I am concerned, worried, about the dramatic rise of Autoimmune Illness in our country. The incidence of Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune disease of the thyroid, al...

By now you might have a good idea of what Functional Medicine is from reading my previous blog. If you missed it, head back and read it, as it is a great fo...

The focus in functional medicine is on looking at underlying causes; modifiable factors that can influence or cause symptoms up to and inclu

Everywhere I look, I am reading and hearing about inflammation, and the havoc it can cause. Inflammation really is at the root cause of most of our modern-da...

January…New Year’s Day…a fresh start….a time to clear away the old…invite in and make space for the new. Resolutions…thoughts and dreams…starting over. Where...

And silence… With December, we are entering the darkest time of the year; short days, long nights. As it gets colder outside, we see the natural world retrac...

The diagnosis of autoimmune thyroiditis or Hashimoto’s Disease is rarely accompanied by nutrition advice. Rather, the patient is usually given a medication t...

I get asked a lot about thyroid disease, and treat a large number of people with thyroid conditions. In fact, it is one of the leading causes of concern that...

Leaky gut is getting a lot of attention these days, and for good reason. More often referred to by doctors and health professionals as intestinal permeabilit...