Monthly Archives: September 2011
Vitamin D and Depression
An area of intense vitamin D research is its relationship to depression. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a situational mood disorder brought on by decreasing daylight in the winter months. High doses of vitamin D during these months have proven to be a very effective natural remedy for SAD, leading most practitioners to believe that normal neurotransmitter function depends in part on adequate vitamin D synthesis.
Vitamin D levels are inversely related to those of melatonin, another mood-regulating Read more [...]
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Natural Solutions to Painful Periods
Most women suffer monthly from pain with their menstrual cycle. Pain for some can be severe enough to keep them from work or completing their daily tasks. There are several reasons for painful periods and I would like to briefly mention them. It is possible to have more pain free cycles and this can be accomplished without medications. My job is to determine what the underlying cause is first.
One of the most common causes of pain with menses for my patients that I see is from an increased Read more [...]
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