The Aesthetics Advisor

When Alison Hawe took her 9-year-old son to his doctor several years ago, she followed the physician's advice by giving the boy folic acid to support his celiac disease diagnosis. Ms. Hawe did not initially realize the B vitamin could be triggering her son's erratic, hyperactive behavior. After investigating, she learned that some patients—especially those with certain genetic variations—react negatively to folic acid supplements and fortified foods. Her son's face was the first giveaway, with darting eye movements and difficulty focusing. He was also impulsive and unable to sit still. Ms. Hawe eliminated these potential triggers from her son's diet and supplements for several weeks, then slowly reintroduced them. She again observed pronounced changes in her son's behavior. Only when her son was in his late teenage years that he and his twin were both diagnosed with having an MTHFR gene mutation, Ms. Hawe told The Epoch Times. What Is MTHFR? Methylenetetrahydrofolat...

Most people shower or wash their faces before going to bed, and some even change their pajamas on a daily basis. However, the cleanliness of bedsheets and pillowcases is often overlooked. However, studies have shown that after just one week of use, pillowcases harbor bacteria levels surpassing those found on a toilet seat by a staggering nearly 20,000 times. To mitigate potential health risks, experts strongly advise developing a habit of regularly changing bed linens. Approximately one-third of a person's lifetime is spent sleeping. Healthy adults require at least   seven hours of sleep   daily, while infants and adolescents need even more to support their growth and development. According to a survey conducted by the National Sleep Foundation ( pdf ),   73 percent of respondents reported that having comfortable bedsheets is important for getting a good night's sleep, and 68 percent stated that a clean bedroom contributes to better sleep. The survey indicated that c...

The video below features a lecture by health consultant and author Denise Minger at the 2016 Icelandic Health Symposium. Her 2014 book, “Death by Food Pyramid,” explores the roots of our beliefs about food and provides readers with tools to navigate conflicting dietary claims, and she does so in this lecture as well.   While Minger’s presentation primarily challenges our beliefs about low-fat diets, more broadly she also encourages everyone to keep an open mind, to question everything, to avoid group-think and premature assumptions based on the illusion of consensus. This is good advice for all of us. As you may have noticed, I’ve made several U-turns myself over the years, as I delved deeper into various metabolic issues and gained a deeper understanding about how the human body works. Optimal health is not a one-and-done, but rather an ongoing journey. New information surfaces. Your body changes with age, and new environmental factors come into play. So, we must adapt to changin...