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PURSER WELLNESSNew Year, New BeginningsFrom the reading room

…xude. This year I want to focus on three areas of my health including mind, body, and spirit. Within these areas, I want to be mindful of my everyday choices in what I eat, my exercise routine, filling my spirit with yoga, meditation, churc…

PURSER WELLNESSListen to Your BodyFrom the reading room

…ly is going on from the outside. Your body needs the basics including food, water, and air to survive. Have you ever had your body crave anything in particular? For instance, my body will crave protein or water if I haven’t had enough throu…

PURSER WELLNESSNatural ProgesteroneFrom the reading room

…e in her 40s. She would suffer from horrible monthly cycles including heavy flow, clotting, and cramps. When she started progesterone, she had “an overall feeling of wellness, slept better, and felt an improvement in sex-drive.” The progest…

PURSER WELLNESSEssential Oils & MenopauseFrom the reading room

… failure, you will no longer produce at least five hormones including Progesterone, Testosterone, Estradiol, DHEA, and Pregnenolone. These hormones not only make us beautiful women, but protect us from aging. Fortunately, essential oils can…

PURSER WELLNESSIs a Vitamin Deficiency the Root Cause of Your Problems?From the reading room

…nerally, I take a one- or two-hour long history, then check labs. If a clear cause for their low testosterone ( Hypogonadism ) does not become apparent from their lab results or history, I suggest a SpectraCell™ Nutritional panel. It is not…

PURSER WELLNESSLow Testosterone and Vitamin DeficienciesFrom the reading room

…n B1 or Thiamin Vitamin B2 or Riboflavin Coq10 or UBIQUINOL Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) Vitamin E (α-tocopherol) BORDERLINE DEFICIENCIES Chromium Serine Glutamine Vitamin B6 Pantothenate Biotin Immunidex® (just a general measurement ion immune …

PURSER WELLNESSThe Only Usable Form of Glutathione Is Reduced Glutathione (GSH)!From the reading room

…res. Reduced glutathione is not required for measurement of alpha-D-glucosidase in human seminal plasma. Reduced glutathione is nitrosated in aerobic solutions of nitric oxide under physiological conditions; however, the extent of S-nitrosa…

… (Folate) Supports DNA synthesis and one-carbon metabolism, including the pathway that processes homocysteine. MTHFR Makes an enzyme that helps produce a form of folate used in the processing of homocysteine. Common variants are different …

…assessment Dr. Purser asks whether an apparently reassuring laboratory number can hide a nutritional problem. That is a useful question, but the proposed answer must be tested rather than assumed. Protein intake, absorption, medicines, othe…

…utathione, monocytes, IL-8, MCP-1, reactive oxygen species, cytokines

…ibromyalgia has a history of several proposed explanations, including hormonal ones. Ask what has been measured and what other causes need consideration. Compare the older and newer Purser models This book emphasizes the pituitary and endo…

… connect A long list of possible benefits can mix symptoms, lab numbers, and disease prevention. Choose a specific outcome and ask what evidence supports it. A benefits list combines unlike kinds of evidence A long list can include symptom…