Heavy metals overload can cause adverse health effects in human metabolism (including lead, cadmium, and mercury) present obvious concerns due to their persistence in the environment and documented potential for serious health consequences.
Heavy metals are ubiquitous in the environment from air, groundwater contamination and cigarette smoke. It is not possible to completely avoid exposure to toxic metals (Singh 2011). Even people who are not occupationally exposed carry certain metals in their body as a result of exposure from other sources, such as food, beverages, or air (Washam 2011; Satarug 2010).
What are some of the damage caused by heavy metals?
Acute heavy metal intoxications may damage the following:
Central nervous function
Cardiovascular and gastrointestinal (GI) systems, lungs, kidneys, liver, endocrine glands, and bones (Jang 2011; Adal 2013)
It should also be noted that chronic heavy metal exposure has been implicated in several degenerative diseases of these same systems and may increase the risk of some cancers (Galanis 2009; Wu 2012).
Most people deal with stored heavy metal issues, increasing the risk for osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.
Can you limit your health risks to heavy metal toxicity?
At Serenity Health Care Center, our practitioners can advise you how to reduce your metal toxicity risk. By incorporating lifestyle choices that diminish the probability of harmful heavy metal uptake, such as dietary measures that include avoiding plastics, cooking in microwaves, using aluminum cookware or cans, and using water purifiers to name just a few ways to assist in promoting the safe metabolism or excretion of ingested heavy metals.
Can I be evaluated for heavy metal toxicity?
Heavy metal testing can be done very easily and can be treated either naturally or through traditional medical means.
For more information, get in touch or call 262-522-8640 to schedule an appointment
IV nutritional therapy provides improved health and a better quality of life
Patients with a variety of chronic health conditions can benefit from IV nutritional therapy at our functional medicine clinic near Milwaukee. IV nutritional therapy provides valuable nutrients, improves metabolism, boosts energy and offers immune support.
How does IV nutritional therapy work?
IV nutritional therapy consists of a series of IV infusions that take place at our functional medicine clinic near Milwaukee. Patients receive nutrients through an IV in the arm. The process takes between 30 minutes and six hours, depending on the patient’s needs.
This type of therapy works so well because it delivers vitamins, amino acids, minerals and other critical supplements directly into the bloodstream. IV nutritional therapy allows these nutrients to bypass the gastrointestinal (GI) system. This is significant for two reasons.
When nutrients are delivered to the bloodstream, they are fully absorbed, something that cannot happen if the GI system is damaged or inflamed.
Bypassing the GI system allows our practitioners to deliver much higher doses of nutrients to the patient than is possible with oral doses.
Why do gastric bypass patients and people with GI tract damage need therapy?
IV nutritional therapy is particularly useful for patients who have had gastric bypass, a surgical weight loss procedure. It can also benefit patients who have suffered damage to their GI tract due to viruses or bacteria, or who have conditions that affect absorption, including hydrochloric acid, or digestive enzyme, deficiency. Patients who lack the friendly gut bacteria needed to aid in proper digestion also benefit from IV nutritional therapy.
Damage, inflammation or deficiencies in the GI system make it nearly impossible for the patient’s body to absorb therapeutic doses of nutrients or medications. Directing the nutrients to the bloodstream ensures that all the nutrients reach the patient at the cellular level, bringing them the health benefits they so desperately need.
What other conditions benefit from this treatment?
Patients who have chronic problems, such as hypertension, asthma, HIV, Parkinson’s disease and congestive heart failure, respond well to IV nutritional therapy. Here are two lesser known conditions that also respond to treatment.
Metabolism disorders. People with metabolism disorders may not be able to convert the nutrients from the food they eat into the active form or metabolite. With IV therapy, the active metabolites are delivered directly to the cells without the body having to use energy to activate them.
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS. People with this syndrome may have problems maintaining adequate hydration, but IV NACL can help.
IV nutritional therapy is a valuable treatment for patients with chronic health conditions. Contact us for an evaluation and let the experienced practitioners at our functional medicine clinic near Milwaukee put you on the path to better health.
Serenity Health Care Center offers various nutritional programs that are individualized to meet your needs.
Nutrition, nourishment, or aliment, is the supply of materials – food – required by organisms and cells to stay alive. In science and human medicine, nutrition is the science or practice of consuming and utilizing foods.
What is nutrition?
Nutrition is a molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics advance, nutrition has become more focused on the steps of biochemical sequences through which substances inside us and other living organisms are transformed from one form to another – metabolism and metabolic pathways.
Nutrition also focuses on how diseases, conditions and problems can be prevented or lessened with a healthy diet.
In addition, nutrition involves identifying how certain diseases, conditions or problems may be caused by dietary factors, such as poor diet (malnutrition), food allergies, metabolic diseases, etc.
