by Jonathan Tait | Mar 8, 2016 | Functional Medicine, Nutrition, Supplements
The numbers of people suffering from chronic pain (116 million), chronic disease such as diabetes (30 million), heart disease (28 million), and obesity (79 million) in the United States continue to grow every year. As a healthcare system that is an epic fail. In large...
by Jonathan Tait | Feb 11, 2016 | Nutrition, Pain, Supplements
Fact: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) can be deadly in the first week of use. Last July the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strengthened an existing label warning that non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) – both...
by Jonathan Tait | Feb 8, 2016 | Nutrition, Supplements
Growing up in the Motor City (Detroit), the harsh winters, accompanied by copious salt thrown all over the roads, created the perfect storm to punish cars year after year. Even with meticulous care, not a single vehicle I owned survived without taking on a bit of rust...
by Jonathan Tait | Feb 5, 2016 | Nutrition, Supplements
This is not really a news flash, as it was known nearly a decade ago. According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (a division of the National Institute of Health, or NIH) report on best evidence for use of glucosamine and chondroitin for...
by Jonathan Tait | Jan 26, 2016 | Nutrition, Supplements
According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), “a health product is fraudulent if is deceptively promoted as being effective against a disease or health condition but has not been scientifically proven safe and effective for that purpose.” Good news: “I have...
by Jonathan Tait | Oct 5, 2015 | Functional Medicine, Home Page, Supplements
I don’t want to jinx it, but it finally feels like fall has arrived here in the Southwest. Yeah! With the change in season, that also means that cold and flu season is coming along for the ride. Have you ever noticed that some people seldom get sick, while others have...
