Whether or not to fast is a question that seems to be on many of my patient’s minds and with very good reason -- there is a lot of conflicting information in the media and on the web when it comes to this question.  For the majority of the population, fasting is a healthy and natural process and I recommend it to my patients as a part of their diet.

Excessive levels of estrogen can be dangerous to a woman's health and, believe it or not, a man's too! Over and over these days we hear doctors and then the media tell us we need to check our hormone levels, but most of the time we think we will discover what we are lacking. Here's the great exception. At The Renewal Point, we are observing an epidemic in men and women who have excess estradiol levels. Estrogen imbalances, while usually considered a female problem, can be responsible for increasing the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer in both sexes.