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Bryce Wylde

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Bryce Wylde, BSc, Nutritionist, Hom.


My passion is in evidence based natural medicine with a bent on a fuctional approach (emphasis on objective laboratory findings to investigate a patients need for an herb, vitamin, antioxidant, or anything else for that matter). As the director of natural medicine at The Centre For Health, an integrative health facility in Canada, I work along side conventional mainstream medicine pratitioners (MD's), a natural medicine team (ND’s and HD’s), and Chiropractors and other physical therapies (DC’s, Massage, Acupuncture, and Physiotherapy). More at The Centre For Health.

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  • Bryce Wylde
    Bryce Wylde answered:
    Is plastic toxic?
    A growing body of scientific evidence supports the idea that toxins are toxic because they influence our hormonal balance. Let's start by looking at some a familiar toxic substance that affects hormones... plastics. Plastics are everywhere and we love them. We wear them, slip our feet into...  Full Post
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    Bryce Wylde answered:
    What is the human health threshold?
    Human health consists of an interplay of variables that include our genetics, our environment, our toxic load, our stress accumulation, our nutrition and emotional state, our exposure to microbes, our level of fitness, and a plethora of other factors. Each of us has an individual ability...  Full Post
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    Bryce Wylde answered:
    What hormones can increase the risk of heart disease?
    Low levels of three hormones increase the risk of heart disease. In both men and women, thyroid hormone, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and testosterone appear to be the most important ones to keep at optimal (not necessarily at normal) levels. For thyroid, morning basal body underarm temp...  Full Post
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    Bryce Wylde answered:
    Is there a test to determine the risk of heart disease?
    What if I told you that you could have a test performed that would give you an idea of how likely and how often your heart would say "no". Now you can. It's called genetic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) screening. Testing involves looking at single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs that...  Full Post
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    Bryce Wylde answered:
    What are benefits of exercise if I have heart disease?
    An issue of the New England Journal of Medicine ran an editorial on the importance of exercise in both the prevention and treatment of heart disease. The beneficial effects of regular exercise on cardiovascular disease may be a consequence of a number of factors, including improvement of...  Full Post
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    Bryce Wylde answered:
    What are some benefits of pycnogenols?
    Pycnogenols -- 300 mgs daily of grape seed extract or pine bark extract and bilberry (300 mgs. daily) -- are all excellent antioxidants known for their ability to inactivate harmful free radicals thought to initiate atherosclerosis and other degenerative diseases.  Full Post
  • Bryce Wylde
    Bryce Wylde answered:
    What are some benefits of curcumin?
    Curcumin -- 3 grams or more daily -- the yellow pigment of turmeric (Curcuma longa) is primarily an anti-inflammatory agent comparable to cortisone, ibuprofen and phenylbutazone; it protects the liver and helps lower cholesterol levels; it has also been reported to be effective as a cancer...  Full Post
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    Bryce Wylde answered:
    Can coenzyme Q10 help treat heart disease?
    Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) -- 400 mgs. daily, is now considered to be the most important anti-oxidant for the heart and particularly effective in the treatment of chest pain, high blood pressure and heart beat irregularities.  Full Post
  • Bryce Wylde
    Bryce Wylde answered:
    How can antifungal therapy help treat heart disease?
    Heart disease is really the end result of a chronic systemic fungal infection. Studies reported by Costantini and his fellow researchers at the World Health Organization indicate that following a high sugar and yeast diet increases the fungal population in the gastrointestinal tract, in turn,...  Full Post
  • Bryce Wylde
    Bryce Wylde answered:
    What are the health benefits of L-Arginine?
    L-Arginine -- 6000-12,000 mgs. daily, an essential amino acid, promotes natural body production of nitric oxide and subsequent cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP) synthesis that dilates (opens up) blood vessels, stimulates growth hormone release which increases lean body mass while decreasing...  Full Post
  • Bryce Wylde
    Bryce Wylde answered:
    How can vitamin B6 help prevent heart disease?
    Vitamin B6 -- 25-100 mgs. daily, prevents accumulation of high levels of the amino acid homocysteine implicated as one of the tissue injuring substances initiating cholesterol build up and atherosclerosis and heart disease. Other supplements which lower homocysteine levels include vitamin...  Full Post
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    Bryce Wylde answered:
    What is intravenous chelation therapy?
    Intravenous chelation therapy treats the entire arterial system. Intravenous chelation makes use of a solution containing a synthetic amino acid called ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). It works at the molecular level by binding and removing (chelating) from the circulation toxic heavy...  Full Post
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    Bryce Wylde answered:
    What are the side effects of chelation therapy?
    The side effects of chelation therapy include vein irritation or infection at the intravenous site, pain, headaches, fatigue, blood pressure changes and blood sugar changes. These are transient and disappear after the first few treatments or can be eliminated by adjusting the frequency and...  Full Post
  • Bryce Wylde
    Bryce Wylde answered:
    What lifestyle changes can relieve seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?
    To help treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and maintain a healthy mood, it is also important to maintain a healthy diet with lots of dark green vegetables, nuts and seeds, and mangoes. A natural chemical constituent found in mangoes actually increases good mood. In addition, supplement...  Full Post
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    Bryce Wylde answered:
    What are risk factors for seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?
    One important factor to consider about seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is where you live in the world. Latitude is one of the most predictive factors as those who live at high or low points on the earth's hemispheres are far more predisposed to S.A.D (as well as vitamin D deficiency) due...  Full Post