Dr. Mark and Dr. Chip's Healthy Blogs

  Hello Everyone and Natural Health Nation -      Another great weekend and I hope you're enjoying the fall weather. That nip in the air is telling you what's coming in a few months but for now we're enjoying the cooler but still warm weather. It's amazing to me that the trees are still green and the grass is not Brown and still growing. I hope you were able to enjoy the beautiful sunshine and hopefully we'll have much more to come as we head towards Indian summer. It seems like we’re having many patients talk about Allergy and Sinus symptoms and our new product Allergco Is helping many of our patients.      This month we're talking about pain and inflammation in our health shop courses, actually the causes of it, not just treating it with pain medication, and understanding what the pain and inflammation comes from. It's important to realize that the body has inflammation as it's trying to heal an area from damage caused by injury o...

  STORY AT-A-GLANCE There is a long list of symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency as the vitamin affects several bodily systems. They include tingling or numbness, balance or gait problems, memory loss, difficulty thinking, depression and heart palpitations Groups of people with a higher risk of deficiency include older adults and people with pernicious anemia, stomach or intestinal surgery, vegetarians and vegans, and regular coffee and alcohol drinkers It is easy to miss a vitamin B12 deficiency as the symptoms may mimic other conditions. Even people with serum levels within normal limits may have symptoms since you may not have enough vitamin B12 for tissue availability Deficiency may be an underestimated factor in cognitive impairment and dementia; early evaluation of treatment protocols also suggest a combination of vitamins D, B12 and magnesium may lower your risk of poor COVID-19 outcomes A significant portion of Americans have some type of vitamin deficiency, one of which is v...