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When nothing seems to work… Functional medicine for weight loss is what many individuals need to get the weight off. If you don’t know why you can’t lose weight, then you won’t be able to fix the problem. Functional medicine looks for the root cause of weight gain and directs treatment at the cause not the…
Read this to find out… Many people contact our office every day with many questions about functional medicine and our office. If you are interested in working with a functional medicine doctor, but do not know which clinic is a good fit for your personality and needs, then read this blog. This will walk you…
Acute and chronic infections can be a root cause for the development of autoimmune disease. Viruses in particular have been shown to trigger immune system dysregulation and ultimately autoimmunity. While there are other environmental and lifestyle triggers for autoimmunity, infections have probably been the most studied by researchers. “Autoimmunity occurs when the immune system recognizes…
COVID-19 won’t kill you… your immune system will A pandemic is an epidemic of disease that covers a large region or the entire world and affects large numbers of people. We are calling COVID-19 a pandemic…but it is not the virus that is the real problem, it is our own immune systems. COVID-19 has become…
Autoimmune Disease and COVID-19 Autoimmune diseases have not been found to increase COVID-19 mortality, but other chronic health conditions have. However, coronavirus infection can cause an exacerbation or flare up of your autoimmune disease. If you have an autoimmune disease, it does not mean that you have an overactive or underactive immune system. It means…
What is a coronavirus and where do they come from? Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that infect birds and mammals (we are mammals and so are bats). These viruses are named “corona” because they have protrusions sticking out that resemble a crown. There are basically 7 coronaviruses that affect humans. The four most common…
Your Immune System Experts agree that COVID-19 will be a problem for some time to come. The hope is that a vaccine will be created to help provide protection in the future. There are however some big problems with this as our only hope and solution. As you will see below, we are a long…
Coronavirus…Your Best Defense Digestive symptoms may be the first sign of infection… We are in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and I wanted to share with you some information that hopefully you find helpful. I see this COVID-19 from two different perspectives. Try not to become infected Prepare your body and immune system to…
We get calls every day from people looking for help with their health issues. Many of them are upset and frustrated with their doctor, the healthcare system or their health insurance company. What are you expecting from your doctor? The current health care system? Your insurance company? Frustrated? Let’s start with your doctor. Your doctor…
Your “strainer” is broken… Many people suffer with a leaky gut, unfortunately, they don’t know what a leaky gut is. I decided to find out how many of my new patients knew what a leaky gut was, so I asked 12 of them. Every one of them said they had heard of it but did…