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Let’s talk about vitamin D . . .
President Trump took it as part of his innovative antiviral cocktail recently. And Dr. Fauci says he takes vitamin D and C supplements and that they can lessen “your susceptibility to infection” according to Business Insider. So why is…read more
Categories:COVID-19 Supplements
COVID-19: The short long road, or the long short road?
Last week, amid the October Surprise of President Trump’s bout of coronavirus illness, it was dramatically underscored that COVID-19 isn’t going away. If even the White House was transformed into a “Red Zone”, with multiple staffers testing…read more
Categories:COVID-19
10 ways to cultivate your internal “terrain”
By now you’ve probably viewed my short video explaining the Terrain Theory (if not, you can view it here). In it, I describe the 19th-century origins of the debate between proponents of the germ theory—which posits disease is merely a…read more
Categories:COVID-19 Gall bladder disease Immunity Infections
Ask Leyla: Why is my blood pressure rising?
Q: I am a 46-year-old woman. I have never suffered from high blood pressure. In fact, my blood pressure always tended to be on the ‘low’ side. Recently, this has changed. Within a matter of weeks my…read more
Categories:Hypertension
Should you get the flu shot this fall?
With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, and temperatures plummeting, public health officials are urging everyone to get a flu shot. For example, a recent article from the University of California at San Francisco exhorts “Why COVID-19 Means You…read more
Categories:Flu
Ask Leyla: Can certain foods trigger herpes outbreaks?
Q: I suffer from cold sores, and I’ve heard that certain foods can be a trigger for outbreaks—including nuts. I eat nuts daily as a snack; should I be avoiding them to prevent herpes outbreaks? A: The herpes…read more
Categories:Food Sensitivity General Nutrition
“Long-Haulers”—The forgotten casualties of the pandemic
In some ways, we seem to have turned the corner on COVID-19. Notwithstanding dire predictions of a “second wave”, hospitalizations are declining, and deaths in some of the former kill zones like New York, New Jersey and…read more
Categories:COVID-19
Immune support for fall: What do you need to fend off the changing weather?
With fall and winter approaching, and some predicting a “second wave”, here’s practical advice on nutritional support for immune function from our friends at Protocol for Life Balance. –Dr. Ronald Hoffman This article contains content from one…read more
Categories:Immunity Sponsored Supplements
Brainrobbers: Medicines that steal your brain power (Revisited!)
Paging through the archives of Intelligent Medicine, I came across the following article which I first published in 2018. It foretells a problem which is highlighted in a brand new research paper published in the September 2 edition of Neurology. It…read more
Your resiliency report card
Resiliency has taken on profound relevance these days as COVID-19 continues to loom. “Co-morbidities” have become a buzzword for the immune system Achilles’ heels that render people exposed to the virus more likely to have stormy courses…read more
Categories:COVID-19 General Medicine
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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Dead Butt Syndrome: I love this term! Formally speaking, in medical parlance, it’s dubbed “gluteal…
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Q: I read various health newsletters, books, and websites on nutritional advice, and I’d like…
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"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into…
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