As Big Pharma isolates hormones to create GLP-1s, nutrition companies have been looking for their own way to boost your natural GLP-1 production. One of the reasons some people are naturally slender no matter what they eat may be Akkermansia—a probiotic living in your gut. Akkermansia, which wasn’t discovered until 2004, has been found to be abundant in people with a healthy metabolism and less abundant in those who are overweight or have diabetes. When studied in humans a

It seems like no matter where you look these days, you’ll see an ad for GLP-1s. Right now 1 in 8 Americans are on the medication for a myriad of reasons. Here at Park Street Healing Arts, we do not prescribe GLP-1s, but we have done a LOT of research into their origins, side effects, benefits and potential drawbacks. We support patients who are on them and we’re well connected to quality providers who prescribe them. We ALSO have plenty of patients in our weight loss prog

(like pressing “reset” on your computer or device) Have you ever had a tight or nervous sensation in your upper belly when you’re rushing to meet a deadline, anticipating a hard conversation with a coworker, or preparing to give a presentation? That’s your sympathetic nervous system--getting keyed up to activate the “fight or flight” response to prepare for stress. Given the increased level of modern stressors that humans manage on a daily basis, doctors are looking for heal

Achy, arthritic joints are often characterized as the bygone conclusion of getting older. Your doctor may have said it’s the natural result of “wear and tear,” and suggested that you’ll likely need a joint replacement in the future. But is that actually true? If aging was the primary cause of osteoarthritis, why do some people have arthritis in one knee and not the other? Don’t we age with both knees at a time? Why does joint pain change with the weather, or get better when