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Recently, I have been fielding a lot of questions about heavy metals in chocolate (often referred to as heavy toxins). Food safety can be a depressing topic. Rice has arsenic, most fish contain mercury (some more than others), shrimp have arsenic, leafy greens take up cadmium from the soil, about 30% of the tap water in the US contains lead, and many foods are contaminated with pesticides, molds, and other heavy metals. As many of you have heard,...

Intravenous (IV) therapy is when a substance or drug is administered to a patient directly into the vein. Over the last 15 years, it has become very clear that IV treatments can help improve cold/flu symptoms, recovery, hangovers, and fatigue. Some intravenous treatments are approved by the FDA for the treatment of conditions such as heavy metal poisoning, dehydration, and nutritional deficiency. The benefits of IV therapy include: Nutrie...

Dr. Steve Parcell and NatureMed Integrative Medicine have partnered with Cleerly to provide the most detailed noninvasive analysis of coronary artery plaque available. Cleerly uses supercomputing to identify, characterize, and quantify arterial plaque. This test outperforms stress tests and calcium scoring alone in terms of both sensitivity and specificity. A coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) test from Cleerly has higher sensitiv...

I have been practicing medicine, living, and doing endurance sports in Colorado since 2002. If you plan on visiting Colorado for athletic training, or anywhere at high altitude, there are some things you should know that will help you acclimatize to the altitude when training between 5,000 and 12,000 feet elevation.   What Athletes Should Eat to Help with Altitude Acclimation When you are training at higher altitudes, your bone marrow w...

The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland that is positioned at the front of the neck near the Adam's apple, producing thyroid hormones called T4 and T3. The thyroid gland has effects on not only the metabolism, but also on the heart, brain, bones, colon, and skin/hair. The thyroid makes the hormones that circulate around the body and do their thing. What Does the Thyroid Do? The thyroid gland governs our metabolism. Metabolism is the proce...