A common place for nutritional medicine is in restoring proper cholesterol levels or blood sugar levels.
It is important to understand the genetic modification that has taken place in our food sources today along with the processed foods that make up a large part of our daily diet and how they affect our bodies and the diseases that we face today.
If you want to change your life with nutrition, call today (262) 522-8640 to schedule an appointment with Dr. Brown, Muth, or Konetzki.
The effects of yeast overgrowth are wide-ranging. Yeast may cause chronic fatigue, recurrent yeast infections, abdominal bloating and indigestion, headaches and skin rashes, immune suppression and chemical sensitivity, depression, and joint pain.
A member of the fungus family, yeast can flourish in your body if your immune system is depressed or if the naturally occurring bacteria in your system are destroyed.
A leading cause of yeast overgrowth is the overuse of antibiotics, which destroys beneficial bacteria as well as the bad, allowing yeast to proliferate in the digestive tract and vagina.
Sadly, this is a problem that many mainstream physicians are completely unaware of. Instead of treating the underlying cause of their patients’ poor health, they treat the individual symptoms using antibiotics, antihistamines, antidepressants or anti-inflammatory medications.
This is a vicious cycle that is hard to break.
Treating Candidiasis to Restore Health
At Serenity Health Care Center, we use a three-pronged approach to treating yeast overgrowth:
Step 1: Eliminate the existing yeast in the colon.
Step 2: Limit dietary sources of yeast.
Step 3: Restore the colon with beneficial bacteria.
Our treatment program for yeast overgrowth includes using medication and herbs to kill yeast, natural remedies to restore the normal bacteria, as well as dietary solutions to restore balance to your gastrointestinal system.
This treatment strengthens your immune system by lowering the yeast load on your system while lessening the risk of infection and the need for antibiotics.
If the immune system is weakened, you could develop an allergic reaction to Candida.
We will help identify this allergen and can treat it with sublingual immunotherapy, or “drop therapy”.
Call 262-522-8640 or click here to schedule effective treatments for Yeast Infection
Years ago, when you heard the term detox, you probably thought of a drug or alcohol abuse issue. However, today, detoxification or “detoxing” has become a popular term in today’s culture for other health applications. In fact, not a day goes by that you might hear of or read about a revolutionary new detoxing diet or product.
It is important to differentiate a “fad” detoxification from a medical or health professional supervised metabolic detoxification.
Detoxification (“detox”) is normally referred to medical practices and protocols that embrace both complementary (fasting, colonic cleaning) and conventional (chelation or antitoxin therapy) schools of medical thought – as well as some that push the boundaries of scientific plausibility (such as ionic foot detoxification).
What is metabolic detoxification?
In the context of human biochemistry and detoxification refers to a specific metabolic pathway, active throughout the human body, that processes unwanted chemicals for elimination.
This pathway involves a series of enzymatic reactions that neutralize and solubilize toxins, homeopathic remedies that assist in transporting the toxins to the secretory organs (like the liver or kidneys), so that they can be excreted from the body.
Excess hormones, vitamins, inflammatory molecules, and signaling compounds, amongst others, are typically eliminated from the body by the same enzymatic detoxification systems that protect the body from environmental toxins, or clear prescription drugs from circulation.
Metabolic detoxification reactions, therefore, are not only important for protection from the environment, but central to homeostatic balance in the body.
At Serenity Health Care Center, our professional approach to metabolic detoxification helps our patients to improve their health and reduce the incidence of chronic illness.
Almost everyone has heard of Lyme disease, an illness caused by being bitten by an infected tick. Lyme disease treatments exist if the disease is caught in time. But, many people aren’t aware that symptoms often mimic other illnesses and don’t appear at the same time. To complicate symptom recognition further, many people don’t even know a tick has bitten them.
At Serenity Health Care, we can diagnose Lyme disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the upper Midwest region is a prime location for Lyme disease. Lyme disease treatment is possible, but early diagnosis is vital to helping prevent serious health problems.
Take precautions in wooded areas where ticks are common. Light colored clothing can help you spot ticks. Inspect your skin when you come indoors. If you develop a rash or flu-like symptoms after being in a suspect area, schedule an appointment for a diagnosis. Keep a watch for these symptoms, so you’ll know when to ask about Lyme disease treatment:
A skin rash that looks like a bull’s eye is one of the most common symptoms, but this rash is not present on everyone.
Muscle aches, fever and headaches (flu-like symptoms) can appear in the first 30 days after being bitten by a tick.
Some people develop more advanced symptoms such as joint pain, dizziness and heart rate changes.
