excerpt from Jill Carnahan, MD Mast cells are in most tissues throughout the body, especially in connective tissue, skin, intestinal, cardiovascular, nervous, and reproductive as well. They are part of the allergy response designed to protect us from threats and...
Coffee – Healthy or Harmful? A lawsuit in California could result in requiring businesses selling coffee to warn their consumers that it poses a cancer risk because it contains the chemical acrylamide. Acrylamide in large quantities could be dangerous, but...
Today’s approach for dealing with Lupus is a treatment of symptoms. Suppressing the immune system doesn’t sound like a great approach since your immune system is a vital system in your body to protect you against various infections. In this video, I...
When you’re eliminating gluten, it’s important to consider booze and the gluten free dieter. How will you be affected by alcoholic beverages? You may not have thought much about how alcohol is made, but it can affect your exposure to gluten. Any beverages that are...
With all the news about gluten and gluten-free diets, you may be wondering can gluten intolerance lead to weight gain? In fact, if your body can’t process gluten you can have many problems including weight gain. However, weight gain isn’t as common as weight loss....
After spending a lifetime working hard to eke out an existence for yourself and your family, after keeping yourself healthy for all these working years and also to see your children and perhaps even grandchildren graduate from school, you know that retirement does not...