Why are women sicker than men?
Could it be from following doctor’s orders?

Men are much sicker than they need to be but women are sicker yet. I’ll explain why and how both sexes can improve the statistics.

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Wow! I asked for it, and I got it. Tons of responses poured in answering last month’s question, “Why are you giving up before the payoff?” I’m astonished by the response, and I’ve waited until the very last minute to write this article so I could read every single response. Thank you.

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This dip is quick, easy, and so good!  It is good with fruit as well as vegetables.  Hope you ENJOY!!

 

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Candida is a yeast, which is a form of mold or fungus. Candida exists in 2 forms: single cell yeasts and filamentous multi-cell structures. Single cell forms are round in shape and small, about 5 microns in diameter (a micron is 1/1,000 of a millimeter or 1/1,000,000 of a meter). The single cell forms are more common than the filamentous forms. Filamentous forms involve up to several hundred cells and can be up to 200 microns in length. Filamentous forms are generally considered to pose a greater danger of overgrowth and infection than the single celled forms.

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I thought that I would take a break again from my usual case presentation to talk about another common, but frequently under-diagnosed, medical condition, hypothyroidism. Don’t misunderstand me, chronic fungal infection is probably the most under-diagnosed medical condition. With regards to hypothyroidism, I think that Dr. Mark Starr has described the situation very well: “We are living in an environment where thyroid disease has become an epidemic throughout our society...The average physician has virtually stopped physically examining their patients and listening to their medical history and, instead, relies on blood tests to determine their diagnoses.” One of the problems with hypothyroidism is that it can occur slowly over many years and often the symptoms and signs are attributed to aging. 1

Having said that, let’s start our class, Thyroid 101, a little bit traditional and a little bit alternative.

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