Sleep
Understanding 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 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 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 MoreJust Exhausted or Exhausted Adrenals
By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Everyone experiences times of fatigue and low energy, but, in general, these episodes are predictable and relatively short-lived. When fatigue becomes prolonged and life-impacting, however, looking at underlying causes and treating those causes becomes necessary. What exactly is adrenal fatigue and what…
Read MoreSimply Tired, and Lacking Energy? Or Chronic Fatigue?
By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. We have all experienced feeling tired. Whether related to not getting enough sleep, a passing illness, or a lot of stress, being tired is generally a passing feeling and one that after rest, rejuvenation, and healing, resolves with normal energy levels returning. Fatigue,…
Read MoreThe Health and Healing Implications of Circadian Imbalance
By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Health implications associated with circadian imbalance are numerous and widespread. Cognitive ability, psychiatric disorders, infection resistance, fatigue/energy levels, control of body weight, and even cancer susceptibility can correlate with the activity of one’s biological clock. In this article, we examine factors that…
Read MoreBenefits of Melatonin Go Far Beyond Just Sleep
By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Melatonin is well-recognized as a natural sleep aid. While as a supplement it is quite effective for sleep, melatonin’s antioxidant impacts and benefits for neurological, mitochondrial, and immune system function may be much more widespread and far-reaching. Start here for an overview…
Read MoreWhy sleep helps your body do EVERYTHING better!
By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. It is well recognized that sleep, or lack thereof, impacts the brain and body in myriad ways that may range from improvement and recovery in physical fitness, to insulin resistance and metabolic function, to illness prevention and healing, to overall brain function and the ability…
Read MoreSelf-Care During COVID-19
By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Previous articles about the current COVID-19 pandemic have dealt with the physical impacts of the virus, preventive measures, and strategies to stay healthy. In order to truly address the big picture of health, I want to acknowledge the far-reaching impacts that social isolation, job loss, cutbacks, investment concerns,…
Read MoreSleep and Stress – Part 2
In Sleep and Stress – Part 1 I talked about how important sleep is to restoring and repairing our bodies, and why we should devote ourselves to optimal sleeping in the best ways we can. Our bodies are designed to be active during the day and rest at night. Our modern lifestyle keeps us up…
Read More