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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Gluten can cause leaky brain and leaky gut

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Dr. Brad Shook

Question Eating gluten doesn’t upset my stomach. Why should I consider eliminating it from my diet? Answer Eating gluten, the protein found in wheat and wheat-like grains, has been shown to make the lining of both the brain and the digestive tract permeable or “leaky.” Leaky brain A leaky brain allows bacteria, heavy metals, environmental [...]

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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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What does functional medicine mean?

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Dr. Brad Shook

Question: I keep hearing the term functional medicine. How is it different from regular medicine? Answer: Functional medicine’s focus is on correcting physiological function versus manipulating the problem with drugs or removing it with surgery. Different causes for same disease Let’s say 10 different people visit a functional medicine practitioner with the same complaint, whether [...]

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Maximize Metabolism With a Healthy Thyroid

Posted on April 27, 2011 by bshook

Maximize Metabolism With a Healthy Thyroid.

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Significantly Improve Your Autoimmune Disease? The Best Advice You’ve Never Taken.

Posted on April 24, 2011 by bshook

Significantly Improve Your Autoimmune Disease? The Best Advice You’ve Never Taken.

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