by Courtney King, MD | Blog, Food and Diets, Hormones, Memory / Cognition
At some point, we all have to cope with grey hair and wrinkles, however we choose to do so. The natural aging process in itself can be beautiful, but some of the hormone-related symptoms of aging can become much more problematic as one moves through the later years...
by Courtney King, MD | Blog, Food and Diets, Hormones, Memory / Cognition
The Paleo diet and the Ketogenic diet have both gained extreme popularity in recent years for their acclaimed ability to promote weight loss, fat reduction, improved metabolism, and numerous other benefits. While there are a lot of overlapping similarities between the...
by Courtney King, MD | Blog, Food and Diets, Hormones
Summary: Ever since the World Health Organization (WHO) released it’s findings regarding traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT), women have been looking for alternatives. Suzanne Somer’s book, The Sexy Years, introduced many of us to the term...
by Courtney King, MD | Blog, Food and Diets, Memory / Cognition
Vitamin C and Vitamin E are both antioxidants that are believed to play certain very important roles in our bodies. Very similar to one another, both vitamins help prevent free radical damage to our brains. It is believed that free radicals can cause damage to cell...
by Courtney King, MD | Blog, Food and Diets
There are a lot of theories on how to boost the immune system to ward off diseases, particularly in reference to cold and flu season, when people are most concerned with avoiding illness when everyone around them seems to be sick. But is there any truth in these...
by Courtney King, MD | Blog, Food and Diets, Hormones, Memory / Cognition
Hormonal imbalances are a huge but often-overlooked reason for weight gain. Even if you’re hitting the gym for hours a day, you’ll be hard pressed to get the body composition you want with a hormonal imbalance, and you could even do more harm than good....
