Workout motivation. You don’t have any. You know exercise is good… and you still don’t do it. You’re not alone. We all want a magic pill that makes us smarter, happier, and better looking. Good news is the magic pill is here. Bad news is it’s exercise. Time to dump a bucket of solve on this problem and make you awesome. And we’ll do it by listening to your favorite music, hanging out with friends and taking lessons from Seinfeld. Sound … [Read more...]
Do You Take Omega 3 Fish Oils? Are You Taking Enough?
The American Heart Association recommends that patients with elevated triglycerides take 2 to 4 grams (that’s 2000 to 4000 mgs) of omega 3 fish oils a day. In my practice, I recommend 4 grams per day for almost everyone – particularly those people with abnormal cholesterol profiles, Metabolic Syndrome, diabetes, and/or cardiovascular disease. That’s the dose I take myself – for prevention – even though my cholesterol profile is normal. But when I … [Read more...]
Adjunctive Nutraceuticals for Depression
Adjunctive Nutraceuticals for Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses Adjunctive Nutraceuticals for Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses Adjunctive Nutraceuticals for Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses There is burgeoning interest in augmentation strategies for improving inadequate response to antidepressants. The adjunctive use of standardized pharmaceutical-grade nutrients, known as … [Read more...]
Parathyroid Disease: hidden health threat equivalent to pack a day smoking
The comedian suffered from hyperparathyroidism, a rare and under-publicized condition that can sometimes be fatal. The parathyroid (PT) glands, as I have come to know, have nothing to do with the much more famous thyroid gland. Most people have four of them, usually located in the neck; they are very small, and they regulate the level of calcium in the blood. For most healthy people, the blood-calcium level is confined within a narrow range. … [Read more...]
Neuroimaging distinction between neurological and psychiatric disorders
Should the fields of neurology and psychiatry be merged? In this article published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, a meta-analysis of 168 neuroimaging studies involving 4,227 patients and 4504 healthy controls cautions us in assuming that the fields of psychiatry and neurology should merge. Indeed, the authors state: It is unclear to what extent the traditional distinction between neurological and psychiatric disorders reflects biological … [Read more...]