CORONAVIRUS | A FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE PERSPECTIVE
Let me tell you something that will blow your mind! As a functional medicine doctor, here’s what I changed when the Coronavirus hit: NOTHING! Yeah, that’s right! I continued to do the same things I did before the virus. From my perspective, my immune...
Toxins Can Cause Autoimmune Diseases
Why does a seemingly healthy person suddenly get an autoimmune disease? If you are one of those people, I bet you’ve asked yourself that question. Autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis are on the rise like...
Functional Medicine’s Big 3
Functional Medicine’s niche is helping people with chronic health problems that traditional medicine has not been able to figure out. I love that about Functional Medicine, because I love to help people get to the root of their health issues! Common problems...
Can Mercury Fillings Make You Sick?
If you have fillings in your teeth that are silvery to black colored you have mercury in your mouth. I was one of those people. I was a starving college student when I first began to hear about the possible dangers associated with amalgams. If I had known then what I...
Mysterious Toxic Mold Illness
Patients are extremely surprised when I tell them that their illness is due to toxic mold. My practice is located in the dry southwest, where mold is not something most people ever think about. As I will explain, for certain people it doesn’t take much mold to...
LYME | A FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE APPROACH – VIDEO
Being from Arizona I was shocked when my wife tested positive for Lyme disesase. That was years ago. Since then I have studied everything I can find on the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme. In this video I will share with you some of the highlights in the diagnosis and...
Lyme | A Functional Medicine Approach
I could not believe my eyes when my wife’s Lyme test came back positive. I had been taught that Lyme disease is very rare in Arizona, only transmitted by ticks, and that a bulls eye rash would be seen with an infected bite. Like so many things I dig into, the...
Curing Hair Loss, A Functional Medicine Approach
Hair loss can be alarming. Frequently, hair loss is the final straw that motivates my patients to seek help. They may have suffered for years with all sorts of health issues, but when their hair starts to fall out they are moved into action. Reversing hair loss from a...
PMS | A FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE APPROACH | PART 1
PMS (premenstrual syndrome) is a very common condition. Symptoms include mood swings, tender breasts, food cravings, fatigue, irritability, and depression. Chances are if you’re reading this you already know what PMS feels like. What I want to help you with is...
Toxic Chemicals Babies are Born With
When you think of babies, don’t you think of fresh, new life? In this video, EWG President Ken Cook discusses that, sadly, babies are not born completely pure and unblemished. In fact, they are born with hundreds of toxic chemicals already inside of them. This...
Practicing What I Preach
Have you ever been to a doctor that gave you advice that he or she was obviously not following. In my opinion that’s just not right. I believe that as someone people are looking to for help in getting healthy, I need to not just be knowledgeable of the facts,...
What Causes Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
If you google “what causes irritable bowel syndrome” you will find many websites that say the cause is unknown. One of the reasons “the cause” for irritable bowel syndrome is “not known” is that this diagnosis is so general that... The Best Detox to do in the Summer
I want to share with you my own personal practice and what I consider the best detox to do in the summer. Like it or not, all of us are exposed to harmful toxins everyday. The air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink and things we touch contain...
Estronex: A Simple Test to Evaluate a Woman’s Risk for Cancer
The American Cancer Society estimates 231,804 new cases of breast cancer in 2015. In 2010 the same organization estimated 207,909 new cases of breast cancer. As with all cancers, prevention is the best treatment. Estronex is a simple urine test that determines if a...Ways We Can Work Together
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