Gail M. Gagnon, D.O. Blogs
All You Needed To Know About Intermittent Fasting And Why It Works
Intermittent fasting is a very popular fitness trend nowadays. Studies show that it helps you to not only lose weight and stay fit, but it can also positively impact your life and even make your life longer. Bright Side decided to do some research on this topic and...
10 Hormones Responsible For Weight Gain In Women
No one can say that weight gain can be put down to just diet or exercise plan. In fact, often weight gain can be partly blamed on your hormones. Did you know that stubborn fat can be harder to lose if your hormones aren’t in balance? So it’s a great idea to get all...
Obtain Emotional Stability That Supports Positive Thinking Through Mindful Meditation
Mindfulness meditation is a simple form of meditation based on the Buddhist Vipassana meditation method. This form of meditation may also be referred to as Insight Meditation, to see things as they really are. During the meditation, the meditator sits in observance of...
What Stress Does To Your Immune System
Stress is a normal part of modern daily life, but most people are not aware of the negative consequences of stress on their health—until it is too late. Some people are able to cope with stress better than others, while others take practical steps to reduce their...
Keto Diet 101 : Everything You Need To Know About This Eating Plan
Many different versions of low-carb diets have come and gone over the past several decades, but one carb-restrictive diet that’s been around for generations and is garnering significant attention today is the ketogenic diet. Far from a fad diet, the keto diet has...
What Is Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy?
Summary: Our hormones maintain the chemical balance in the body. The menstrual cycle in women triggers the production of some important hormones like estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. When the ovaries stop functioning, whether due to age (menopause) or due to...
Menopause and Bioidentical Hormones
Summary: Ever since the World Health Organization (WHO) released it's findings regarding traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT), women have been looking for alternatives. Suzanne Somer's book, The Sexy Years, introduced many of us to the term "Bioidentical...
Progesterone to help balance hormones
Summary: Take Progesterone to help balance estrogen in the body and reduce hot flashes. Keywords: progesterone, progesterone cream, hot flashes, change of life Article Body: Progesterone is a hormone naturally produced in the female body from both the ovaries and...
The Role Hormones Play In Migraines
Migraine affects more than 37 million men and women in the US. As a result of these patterns, researchers have speculated that migraines might be linked to hormonal activity in women. Periods Most migraine sufferers are women, and many female migraine sufferers report...
The Difference Between Dementia And Alzheimer’s
“What’s the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s?” This is a common question, and doctors can be good at confusing us. Physicians seem to prefer the word “dementia,” possibly because Alzheimer’s has become such a loaded word. “Dementia” somehow sounds less...
Understanding Anti-Anxiety Medications
Anti-anxiety medications might offer one quick solution to your anxiety problems. These types of drugs include traditional anti-anxiety drugs (benzodiazepines), as well as newer options like antidepressants and beta-blockers. They can help reduce your anxiety while...
What You Should Know About Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Mary lives in Seattle, where the fall and winters are not known for being full of sunshine and blue skies—they are dark, overcast and quite dreary. Mary dreaded fall; even the changing colors on the trees did little to lighten her mood. As fall would move into winter...
Health Conditions That Can Benefit From A Gluten-Free Diet
While people who have celiac disease and gluten allergies most often eliminate gluten from their diet, there are other health conditions that can benefit from a gluten-free diet. In fact, you may find that eating gluten-free is the answer for what’s ailing you. One of...
The Connection Between Gluten, Weight Loss And Weight Gain
With all the news about gluten and gluten-free diets, you may be wondering if gluten intolerance might be behind your weight gain. The answer is that, yes, if your body can’t process gluten, you may have many problems with weight gain, among others. However, weight...
Foods That Can Help Boost Your Immune System
A number of foods have been found to benefit the immune system. One group of foods is thought to reduce inflammation in the body, leading to less wear and tear on all your bodily systems, including your immune system: anti-inflammatory foods. Adding anti-inflammatory...
Inflammation And Your Immune System
The word inflammation comes from the Latin inflammare, to set on fire. In the context of our immune system, heat, redness, pain and swelling form as a reaction to either injury, or a perceived threat in the body. If you've ever hit your thumb with a hammer, you can...
How Weight Loss Affects Your Immune System And Reduces Inflammation
If you are overweight or obese, you are not alone. But what you might not know is just how bad being overweight is for your body and its ailments. The first reason is that the fat we have on our belly, butt, and thighs is not just ugly flab that weighs down your...
GMOs And Gut Health
GMOs (genetically modified organisms) have genes from another species transplanted into their DNA. This is done to increase production or yield or add some other previously nonexistent quality to the organism. These experimental organisms have so far been mostly...
One Amazing Way To Health Digestion Problems: Enzymes
Your body is designed to digest the food you eat.It creates hydrochloric acid along with various enzymes for just that purpose. So why might you consider taking them as a supplement?Well if you seem to get gas no matter you eat, you often suffer from heartburn or...
