by Dr. Cas | Jul 7, 2022 | Medical Wellness
Sometimes living life to its fullest and having great quality of life includes optimizing your hormones. As we age, it is a natural progression to lose our natural levels of hormones. This varies from person to person, but typically by the age of 50 both men and women...
by Dr. Cas | Jun 2, 2022 | Medical Wellness
Your adrenal glands are one of the most important glands in your body and responsible for multiple different functions. Perhaps best known for the release of “fight or flight” response hormones, your adrenal glands also: Help regulate sleep with cortisol and glucose...
by Dr. Cas | Mar 8, 2022 | Medical Wellness
Throughout school and life, we have been taught that bacteria are bad (eww, germs!). This actually is not the case. We live with over a trillion bacteria in our G.I. system, which create a symbiotic homeostasis. The whole purpose of bacteria in the gut is to clean...
by Dr. Cas | Jan 6, 2022 | Medical Wellness
Getting restful sleep is by far the most important thing that we can do for ourselves. The process of sleep, and going through the proper phases of sleep, allows your body to reset and detox. Proper sleep allows your parasympathetic system to strengthen and work...
by Dr. Cas | Sep 23, 2021 | Medical Wellness
As a family medicine doctor, 80% of what I do involves the gut. In my years of working with patients, I have seen firsthand that our G.I. system (aka the gut) is truly the pathway to everything. Our gut is responsible for breaking down food to give us nutrients,...
by Dr. Cas | Sep 23, 2021 | Medical Wellness
We live in a world where toxins surround us every day, wreaking havoc on our cellular functions, hormonal pathways and energy sources. In my years of practice as a family medicine doctor, I have seen that the majority of chronic diseases stem from ongoing inflammation...
