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Detoxification: The Basics & Ways to Support Your Body

Posted on 11/13/2014 by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: detoxification, methylation

Detoxification. It’s something our bodies do every minute of every day, and “it can be said that the health of an individual is largely determined by the ability of the body to detoxify"...
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Headaches: Root Causes and Holistic Treatments

Posted on 7/17/2014 by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: chiropractic care, detoxification, environment, neurological health, stress, water distribution
 
Have you had a headache in the last year? If not, you’re one of the minority (WHO, 2012). This all-too-common complaint in our doctor’s office is not due to a Tylenol deficiency, and practicing headache management with short-term treatments like Tylenol is neither healthy nor effective in preventing recurring headaches...
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Natural Ways to Treat Infertility

Posted on 2/24/2014 by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: detoxification, environment, fertility, hormones
 
In the last 25 years, I’ve noticed a tremendous increase in infertility cases visiting us here at DBC. Defined as the inability to conceive after one year of trying or the inability to carry a pregnancy to live birth, it affects 12% of women during their childbearing years, or 1 in 8 couples (Resolve, 2013)...
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Dr. den Boer's Take on Juicing

Posted on 2/17/2014 by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: detoxification, inflammation, real food

I love juicing! It’s a refreshing and easy way to consume alkalizing nutrients, and it’s a great way to use up produce that would otherwise go wasted. However, there are a few caveats when it comes to juicing. When done in the right quantity, in the right way, and at the right time, it can be very restorative and beneficial to health.
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Healing the Gut by Removing Unfriendly Bacteria, Yeast, and/or Parasites

Posted on 1/2/2014 by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: detoxification, gut flora, immune system, inflammation, kid's health, leaky gut
 
After removing allergens and toxins from the diet, the next step in restoring gut health and overall health is to remove the overgrowth of unfriendly bacteria, parasites, and yeast. Unfortunately, these unfriendly organisms have become increasingly common, and may cause a cascade of inflammation and problems in the entire body.  
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Healing the Gut by Removing Offending Foods

Posted on 12/26/2013 by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: detoxification, gut flora, immune system, inflammation, leaky gut, probiotics
 
Food is more than a calorie. Fundamentally, it is the fuel of life that signals your body to create good or bad hormones, energy versus fatigue, positive moods versus negative moods, and repair versus inflammation and destruction...
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Methylation: A Critical Component of Genetic Expression

Posted on 11/19/2013 by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: cancer, detoxification, hormones, inflammation, methylation, neurological health, toxicity
 
Methylation is a process with critical elements for brain, hormone, and genetic expression. In fact, it may be behind cancer prevention or formation...
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Health Biomarkers Series: Water Distribution

Posted on 9/12/2013 by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: detoxification, gut flora, Health biomarker, hormones, water distribution
 
Another important biomarker of health is water distribution, which is one of the most sensitive markers of inflammation, toxicity, and hormones in the body...
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Health Biomarkers Series: Body Fat

Posted on 8/29/2013 by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: detoxification, exercise, Health biomarker, heart disease, overeating, toxicity, weight loss
 
Body fat is a critical measure for overall health. From the less effective skinfold test, to hydrostatic weighing in water, and air displacement via the Bod Pod, one of the most effective and accurate ways to measure body fat is with DBC’s Bioimpedance Analysis machine...
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Toxic Environmental Chemicals: Ways to Reduce Exposure and Improve Health

Posted on 7/29/2013 by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: chemicals, detoxification, environment
 
More than 80,000 chemicals exist, most of which have never been fully tested for their toxic effects on our health and environment (NRDC, 2013). Folks, these manmade chemicals are not without dire consequences...
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