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It’s spring here in Chicago and as two doctors and busy moms, no one knows anxiety and stress like we do! How is that possible? Well… try 6 kids (between the two of us) in multiple travel sports, work, homework, husbands  and of course seeing our patients day to day and hearing their many worriesRead more

As two doctors who have been practicing medicine for a very long time, we hear a few things over and over from our patients. When it comes to figuring out what vitamins to take, it’s simple: People want an easy vitamin plan that they can stick to and make part of their routine. But howRead more

Patients often come in asking “should I get blood testing for vitamin levels?”As physicians we can not argue that testing blood levels of certain vitamins has a role. However, we have found in our many years of practice that vitamin levels are far from necessary in most people. We often hear of people going toRead more

We find that during the winter months many people complain of fatigue or lack of energy. This is not surprising as there are fewer hours of daylight and the relatively colder weather seems to put many of us into “hybernation mode”.  Patients often ask us “what vitamins can I take for fatigue?” The medical literature,Read more

Did we say “guaranteed” way to get healthier? No way, doctors never guarantee anything. We advise, we suggest, we recommend based on “most likely” out comes and we suspect that an outcome will happen but we never promise. So what could we possibly be promising? We are guaranteeing that if you take these few simpleRead more

A recent article in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) showed shocking things were found when many off the shelf vitamins and supplements were analyzed. Almost 800 products were found to contain prescription medications or illicit ingredients. Scary stuff! As physicians we often have people asking us “Are supplements safe? Should I be takingRead more

As physicians we generally believe that each person is an individual and can benefit from a different combination of vitamins–depending on their diet, lifestyle and health history. We all have different vitamin needs, based on who we are. That is why we created personalized multivitamins. However, there are a few vitamins that most– if notRead more

Stacy recently came in to see me, frustrated, “Lately my migraines have been terrible. I’m not sure if it’s the weather or what. It seems like every few days I’m getting a terrible headache and it’s ruining my summer.A friend told me to take vitamins for my migraines, but that sounds kind of strange toRead more

1) Because I am stressed out and exhausted all the time, my adrenals have overproduced stress hormones and run out of them, so I must have “Adrenal Fatigue”. This condition is being used to explain every symptom under the sun. However in the medical world it is universally called into question. The situation and theRead more

Sleep is something we can’t talk enough about. Patients always ask us “What vitamins can I take to help with sleep?” Sleep is so vital to every aspect of our health and well being. While some of us treasure it, others find it less essential. The truth is that most of us need more sleepRead more

Jennifer came in to the office for a routine check up. She was a generally healthy 45 year old who was starting to try to start taking better care of herself after years of caring for the other members of her family. She had great intentions to start exercising, was hopeful to improve her dietRead more

Feeling like your falling short on your New Year’s Resolutions? Not getting to the gym every day as you had planned? Not shedding those pounds that accumulated over the holidays as quickly as you hoped? Fear, not! It is not too late to take a step toward better health. In fact, you can make aRead more