Western medicine is great at offering solid treatment options, from medications to surgeries. But it’s important to know when to use a treatment and when to skip it.
The human body is complex, but certain things seem to be certain – lower body mass index, more muscle mass, less visceral fat, lower average blood sugars, and lower average blood pressure seem to be great biomarkers to track. Book a session with us today to track your biomarkers! What’s Your Health Goal? The first […]
The biohacking community has grown, and detailed clinical information is readily available. And yet, the practice of medicine, the art of medicine, is why you can’t be your doctor. Many of us physicians try to be our own doctors and we fail. We miss something obvious or go down the wrong path. And most importantly, […]
We lose muscle mass with age because of hormone changes and because muscle cells lose their ability to repair themselves. Many lose muscle mass also because they move around less and do less resistance training. The main problem with losing muscle mass is that muscle cells are critical for maintaining blood sugar and even lipid […]
The good thing about PAWS is that it eventually goes away. The bad thing about PAWS is that it varies quite a lot from person to person, so there isn’t a single treatment protocol for PAWS that will work for everyone. But there is a basic framework we follow which patients respond well to. Managing […]
Our patients here at Digital Nomad Health are interested in living a better quality of life with less disease and less medical intervention. One way to achieve this is developing the perfect harmony of strength, flexibility, and stability – we refer to this as Strength-Flow. 1. Strength Lifting weights or any resistance training isn’t just […]
Mainstream medicine is often concerned with how to treat BPH, but here at Digital Nomad Health, we ask how to prevent BPH. Preventing Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is our main concern, and treating it is secondary. Causes of BPH Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia seems to happen due to changes in hormone levels and inflammation. The following are […]
Medications such as semaglutide have given us a more mainstream understanding of the importance of GLP1s. As these medications mimic the activity of this molecule, we can raise GLP1s naturally in the body. The Source of GLP1 This molecule is considered a hormone in the body and is produced by cells in the intestines and […]
Undoubtedly, the hardest thing I’ve ever undertaken in life has been changing my habits from stopping fast food to prioritizing sleep to setting healthy boundaries with friends and family. Here at Digital Nomad Health, we are all about disease prevention. Treatments are great when they are the right fit but always come with many side […]
How to decide what to do and what not to do for your health. Because we are constantly facing health decisions and marketing experts hope that we make one choice over another. A personal health strategy will make health decisions easier. It’s tough enough making decisions about our health but it’s even tougher when you’re […]
As a Primary Care practice, we focus on preventing disease over treating it. An example we use is that regular oil changes on a car will preserve the drive train and make eventual repairs easier and less costly. Preventing cancer is similar in the human body. Leading Causes of Cancer We know that inflammation, genetic […]