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Business Insider Australia: 5 Signs That Your Body Is Starving For Vitamins

Lack of proper vitamins may not necessarily cause disease, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t harming your body. There are many ways our bodies communicate vitamin deficiency, and Dr. Susan Blum shares with Business Insider Australia five signs we can identify.

“You may not get a disease, but you can end up with impaired functioning, because vitamins are cofactors for all the biochemical reactions in the body. We need them in order to function properly.”

Discover the five signs our body can send, here: au.businessinsider.com.

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Spry: Are Stress Hormones Sabotaging Your Diet?

There are certain situations where stress can be a good thing, but often it is not and can wreak havoc on your immune system. Dr. Susan Blum talks to Spry about how we can recognize and break bad stress patterns.

“We remember things that happened and dwell on them and worry about the future,” says Blum, founder and director of the Blum Center for Health in Rye, New York. “We get stuck in a chronic stress pattern.”

Read the full article, here.
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HuffPost Women: Doctors Spill The ‘Embarrassing’ Women’s Health Questions I Hear Time And Again

Dr. Blum talks to HuffPost Women about ’embarrassing’ health questions, and why they are so important to ask:

“Dr. Susan Blum, founder of the Blum Center for Health in Rye Brook, N.Y., and the author of ‘The Immune System Recovery Plan,’ said that the most common issue her female patients struggle with is low sex drive. ‘Most of the time, it comes up when we talk about their family … or when we talk about their hormones,’ Blum told HuffPost.

Read the article in its entirety here.