Among the many essential uses of magnesium are: normal muscle function, normal nerve function, regulation of heart rhythm, regulation of blood sugar, maintain bone health, maintain a healthy immune system, detoxify the internal and external world, and generate energy.

The sun can energize us. Its daily and seasonal cycles are the foundations of our circadian rhythms. Sunlight absorbed through our skin drives our production of the master hormone Vitamin D. And sunlight creates oxidative stress and increases DNA damage in the skin (squamous cell cancer and melanoma).

Sometimes we don’t recognize how valuable a skill is until we're losing it. Rather than delaying interventions to strengthen brain health, maybe we can begin much earlier.

When we encourage you to consider “Why” understanding the root causes of your symptom matters to you, we invite you into the process of deeply considering the options that are available to you to return yourself to better health.

Health is a present state evaluation that we assess and describe in the moment of our reflection. Healing is a process that takes variable lengths of time. Without that direct realization of cause and effect, motivation to change is lacking. And for the young who lack the ability of foresight or the realization of human frailty, the motivation to make health-related changes are even more difficult.

I’m often asked what can be done to improve the likelihood that your brain will remain healthy throughout life. After all, health without awareness is pointless to most of us. Of course we know to optimize our diet, to stop smoking, control our weight, stop drinking alcohol, stop smoking marijuana, and exercise. But you may be surprised to know that there is something that trumps all of these.

Our nation’s healthcare system is in crisis because it costs an exorbitant amount to keep a person with a chronic disease alive and healthy. The number of people with chronic diseases has increased because our lifestyle choices can push our bodies out of balance. So it comes down to this: How might we choose to live healthier lives?

We often think that our lives are controlled by our genes. In some sense they are. In a larger sense, our lives are controlled by the interaction between our genes and our environment. These interactions determine how our genes will manifest themselves.

As you grow older, benchmarking your bone health becomes increasingly important. Your bones reach maximum density in your twenties and then begin to slowly decline. This decline markedly increases once menopause or andropause occur, during times of increased stress or infection, during times of significant nutritional challenge, and during times of deconditioning or lack of exercise.

Over time many studies have tried to ascertain the drivers of later Alzheimer’s Disease. Usually they have found that cigarette smoking or low educational level have been primary predictors of later Alzheimer’s Disease. This study sheds new light on how we might support our brain health earlier in life.