Age Management of West Michigan Blog

A Healthy Gut for Healthy Immunity

The gastrointestinal barrier controls and permits the absorption of helpful substances into the bloodstream while keeping out those that...

How Sugar Affects the Stress Hormone Cortisol

Food is not just nutrients. It also contains information to help regulate systems in the body. How much, how often and what types of food...

Understanding Constipation and Natural Treatment Options

Constipation is a very common condition affecting about 14% of the US population. Females and elderly are more likely to report...

Wellness Tips for Aging

Aging affects all of us in different ways. Some of us lose our eyesight, others our hearing. Loss of taste is common and usually...

How does our Weight Loss Program work?

Our director of Functional Medicine, Aaron Hovanec answered some questions on how our Integrative HCG Weight Loss Program gets success.

Weight Loss: Strategies for Success

Fad diets, weight-loss programs and other questionable methods promise quick and easy weight loss. However, the foundation of successful...

How to (Finally) Relieve Bloating and GI Discomfort

Bloating? Abdominal Pain? Gas? Although not many want to talk about it, almost everyone experiences these symptoms at some point....

Understanding the Gastrointestinal System

The role of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and its contribution to health and disease has gained much momentum over the years and has...

Stay Healthy This Winter

There is a reason there is a cold and flu season. Viruses are able to survive in the air longer in cooler temperatures; and these viruses...

Major benefits to using NAD+ injections

NAD+ (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide) is a coenzyme critical to every cell and many metabolic processes in our bodies. NAD+...

What you need to know about Vitamin C injections

Vitamin C is one supplement often recommended for daily use. It is an easy way to help and enhance the immune system, and act as an...