Am I Allergic to Iodine?
A concern that I will come up when I start patients on iodine is, I think I’m allergic to iodine. Patients will start taking iodine and they will have an allergic reaction like a rash. Iodine is a halogen. Now there are other chemicals [...]
Zinc and Copper
Right now a lot of people are taking a high amount of zinc, which helps to support our immune function. If we take high amounts of zinc over a long period of time what can happen is that zinc can start to deplete our [...]
Never Getting Sick Isn’t Necessarily Healthy
Have you ever heard someone say, ‘I’m so healthy I never get sick.’? Let’s talk a little bit more about this because a person who never gets sick isn’t necessarily a good thing. Sometimes what can be happening when a person never gets sick [...]
Suppressing Fevers can lead to Chronic Disease
Suppressing fevers can leave you more susceptible to chronic disease in the future. People often see fevers as problematic, especially fevers in children. As soon as they see the fever, they get nervous and start to suppress the fever, by giving them fever-reducers when [...]
Gut-Immune Connection
Let’s talk about the gut-immune connection! I think it’s important to understand that what we are eating can largely affect our immune system. About 80% of our immune system is actually housed in our gut. So how we are feeding our body can greatly [...]
Is It Healthy to Get Sick?
It can be a healthy response for our body’s to be sick. If we get food poisoning, when that comes into the body, our body will try to get rid of that infectious agent by causing vomiting and diarrhea. This is a healthy immune [...]