Although advanced Lyme disease can take longer to treat, most people recover. Research has shown ONDAMED and thermohraphy to be effective in improving the rate of recovery from Lyme disease.
Diagnosis of Lyme disease isn’t something you want to postpone. It’s important to act now for Lyme disease treatment. When something does feel right about your health, schedule an appointment with Serenity Health Care. We’ll find the right path of healing, so you can get back to enjoying your life.
We offer nutritional IV therapy at our Serenity Health Care Center functional medicine clinic near Milwaukee.
Our nutritional IV therapies facilitate wellness through the speedy delivery of natural, restorative, healing ingredients. Intravenous injections of robust infusions comprising vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and amino acids bypass the stomach and liver and go directly into the bloodstream, achieving fast, powerful results.
Depending on the infusion mix you select, Serenity’s IV therapies will:
Increase your daily energy levels
Improve your digestion
Help prevent dehydration
Reduce cold and flu symptoms
Boost your immune system
Reduce inflammation
Why Should You Get Nutritional (Vitamin) IV Therapy?
At Serenity Health Care Center, we believe in helping our patients take responsibility for their health. We find that patients who manage their health are empowered to feel and be their best. Our IV therapies support the pursuit of health and wellbeing!
Nutritional IV therapy (sometimes called IV Vitamin Therapy) is about getting important healthy ingredients into the body with no barriers to absorption.
Vitamins delivered intravenously go right into the bloodstream for immediate and maximum absorption. Consider a Vitamin C delivery by IV. It achieves 50 times greater concentration in the blood over Vitamin C that is taken orally and must be processed in the stomach and liver before being dispatched into the bloodstream.
Nutritional IV therapy provides instant absorption and circulation of ingredients.
IV Therapy for Chronic Conditions & Disease
Do you struggle with chronic health issues? Our IV therapies benefit patients who live with diseases and ongoing conditions.
Cancer
Infection
Gut problems: Crohn’s Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Celiac Disease, Leaky Gut Syndrome
Migraines
Asthma
Hypertension
Lyme Disease
Neuropathy
Stress
Cardiovascular Disease
Epstein Barr Syndrome
Ulcerative Colitis
Flu
Candida
Poor Circulation
Heavy Metal Toxicity
Nutritional IV Therapy to Maintain Good Health
Do you feel great? Good. Let us help you maintain that state. Choose the infusion that promotes overall cleansing and the removal of toxins from your body. Prevention and immunity boosts are key to sustaining optimal health and wellbeing.
How Nutritional IV Therapy Works
Nutritional IV Therapy is the intravenous delivery of potent, healthful infusions. These infusions contain the building blocks for robust health, plus warrior agents that fight inflammation and disease.
All-natural ingredients include Vitamin C, Vitamin D, B Vitamins, Zinc, Glutathione, Magnesium, Folic Acid, Amino Acids, NAD (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), and others.
Not all infusions are alike. We offer different cocktails that address the issues listed above, as well as infusions that go to work on:
mental fatigue, lack of focus, anxiety, depression, addictions, collagen deficiency, poor skin quality, headaches, tiredness, soreness, stress, sluggish metabolism, allergies, chemo side effects, body aches, malaise, exhaustion, and more
What Happens During an IV Therapy Session?
Before your nutritional IV therapy session, our professional Serenity staff will run bloodwork (if necessary) to make sure you are a candidate for this type of treatment. (See below for people who may not or should not get Nutritional IV therapy.) Additionally, we evaluate your health history and check your vital signs.
On the day of your therapy, we invite you to dress comfortably. We provide a pleasant, comfortable setting in which you may sit or recline and relax while receiving the IV infusion. You will find healthy snacks and refreshing drinks in the rooms.
Some patients choose to close their eyes and listen to music during their session. Others read, watch movies, or work on their devices. Your activities during the IV session are completely up to you.
One of our trained and experienced nurses administers the IV treatment. The infusion does not hurt. You may feel the initial small prick of the needle, and you may sense a slight weight in your arm as the ingredients begin to flow in. Other than those sensations, most patients feel nothing.
Depending on which infusion you have selected, its delivery lasts from 30 minutes to two hours. After the session, you are free to resume all your normal activities immediately.
Who Should Not Receive Nutritional IV Therapy?
Some people’s bodies cannot tolerate powerful vitamin infusions. These include:
Pregnant women
Frequent smokers
People who suffer from renal or cardiac dysfunction
Newly diagnosed cancer patients
People with certain genetic factors
Cooperate with Your IV Therapy for Optimal Health
At Serenity Health, we urge our patients to adopt a total lifestyle of selfcare, prevention, and beneficial habits. In conjunction with nutritional IV therapy, these practices facilitate optimal health and wellbeing.
