Supporting Crohn’s Disease with Diet, Lifestyle Changes, and Supplements
Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease. It causes inflammation of the digestive tract, leading to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, tiredness, malnutrition, and weight loss. The exact cause of Crohn’s disease is unknown. Crohn’s disease originates in genetically susceptible individuals exposed to certain yet unknown environmental risk factors. [1-2] Crohn’s disease may affect any portion…
How to prevent recurrent gout attacks by reducing uric acid levels
Gout is a common metabolic disease with excruciatingly painful inflammatory arthritis. Gout is often caused by overindulgence in food or alcohol, leading to an accumulation of salt crystals (monosodium uric acid crystals) in the joints, bones, and soft tissues. Gout is painful and often occurs recurrently. Heightened amounts of uric acid in the blood of…
Maintaining Eye Health and Good Eyesight with Diet and Supplements
Failing eyesight doesn’t have to be an inevitable and acceptable reality of aging. Dry eyes, night blindness, cataracts, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, or glaucoma do not have to be your destiny. The truth is that your diet and lifestyle significantly affect your eye health. There are things you can do to decrease your risk of…
How to Prevent Appendicitis Naturally
Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. The appendix is a hollow organ located in the right lower quadrant of the belly, which contains both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. [1] There is still debate regarding the purpose of the appendix, with some saying it may have immunoprotective functions acting as a lymphoid organ and others…
Diverticular Disease and Diverticulitis: How Diet, Lifestyle, and Supplements Can Help
Diverticulosis is a condition whereby abnormal sacs, pockets, or pouches called “diverticula” are formed in weakened areas of the wall of the gastrointestinal tract, most prominently in the colon. Although these diverticula are present, they are not inflamed, and the condition is usually asymptomatic. This condition is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders among…
How To Stop Muscle Cramps/Spasms From Recurring
Muscle cramps are a sudden contraction or tightening of a muscle that usually lasts a few seconds to a few minutes, caused by muscle twitches or spasms. Muscle spasms are involuntary, painful contractions of either an entire muscle group, an individual muscle, or some muscle fibers. [1] The cramp last from a few seconds to…
How to Get Relief from PMS with Diet, Supplement, and Lifestyle Changes
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects the daily functioning of women from a week before to a few days into their menstruation, with emotional and physical symptoms substantially interfering with the quality of everyday life. [1-2] PMS has a wide variety of emotional and physical symptoms, including increased appetite, weight gain, body pain, headache, swelling and tenderness…
How to Reduce Reflux (or GERD) Symptoms with Diet and Lifestyle Changes
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a relapsing chronic gastrointestinal disorder characterized by the backward flow of stomach contents (including acid, pepsin, duodenal content, and pancreatic enzymes) into the esophagus. The typical symptoms include heartburn and regurgitation but often also induce troublesome symptoms and complications. It is of the most commonly diagnosed digestive disorder with a…
Managing Osteoporosis With Diet, Lifestyle, and Supplements
Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease in humans. It is a disease of bone fragility from a low bone mineral density that leads to bone deterioration predisposing people to easy fracturing of bones. It generally comes from aging and a simultaneous decrease in sex hormones. But it can also come from excessive exercise, malnutrition,…
How to Support Heart Health and Prevent Heart Disease
Heart disease or cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in developed countries, of which atherosclerosis is the most common type of heart disease. Heart disease is responsible for ¼ of all deaths, with 17.3 million global deaths each year, expected to rise by over 26% by 2030. Prevention of heart disease through lifestyle…
Supporting Asperger’s and Autism with Diet, Lifestyle Changes, and Supplements
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a spectrum of neurodevelopment disorders of unknown cause. Research suggests that environmental risk factors during the prenatal period could influence a child’s brain development. ASD is characterized by social communication and interaction abnormalities and repetitive behavior patterns, interests, or activities. These children become distressed when their surroundings are changed because…
Managing Celiac Disease With A Gluten-Free Diet
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder causing inflammation of the small intestine. The disease is prompted by ingesting gluten-containing products in susceptible people. Gluten is a group of alcohol-soluble proteins found in various grains, including wheat, barley, spelt, rye, and Kamut. Celiac disease is often brought on by environmental factors, including viral infections and an…
Overactive Bladder? Here Are Diet, Supplements, and Activities that Support Bladder Health
Do you find yourself waking up in the night to urinate or notice that you need to urinate more often than most people? If you cannot hold your urine or experience leakage when you cough, sneeze, laugh or when you need to empty your bladder, you may have an overactive bladder. Overactive bladder is a…
How to Prevent and Heal Anemia Through Diet and Supplements
Anemia is defined as hemoglobin or red blood cell concentration below two standard deviations of the average physiological needs depending on a person’s age and gender. [1] Anemia affects about ? of the world’s population [2] and contributes to increased morbidity and mortality, [3-4] decreased work productivity, [5] poorer birth outcomes, [6-7], and impaired behavioral…
Healing Mouth Ulcers with Diet and Supplements
Mouth ulcers, canker sores, or in the medical term, recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is one of the most common wounds of the mouth mucosa seen in primary care. Aphthous ulcers affect up to 25% of the general population, with 3-month recurrence rates as high as 50%. [1] They generally occur in the mouth tissue but…