Take Charge of Your Health

Take Charge Of Your Health: Magnesium Uncovered: Why This Mineral Could Change Your Health

 Corinne Furnari and Carol Petersen, discussing the vital role of magnesium in human health, its connection to various chronic diseases like ALS, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's, and its interactions with other essential nutrients such as vitamin D, calcium, progesterone, boron, B6, zinc, and selenium. They emphasize the challenges in diagnosing magnesium deficiency and advise on proper supplementation and absorption.

Take Charge Of Your Health: Corinne and Carol Welcome Back Dr. Iman Bar

In the previous show, Dr. Bar explained how she uses peptides in her practice.   We covered some of the most popular peptides such as BPC 157.   This week Dr. Bar returns with more insights and practice tips and we open the phone lines to some specific questions and conditions. 

Take Charge Of Your Health: Corinne and Carol Debate the Advantages of Using Collagen

Collagen supplements have become very popular.  There are those that target different distinct tissues like the skin.  Does the research show that these supplements deliver?

Take Charge Of Your Health: Corinne and Carol Dive into Methylation

Methylation is an important detoxification process for estrogens, adrenaline, histamine and more.  Learn how your methylation efficiency can affect your hormones.  https://forum.worldhealth.net/articles/hormones-on-a-methylation-leash-calming-the-endocrine-storm/

Take Charge Of Your Health: Hormones, not calories

The true drivers of appetite, weight and mood. This was the topic that Corinne Furnari explored while she interacted with the audience as her cohost.

Take Charge of Your Health Corinne and Carol Bring Up Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a serious loss of healthy bone turnover.  Conventional medicine offerings focuses on bisphosphonate drugs which stops bone remodeling.  This looks good on a bone density test but retains poor quality bone.  Bisphosphonate drugs even interfere with cholesterol production just as statin drugs to. 

Take Charge of Your Health: Corinne and Carol Discuss Black Seed Oil, DGL and More

We wanted to discuss some pearls like vitamin C babies, black seed oil benefits, licorice and DGL and other remedies that might come up.  We discussed erectile dysfunction as the topic came up - included increasing circulation, herbal remedies that improved testosterone and testosterone itself.

Take Charge of your Health: The importance of maintaining physical strength.

This week Corinne was speaking with Seth Greiner, physical therapist. The discussion was about the importance of  maintaining physical strength. 
Strength is the foundation of physical function. It underpins our ability to perform everyday tasks, from carrying groceries to getting up from a chair. As we age, we naturally lose strength, which can lead to decreased independence, increased risk of falls and injuries, and a decline in overall quality of life. Even with conditions like Parkinson's, targeted strength training can improve balance, despite muscle-building challenges. Getting stronger, even in later years, can help maintain or regain the ability to do the things we enjoy, improve bone density, enhance balance (in many cases), and increase resilience against age-related physical decline.

Take Charge Of Your Health: The Benefits of Motion/Exercise.

If you want to live a long, healthy life, there’s one truth you can’t escape: 
your body needs to move. 
Exercise isn’t just about shedding pounds or flexing in the mirror—it’s a scientifically proven weapon against the ravages of aging. From your heart to your brain, regular physical activity can rewind the clock on many of aging’s harmful effects. And yet, despite mountains of evidence, it remains one of the most neglected tools in our health and medical arsenal. Why?

Take Charge of Your Health: Corinne and Carol Dive into the Mystery of Endometriosis

No one really knows what gets endometriosis started.   The estrogen sensitive and estrogen producing plaques can show up virtually everywhere in the body and cycle with the ovarian cycle creating pain and inflammation.  We discuss the nature of endometriosis and some ideas for solutions and relief.