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Gavin Guard: What’s the Best Diet?

Key Takeaways Spoiler alert: there is no best diet Work through a stepwise approach to finding the best diet plan using the priorities I lay out in this article Introduction “What’s the best diet?” “What should…

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Gavin Guard: Do cholesterol lowering medications (statins) lead to Alzheimer's?

Key Takeaways There remains a large concern about statins and risk of Alzheimer’s A large study of over 1.4 million patients showed that statins are NOT associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s Statin drugs may…

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Gavin Guard: What you need to know about your thyroid tests

Key Takeaways ● Thyroid autoimmunity is the most common autoimmune disease ● A common practice in some alternative medicine circles is to get thyroid antibody levels on all autoimmune thyroid patients ● Thyroid antibodies may not…

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New and exciting tests for gut health- are they worth it?

Key Takeaways Many new tests claiming to assess gut health are not clinically relevant We should rather stick to more validated tests such as blood chemistry Intro I recently came across an ad for a gut…

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Gavin Guard: A‌ ‌new‌ ‌diagnosis‌ ‌for‌ ‌those‌ ‌struggling‌ ‌with‌ ‌gut‌ ‌health‌ ‌and‌ ‌how‌ ‌to‌ ‌assess‌ ‌it‌ ‌

Key‌ ‌Takeaways‌ ‌‌ ●SIBO‌ ‌stands‌ ‌for‌ ‌“Small‌ ‌Intestinal‌ ‌Bacterial‌ ‌Overgrowth”‌ ‌‌ ●Up‌ ‌to‌ ‌50%‌ ‌of‌ ‌those‌ ‌with‌ ‌Irritable‌ ‌Bowel‌ ‌Syndrome‌ ‌(IBS)‌ ‌have‌ ‌SIBO‌ ‌‌ ●SIBO‌ ‌describes‌ ‌the‌ ‌presence‌ ‌of‌ ‌too‌ ‌much‌ ‌or‌ ‌abnormal‌ ‌types‌ ‌of‌ ‌bacteria‌…

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Gavin Guard: Why your blood sugar might not be so “normal” after all

Key Takeaways Common tests ordered by your primary care doctor are not adequate to examine blood sugar regulation Other tests including A1C, Glycomark™, and C-peptide (or insulin) are important to understand how your body regulates blood…

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Gavin Guard: How to improve your health one cell at a time

Key Takeaways our medical system needs more wisdom, not more information our body is made up of organs, tissues, and cells cells are the basic unit of life healthy cells are required for a healthy body…

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Gavin Guard: How to exercise during stressful times

Key Takeaways Exercise does not have to be an “all or nothing” type of practice Having some type of regular movement practice is important even if it’s not formal exercise You can easily get enough movement…

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Gavin Guard: Just “Eat Less and Move More”?

Key Takeaways Calories matter But telling someone to “just eat less and move more” is the most unhelpful nutrition saying out there Weight loss and health is a result of sustainable practices built over time Taking…

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Gavin Guard: Vanishing Men: What causes low testosterone and what to do about it

Key Takeaways Low testosterone is a very common condition Taking testosterone replacement therapy should NOT be the first-line treatment for most men Many factors affect testosterone production including stress, body fat, blood sugar imbalances gut health,…

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Gavin Guard: Loving our neighbors

2020 has been a whirlwind of a year. It’s hard to imagine that it could get any worse. Our country has faced many challenges to say the least. On an individual level, we will inevitably face…

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Gavin Guard: A common cause of reflux and GERD

Key Takeaways SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) is a common cause of reflux and GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disase) symptoms Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) like Prilosec and Nexium are commonly used to treat reflux symptoms These medications…

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Gavin Guard: How to heal from brain injury: Part 2

Key Takeaways Concussions lead to a whole host of problems that can last for years or even decades later Concussions predispose you to developing other neurologic conditions such as Alzheimer’s, other forms of dementia, and Parkinson’s…

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How to heal from a brain injury: Part 1

Key Takeaways Brain injury lead to a whole host of problems that can last for years or even decades later Brain injury predisposes you to developing other neurologic conditions such as Alzheimer’s, other forms of dementia,…

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