FIVE Things Salt Prevents
We have been fed a lie that salt is bad. Our bodies actually NEED salt. Here are the FIVE Things that SALT Consumption prevents: Dehydration low blood pressure dizziness falls cognitive impairment
GMO Foods
Let’s talk about genetically modified organisms or GMO foods. They are foods that have been genetically altered. They have specifically changed the DNA of these foods using genetic engineering techniques. Many of the alterations made to these foods have made it to that these [...]
Do we need SALT
Do we, as humans, need salt? The truth is that our body’s do need salt. Salt has always played a functional role in human health. Our cells are bathed in a salty fluid. Salt is needed to maintain the optimal amount of blood in [...]
Can I consume BUTTER on a dairy-free diet?
This is a question I often get asked when I recommend patients follow a dairy-free diet. This a diet that removes cow’s dairy from the diet. So you are removing milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream from the diet that are cow-based. The reason we [...]
THREE Components that can Activate Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune disease is when the body attacks itself. It is when the body has a difficult time deciphering self from non-self. There are a number of different autoimmune conditions including allergies, eczema, psoriasis, vitiligo, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Grave’s disease, lupus, multiple [...]
Why you may have gas and bloating
Many of my patients experience gas and bloating after eating. One of the reasons for this may be that you are not effectively shifting your body into a parasympathetic state when you are eating. We live is a high stress society. We are typically [...]
Organic Acid Test
Let’s talk about Organic Acid Testing. Organic acids are by-products of internal biochemistry in the body. There are over 70 markers that can be measured in a single urine sample. These markers can give us an analysis of yeast overgrowths, bacterial overgrowths, oxidative stress, [...]
FIVE Signs of Insulin Resistance
Let’s talk about FIVE signs of Insulin Resistance. I talk a lot about metabolic health and insulin resistance and some of the questions I’ve been getting is ‘how do I know if I have insulin resistance?’, ‘what are some of the signs that I [...]
HTMA (Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis) Testing
Let’s talk about Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis. This is a mineral analysis of the hair that reflects the mineral and heavy metal deposition in the tissues over the previous 3 months. The mineral levels and the imbalanced ratios give us insight into how the [...]
Leaky Brain
I want to talk about something called “leaky brain”. Many people have heard of “leaky gut”, but there is something called “leaky brain”. With “leaky brain”, we’ll see brain fog, changes in mood like anxiety and depression. I want to talk about how this [...]