Nutrition
Sleep Hygiene – A Comphrehensive Guide
By Susan Tanner M.D. Sleep – A Necessity for Brain and Physical Health Sleep is essential for overall health and proper brain function during the day, yet many people overlook its importance. One of the key questions I ask my patients is, “How is your sleep?”. Understanding the quality of your sleep involves answering these…
Read More2025 – Reflections and Intentions
By Susan Tanner M.D. I hope your 2025 is off to a fantastic start and filled with good health! The chilly weather here in Georgia has many of us staying cozy indoors, giving us a perfect opportunity to pause and reflect on the year ahead. I’m planning to enter this year intentionally and joyfully—what about…
Read MoreUnderstanding Your Microbiome: The Hidden and ESSENTIAL World Within
By Susan Tanner M.D. The Gut’s Benevolent Dictatorship Imagine inside your body an entire world population with its own government! This government doesn’t hold elections but functions as a benevolent dictatorship. While not entirely altruistic, these individuals and groups support the entire hosting organism while striving to maintain their own existence. In the simplest terms,…
Read MoreCollagen: The Body’s Hidden Superhero
By Susan Tanner M.D. From face creams to bone broth, to a multitude of pills, collagen products have been promoted all over the internet and in television ads as the wonder supplement, promoting miraculous results. Is it a passing trend, or is truth behind the hype? What is collagen? Collagen is a unique protein, sometimes…
Read MoreThe Protective Power of Antioxidants in Combating Chronic Illness
By Susan Tanner M.D. Antioxidants have held a prominent place in numerous health and wellness discussions over the years, following their thorough explanation and applications by Dr. Parris Kidd, Ph.D., in the 1970s. Media often portrays them as sources of health, vitality, and healing. Many claims have been put forth, but validating them becomes challenging…
Read MoreMold Related Illness – Everything You Need to Know
By Susan Tanner, MD The following is a series of articles I’ve written for Sinusitis Wellness. Please email me directly if you have a question not answered in this material. Toxicity-Induced Macular Degeneration Any organ system can be targeted and impacted when the body’s threshold of tolerance has been exceeded by toxic exposures. The eyes…
Read MoreAre You Vitamin D Deficient?
By Susan Tanner M.D. Reports about Vitamin D deficiency have been getting quite a bit of attention over the past couple of decades as research has proven its importance to many aspects of overall health. Many people in America are tested for Vitamin D levels at their annual physicals, and a large number of them…
Read MoreMultivitamins – Necessary or Not?
By Susan Tanner M.D. I am often asked by my patients about vitamins and nutritional supplements. Reading or listening to some of the mainstream media, one may be led to believe that they are unnecessary or a waste of money and time. The following article discusses the use of multivitamins and some compelling research to explain why a good…
Read MoreFatigue or Adrenal Fatigue? Not Just at Holiday Time!
By Susan Tanner M.D. Chronic fatigue has been discussed in other articles here and may be due to any number or combination of factors including toxins, viruses, gut disruptions, sleep disorders, etc. Adrenal fatigue is similar but is usually something that develops over time and its onset may be quite insidious. Adrenal insufficiency is the term used…
Read MoreWhich Diet is Best for my Health Concerns?
By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. It is incredibly confusing to know which diet plan, if any, is right for a person’s nutritional needs and health goals. And, while I have addressed diet in many articles and reiterated the importance of eating clean, unprocessed, and organic foods, and antifungal diets for those…
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