This is a commentary. I’ve been known to step up on a soap box from time to time, and this is going to be one of those times. This article was sent to me during one of my daily Pubmed research crawls. (I receive dozens of new research articles every day. I’m an addict for…
Read MoreI’ve been wanting to write this post for a very long time. Probably a month ago, like every good person trying to improve their overall well-being, I was seeking some self-improvement/personal growth information. I followed a link which led me to another link which sent me to a sign up for a webinar. In that…
Read MoreImage: Robin WIlliams as Patch Adams; Patch Adams at Club Noel Hospital August 16, 2003. Robin WIlliams as Patch Adams; Patch Adams at Club Noel Hospital August 16, 2003. Universal/Getty Images; Carlo Durna Araujo—Corbis Last week, totally unexpectedly, I met Patch Adams. Now, for those that don’t recognize the name, Patch Adams was the subject…
Read More(If you don’t want to read this whole post – just know that it wasn’t a good experience). Maybe you’ve been there. Maybe you haven’t. You’ve been battling with whatever chronic, difficult, and frankly, BS symptom/condition for a while, a new symptom develops, and you feel pressure to try to handle things – right now.…
Read MoreRemember the old days when you’d do something good and your mom or someone else would give you a treat? “Treat yo’self!” Treat. Treat is the last word that I want to hear about any condition or illness. I’m asthmatic. I have been since I was a wee child. It’s been a love hate relationship…
Read MoreHappy New Year!!!! Ok, it’s February, and holy cats January has FLOWN by. Now is the time to set appointments for late February and early March. There have been a lot of exciting developments as of late: many new changes happening to my website and all kinds of new offerings. Supplements: I’ve been working with…
Read MoreI’ve had the great pleasure, over the last couple of weeks, of giving some lectures on the Functional Medicine approach to depression and anxiety. I honestly did not anticipate such a big response. One of the biggest problems that we seem to face in medicine is the cookie cutter, “one-size-fits-all” approach. People of varying complication,…
Read MoreIt’s actually about you and your microbiome. I’ve been posting quite a few articles on Facebook about the microbiome and its importance. So much of the research that’s come out lately has been about how disruptions in the microbiome can lead to some pretty serious problems. According to studies from University of Washington, the microbiome…
Read MoreI’m glad that you’ve joined me. For those that don’t know my story, I’m an 18+ year Celiac, a 5+ year Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, and 16 year post-adrenal burnout individual. I’m also a Chiropractic Physician who specializes in Functional Medicine. My history is a large part of why I’m in this specialty. I was diagnosed a Celiac in…
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