In conventional medicine, the Antinuclear Antibody Test (also known as: ANA) is typically used as a diagnostic test to determine whether or not someone has an autoimmune condition like lupus[note]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5360668/[/note]. In...
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Understanding Your Lab Results: Why You Should Get Your Homocysteine Levels Tested
In last week's post, we went into detail about why we recommend that all kNew Health members have their B12 and folate levels tested. This week's article continues on the theme of B-Vitamin testing, with a look at why everyone should have their homocysteine levels...
Understanding Your Lab Tests: Vitamin B12 and RBC-Folate Levels (Folic Acid)
The body needs thousands of nutrients. What we call “vitamins” are just the ones we cannot manufacture ourselves and must get from our diet. Of all the known B-vitamins (of which there are eight: B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9 and B12), B12 and B9 (Folate) levels are two...
Understanding Your Lab Results: All About Vitamin D
If you keep up on health news and trends, you've likely heard a lot about vitamin D and its role in bone health and supporting immunity. You've probably also heard vitamin D deficiency is rampant in modern society. And if you see a doctor who is up on these trends,...
The #1 Thing You Can Do to Prevent ALL Disease Now
Everyone wants to know: what is the one thing I should do to optimize my health and prevent disease (at the lowest possible cost)? While there are plenty of legitimate ways to protect your health, the #1 thing you can do to prevent all disease is: optimize your...
Top 8 Reasons to Track Your Health Data and Use a Health Coach
According to a recent survey conducted by GfK (Growth for Knowledge), about one-third of the world population tracks their health data (29% of American to be precise) using an app, phone, watch or online mobile...
The #1 Lab Test to Assess Chronic Disease Risk
Imagine if there was one quick and simple lab test that could accurately predict your risk of getting the world's most common chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes. If you're like most health-conscious people, you would run to your doctor to get...
5 Hacks to Save Money with a High-Deductible Insurance Plan
If you're like most Americans, you have either been forced into or are reluctantly considering switching to a high-deductible insurance plan. In March's Evolution of Medicine Functional Forum, our medical director Dr. Jeff Gladd, showed how quickly deductibles were...
Forget Immune-Boosting Remedies and Focus on Gut Health Instead
It seems this time every year we are bombarded with ads for cure-all remedies, promising to help boost immunity and ward off colds and flu this season. These remedies come in the form of supplements, super-foods, over-the-counter medications and the flu shot. However,...
Health Coaching: An Affordable Layer Between You and the Medical System
If you’re like most people, you love your doctor. In fact, you’d LOVE to spend more time with him or her discussing your health concerns and having your preventative care questions answered. And no doubt your doctor would love to spend more time getting to know you...
The 7 Undebatable Laws of Self-Health Creation
One of the most empowering ways to take back control of your health, reduce healthcare costs and prevent costly chronic disease is to participate in your own health creation. What does this mean and what would it look like? It means there are certain undebatable laws...
The ABCs of Getting Healthy While Saving on Healthcare Costs
As outlined in our previous post: “The Top 10 Reasons We All Knew Our Healthcare System Was Broken”, it’s no secret our American healthcare system is in dire straits. Insurance premiums and deductibles are at an all-time high, chronic disease is rampant and the cost...