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Lifestyle Choices Can Protect You from Disease Lifestyle choices can prevent you from disease. Many chronic diseases are caused by key risk behaviors. By making healthy choices, you can reduce your likelihood of getting a chronic disease and improve your quality of life. Stopping smoking (or never starting) lowers the risk of…

Signs of Hormonal Imbalance in Men Usually when the topic of estrogen is mentioned, men’s health is not the first thing that comes to mind. After all, estrogen is only important for women, right? It’s testosterone that men need to be concerned about. Although it’s true that estrogen is…

How to Create a Men's Health Diet Plan There will never be a “one size fits all” men’s health diet plan – a diet that suits everyone. We each have unique palates, cultural influences, eating experiences, and possible dietary restrictions or health conditions that make food more than…

Can Your Gut Microbiome Predict Your Longevity? In a paper by Dr. Nathan Price, PhD, Thorne’s Chief Scientific Officer, and Dr. John Earls, PhD, Director of Health Intelligence at Thorne, published by Nature Metabolism, microbiome and deep phenotypic data from more than 9,000 adults, between ages 18 and 101, were…

The Close Connection Between Your Gut Health and Sleep Quality Your gastrointestinal tract – your gut – has a direct link to your brain. Its health can affect your sleep, emotions, behavior, and physical capabilities, which is why it’s often referred to as “the second brain of the human…

Customized Exercise Programming - Testicular Cancer Jim received a referral for a client with testicular cancer. He’s been a Cancer Exercise Specialist for a little over a year, but this is his first client with testicular cancer. He asked if he could hire me to help him with…

April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month April is testicular cancer awareness month. Testicular cancer is on the rise and can affect any male from infancy to the elderly. An estimated 9,600 will be diagnosed in 2023 in the United States.  Testicular cancer occurs in the testicles, which are…

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Unfortunately, CRC is generally asymptomatic and when the symptoms of CRC appear, such as rectal bleeding, anemia, or abdominal pain, most patients are already in the advanced stage. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) estimates that the…

February is Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month An estimated 12,220 people living in the United States were diagnosed with gallbladder cancer in 2023, according to data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Approximately 4,510 people were estimated to die from it. Extrahepatic bile duct cancer is a rare disease…

Treatment is Over - The Side Effects are Not Problems Related to Surgery: Survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma, especially those diagnosed before 1988, often had their spleens removed. The spleen is a vital organ for the immune system. Removing it is linked with a higher risk of infections. Survivors…