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Ok, this isn’t normal. Over the past 100 or so years something that’s completely abnormal has taken place in America. And it’s creating some disturbing effects in society. The issue is falling levels of magnesium circulating in our body. Dr. Wiggy has written about how falling magnesium levels are the result of food-based sources of magnesium changing in how much magnesium they deliver.  More than 100 years ago, before the advent of modern agricultural techniques, our soil was rich in magnesium. Now that we harvest on the same land over and over again the magnesium levels we’d get from natural sources are beginning to fall. And because we’re not getting enough magnesium it’s causing us to lose sleep, as well...

When Dr. Lantelme, my partner at Health As It Ought To Be and the founder of our clinic Robinhood Integrative Health, first opened his practice the primary focus of the practice was to help patients balance hormones. Since we opened we’ve expanded the services we offer to patients, but have never strayed from helping them keep their hormone levels in balance. The reason why we focus on hormone balance is because hormones play an integral role in how our bodies function. These chemical messengers tell your body what to do. For example, estrogen provides signals for women to menstruate and human growth hormone does the obvious, and informs your body to grow. The health of your endocrine system (the system that...

If you use a smartphone, or for that matter, you use a computer more than a few hours a day, I’ve got some helpful information to share with you. The screen you find yourself staring into for hours a day could be damaging your eyes. {Sigh}, I know. It’s like every few steps we take forward in technology is always bracketed by a few steps back. In this case, the screens that add so much richness to our lives (and let’s be honest, devices aren’t “the devil” and really do make life a little bit better) also have a knack for creating some problems. Which is why I’m going to give you some insight into what these devices are doing...