by | Jan 8, 2016 | Antioxidants, Detoxification, Digestive System, Environment, Hormone, Immune, Mitochondria, Neurotransmitters, Nutritional Deficiencies, Seizures
Pick up your FREE EBook by registering your email in the box to the side. It offers great insight into seizure disorders from a functional perspective. If you or your loved one is still experiencing seizures despite the medications, the special diet and other...
by | Nov 12, 2015 | Hormone, Seizures
In a recent journal titled “Thyroid hormones: Possible roles in epilepsy pathology”, the authors explore the impact of an underactive thyroid on seizures. The researchers report that the thyroid hormones (THs) l-thyroxine (T4) and l-triiodothyronine (...
by | Nov 9, 2015 | Digestive System, Environment, Hormone, Seizures
Recently, I listened to an excellent webinar titled “The Gut/Brain Connection” by Dr. Kalish. Much of the information provided reinforced the functional nutrition approach I use to seizures. One of many specifics that I took away from the webinar was the...
by | Oct 12, 2015 | Environment, Hormone, Neurotransmitters, Seizures
I want to be successful at meditating because the evidence based research is overwhelmingly in favor of meditation. Meditation can help with: weight loss, reducing chronic stress, helping to manage stressful situations, depression, managing cardiovascular disease...
by | Aug 11, 2015 | Hormone, Immune, Neurotransmitters, Nutritional Deficiencies, Seizures
I’ve been researching the interplay between hormones and their influence on brain excitability and thus seizures. For the female sex hormones, progesterone and its metabolites have strong anti-convulsant properties while estrogen is mainly proconvulsant....
by | Jul 27, 2015 | Digestive System, Environment, Hormone, Immune, Mitochondria, Neurotransmitters, Seizures
In scientific literature and in mainstream discussion there’s been a lot of focus on how to support the digestive system, now referred to as the “second brain”. There’s also quite a bit of research identifying the need to address neuro-...
