• Inflammation and Weight Gain

    We all know that inflammation is problem as it pertains to neurodegenerative disease, problems with healing from TBI and now it seems it alters appropriate hypothalamic function in weight control.  Things to consider when looking at your weight. 1. Insulin resistance and c-peptide and glucose usage. 2. Thyroid function, free levels, bindings globulins and autoimmunity.… Read more about Inflammation and Weight Gain

    Narcotics: The Government is Making it Harder to get them, but is this a Wise Choice!!!

    What is Changing: It seems that the Obama administration has really been pushing hard to have drug control across the country, illegal and legal.  I mean we all know that those pesky Hyrdrocodones and Percocets and Oxys are really killing folks, and to be fair and balanced, they are with abusers, but so are a lot of… Read more about Narcotics: The Government is Making it Harder to get them, but is this a Wise Choice!!!

    Selenium (My love affair with a nutrient that works)

    Mechanism of Action ​ General: Selenium is a metallic substance that is available in a variety of chemical compounds. Often selenium is attached to an organic molecule as in selenocysteine, selenomethionine, and kappa-selenocarrageenan. In broccoli, garlic, onions, and other selenium-accumulating plants it is found as Se-methylselenocysteine or selenocystathionine. In dietary supplements selenium is commonly provided… Read more about Selenium (My love affair with a nutrient that works)

    Vinpocetine – Time to let the blood flow and let the brain grow!!

    Preliminary clinical research suggests that vinpocetine might enhance memory in normal volunteer! How many people suffer from poor blood flow or construction of crucial vasculature? Orally, vinpocetine is used for enhancing memory, improving cerebral blood flow, improving cerebral oxygen and glucose utilization, protecting against age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease, treating cerebrovascular disease, preventing post-stroke… Read more about Vinpocetine – Time to let the blood flow and let the brain grow!!