by Ron Lavine, DC | Nov 11, 2020 | Health Effects of the Environment and Medical System, Nutrition & Diet
It shows that I’ve completed my training with Functional Medicine University and now I’m a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner. I’ve learned a vast amount about how we regulate the chemistry of our internal environment, and how that intersects with the food we... 
by Ron Lavine, DC | Oct 30, 2020 | Nutrition & Diet
Before you answer, consider this: Over millions of years, plants have develop sophisticated chemical engineering to absorb minerals from soil fight off harmful bacteria and fungi while synergizing metabolically with others send pheromone signals to neighboring plants... 
by Ron Lavine, DC | Oct 7, 2020 | Aging gracefully, Exercise & Fitness
Tenocyte in its connective tissue web In another article, I discussed one of the reasons given for athletic decline in older people: your maximal heart rate goes down. There’s a second main reason why seniors can’t perform as well as their younger peers: a... 
by Ron Lavine, DC | Sep 22, 2020 | Aging gracefully, Exercise & Fitness
There are plenty of ways you can improve your fitness at any age. Someone who’s sixty can train to run faster or farther when she (or he) turns seventy. There’s no age limit to improving your muscle strength either. At the same time, there seems to be a certain... 
by Ron Lavine, DC | Sep 9, 2020 | Health Effects of the Environment and Medical System
Which lawn looks better to you? The lawn on the left is almost entirely grass and it’s a uniform shade of green. Many would prefer it to the lawn on the right, which has plants of many species, only some of them grass, has lots of brown patches, and is generally... 