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Although we all think of vitamin D as a vitamin, it is a hormone with receptors throughout our entire body. It helps balance our mood, helps with bone health and helps our immune system as well. Did you know that...

It is easy to confuse these two abbreviations but they are very different.  DHEA stands for Dihydroepiandosterone.  It is an androgen ("male hormone") that is produced in the adrenal glands in men and women from the precursor 17-hydroxypregnenolone, which in...

Here, at Tustin Longevity Center, we educate our patients about the importance of lifestyle choices as forming the foundation upon which optimal health is achieved. Diet and exercise are usually the first that come to mind. The third, but often...

Any time our body experiences physical, emotional, or metabolic stress, its demand for Vitamin C increases. Most animals are able to produce Vitamin C. For example, a 155 pound goat produces 13,000mg of Vitamin C daily, further, when under significant...

Have you read The Plant Paradox by Dr. Steven Gundry and what are your thoughts? Dr. Navjot Kaur, ND Most of us have heard of gluten—a protein which is found in wheat that causes widespread inflammation in the body. Americans...

Our patients sometimes have questions about their thyroid hormone therapy, getting different answers and advice from their various doctors. I created a letter explaining our approach to thyroid management so patients can share with their physicians.   Dear Fellow Physician,...

Exercise, along with diet and sleep/stress reduction, is foundational for optimal health. Exercise not only builds muscle and cardiovascular strength, but also helps with relieving pain and stress through the release of endorphins. Endorphins are chemicals made in your body...

We Love Enzymes at TLC Enzymes save our energy. Enzymes speed up chemical reactions throughout our body to help repair us inside better, fasters, smarter! This is why I take my systemic enzymes before I go to bed each nite....

AUTOPHAGY The 2016 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine/Physiology was Yoshinori Ohsumi from Japan. He discovered and explained the catabolic mechanism of autophagy as it relates to disease and aging. The term autophagy denotes self-eating. Which in layman’s terms has been...