I was at a medical meeting in Chicago recently and learned some great new points. Hippocrates really was correct when he said: Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food. I’ll use the example of breast cancer, though almost any chronic disease has some basis in an inflammatory reaction. Breast
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April 9, 2012
The Brain-Gut Connection: ANXIETY
I’ll bet you didn’t know that anxiety can originate from your gut. But it can. I’ll cut to the chase and give my advice: TAKE A QUALITY PROBIOTIC NEARLY EVERY DAY, THEN SWITCH BRANDS IN 3 MONTHS. Now to explain myself. The good bacteria meant to live and thrive in your intestine
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) issued the following revised position statement, which is in favor of hormone therapy for women in menopause: http://www.menopause.org/psht12.pdf This may seem like an earth shattering statement based on new information, but I feel this is a long overdue statement. The practice of Hormone Therapy was essentially
March 30, 2012
Menopause, Hormones, and Weight Gain
Weight gain and menopause seem to go together. Many of my female patients describe rapid weight gain as they approached and entered menopause. I hear them say,”I don’t know what happened. I eat the same and exercise same, but I don’t dress the same because I can’t fit into my clothes any
March 28, 2012
Dr. Jen Featured on HealthTalk with Dr. Manny
I sat down with Dr. Manny from Health Talk on FoxNews.com to discuss the risks and benefits of testosterone pellet therapy. Pellet therapy has been around since the 1930s–the concept is probably about the same age as Premarin, but much like other bioidentical hormones, a lack of approval from the FDA has
DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone) is one of the most abundant steroid hormones in the body, but there is some mystery about what DHEA actually does. It’s known that DHEA levels decline as we age, and it is thought that DHEA has many important functions that keep us feeling young. You can find many claims about
February 26, 2012
How Do You Know If You Are Winning Your Fight Against Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is an insidious disease. You cannot feel it as it gradually approaches. One day, your doctor orders a bone density test for you, and you find out that your bones have lost density and you have osteoporosis. I see many women and even some men in this situation and they are
February 16, 2012
Painful Sex and Response to the “Ask Amy” Advice Column
A patient of mine brought to my attention, a series of articles that appear in the “Ask Amy” advice column that appears in the Chicago Tribune. A male follower of “Ask Amy” wrote in to ask her about “Sexless Marriages”. He referred to previous “Ask Amy” articles where she blamed a lack
February 13, 2012
Melatonin. Much More Than Just Sleep!
Most of you know melatonin as nature’s sleep hormone. But did you really think that this wonderful hormone (as well as all your hormones) has only one or two functions? Think again! The fact is that most of your hormones have dozens if not hundreds of functions. So, what’s the story with
February 12, 2012
What Are Hot Flashes And Why Are They Happening To Me?
There are many symptoms associated with menopause, but the symptom that epitomizes menopause is the Hot Flash. About 85% of women will experience Hot Flashes as they approach and enter menopause. Some women will have intense, frequent Hot Flashes, while others have mild, infrequent Hot Flashes. Often, Hot Flashes decrease in frequency
February 9, 2012
Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone and Your Bones
Osteoporosis is defined as a thinning and weakening of bone tissue. The statistics regarding osteoporosis and the health problems associated with it are staggering, and it’s one of the most concerning issues facing woman as they enter menopause. Although previously considered a disease that only affects women, osteoporosis has also been recognized
February 7, 2012
Hormones and Probiotics
In the new age of functional medicine, patients are still confused by the approach I take as I evaluate their complaints of peri menopause. Most female patients in their 40′s have an imbalance in progesterone and estrogen and this leads to symptoms of agitation, sleep disturbance, brain chatter, anxiety, mood swings. As
February 6, 2012
Chlorella Combats Mercury. Consider With Amalgam Dental Fillings
Chlorella Combats Mercury. Consider With Amalgam Dental Fillings. Some of you may have heard of a supplement called Chlorella. It is green food derived from a single cell plant often found in ocean waters. The Japanese use it as one of the most popular supplement foods. Dr Mercola recently wrote about this
January 22, 2012
Bad News For Bacon
Bad news for Bacon I love BACON. Most people I know love bacon too. Unfortunately, bacon had a bad week. News broke this past week citing a Swedish study showing that eating 2 slices of bacon or one link of sausage daily resulted in a 19 percent higher risk of pancreatic cancer.