by Sage Campione D.C. "Doc Sage" | Learning Center/Blog, Prentive Health Strategies
The immune system is probably the most highly connected system in your body. It monitors and records all the major events in your life (as your immune system sees them, anyway), intervenes when necessary, and communicates extensively with your whole-body network of...
by Sage Campione D.C. "Doc Sage" | Learning Center/Blog, Prentive Health Strategies
“Vitamin D” is a term that references both vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). There has been considerable debate about whether these two forms are equivalent in their actions. In a paper published this month in Frontiers in Immunology,...
by Sage Campione D.C. "Doc Sage" | Learning Center/Blog, Prentive Health Strategies
The American diet is sorely lacking in many of the foods that provide key micronutrients beneficial in disease reduction. As a result, many individuals rely on dietary supplements to replace missing nutrients in their diets, but the question remains whether...
by Sage Campione D.C. "Doc Sage" | Learning Center/Blog, Prentive Health Strategies
In order for vaccines to have any effectiveness, you first need a healthy immune system. Vaccinations work hand in hand with your immune system to provide the additional support against illnesses. An unhealthy immune system means an ineffective vaccination. Studies...
by Sage Campione D.C. "Doc Sage" | Learning Center/Blog, Prentive Health Strategies
Are you one of the people who feel down in the winter months from the lack of sunlight during the shorter days? If you live north of latitude 35, then you may be very low in Vitamin D. Low Vitamin D levels are linked to increased risk of osteoporosis, brittle bones,...