On my homepage, I reviewed the positive and negative aspects of intermittent fasting (cycling between fasting and eating). Now, I review some studies on health associations of eating breakfast in the morning. 1. Breakfast and Body Weight One...
Just Eat It? Don’t Break Fast or Breakfast?
On my homepage, I reviewed the positive and negative aspects of intermittent fasting (cycling between fasting and eating). Now, I review some studies on health associations of eating breakfast in the morning. 1. Breakfast and Body Weight One...
More Evidence Why Toxins Are Best to Avoid
14.00 I recently became an expert contributor to a new website, NaturalPath. My latest article, Living In a Chemical Soup World- Why We Should Care & What We Can Do, (1) summarized the most current findings regarding the prevalence...
Should GMOs Be On Your Holiday Plate?
Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs): Updates In the Controversy and the Latest Studies This week I posted my November 2014 Top Holistic Health Reads that included the latest research in wellness, nutrition, nutrigenomics, naturopathic and functional medicine, and other health...
How to Turn Holiday Stress into Holiday Delight
Here it is! It's another blog about staying healthy and happy during the holiday season. As a naturopathic and functional medicine doctor, my goal is keep everyone thriving and feeling amazing. These tips aren't meant to make anyone...
Receipts May Be Hazardous to Your Health!
We can't escape the fact that we live in a toxic world. Furthermore, evidence is mounting that these everyday exposures are adding up to big-time health implications. So, what should we do? Run to the serene, unpolluted hills? Well,...
Personalized and Functional Medicine Becoming Mainstream- Do We Have Our Gut Bugs (Microbiome) To Thank?
Recently, I discovered an article that discussed an upcoming conventional medicine conference in rheumatology which will provide insight of an upcoming study that combines the concept of using personalized medicine, genomics, and unique protein markers in the blood (antibodies)....
October 2014 Top Holistic (Brain) Health News
In a few days I'll heading off to to learn all about one of my favorite subjects, the gut, from some of the top integrative doctors in the world. Specifically, I'll be flying to Miami for my next module of...
Why Everyone is Speaking of Gluten…How Gluten and Dairy Affect Our Genes
Gluten free...science fiction or science? I've written several articles on why gluten may not be a great idea for overall health. For example, last month I wrote about a researcher's theory that a pesticide was causing an increase in...
The "Yogurt Junk Food Scam" and Why You Should Care
I've been prepping for my upcoming training from the Institute of Functional Medicine's Gastrointestinal Health Advanced Practice Module. Not surprisingly, I've been digging deeper into the science of our digestive track and those belly bugs that I'm obsessing over....