Dr. Mark and Dr. Chip's Healthy Blogs

  Hello Everyone at Natural Health Nation -      Another great weekend and it's looking like fall more and more. The farmers are really going to town with Harvest now and when you step outside you can hear combines running and grain dryers humming, around our neighborhood at least. It's so nice to have green grass and tree leaves yet this late in the year but I'm sure that will come to an end all too soon. We've been working with a lot of sinus issues and of course get great results with our supplements of nutritional products and homeopathic products. We will also start focusing on vitamin D as when the  days are shorter and people are outside less they start to get low on vitamin D and need supplementation. This is so important for immune system function as well as other aspects that we keep track of with our Nutrition Response Testing technique. Please tell others that there are other ways to be Healthy throughout the winter months rather than takin...

 Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY AT-A-GLANCE High resistance Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST) reduced systolic blood pressure measurements in participants by nine points, with a 45% improvement in endothelial function, increase in nitric oxide and a reduction in markers of oxidative stress and inflammation Preliminary results also suggest it improves cognitive and physical functioning. Researchers were encouraged when 95% of the sessions were completed, far better than the less than 40% who meet the current aerobic exercise guidelines High blood pressure may lead to kidney disease, heart attack, stroke, vision loss, heart failure and sexual dysfunction. It also increases the risk of peripheral artery disease, vascular dementia and brain lesions and tangles associated with Alzheimer's disease Other strategies that may help lower your blood pressure include addressing identified factors that lead to increased blood pressure, such as elevated uric acid and insulin resi...