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Food Allergy vs Food Sensitivity vs Food Intolerance: Why Food “Doesn’t Agree With You”
If you’ve ever found yourself saying, “Food just doesn’t agree with me,” you’re not alone. This is something I hear…
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Caring for Yourself During a Cold or Flu
Why avoiding unnecessary antibiotics helps you heal better Cold and flu season is here — and with it come sore…
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The Art of Daily Detox: Supporting Your Body’s Natural Cleansing Systems
Every day, your body performs a quiet miracle — detoxification. From the moment you wake up, your liver, kidneys, skin,…
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How Functional Medicine Differs from Conventional Medicine – And Why It Matters For Your Health
If you’ve ever felt like your doctor visits are too rushed, your symptoms are treated in isolation, or you’re given…
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Why Your Preferences Matter
When most people think of “evidence-based medicine,” they picture doctors following the latest scientific studies or applying textbook clinical guidelines….
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Vitamin D for Immunity: The Key to Staying Healthy Through Fall and Winter
One of the best things we can do right now—before the winter sets in—is to check and optimize our vitamin D levels.
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The Root Cause Path
Knowledge is comfort. But does having a diagnosis — simply naming it — solve the problem? I’m going to be…
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Upstream Medicine – addressing the root cause
“Name it, blame it, and tame it” is the conventional approach employed by modern medicine. In simple terms, this pursuit…
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The Power of Sunlight
If you had to guess one of the most common lifestyle deficiencies in the US, what would it be? We…
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What’s All the Fuss About Probiotics?
One of the growing trends in the supplement and health space is probiotics. At every turn, a new company is…
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Got Brain Fog?
In the last few years, I’ve watched brain fog climb to near-pandemic proportions. Many of my patients report feeling this…
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Just How Common Are Food Sensitivities?
Have you ever wondered if you have a food sensitivity? Perhaps you’ve become used to that upset stomach? Maybe you…
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Omega-6 and Inflammation
We’ve all heard about the benefits of consuming foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids. We know these are helpful for…
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What is Integrative Medicine?
Have you ever gone to the doctor with a particular concern and left feeling unseen? Perhaps the doctor listened to…
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Vitamin D and the Empowered Patient
Knowing your vitamin D level empowers you to make wise decisions regarding your health.
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Food is Medicine
The human body is incredible. When given the proper building blocks, our bodies have the ability to fight infection, reverse…
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Is Direct Primary Care Worth It?
Direct Primary Care sounds excellent…until you start thinking about the budget. So, the real question is Direct Primary Care worth…
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Do You Take Insurance
This is the big question, and I’ve wrestled with it from the beginning. The short answer is no—Integrate Internal Medicine…
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Why Choose a Direct Primary Care Provider?
Modern medicine has lost touch with what matters most—you, the patient. Too often, I hear critiques of traditional medicine that…
