Wellness
IV vs IM Nutrient Delivery: Which Is Actually Worth It?
For most nutrient repletion an intramuscular shot is enough. When IV delivery genuinely adds something clinical, when it does not, and the real risks.
The Journal
Field notes on feeling like yourself again
Clear, root-cause guidance on hormones, weight, gut health and aesthetics, written and reviewed by Krishna Borges, MSN, APRN.
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Hormones
Weight Gain and Hormones in Women Over 35: What Is Actually Happening
Hormones explain where midlife weight goes more than how much you gain. What perimenopause, thyroid, insulin and cortisol really do, and what to test.
Weight loss
GLP-1, Tirzepatide and Retatrutide: What's Actually Different
Three names that get used as if they were the same thing. What each one targets, which are FDA approved, and which is still investigational.
Hormones
TRT Injections vs. Pellets: How to Choose
Both raise testosterone effectively. The real difference is rhythm, reversibility and how much of your attention the treatment asks for.
Hormones
Perimenopause vs. Menopause: What Changes, and What Helps
One is a transition that can last years. The other is a single date you can only identify looking backward. Knowing which you are in changes the plan.
Gut health
What a GI-MAP Test Actually Shows
A stool panel that measures organisms and gut function markers. What it genuinely answers, what it cannot, and when a conventional workup comes first.
Hormones
Signs of Low Testosterone, and When to Test
Low testosterone rarely announces itself. The signs that show up first, why standard labs miss them, and when testing is actually worth doing.
Aesthetics
Preventative Botox: Who It Is For, and When
The idea is sound in theory and the evidence is thinner than the marketing. What decides it is whether lines are already starting to set.
Wellness
NAD+, B12 and Glutathione: What Each One Actually Does
One is well-established when you are deficient. The other two are far more promising in theory than they are proven in people. Here is the honest split.
Gut health
Leaky Gut: Hype vs. Evidence
Intestinal permeability is real and measurable. \"Leaky gut syndrome\" as a cause of everything is not. The gap between those two is where money gets spent.
Gut health
Bloating That Will Not Go Away
Persistent bloating usually has a findable cause. Most are benign and treatable, one is not, and knowing which questions to ask sorts them quickly.
Hormones
Thyroid Problems vs. "Adrenal Fatigue"
One is a real, testable, treatable diagnosis. The other is not recognised by any endocrinology society. Your exhaustion is real either way.
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