Gluten could be causing your heartburn

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Dr. Brad Shook

Call it acid reflux, heartburn, or GERD, but having stomach acid splash back up into your esophagus is painful and distressing. Although researchers cite various causes, one that many doctors overlook is gluten, the protein found in wheat, spelt, rye, barley, and other wheat-like grains. Studies link gluten with acid reflux Research shows acid reflux [...]

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Could I have a food intolerance?

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Dr. Brad Shook

Question I’m told food intolerances can affect my health. How can this be true when I don’t have any digestive symptoms? Answer Sometimes it’s difficult to connect a food we eat every day with such health complaints as joint pain, brain fog, mood imbalances, congestion, skin rashes, or chronic inflammation. It’s not obvious a particular [...]

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Brain health depends on gut health

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dr. Brad Shook

Question Why do I seem to struggle so much with brain fog, anxiety, and depression? Answer Many factors can underlie these symptoms, however one of the most common is poor digestive health. The gut and the brain are intimately connected and poor digestive health can lead to poor brain health and related symptoms. Leaky gut [...]

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Kardashian, Braxton, Gaga Celebrity Brings Spotlight to Autoimmune Disease Family Ties

Posted on July 31, 2011 by bshook

Autoimmune disease are the next health epidemic.  I have blogged on this topic several times in the past because I am autoimmune (psoriasis) and I have successfully treated autoimmune conditions with functional medicine.  Using functional medicine, you can virtually make an autoimmune condition inactive to the point you have no symptoms.  This is not a mystery folks, [...]

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Tennis – ATP World Tour – Djokovic Is Gluten-Free… Are You?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by bshook

Tennis – ATP World Tour – Djokovic Is Gluten-Free… Are You?. Yes, you can have all the energy you want without bread and grains! Read the article published on the atpworldtour.com website on how Novak Djokovic reached #1 in the world and achieved a 41-0 record on a gluten free diet!  Want to be healthy [...]

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Good Housekeeping Magazine Owes it to Millions of Thyroid Patients to Get the Story Right

Posted on July 28, 2011 by bshook

    Good Housekeeping Magazine Owes it to Millions of Thyroid Patients to Get the Story Right. Understanding thyroid conditions isn’t clear cut, even among endocrinologists.  Good Housekeeping Magazine just happened to make a mistake by not doing a little more homework before publishing their recent article on thyroid conditions.  Just as the writer of [...]

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Autoimmune Diseases Worsened by Bacterial Infections?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by bshook

Research continues to demonstrate connections between bacterial infections that typically inhabit the GI tract, and conditions outside of the GI tract that are seemingly unrelated.1  One such relationship is the connection between the very common bacterial infection H. Pylori and autoimmune conditions.1 What if you have been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, [...]

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Multiple Sclerosis and Wheat (Gluten)…a connection?

Posted on July 5, 2011 by bshook

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks the central nervous system and the disease can be devastating.  As with all other autoimmune conditions the cause of MS is not well understood. In an emerging field of medicine called “functional medicine”, questions are being asked about the drivers, or causes of disease [...]

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Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms?

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Dr. Brad Shook

Question: I am on thyroid hormones. Why do I still have fatigue, weight gain, hair loss, and constipation? Answer: For 90 percent of Americans hypothyroidism is an immune disease, not a thyroid disease. Thyroid hormone medication doesn’t address the immune imbalances. Hypothyroid symptoms Hypothyroidism, or low thyroid function, affects millions of Americans, causing weight gain, [...]

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Study exposes cracks in cosmetics foundation

Posted on June 4, 2011 by bshook

Some cosmetics continue to pose a major risk to your health.   Study exposes cracks in cosmetics foundation. Want to see how toxic your cosmetics are? Visit http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/, it’s a cosmetic database that will list the chemicals in your cosmetics, and rate them on toxicity.

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