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Immune Health: Your Firm Foundation

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Hilbert and Sandy built a beautiful home in Apopka, Florida. The foundation was not built on solid ground. The poor soil and shifting sand resulted in drops in the foundation throughout the house. Over time, the house developed massive cracks in the brickwork; the basement floor buckled until it resembled the aftermath of an earthquake; […]

The Relation Between COVID, Long COVID and Your Gut Microbiome

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A vast combination of microorganisms live in our gut, including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Collectively, we refer to this as the microbiome. Despite their tiny size, these microbes have significant effects on our health and wellbeing. In fact, the microbiome is often referred to as the “second brain” due to the extensive relationship it has […]

Is Exercise Medicine?

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Despite the resistance of some, I personally continue to insist that exercise plays a vital role in the maintenance of wellness. Exercise has proven to be more than merely a preventative measure that simply maintains a pre-existing state of good health; it is also very therapeutic and can slow or reverse serious illness. And we […]

Small but Important – The Spleen

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If everything is going well in the bloodstream, it is not even palpable. The doctor can only palpate it when it is enlarged. It has very important tasks in the defense against diseases and in the red blood cell turnover. But if necessary, you can live without it. The spleen is a soft, small, spongy […]