Progesterone: an Important Hormone for Women and Men

Progesterone is known as our calming, mood, sleep, libido and bone-enhancing hormone.  What many men don’t know is that Progesterone functions as a precursor in our body to produce testosterone, while also acting as a balance to decrease estrogen. As men age the level of progesterone starts to decrease.  Natural …

St. Georg Hospital’s Intestinal Regeneration Program

Word has gotten around that a healthy intestine (healthy intestinal flora with all their intestinal bacteria and viruses [intestinal microbiome) not only ensures that our digestion functions smoothly, but according to current research, we also know that the composition of our intestinal bacteria has a major influence on how fit …

Treating Mitochondrial Dysfunction with Natural Supplements

Mitochondrial dysfunction results in impaired cellular energy production and produces excess fatigue thus making the simplest tasks feel onerous. However, it is possible to treat mtochondrial dysfunction with natural supplements. Mitochondrial dysfunction occurs in aging and in all kinds of chronic diseases: neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, metabolic, autoimmune, gastrointestinal, chronic infections, neurobehavioral, …

The Importance of Gut-Brain Axis for Brain and general Health

Scientific hypotheses, medical guidelines, and accepted treatments come and go over the decades. I have experienced this many times in my long medical career. Today’s guideline recommendations are mostly yesterday’s error. Now, a “new” idea has emerged on the origin of our brain- and general health. The gut-brain axis works …

High Potency Iodine Supplement and Supplying Elemental Iodine

Why is high Potency Iodine Supplement and Supplying Elemental Iodine and Iodide (Lugols-Solution) so important for our Patients? Iodine is an essential trace mineral and necessary for the production of thyroxine (T4). Although 80% of the dietary intake of iodine is sequestered by the thyroid gland, other tissues concentrate iodine …