan 27 2008
DHEA is the abbreviation for the hormone dehydroepiandrosterone. It is the precursor hormone to estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. Its chief function to is moderate the balance of hormones within your body. When the adrenal glands are consistently fatigued and overworked, striving to produce high levels of cortisol, they lose the ability to produce DHEA sufficiently for the body. When this occurs, you will experience bone loss, loss of muscle mass, decreased sex drive, fatigue, impaired immune function and fatigue.
DHEA can be obtained from your doctor by prescription.
