Category: Know Your Nutrients

Check Your Health: Fall 2024 – It’s That Time Again

Posted on September 6, 2024 Twice a year, the Riordan Clinic hosts the “Check Your Health” event, offering a valuable opportunity to assess your “health tank” by ...

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The Riordan Approach to the Terrain Ten: TOXICITY

Posted on April 12, 2024 By Amber Ragland, Director of Marketing The “Riordan Approach to the Terrain Ten”. is designed to offer a high level view of holistic ...

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Navigating the Dual Roles of Caregiving: Your Health First

Posted on April 9, 2024 By Jasmin Murphy For those in the sandwich generation, juggling the care of your aging parents while supporting your own children, life ...

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Methylation for Beginners: Why Nutrient Levels Need to Be Tested

Posted on March 12, 2024   By Charles Hinshaw, MD – Laboratory Director Forward By Tayler Youngers – New Patient Coordinator I was looking at ...

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WATER: The Master Metabolic Nutrient

Posted on February 13, 2024 By Jess Higgins Kelley, MNT, ONC In the field of oncology nutrition therapy, a lot of time is spent researching (and debating) about ...

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Check Your Health Keeps Bio-Center Lab Staff Busy

Posted on August 31, 2022 By: Melody Spurney The Bio-Center Laboratory is the testing hub for all Riordan Clinic testing, including the Check Your Health lab ...

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How Diet and Lifestyle Affects Immune Health

Posted on December 22, 2021 Author: Polly Breitenkamp RN, BSN, NTP As we’re in the throes of the winter season, this is an excellent time to look at our diet and ...

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The Miracle Molecule

Posted on June 10, 2020 Author: Michael (Mike) Shaw, PA-C, ABAAHP The chemical properties of Nitric Oxide were first characterized in 1772. Ferid Murad first ...

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Lechtins: The Foods You Are Eating That Are Making You Fat, Inflamed, and Tired

Posted on November 1, 2017 By Dr. Anne Zauderer We live in an incredible time in history. At no other point has life been so comfortable for humans. We don’t have ...

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Optimal Kids

Posted on October 2, 2015 We are in the midst of a crisis. We have a generation of kids that are disappearing before our eyes. Gone are the days where ...

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Food as Medicine

Posted on January 12, 2015 The title for this article comes from a quote from one of the most historically famous physicians, Hippocrates. He said, “Let food be ...

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Riordan Clinic D3/K2: The Birth of a Superhero Combo

Posted on July 3, 2014 The privately formulated Riordan Clinic vitamin D3/K2 combines the amazing healing capacity and safety of vitamin D and K into the ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Liposomal Glutathione

Posted on August 13, 2013 A naturally occurring protein (peptide), glutathione is made up of glycine, glutamine and cysteine. These amino acids act as an ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Prenatal Supplements

Posted on June 11, 2013 It is important for pregnant and breastfeeding women to meet the needs of a growing baby without sacrificing the vitamins, minerals and ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Vitamin E

Posted on May 14, 2013 Most people know that vitamins are essential for normal growth and nutrition. While they are found in our foods, many of us do not get ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Alpha-lipoic Acid

Posted on April 17, 2013 Alpha-lipoic acid is an antioxidant that helps the body turn glucose into energy. It is made by the body and found in every cell. In ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Nasosympatico

Posted on March 19, 2013 Nasosympatico is a compound of thyme essential oil, eucalyptus oil, peppermint essential oil, and lavender essential oil enveloped in a ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Turmeric Curcumin

Posted on February 13, 2013 Turmeric is best known as a spice in the U.S. and is one of the main components of curry powder. However, turmeric is native to ...

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Know Your Nutrients—Probiotics: Are All Yogurts Created Equal?

Posted on January 8, 2013 Yogurt is a good source of probiotics. At least that is what popular health magazines would have us believe. I can’t tell you how often ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Peppermint

Posted on December 11, 2012 Peppermint, a hybrid between watermint and spearmint, is one of the most ancient of all herbal remedies. Dating back to the days of the ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Probiotics

Posted on November 13, 2012 What are probiotics? Probiotics are microorganisms such as bacteria or yeast that are believed to improve health and are available in ...

