Fertility and Hair Analysis.

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Dr. Gary Pack

Fertility can be improved in humans by ovarian stimulation with gonadotropin injections. It is evident that fertility even with this treatment is dependent on many factors. Evidence is accumulating that chemicals from the environment alter human fertility. For example, heavy metals have the ability to be endocrine-disrupting chemicals which alter reproduction. Endocrine disruptors reduce fertility […]

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Conditions: Fertility, Infertility, Nutritional deficiencies

Supplements: Selenium, Zinc

Miscellaneous: Endocrine disruptors, Follicle stimulating hormone, Gonadotrophins, Hair analysis, Heavy metals, Mercury, Oocyte

B-12 and Folic Acid in Vegans, Vegetarians and Omnivores.

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

People on vegetarian or vegan diets have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a higher risk of nutritional deficiencies than omnivores. Vitamin B-12 is found naturally in animal products and in artificially fortified foods (breakfast cereals, plant-based milks, soy products and yeast extracts). Vitamin B-12 deficiency is defined as a blood level below 118 […]

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Conditions: Anemia, Cardiovascular disease, Nutritional deficiencies, Pernicious anemia, Spinal cord injury

Supplements: Folic acid (folate), Vitamin B-12

Foods: Soybeans

Miscellaneous: Homocysteine, Omnivore, Ovolacto-vegetarian diet, Vegan, Vegetarian

Celiac Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

Celiac disease is increasingly diagnosed in elderly people. This article reports on a series of people over 60 years of age diagnosed with this serious disease. The series was collected by reviewing previous records of a hospital. The symptoms leading to diagnosis included weight loss, iron deficiency anemia, and diarrhea. Two women had decline in […]

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Conditions: Alzheimer's disease, Celiac disease, Diarrhea, Elderly, Iron deficiency anemia, Nutritional deficiencies, Peripheral neuropathy, Weight loss

Miscellaneous: Gluten-free diet, transglutaminase

Gluten-Free Diet: Alternative Cereals.

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

Gluten is a group of proteins called prolamins, which are metabolized to proline and glutamine amino acids, which resist digestion. Different grains have different prolamins. Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease which can only be treated by a gluten-free diet at this time. The reaction is caused by the gluten protein contained in a […]

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Conditions: Autoimmune disease, Celiac disease, Nutritional deficiencies

Supplements: Glutamine, Omega-3 fatty (linolenic) acid, Proline, Protein

Foods: Amaranth, Barley, Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), Canary seed, Fish, Fonio, Gluten-free diet, Job's tears (Chinese pearl barley), Meat, Milk products, Millet, Oats, Quinoa, Rice flour, Rye, Sourdough, Teff, Teosinte, Wheat

Miscellaneous: Gluten, Peptidase enzyme, Prolamin

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