A Little Bit of a History and a Few Thoughts on the Ketogenic Diet…
Waaaaaay before Atkins put the butter-and-bacon version of the ketogenic diet on the map (based on the 1958 work of Pennington), very low carb diets were…
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From Bedridden to Back-at-the-Office: Working With a Functional Nutritionist
Not all nutritionists practice in the same way. Yes, we all absolutely care about nutrients. And most of us care about food as medicine (!). But if you’re a nutritionist trained in Functional Medicine, your approach goes much, much further.
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Traveling on an Elimination Diet – How to Keep Your Sanity!
We enact eliminations all of the time and it’s really important as clinicians that we have some experience with enacting these in our own lives.
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Biotin Supplementation Might Interfere with Lab Test Results
If you’re prescribing (or taking) high dose biotin, it might be interfering with certain labs you’re ordering. Findings from a new JAMA study and associated
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Beyond SNPs: Laboratory methylation biomarkers with Dr. David Quig, PhD
If you’re riveted by the world of methylation, as we all are since the explosion of epigenetic research prompted a big rethink of our approach to treatment, you’re going to appreciate this smart blog from David Quig, PhD, VP of Scientific Affairs at Doctor’s Data, Inc.
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On Vaccination
What are the risks or benefits of vaccinations? Where does the conversation take place that allows the individual patient with their uniqueness to be…
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23-Month-Old Female with Regressive Autism
A normally developing child developed regressive autism at 18 months. The child lost the ability to speak, make eye contact, and to interact socially.
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Alzheimer’s Disease Amyloid Hypothesis Crumbling
Everything old is new again. It was just a few years ago that a promising drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease was stopped in its tracks owing to phase III…
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Counteracting the Negative Effects of too Much Homocysteine
Beyond methylation support, what can we do to mitigate the effects of too much homocysteine? While you’re working on bringing an elevated homocysteine down.
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Elemental Diets: Case Studies and Clinical Application for IBD
Below, you’ll see videos from Dr. Gary Weiner, ND. It so happens that I literally just met Gary (like, 20 minutes ago we were chatting it up about stool, breath and organic acid testing for SIBO). But before that, I watched him deliver a terrific lecture on the science & history behind the elemental diet (ED), and as important, his extensive clinical experience of said diet.
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Neuroplasticity – A Functional Medicine Approach
Changing the Brain Game. We’ve been aflutter with conversations on neuroplasticity these days….This month, the Institute for Functional Medicine’s…
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Hypermethylation: Are We Overdoing It with Methylation Support?
She says that her understanding of the problem and potential risks of epigenetic hypermethylation has changed how she uses supplements…
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Methylation Adaptogens: Spotlight on Exercise
This article originally appeared on NDNR.com Up until now, we’ve been putting a heavy emphasis on supplementation with B vitamins, betaine, choline and other substrates and cofactors for methylation support. However, there are a number of other and perhaps unexpected ways in which we can balance methylation expression (both metabolically and genetically). This includes preventing…
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A Functional Approach to Asthma and Allergic Sinusitis
[Additionally, (and off topic) but an important point none-the-less, I am very concerned about the chronic use of antihistamines in my allergic patients…
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Biomarkers for Mucosal Barrier Health: Chances are you’re ordering more of them than you might think
The physical aspect of the mucosal barrier includes the cellular component comprised of the vascular endothelium, the epithelial cell lining and the mucus layer.
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