Article courtesy of Functional Medicine University Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., DACBN, MS, CFMP Your body needs thyroid hormones to make cholesterol and to get rid of the cholesterol it doesn’t need. When thyroid hormone levels are low (hypothyroidism), your body doesn’t break down and remove LDL cholesterol as efficiently as …
Article courtesy of Functional Medicine University Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., DACBN, MS, CFMP Nattokinase is an enzyme that is extracted from a popular Japanese food called natto. Natto is boiled soybeans that have been fermented with a bacterium called Bacillus natto. Nattokinase has been found to keep blood optimally flowing …
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., DACBN, MS, CFMP Article courtesy of Functional Medicine University. Statin medications have been hailed the king of lowering total and LDL cholesterol. The position of many in the medical arena support that lowering cholesterol will save us from a deadly cardiovascular incident. Although I won’t deny …
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., MS, CFMP Article courtesy of Functional Medicine University. With cardiovascular disease claiming the lives of one out of two people in America today, it’s no wonder people look to medicine for help preventing heart attacks and strokes. However, the focus on high cholesterol as the …
Robert G. Silverman, DC, DACBN, DCBCN, MS, CCN, CNS, CSCS, CIISN, CKTP, CES, HKC, SASTM Article courtesy of Functional Medicine University. Some headlines about about coconut oil in recent years say that because it’s higher in saturated fat than beef or lard, it’s bad for you. “You’ll drastically increase the …