I carry a lot of different supplements in my office for treating many different conditions and ailments. Yet 90% of what patients ask for and pick up are natural supports for pain relief. Pain seems to be a big problem these days. A shocking statistic I came across the other day is that opioids are […]
The more I research leaky gut and the development of degenerative disease conditions, the more I run into our gut microbiome as the key player in this whole problem. The pathways from things like Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, cancer, arthritis, autoimmune disease, and so on keep tracing back to the gut as the starting place for these […]
When I took pathology in Chiropractic school it was taught by a gentleman from India. He was a pathology professor at USC and was moonlighting by teaching at our little school. His cultural viewpoint provided a valuable perspective on understanding disease that was not available from the Western perspective. He taught that all the thousands of […]
One of the bonus pieces I picked up at the Blood Chemistry seminar was a way to fix hypochlorhydria. What’s that you ask? It is low acid production in the stomach. It is the real cause for acid reflux. It is also the starting point for most digestive disorders like gas, bloating, and leaky gut. […]
How did my body get where it is today? What went wrong? I have been health conscious forever and yet here I am with food sensitivities up the wazoo and a leaky gut generating unnecessary weight gain and limiting my energy abundance. My health efforts have not been completely in vain as the average American […]
For those following the current research, it appears that having a leaky gut wall is the starting point for most of our modern degenerative illnesses. It has been said that auto-immune disease is the big disease of the 21st century. Everything from heart disease to osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s to diabetes is now being recognized as […]
I was shopping in my favorite international grocery store the other day when I came across something called white kimchi. Since I am always looking for new experiences, I pulled one down off the shelf of the large refrigerator case dedicated just to various brands of kimchi. All the other brands were the usual bright […]
Last week a patient asked me why I hadn’t written an article on intermittent fasting. I was amazed, because it has been a mainstay of my lifestyle for years now. I feel like I have written about it many times, but maybe I have never actually come out and named it by name. Possibly this is because I […]
I like my neighborhood. It is very quiet and everyone watches out for each other. We get together in the little court on the 4th of July for a big barbecue and snow cones. It is all very cozy and safe feeling. But what would happen if a crack dealer moved into the neighborhood? Strangers […]
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 […]