Archives: Dec '15

7 Immediate Benefits of a Good Night’s Sleep (Courtesy of Mindbodygreen) Work hard, play hard. Right? That seems to be the motto these days — but it’s one you may want to rethink. Somewhere in between the working and the playing, it’s vital to get an adequate amount of sleep. We’ve all heard it before:…

Natural Treatments for Thyroid Conditions (Courtesy of John Berardi, Ph.D. and Spencer Nadolsky, D.O, Precision Nutrition) The thyroid gland is one of the “master controllers” that regulates nearly every major metabolic function in the body. If you’ve been diagnosed with a thyroid condition, your thyroid might be producing too much of the hormone (hyperthyroidism) or too…

Natural Treatments for Autoimmune disease (Courtesy of John Berardi, Ph.D. and Spencer Nadolsky, D.O, Precision Nutrition) In autoimmune diseases, your immune system (wrongly) attacks healthy organs and tissues in your body. Experts don’t know exactly what causes autoimmune diseases, but it’s likely a combination of genetics and environmental factors. Autoimmune diseases are on the rise,…

Natural Treatments for High Blood Pressure (Courtesy of John Berardi, Ph.D. and Spencer Nadolsky, D.O, Precision Nutrition) In the past, you hardly paid attention to these two numbers rattled off by the nurse at your doctor’s office. Now, you’ve been told your blood pressure is chronically high, and suddenly you need to understand them. The top…

Natural Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes (Courtesy of John Berardi, Ph.D. and Spencer Nadolsky, D.O, Precision Nutrition) In Type 2 diabetes, there’s a problem with insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas when blood sugar goes up, usually after a meal. Insulin resistance and/or an inappropriate insulin response can prevent glucose from being properly stored. This…