Space Coast Advanced Health - Treating The Root Cause

Dr. Mark Hyman Investigates -  March 27th, 2017 From Dr. Mark Hyman, Author of   Eat Fat, Get Thin To be frank, our poop and all the bugs that live in there are the great new frontier in medicine. Who knew!? The health of the 100 trillion bugs  in your gut  (which outnumber you 10 to 1) is one of the biggest things that impacts your health. Is it as simple as just  taking a few probiotics  or eating some yogurt?  Not really – we have to learn how to tend the gut flora of our inner gardens by being selective of what we eat and how we live; feeding the good bugs and avoiding  gut-busting drugs and habits – like eating too much sugar and starch, or consuming too much alcohol, or  not managing our stress   (yes, your gut bacteria are eavesdropping on your thoughts). What About Probiotics? This is a huge area of research, and really, we are at the infancy of understanding how to create and use probiotics. Probiotics are popping up...

5 reasons for brain fog:  Spaced out all the time? Like you’re moving in slow motion through a fog and can’t snap out of it? Though it’s not considered a disorder worth a doctor’s visit, brain fog is nevertheless distressing, disorienting, and difficult to cope with. It’s also a red flag your brain is aging too quickly and that you should take action right away. When your neurons, or brain cells, don’t communicate well with another, this causes brain fog. This poor communication causes overall brain function to slow down and diminish, giving you symptoms of brain fog. The trick is to find out why those neurons aren’t communicating well with one another. A number of reasons, both metabolic (having to do with diet and lifestyle) and neurological contribute to brain fog. In a nutshell, neurons need sufficient fuel, oxygen, and stimulation to function and prevent brain fog. 5 Possible Factor Contributing to Brain Fog: 1. Blood sugar that is always too low or too high...

Our immune system is a powerful force inside each one of us!  This protective system is charged with the job of responding to foreign invaders to keep us in optimal health.  Most of us don’t think too much about this system until it is not working correctly.  I treat many patients that suffer from overactive or under-active immune systems due to chronic infections, like tick-borne diseases;  toxic exposures, like mold and mycotoxins; or autoimmune diseases, like multiple sclerosis, lupus or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.  Although many patients understand the important role of the immune system in protection and defense, few people know that it also controls our behavior.    A recent study in Nature   discussed the role of cytokines activated when the immune system goes on red alert and the connection to social isolation and autistic behaviors.  It’s even plausible that changes in immune function may lead to personality cha...