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Digestive Distress

leaky gut

Leaky Gut | Breaking Down the Walls of Toxic Digestion

What is Leaky Gut? Leaky gut is the result of an inflammation in the digestive tract leading to increased permeability, which allows for proteins that should remain in the gut ending up in the blood stream. The immune system recognizes ...
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Gallbladder Problems

Fool-Proof Ways to Surge Your Gallbladder Function

About 600,000 people in the United States each year have their gallbladder removed making it the eighth most common surgery performed. 1/10 of those patients end up with the same problem they came in with before the removal of the ...
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SIBO IBS

Vanquish SIBO: The Pitfall of IBS

SIBO stands for small intestine bacterial overgrowth. The majority of bacteria in our gut should live in the large intestine. Commonly caused by a loss of tone in the valve that separates the small and the large intestine. This is ...
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Pain Resolution

Neck Stiffness Pain

Simple Fix to Get Rid of Toxic Neck Pain / Stiffness

The vast majority of straightforward neck stiffness can be put into two categories. Neck or shoulder driven neck pain. A very simple test that I’ve used to distinguish the two with a high degree of accuracy is simple neck rotation ...
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Meniscus Pain

Painful Knees? Your Meniscus Could be Knocking You Down

The meniscus is a piece of cartilage in the knee that can be stressed or torn when your shin bone and thigh bone rotate excessively on top of each other. While this is seen in athletes trying to change directions ...
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Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar Fasciitis: An Easy Solution to a Painful Nuisance

Plantar fasciitis typically presents as a sharp pain at the heel – particularly after laying in bed all night. Although the pain can persist longer than that, it will generally get better throughout the day and then back to pain ...
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Healthy Hormones

HOW TO: Actually Address LOW Testosterone

Signs and Symptoms The signs and symptoms of low testosterone are well understood and felt on a daily basis. These are the common symptoms that I see regularly in the office. FatigueLow Sex Drive / LibidoLow MotivationLoss of Muscle MassLow ...
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Slow metabolism

How to Fix a Slow Metabolism

There are 3 things to focus on when fixing a slow metabolism. Reducing Stress Hormone Production Decreasing Inflammation Addressing Blood Sugar Problems. If you can accomplish all three, then you will more than likely be running on all cylinders. A ...
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PCOS

Destroy The PCOS Time Bomb and Regain Control

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) occurs when an excessive amount of androgen hormones are produced. These stimulate the production of cysts on the ovaries. They can grow to the point of rupture and can be very painful. Additional symptoms of excessive ...
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Adrenal Fatigue

Falling Victim To Fatigue? Your Adrenals May Be To Blame

True adrenal fatigue is occurs when the adrenals aren’t able to produce stress hormones on demand like they should. This is very rare and is medically referred to as Addision’s disease. Some of the symptoms of Addison’s disease include: Addison’s ...
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Hypothyroidism

3 Little-known Reasons You Have Hypothyroidism Or Low Thyroid Symptoms

There are 24 discernible thyroid patterns, but most people are just familiar with two – hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. In fact, it is more complicated than that and the gland can be impacted by many different things. The thyroid is a ...
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estrogen dominance

Take Command Of Painful PMS By Addressing Estrogen Dominance

Signs and Symptoms of Estrogen Dominance Cramping, BloatingMood SwingsHeadachesHeavy or Short CyclesBreast TendernessFibrocystic Lumps in BreastBowel Movement Changes around PeriodWeight GainHistamine Intolerance Despite this being the most common hormonal problem I see, the solution is never the same from person ...
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Slow metabolism

How to Fix a Slow Metabolism

There are 3 things to focus on when fixing a slow metabolism. Reducing Stress Hormone Production Decreasing Inflammation Addressing Blood Sugar Problems. If you can accomplish all three, then you will more than likely be running on all cylinders. A …

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Hypothyroid

The 6 Categories Of Insidious Hypothyroid Patterns

Free Thyroid Ebook Access Here! * indicates required Email Address * First Name * Last Name The 24 thyroid patterns can be broken down in to 6 distinctive categories of dysfunction. While many of the symptoms of a low functioning …

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Hypothyroidism

3 Little-known Reasons You Have Hypothyroidism Or Low Thyroid Symptoms

There are 24 discernible thyroid patterns, but most people are just familiar with two – hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. In fact, it is more complicated than that and the gland can be impacted by many different things. The thyroid is a …

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anxiety natural relief

Breaking the Never Ending Anxiety Loop

The frustrating part of controlling and reducing anxiety is that the very presence of anxiety will drive more of it. This loops leads to the uncontrollable hole that is anxiety and even panic. Just as with resolving any issue, you …

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ketosis

How To Get The Most Out Of The Ketogenic Diet

If you or a friend of yours has tried going into ketosis and said any of the following, “I just felt tired, dizzy, and cranky the whole time” “it’s just like the Adkins diet” “it’s just not healthy” “the weight loss is just temporary” then you’re doing it wrong. Don’t be that guy that doesn’t… 1. Eat enough fat for …

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weight loss fails

6 Ways You Fail at Weight Loss

In today’s day and age, we are fed results instantly in every aspect of life. Primary examples being through google, amazon, netflix, fast food places, and more. We are trained that we can pay for convenience and get almost anything done faster that way. Fortunately, our body isn’t connected to the internet and money means nothing to it. Here are …

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The purpose of this site is to educate and break down the rhetoric of mainstream thought prohibiting the progress of health through functional nutrition and chiropractic. He is a chiropractor currently located in Elk River, Minnesota.

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