The Histamine Handbook: Understanding Your Body’s Alarm System For about two weeks now, patients have been complaining of sinus issues. This is not the flu/head cold that hit us before Christmas and lasted forever, but the first signs of our lovely pollen season showing up. As I drive down the road, I am seeing lots […]
One of the most common frustrations I hear from patients is this: “I’m doing everything right, but my body doesn’t seem to respond the way it used to.” Often, the scale moves slowly—or not at all. Energy feels lower. You may feel colder than usual. And yet, lab tests frequently come back “normal.” This can […]
If you’ve ever lost weight only to feel colder, more tired, less motivated, and eventually stuck, you didn’t fail. Your body did exactly what it was designed to do. For decades, weight loss has been framed as a simple math equation: eat less, move more. But human physiology doesn’t work like a spreadsheet. Calories matter […]
In our DIY health series, I’ve been exploring whether your upper GI tract is underperforming. If it is, the first step is to support its function by adding hydrochloric acid, enzymes, or bile salts. Now, let’s talk about how we can restore normal functioning. While supplements might be helpful initially, our goal should be for […]
As many of you know, I spent the last week vacationing at a resort in Mexico with my older son, his wife, and my two grandkids. It was an opportunity to completely unwind and do nothing. Well, almost nothing; I did eat too much, so that is something. We all had little wrist tags that […]
Ellen and I have been focusing on the subject of self-love for the last week or so. Once we get interested in a subject, we seem to attract many different perspectives from those around us on the subject of interest without asking. Sometimes it is like the world is just a big textbook, and when […]
Several times lately the resolution to a particular stress pattern within myself, and various others, has been to relax into a state of trust and belief that there is a larger plan at work. These stresses like to come up when we are confronted with things that are simply out of our control. That might […]
The holidays are here. As a care provider, I see a huge increase in stress-related health concerns. Let’s face it, the holidays are stressful. There is all the shopping for other people when you have no idea what they want or would like. Or you cheat and give out gift cards knowing that at least […]
Way back when I was in college in the early 70s, I remember hearing about students using horse liniment made from DMSO on their sports injuries and getting great results. I re-encountered DMSO while in Chiropractic school as a tool for getting medications into the body without having to use a needle. This was […]
Stress is a popular word that gets tossed around a lot these days. It gets this press because so much research has been done that says stress is the underlying cause of so much ill health. When you try to pin down just what is stress, everybody seems to have a different answer. This […]