Health Advice

Having Your Home Tested for Mold and Mycotoxins Living in the Sunshine State isn’t all beaches and oranges. The heat and humidity provide the perfect environment for toxic molds to flourish. And living in a newer home doesn’t mean you’re safe. In fact, some modern construction materials are even more prone to mold infestation than good old-fashioned brick, wood, and plaster. Here in our Tampa, Florida office, we see many patients struggling with mold-related health issues mainly caused by living in a water-damaged home (currently or sometime in the past). You can find plenty of stories about toxic mold illness in the news. Ideally, these patients have already had their homes tested, and we can use the test results to make better treatment decisions, like mold toxicity treatment. But we realize that’s not always possible or how the situation unfolds. In many cases, people are unaware of the mold in …

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Is Ozempic Safe for Weight Loss and Insulin Resistance Unless you’ve been living off the grid, you’ve probably heard about the latest popular approach to weight loss — using the diabetes medicine Semaglutide (brand names Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus) along with a healthy diet and exercise. You’ve likely also heard about a few potential adverse side effects — reports of people developing “Ozempic face” (aka facial aging) due to reduced fat in the face or, more seriously, the increased risk of intestinal obstruction requiring surgery. In any event, if you or a loved one is using one of these medications (or considering using it) for weight loss or to help manage diabetes or pre-diabetes, you probably have questions or concerns about its use. Here at the BioDesign Wellness Center in Tampa, Fla., we offer Semaglutide as a treatment option for patients with insulin resistance, obesity, diabetes, or weight-loss resistance. In …

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Maintaining your health over the winter holidays is always challenging. The change in weather brings with it a surge in infectious illnesses, while the hustle and bustle of the holidays disrupt healthy routines. Then there’s the added stress that weakens our immune systems. Is it time to consider Immune System Therapy in Tampa, FL? Fueling that stress is the likelihood that if you really need to see a healthcare professional, their availability is reduced due to scaled-back holiday hours. It’s likely that our collective immunity is down due to increased forced vaccination, staying home for two years, and overdoing it with cleaning products. This year is shaping up to be particularly challenging given the potential threat of a highly anticipated “Tripledemic” (a mass media sensationalization for what is described above)— flu, coronavirus, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — not to mention the growing concern over strep A infections both here …

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Conventional medicine and big pharma are losing the battle against type 2 diabetes. The latest evidence of this comes in the form of a Reuters analysis of provisional death data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The article claims that U.S. diabetes deaths in 2021 exceeded 100,000 for the second straight year.  Reuters reporters Chad Terhune and Robin Respaut did a fine job highlighting the failure of current treatment protocols in curbing this largely preventable illness: “The number of Americans with the disease has exploded in recent decades, and their prognosis has worsened, even though spending on new treatments has soared.” What they don’t mention in their article is that the new treatments are no better than the old ones. In fact, they’re worse. They’re more expensive, and they have more side effects. In addition, a pharmaceutical industry campaign for aggressive treatment has led to an …

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