You may have heard the term ‘metabolic syndrome’ used here and there, but have no idea what it is. Essentially, when we hear ‘syndrome’ we know it’s usually just a collection of symptoms. In this case, metabolic syndrome according to the Mayo Clinic is a collection of five different symptoms: increa...

Did you know that 30-40% of people in the United States get an H. Pylori or Helicobacter Pylori infection at some point in their lives? This is a bacterial infection that is often contracted in children, but is also often missed and can be spread any time through saliva (which means if you have it, ...