The Aesthetics Advisor

Modern medicine’s go-to strategies for cancer treatment are archaic, based on the “cut, poison, burn” model — or surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. The idea of using toxic therapies to destroy tumors should represent a last resort, if used at all, not a first-line treatment. By their very nature, chemotherapy and radiation have devastating effects on the human body and the healing process, leaving providers to walk a fine line between issuing a dose strong enough to destroy the tumor without killing the patient. Often, basic supportive strategies designed to target cancer’s root causes — and boost the body’s capacity to heal — are ignored in favor of radiation and all of its significant side effects. “The conventional approach seems to follow the logic ‘destroy to heal,’ and I just don't know where that really occurs in nature outside conventional cancer treatment. Healing has to be your focus and goal to achieve healing. You have to heal to heal,” Dr. Nathan Goodyear explained i...

In recent years, it's become increasingly apparent that the composition of microbes in your gut — which is as distinct to you as your fingerprint — plays an enormous role in health and disease prevention. Your gut flora influences the function of various internal organs, such as your skin, lungs, breasts and liver. 1 For example, 2018 research 2  by the National Institute of Health shows gut microbes control antitumor immune responses in the liver, and that antibiotics — by depleting your gut of valuable bacteria — can alter the composition of immune cells in your liver and trigger tumor growth. Aside from cancer, dozens of other health conditions have been traced back to the influence of gut microbes as well, including obesity, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson's and allergies, 3  just to name a few. One of the reasons for this is because your gut is the main residence of your immune system. 4 Disrupt your gut microbiome and you autom...

It’s natural to have complex feelings about noticing signs of aging. You can embrace the beauty and privilege that it is to age, while also not love all of the physical changes that come along with it.  If you’d like to soften these signs but don’t want to go the injectables route, there are non-invasive products that can help. In the world of beauty products, there's perhaps no category more saturated than the anti-aging market. What to Look for in an Anti-Aging Product a. Vitamin C An antioxidant powerhouse, vitamin C is directly involved with collagen production in the body. Vitamin C is beneficial in anti-aging products for several reasons: It protects skin from environmental stressors, promotes cell turnover, and can fade dark spots which contribute to the appearance of aging skin. Products containing vitamin C can irritate sensitive skin, so be sure to start out using a low concentration if your skin is reactive. b. Retinoids Retinoids are a category of ingredients, and retin...