Why your doctor won’t treat you for this vitamin deficiency

 Are you feeling weak and tired compared to the way you used to feel? Is your memory starting to slip? Is your balance off? Are you dizzy or depressed? A lot of folks over 60 suffer from one or more of these symptoms. Some doctors will tell you, “You’re just getting old.” While that may be true, it doesn’t mean you have to be unhealthy. There is a biological reason for the symptoms – and a simple treatment.

Unfortunately, the reason may not convince your doctor of your diagnosis. Here’s why: If you look up these symptoms, you’ll find that your problem may be a deficiency of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is often deficient in people over 60. That’s because the enzyme systems that absorb B12 from your food often no longer work as you get older. So you go to your doctor and ask to have your B12 levels checked. And this is what your doctor ends up telling you.

The real cause - and treatment - for irritable bowel syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome

 affects 30 million Americans. It causes lots of gas, bloating, and irregular bowels. However, unlike ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, there’s no overt inflammation in your bowel. For years, conventional doctors had no idea what was causing the problem. Now a new study out of Greece appears to have found the cause.

This study was superior to others because it employed a direct small bowel culture. Previous studies had been based on methane exhalation. Methane is a byproduct of intestinal bacteria. This study, on 320 patients, found small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in more than a third of IBS patients compared to only 10% without IBS. And, in patients who had diarrhea-associated IBS, more than 60% of them had a bacterial overgrowth compared to just 10% of those without IBS.

Is this a superior way to take testosterone therapy?

Are you one of the many men on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with testosterone? If so, I have some good news for you that might make your treatment easier and less expensive.

 A University of Texas research group compared different forms of administration of injectable testosterone in older men. Their study lasted for over 45 months. At the outset, the men had testosterone levels that averaged 388 ng/dl. That’s in the lower half of the reference range.