“While today’s modern diet may provide beneficial protection from micro and macronutrient deficiencies, our overabundance of calories and the macronutrients that compose our diet may all lead to increased inflammation, reduced control of infection, increased rates of cancer, and increased risk for allergic and auto inflammatory (autoimmune) disease.” – Nutr J. 2014 June 17, 13:61 […]
Gut & Brain Health
Lead toxicity: Not just in Michigan. Top 5 surprising sources of lead where you live.
A mentor and colleague of mine, Dr. Chris Turnpaugh, told me a story that best illustrates something that is rarely discussed: the subject of almost any environmental toxicity such as lead, mercury and arsenic exposure, among many others. Dr. Chris told me of a case of a woman in Texas who suddenly became very ill. […]
My Podcast on The Centre for Epigenetic Expression
The Centre for Epigenetic Expression is a chiropractic think-tank created by Dr. Wanda Lee MacPhee, Dr. Michael Acanfora, and Dr. Noah DeKoyer. These wellness-based chiropractors have a combined 40+ years of experience working with tens of thousands of patients in Nova Scotia, Canada and Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. The seeds for The Centre for […]
Are your bowels in an uproar? 4 Phases of Healing.
Medication will never work for a disease that is so clearly caused by our environment. The environment has to change. Here I use the word environment in place of the word lifestyle. Using the word “Lifestyle” puts us on the defensive. It places judgement on our culture, our choices and behaviors that have always served […]
The Systemic Benefits of Coherence
This week, I’m going to share with you how simply focusing on positive emotions and breathing for 10 minutes, twice a day for 6-8 weeks can give you skills to permanently change your life in the most meaningful ways. Here are a few examples of what this simple exercise can do: Improve memory, attention and […]
A little light dispels a lot of darkness
Can light improve my: Thyroid? Immune system / Autoimmunity? Energy? Gut? Brain? and more? So many of my patients have specific thyroid concerns. Two weeks ago, we discussed that the thyroid is an adaptive organ and it helps us adapt to our changing environment. We expressed the fact that so much of our environment no […]
Cholesterol and Our Kids: Top 10 Facts You Need To Know
The stimulus of this post is a news story out of Medpage titled, U.S. Youth Have Serious Cholesterol Problem. The article discusses the current thoughts of the American Academy of Pediatrics on Dyslipidemia (abnormal cholesterol and fats in blood) in children ages 9-11. When I saw this headline, it reinforced the fear and alarm I […]
Vitamin A: Rethinking Retinol
Weight loss. Fatigue. Thyroid hormone health. Autoimmunity. Leaky gut syndrome. Depression and mood disorders. It is very important to understand the role of vitamin A in your life. Early symptoms of vitamin A deficiency could be any one of the above, but the official symptom for early detection of vitamin A deficiency is difficulty with […]
Would you eat meat if you had cancer?
This morning, a friend of mine asked me, “If you had cancer, would you continue to eat meat?” My answer was, unequivocally, YES. Yesterday, my patient Stephanie told me that the children in her school were moving toward vegetarianism after watching the documentary film Forks Over Knives. She asked me for my thoughts on the […]
The Body/Environment Interface
I am going to simplify a very complicated process: Where we interact with our environment will determine how healthy or how sick we are. There are 3 areas where we interface with our environment in a way that will impact virtually every system in our body. If we are able to adapt, then these areas […]