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Know Your Nutrients–Melatonin

Posted on October 8, 2012 What is Melatonin? Melatonin is a hormone made by the pineal gland, a small gland in the brain. It helps control your sleep and wake ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Fiber and Pregnancy

Posted on August 14, 2012 There are many benefits to increasing the amount of fiber in your diet during pregnancy. Increasing fiber intake can lower blood ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Zinc and Fertility

Posted on June 11, 2012 As one of the most studied nutrients when it comes to fertility, zinc is an essential component of genetic material. Having a ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Thyroid Supporters

Posted on May 14, 2012 Hypothyroidism is a thyroid problem that occurs when the thyroid gland does not create and secrete enough hormones to maintain the ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Organic Chocolate

Posted on March 20, 2012 Did you know that chocolate is a healthy super food and that it is full of antioxidants? Not only does chocolate benefit your heart, it ...

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Know Your Nutrients: DHEA

Posted on February 21, 2012 DHEA is short for dehydroepiandrosterone. Made by the adrenal glands located just above the kidneys, scientists have known about this ...

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HealthMarkers℠ Benchmarking the Biologic Determinants of Your Health

Posted on December 15, 2011 HealthMarkers are standardized and replicable laboratory measurements of an individual's biochemical makeup that represent the ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Glutathione

Posted on December 13, 2011 What is the most important molecule you need to stay healthy and prevent disease? It is glutathione. The funny thing is, you've ...

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Know Your Nutrients: Echinacea

Posted on November 10, 2011 Echinacea is an herbal remedy. For centuries, people have used Echinacea to treat the common cold. It is believed that the plant can ...

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The Value of Nutrient Testing, or Why Didn’t Somebody Tell Me?

Posted on September 1, 2011 By Charles Hinshaw, M.D. Remember the old comment, “If I’d only known how bad it is for me, I’d have stopped drinking a long time ago.” ...

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Feed the Brain and Lift the Mood

Posted on January 1, 2010 By Rebecca K. Kirby, M.D., M.S., R.D. Sometimes after the holidays, people have a sense of slump. It may be just a change from the ...

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Nutrients and Depression

Posted on April 1, 2008 By Chad Krier, N.D., D.C. Depression is one of the most common emotional disturbances seen by doctors today. Around 25% of all ...

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Oxidants and Antioxidants: The Fight for Your Body

Posted on March 1, 2008 By James Jackson, Ph.D. As you are reading this article, your cells are having a raging battle for survival! This battle is taking ...

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Beat The Odds Laboratory Health Panels – Why Bother?

Posted on September 1, 2005 By James A. Jackson, Ph.D. The intention of most laboratory tests is to detect or monitor a disease. Only a few of these tests will ...

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Know Your Nutrients: The Minerals, Part One

Posted on March 1, 2005 By James A. Jackson, MT (ASCP), Ph.D. Minerals are also known as elements and metals. The planet earth is the ultimate source of all ...

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Healthy Hair

Posted on November 1, 2002 By Ron Hunninghake, M.D. What is the purpose of hair? One purpose is to keep our heads warm. Our brains are the most metabolically ...

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Osteoporosis

Posted on October 1, 2002 By Ron Hunninghake, M.D. Osteoporosis is an epidemic problem. One third of American women will have a fracture related to osteoporosis ...

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Brain Boosters

Posted on November 1, 1999 By Ron Hunninghake, M.D. We are born with a hundred billion neurons or cells in our brains and each neuron has hundreds of dendrites or ...

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Diabetes and Nutrition: Take Charge!

Posted on October 1, 1999 By Jeanne Drisko, M.D. The foundation for diabetic care is a whole foods diet, followed by lifestyle and environmental changes. To this ...

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Cellular Nutrition

Posted on September 1, 1999 By Ron Hunninghake, M.D. To understand cellular nutrition, you need to know about Dr. Roger Williams. He was a brilliant nutritional ...

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More Support for Antioxidants in Heart Disease Prevention

Posted on September 23, 1995 By Richard Lewis   Two articles in recent issues of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) gave a big boost to the ...

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