Recover from chronic disease? Waitaminute! One doesn’t hear that said much…But, consider it an absolute possibility, given the proper testing and a targeted recovery program. Over the course of many years in practice, caring for and learning from patients, consulting with other health care providers, reading the literature, and thinking about this a lot….I have…
Do you find it frustratingly difficult to fall asleep at night? Wake frequently during the night? Weary-eyed at 4AM, without being able to fall back asleep? The many variations on the theme of insomnia are a major health concern, to the point where the CDC has declared it a public health epidemic. Americans are notoriously…
The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ often referred to as a vestigial organ. In medical terms vestigial means ‘not critical for life; the appendix is another organ that is an example of this. However, if you’ve had your gallbladder removed, in many cases your bile duct will dilate and eventually form a sort of new…
Fasting dates back to the ancient civilizations of Greece and the Near East. Fasting as part of a religious practice has been used by numerous cultures and religions. Christianity, Judaism, Gnosticism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, South and North American Indian traditions all utilize some form of fasting.
Have you tried many different diets for general health improvement, for pain reduction, for weight loss, or for countering arthritic and inflammatory conditions?
Ever heard of zonulin? Although it sounds like a sinister space invader, zonulin is actually a protein made by the body. In a healthy person, the cells that line the inside of the intestines are packed very closely together.
When I was in naturopathic med school, I learned about a very simple method to discern how the body feels about certain foods. It’s called Coca Pulse Testing.
Autoimmune disease. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, is known to have said “all disease begins in the gut.” After that, it seems the Western world had a sort of Medical Middle Ages.