Radiant Health Blog
Live Your Best, Healthiest Life with Longevity Medicine
Over the past few years, we’ve been hearing more about the quest for immortality among Silicon Valley types in particular. Some are even so bold to predict that we’ll soon conquer death entirely. Yet the dream of living forever has been around...well, seemingly...
Why EDTA Is the Right Chelator for Gadolinium
When you get an MRI, a contrasting agent may be used to improve the clarity of the imaging. The downside, however, is that those dyes usually contain gadolinium, a toxic heavy metal. It was once thought that this was a risk mainly for people with impaired kidney...
Nutritional Support with IV Drip Therapy
So, yes, the whole diet is vitally important. But with respect to nutrition, there are times when even that alone might not be enough. Is your body getting all the nutrients you give it? As we noted last time, many factors can affect nutrient absorption. For instance,...
It’s the Whole Diet that Matters, Not Any One “Superfood”
As we were saying, your body needs real food. Can we take that a step further and see food as medicine? You’ve probably heard the saying “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food” – an idea that’s usually attributed to Hippocrates. In truth, though, the...
Dietary Emulsifiers, Gut Health, & Mental Health
No sooner had we hit “publish” on our last post, we ran across a new study on another type of additive that may be contributing to modern health woes: emulsifiers. Emulsifiers are used in a wide variety of hyperprocessed food products to change their texture, extend...
How What You Eat May Influence How Much You Move (or Don’t)
If you’ve been living the couch potato life, it can be hard to start getting more active. But is it just habit or lack of will power getting in the way, keeping you from making exercise a part of your daily routine? According to new research in Circulation, what you...
The Radiant Health Blog in Review, 2018
It’s the time of year when lists abound, reflecting on the year that’s winding down or looking ahead to the year to come and all the promise it holds. Who are we to buck tradition? So with that in mind, we take a look back at our year in blogging on Radiant Health,...
Root Canal Teeth & Chronic Illness: Is There a Connection?
As an integrative medical clinic, we've worked closely over the years with biological dentists whose patients need detox or other medical support as part of their care. Our thanks to the office of biological dentist Gary Verigin for providing this article on a dental...
The Life-Changing Power of Gratitude
As we prepare for Thanksgiving, thoughts naturally turn to gratitude. Yet it can sometimes seem a hard thing to practice when faced with tragedies and challenges like those our region has faced through recent weeks. There has been loss. There has been pain. Yet the...