This week, I talked about three things to manage healthy aging and how to do it: mainly diabetes, hypertension, and smoking. If you manage those things your chances of developing Alzheimer's are much lower. Then, I talked about coffee and aging. There is a protein that coffee stimulates that slows down aging! Then we talked about something that affects a lot of people, constipation, some things that have been studied to help, and how I help my patients with it. You gotta go!

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This week, I talked about a new home kit for testing ticks for Lyme disease. Easy to use and gives you more options sooner. My concern is that if it ONLY tests for Lyme and not coinfections, you might think you're in the clear when you're not. Then, we went on to multilingualism and healthy aging. There are studies that show that the more languages you speak, the slower your brain aging! So, pull out that Duolingo, Babbel, or Rosetta Stone and start learning something other than English! We finished with GLP-1 drugs and hair loss, which fortunately is usually temporary, why and what to do about it. And a reminder to hydrate in the hot steamy weather!

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This week, I found an article that discussed the LUTEAL UGLIES. That's when people who menstruate feel LOUSY the second half of their cycle. The article I read said that it's due to declining estrogen, but I think it's really due to estrogen dominance. I discuss how that happens and what you can do about it. Then, we talked about how plant-based diets help to stem the risk of diabetes more than low-carb diets! That's exciting news for people who don't want to eat a lot of animal protein. Having said that, I still believe that the right diet for YOU is the (insert your name here) diet. Naturopathic medicine is all about biochemical and general human individuality!

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