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Chewing

Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.Hippocrates Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.Hippocrates All disease starts in the gut.Hippocrates Hippocrates is considered the father of medicine.  He […]

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Osteoporosis Revisited

It is time to bring osteoporosis back up on my patients’ radar.  Are you doing what is necessary to prevent this lifestyle disease?  Since 26% of women will experience severe bone loss leading to fractures, it is an important topic.  While much of the basic physiology remains the same, I wish to review the recommendations […]

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Green Smoothies

Every morning I make a green smoothie to start the day for Ellen and myself.  We started doing this after reading Terry Wahl’s book “The Wahl’s Protocol”.  Dr. Wahl was able to beat MS using paleo diet  principals and functional medicine.  She did all the standard medical protocols for MS and ended up a complete […]

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Clean Up Our Act

The holidays are past and the New Year has started.  It is time to clean up our act once again.  Most of us indulged in fattening foods, inflammatory foods, and just plain poisonous foods sometime over the last two months.  The short days have slowed down our metabolism and the toxins have built up in […]

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Belonging First

The year 2017 has arrived.  It looks like the winds of change are upon us.  New times and new challenges await us in this coming year.  To set the tone for the New Year I wanted to consider the deepest priority and motivator that I believe drives us in what we do.  I have been […]