Dr. Maxwell’s Blog

Have you been using more than your fair share of toxic household cleaners since the COVID-19 Pandemic began? Or, maybe you were using bleach and antimicrobial cleaners for routine cleaning before that? Indoor-air quality has topped the U.S. EPA’s list of health concerns facing Americans for many years. And the...

The herb ashwagandha is known for balancing women's hormones and helping men with low testosterone. It also can help control stress and improve libido. The best part is that ashwagandha is a natural treatment. This herb is an ancient Ayurvedic treatment to balance hormones for thousands of years. It’s now getting...

Have you heard about the “Medical Medium,” who touts miraculous benefits from drinking celery juice and has single-handedly driven up the price of celery, even making some grocery stores run out of stock? Anthony William, the self-proclaimed founder of a “global celery juice movement,” and health adviser to many celebrities,...

Though it seems we’ve been following stay-at-home orders for months, COVID-19 cases are on the rise again. So, for many of us, self-isolating continues. Have you developed a stay-at-home routine that’s healthy and productive? While advice on how to do this abounds, many of us haven’t. And long periods of...

Do you feel like we’ve been living in a surreal post-apocalyptic world? Many would agree, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused unique, anxious behaviors we’ve never experienced before. Understandably, as something to this degree worldwide has never happened before. While these fears are justifiable and valid, we should be careful to...

In our modern age of smartphones, tablets, and streaming, parents increasingly want their kids to have a well-rounded childhood. When kids are bored, or if the parents need a moment, it’s all too easy to turn on the TV or hand them a tablet. Is this bad habit robbing...

You might not see them, but heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury are all around us. They might be in the water we drink or dust that we breathe. And they’re definitely in the ground we walk on. Fortunately, acute heavy-metal poisoning from environmental pollution isn’t common...

Though it’s a centuries-old drink of the Guarani Indians, an increasing number of college students are being drawn to yerba mate, (mah-tay), because it has been given a modern, cool, exotic and healthful appeal. It’s a caffeine-loaded tea brewed from leaves of Ilex paraguariensis – an evergreen shrub that grows...

The COVID-19 pandemic – which is not a form of the flu -- has overshadowed news about the flu that we normally would have had this season. Week 11 of “flu season” ended March 14. But moderate influenza activity is still evident. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that...

Most of us are familiar with tea. Most likely sweet tea with plenty of sugar, ice cubes, and lemon. We probably consider it more of an alternative option to soda rather than an important part of our daily health regimen. For the most part, we drink tea with meals...

It used to be that a workout was good enough. So was a quiet vacation near the beach, or a fun, family afternoon at a festival. Now, we have experiential wellness.  But today, “wellness” has taken center stage. More people are combining exercise with other things they love. From pets...

Seven to nine. Most U.S. experts agree that this is the number of hours a healthy adult should sleep each night. Sleeping longer has been linked to heart disease, diabetes and a host of other medical problems. Sleeping less has been, too. According to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2018 Sleep in...