CATEGORY: Aging
Your Blood Type Determines Your Susceptibility to Different Infections
Your blood type controls what your immune system views as dangerous. We all have a blood type, either O, A, B or AB. The original blood type was O, and it is the most common blood type in the world. [...]
Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Fugue
A discussion of how a person can lose awareness of their identity. This week our focus in on something other than hormone replacement specifically. This topic is often more related to Counseling and Psychology. But it is real, and it[...]
Chronic Inflammation and How to Counteract it
One of the problems that develops chronic inflammation is the accumulation of heavy metals in the body like mercury. This week, we make the distinction between acute inflammation and chronic inflammation. A chronic condition is more enduring and long term.[...]
Atrial Fibrillation is an Electrical Short in the Heart
Atrial fibrillation can be caused by chronic stress, chronic fast heart rate called tachycardia, or a genetic weakness. Heart Disease, Blood Flow, SA node, Right Atrium, Left Atrium, ventricular contraction, neurologic malfunction of the heart. Before I can explain a common[...]
It is not your imagination you do lose muscle mass as you age.
Don't take your muscle mass for granted. We take our muscle mass for granted unless we are body builders. There are five reasons why this happens: Decrease in testosterone after age 40 for women and 45 for men. Inactivity is[...]
What is Fibromyalgia (FBM) and How Does BioBalance Health Treat it?
When diagnosing Fibromyalgia we must rule out autoimmune diseases, chronic viral infections, and diseases such as depression. Researchers believe that fibromyalgia amplifies painful sensations by affecting the way your brain processes pain signals. Fibromyalgia is a disease that presents with severe fatigue,[...]
Hypothyroidism is the Overlooked Diagnosis
Discussing the 13 signs and symptoms of Hypothyroidism. Recently a long-term patient who has taken testosterone and estradiol pellets for over a decade, insisted that her PCP take care of her thyroid medicine, blamed me and her estradiol and testosterone[...]
BioBalance Health’s Anti-Aging Pyramid
As we age our body begins to deteriorate and we become more fragile and more susceptible to illness and death. For the last several weeks, we have been discussing the various systems of the body which, as we age, begin[...]
How do we age, concerning the Brain, the Sensory System, and the Muscle System.
The amount of muscle mass you maintain depends on how much testosterone and growth hormone you produce or replace. The brain is complex and is not a static organ. It is always growing new cells and breaking down the old[...]
Aging of the GI System
Our intestines do a lot more for us than we actually give it credit for. The entire system from your mouth to the end of the alimentary canal. Food that we eat is a fuel. We ingest it in the[...]