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Can Gluten Cause Heart Disease?

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Can Gluten Cause Heart Disease? Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. And we’ve been led to believe that eating red meat is the leading dietary risk factor because of its saturated fat and cholesterol content. However, mounting evidence doesn’t support this claim. Instead, current science suggests that gluten-containing […]

Dr. O – Do Grains and Gluten Cause Heart Disease

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In the United States, it’s no secret that about 50% of the population is battling being overweight or obese. And though weight is just a number on a scale, it often comes with several side effects like poor health and disease – one of these being heart disease. If you exclude autoimmune diseases, heart disease, […]

Dr. O – What Causes Low Thyroid Function

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Did you know that one of the most commonly diagnosed conditions in the United States is a condition called low thyroid or hypothyroidism? While many receive this diagnosis due to nutritional factors, others have it as a result of an autoimmune disease, commonly known as Hashimoto’s or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Regardless of which type you may […]

Dr. O – Managing Stress While the World Burns

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2020 = Unpredictable Stress At the start of 2020, no one could have predicted the things our world has seen in just the first half of this year. With a booming economy and things going seemingly well, who could have foreseen summer riots with looting and burning buildings? Or, would anyone have thought that a […]

Mandatory Vaccines and Contact Tracers

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At the beginning of 2020, no one could have predicted the state our country would be in just a few short months. When the pandemic began, we were told to stay home for two weeks to “flatten the curve” so as to not overwhelm hospitals. Flattening the curve turned into “stop the spread” and eventually […]