CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL When the body hurts, people reach for over-the-counter (OTC) painkillers to ease their suffering; they are the most frequently used medications in the United States. Although they offer easy-access pain relief, they have been linked to hearing loss and you may want to be careful about using them on [...]

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL The digestive tract is home to more than 100 trillion microorganisms. That's ten times the number of cells in the human body! Although humans can survive without these tiny guests, they perform a host of useful functions, such as fermenting unused food, preventing growth of harmful bacteria, producing vitamins, [...]

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Recent health headlines proclaimed gluten sensitivity doesn't exist, fueling a backlash against the gluten-free diet as a baseless fad. These stories point to a recent study questioning the relationship between  non-celiac gluten sensitivity  and digestive symptoms. Sadly, they mislead the public by glossing over major points of research and cherry-picking information [...]

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL So you're officially gluten-free. You have your kitchen and shopping lists dialed in and you know how to look for  hidden gluten  in packaged foods. Ready to go! But wait — did you know that some body products and household items, as well as over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medications contain hidden [...]

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Congratulations, you've gone gluten free to improve your health! Perhaps you have  celiac disease, or  non-celiac gluten sensitivity, both of which require avoidance of gluten for optimal health. You know to avoid wheat, barley, rye, triticale, einkorn, farro, kamut, spelt, farina, emmer, durum, and semolina, plus most oats because they are [...]

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Anyone with diabetes knows it's important to manage insulin levels. Functional medicine offers unique tools to manage insulin and blood sugar — including diet, exercise, stress management, detoxification, and maximizing essential nutrients. To understand how all these tools apply, it's helpful to know how insulin works. Insulin and Blood [...]

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL We've all heard that a high-fiber diet is good for health because it keeps the digestive system moving. As it turns out, fiber also plays a more important role than we suspected. To understand why, we need to take a look at the gut  microbiome  — the community of microorganisms that [...]

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL It's no secret that drinking too much alcohol can cause a hangover. Have you ever wondered what goes on inside your body that could cause so much suffering? The facts are intriguing, and may even change how much you drink. The formal term for hangover is veisalgia, from kveis, [...]

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL For years, medicine has pegged obesity as the number one cause of diabetes. However, results of a recent large epidemiological study suggest it's sugar that plays a pivotal role in diabetes. The study also illustrates that how many calories you eat isn’t as important as what makes up those [...]