Natural Medicines & Family Practice

Information may not be reliable

We frequently see patients failing to get results with supplements purchased elsewhere. Most people think all supplements are created equally but chemical analysis proves otherwise. When you purchase supplements, you should ask for a certificate of analysis, which measures ingredients and the presence of toxins. You may find you can’t get it or be told it’s not important. You may be surprised to find the Federal Drug Administration does not test supplements for purity or contamination.

People mistakenly think many symptoms are caused by thyroid problems. In my experience, most providers do insufficient thyroid testing and many alternative providers or books mistakenly convince patients they only have a primary thyroid problem. Many patients look up information on the internet, which is very limited and often misleading, and then think they know all about thyroid labs.

Startling new findings help explain why some people lose can lose weight and some can’t. Excess weight, particularly around the abdomen, plays a significant role in causing pre diabetes, diabetes and arteriosclerosis. Infections play a role in causing diabetes and arteriosclerosis and researchers found infections may contribute to obesity. 11% of the general population tests positive for certain infections while 30% of obese individuals test positive for infections. The 19% difference in infection rates is generating obesity research most clinicians and patients have never heard of. Researchers hope to develop vaccines to prevent infectious obesity in the future, while other might ask what can we do now?

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