probiotics

A recent conference in Washington state, put on by "The Kinghardt Academy", has now taken place and has a great overview topic by the Better Health Guy's website. I'm hoping everyone who has an interest in chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain that is from fibromyalgia, MS, ALS, Parkinsons, Lewy body disease, Alzheimers, and autism, etc. is aware of this conference having taken place and the information that is available which has come from it.  read more »

Probiotics protect your intestinal tract from many things. One of the most important things that probiotics do is to accumulate around the Peyer's patches in the intestinal tract. The Peyer's patches are our immune system in the intestinal tract, and it is the largest part of our immune system due to food being our biggest exposure to infections.  read more »

I am looking forward to this seminar this evening; I wanted to share what I received in my email yesterday reminding me of it.  Deirdre Rawlings does a really nice job of promoting/getting the word out in the first place and then once a person has signed up at her websites for something, 'prompting' them.  If you've not yet signed up and are interesting in this seminar or in the future for other similar things, follow the link below that is in purple and is www.foodsforfibromyalgia.com -- that's the put-in/starting place.    read more »

Maintaining the health of the urinary tract, or knowing how to manage a problem such as infection, is a popular topic for many women (and men), including those with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome in particular due to the increased incidence of infection that is part of these conditions. This is also something which increases in frequency with increased age and I'm looking forward to having some progressive, valid, streamlined and FUN information on that here at Lumigrate.  read more »

Allergists around the country are declaring this spring one of the worst for seasonal allergies. The Associated Press  read more »

I know that candida can be a huge problem for both women and men of all ages.  My son was diagnosed with a systemic candida infection at age 20,  exacerbated by his diabetes.  Using an excellent probiotic and digestive enzymes have helped him regain digestive health. 

The following is an excerpt from a newsletter by Dr. Ray Strand.  http://raystrand.com

The Garden Within  read more »

Hello forum members,

Mardy, thank you for asking me to post the link here to the full hour podcast on Naturopathic Medicine, CFS and Fibromyalgia syndrome which I did with Cinda Crawford recently.  To listen, click here

Cinda Crawford Interviews Dr. Christopher Lepisto on Naturopathic Medicine for CFS and Fibromyalgia syndrome.  read more »

I happened to have Dr Oz on today and thought this was something worth bringing up before the Memorial Day weekend here in the US.  He had lots of good information about drowning prevention and that is obviously an important topic -- don't forget your lifejackets and think about safey this weekend and every day.  I encourage people to take CPR and First Aid courses AND do the simplest of things; always put on your seat belt.  Our local area has a campaign now because last year everyone who died in car crashes did NOT have seat belts on.  So that tells you ho  read more »

There was a good comment from a reader, which I responded to about probiotics on this blog post about basically the What's What in a snapshot per Dr. Lepisto on what to put into your body for EVERYONEs best results, including probiotics, fiber, water, basic food concepts.... STREAMLINED, valid, progressive and hopefully overall FUN at Lumigrate  Remember, you can 'Print' pages for your reference or for letting others know the GRATE informatio you've found.  read more »

In 2009, I had just attended a seminar by Lumigrate's expert provider and naturopathic doctor Christopher Lepisto when I noted that The Denver Post had a focos on the upcoming H1N1 flu season, but reporting 'the status quo for mass media', which is about the flu vaccine.  read more »