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Low Vit D Linked To Increase In Dementia And Broken Bones (You Can Prevent It)

Female Health, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Low vitamin D levels are associated with a substantial acceleration of memory loss and cognitive decline, a new study shows. Published Sept 14, 2015 in JAMA Neurology, researchers looked at baseline vitamin D levels and mental status change in over 380 adults (average age 75 years old.) Here is what they found: 35% of participants were vit D insufficient. Average vit D levels were lowest among participants found to have dementia (average levels were 16 ng/mL — goal vit D levels are 40 ng/mL or higher according to the Vitamin D Council.) Followed for almost 5 years, …

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Feb 1 2016

Adrenal Rescue: Holistic Help For Chronic Fatigue

Female Health, Grounding, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Today I have a video for you about one of the most common reasons patients seek holistic medical care: ADRENAL FATIGUE That’s because in conventional medicine there still is no official diagnosis of adrenal fatigue, yet it is a very very real thing. If you have been through any kind of recent stressful situation or big life transition or change (even fun, positive ones!) chances are your adrenals could use some TLC. In under 5 minutes I’m going to share with you exactly what adrenal fatigue feels like and 3 absolutely CRUCIAL ways to address it. So let me …

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Nov 16 2015

3 Tips To Prevent Dry Skin This Winter

Female Health, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Winter can be a tough time for anybody’s skin… painfully dry hands and cracked heels galore (ouch!) Dry heated air dehydrates and cracks your vulnerable skin while you are inside staying warm… …combine that with whipping cold winds that chaff skin when you are outside and winter is just no fun on your skin, especially if you suffer from chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema or other forms of dermatitis. Today I have a blog post for you that is full of wonderful things you can do to support tender dry winter skin and support skin health …

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Nov 10 2015

Is Your Skin Telling You Something?

Female Health, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Skin can speak to us through the location of the eczema patches we have, through acne, through dry tight skin, hives, changes in hair growth, pigmentation, wrinkles, stretch marks and much, much more. Skin can speak subtly through chronic messages that it whispers to you your entire life… ….or skin can scream loudly and angrily during acute transitions and times of crisis. But no matter how your skin speaks to you, there is always a message to be appreciated. Because our skin replicates so quickly, it is a wonderful mirror for what is going on with the rest of …

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Sep 21 2015

Detox Bootcamp: 5 Days To Renewal

Female Health, Healthy Weight, Intuitive Medicine, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Wow. This week we welcome September! We are headed into fall… (where did the first half of 2015 go!?!?!) …and like I do every year when the earth begins to transition to cooler temps, leaves changing and shedding and the earth diving inwards for renewal… …I want to dive deeper and detox my own body, from the inside out. There are a million ways to do this… strict raw food diets and prolonged fasting and colonics and a ton of wonderful different ways to feel like you are starting fall with a new you. For me, I go with …

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Aug 31 2015

Dramatically Reduce Skin Cancer With This ONE Supplement

Female Health, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Clear evidence that a vitamin can be cancer preventive: Vitamin B3 dramatically reduces skin cancer rates. Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2015 Annual Meeting in May 2014, Vitamin B3 has been shown to be a safe, effective way to reduce your risk of recurrent skin cancer. Skin cancer facts: In the United States, about 5 million people each year are diagnosed with nonmelanoma skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common cancer world wide as well as a high rate of cancer recurrence Simply taking 500 mgs of Vit B3 (also known as …

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Aug 3 2015

How Your Skin Speaks Directly To You

Female Health, Intuitive Medicine, Soul Healing / By Laura Koniver, MD

As a physician, skin is like magic to me. In medicine, we see the miracle of skin repair all the time: You can cut it during surgery, and it will grow back together within a week. You can scrape it to take a biopsy, and it will re-establish an intact barrier within days. You can puncture it with a needle, and it will fill back in to stop bleeding within a matter of minutes… sometimes seconds. Skin is miraculously quick at creating new cells, removing old ones, repairing structural damage, and re-establishing blood flow. In science, we have …

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Jun 29 2015

Low Vit D Linked To Increase In Dementia And Broken Bones (You Can Prevent It)

Adrenal Rescue: Holistic Help For Chronic Fatigue

3 Tips To Prevent Dry Skin This Winter

Is Your Skin Telling You Something?

Detox Bootcamp: 5 Days To Renewal

Dramatically Reduce Skin Cancer With This ONE Supplement

How Your Skin Speaks Directly To You

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