We encourage our patients to:
Drink six 8-ounce glasses of water per day
Limit alcohol consumption (no more than 5 fluid ounces per night)
Be aware of exposure to toxins in food and products; limit this
For years, arthritis was considered an inherent part of the aging process and a signal to a patient that it’s time to slow down. But not so anymore. At Serenity Health Care Center, our team provides an anti-aging approach that assists with the inflammation that causes the pain. Recent research and clinical findings show that there is much more to life for arthritis patients than the traditional recommendation of bed rest and drug therapy.
What Is Arthritis?
The word “arthritis” means “joint inflammation” and is often used in reference to rheumatic diseases. Rheumatic diseases include more than 100 conditions, including gout, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and many more. Although arthritis often begins in middle age and is more frequent in the older generation, it can also start at a young age.
Arthritis causes pain, swelling, stiffness, and loss of function in the joints. Several features distinguish rheumatoid arthritis it from other kinds of arthritis:
Tender, warm, and swollen joints.
Fatigue, sometimes fever, and a general sense of not feeling well.
Pain and stiffness lasts for more than 30 minutes after a long rest.
The condition is symmetrical. If one hand is affected, the other one is, too.
The wrist and finger joints closest to the hand are most frequently affected. Neck, shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, ankle, and feet joints can also be affected.
The disease can last for years and can affect other parts of the body, not only the joints.
Arthritis is highly individual. Some people suffer from mild arthritis that lasts from a few months to a few years and then goes away. Mild or moderate arthritis have periods of worsening symptoms (flares) and periods of remissions, when the patient feels better.
People with severe arthritis feel pain most of the time. The pain lasts for many years and can cause serious joint damage and disability.
How is arthritis treated?
There’s no cure for arthritis, but there are treatments that can help you manage the condition:
Ultrasound therapy
PRP
Stem Cell Therapy
Biofeedback
For more information, get in touch or call today (262) 522-8640 to schedule an appointment.
This unique technology locates underlying dysfunction, and it simultaneously provides specific treatment for each patient. ONDAMED’s specific pulsed electro-magnetic fields used in combination with Pulse Biofeedback “jump-starts” cellular repair and regeneration.
ONDAMED Therapists throughout Europe have been using ONDAMED for over 10 years with great success. Now we have this amazing opportunity to provide this same treatment here in the United States. Serenity’s practitioners have been trained to deliver this unique treatment.
“Today was officially the last day of Elijah’s Bio-Terrain Therapy. When he started this therapy, his Lyme was chronic. He had joint and muscle pain that was severe and kept him home bound for the most part. He was like an old man. After just a few of the treatments, he was joking and teasing people. I know that he is much happier and so much more active. He has such a better attitude as well. His Ondamed scan (a type of pulse biofeedback) did not even note Lyme as an issue, which is incredible. He’s still not 100% better, but he has been sick for a very long time and still has much healing and strengthening ahead. This therapy has basically encouraged his body to start healing on its own using bio-magnet pairing. The only side effects for him have been when there is die-off and the toxins struggle to leave his system. This was helped through the ionic foot baths which removed toxins. I am just so grateful that I have gotten my son back!”* – Bio-Terrain Patient
Ondamed has been used clinically to treat a variety of conditions which include but are not limited to:
These are just a few areas that the Ondamed machine can assist in balancing. Healing is a complex process, many modalities are involved in creating a healing environment. Your practitioner can use this biofeedback machine to assist in your healing process.
Our client had 4 ONDAMED Therapy treatments over 8 days* Great Results!
The endocrine system is made up of glands that secrete chemicals called ‘hormones’ into the bloodstream or surrounding tissues. The endocrine system includes the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, adrenal glands, pancreas, ovaries and testes.
This complex system must work like a well-trained symphony, if any gland is out of balance our body does not function the way it should, and we feel it. The endocrine system is responsible for dealing with different events and stresses. When we are exposed to many stressors in a short period of time, often the endocrine system begins to slow down and cannot function at an optimal level.
What are some of the functions of the endocrine system?
The endocrine system plays a vital role in your overall health. Some of the roles of the endocrine system include:
Growth
Repair
Sexual reproduction
Digestion
Homeostasis (constant internal balance)
How do hormones work?
Hormones work like a lock and key system. Hormones are the key and the body organs or hormone receptors are the lock itself. If the hormones fit then a process will take place, but if for some reason the key or lock is malfunctioned the signals will be messed up, and an improper signal will occur. The hormones can set off a cascade of other signalling pathways in the cell to cause an immediate or a delayed effect.
The endocrine system is a tightly regulated system that keeps the hormones at perfect levels. One way this is achieved is through ‘feedback loops’. The release of hormones is regulated by other hormones, proteins or neuronal signals.
