The Thyroid Part 4 – Non-Autoimmune Hypothyroidism: When the Thyroid is Actually the Cause of Symptoms of Thyroid Disease
From the previous blog posts in this series (The Basics and Do I Have to Stay on Thyroid Medication for ...
The Thyroid Part 3 – Why Over-Medicating Thyroid Disease Masks the Underlying Problem
…or Do I Have to Stay on Thyroid Medication for My Whole Life? It wasn’t long ago that someone referred ...
The Thyroid Part 2 – Five Reasons Why Testing Only TSH Isn’t Enough
Thyroid disease is incredibly common. If you haven’t been diagnosed with thyroid disease yourself, you probably have at least a ...
The Thyroid Part 1 – The Basics
There is often a paradox in conventional medicine’s dealing with thyroid disease. What I see from my perspective as a ...
Beyond Vitamin C: Building Strong Immunity With Vitamin A
Often when we talk about nutrition to build a healthy immune system we are told what to take out of our diets—sugars, ...
Summer Sunshine & A Few Things You Should Know (and probably don’t!) About Sun Protection
Welcome to summer in full swing! In both Colorado and California we have at least a couple more months left ...
Delicious, Nutritious Shamrock Smoothie
There were a few years in my childhood when I looked forward to Shamrock Shakes from McDonald’s as a special ...
Instead of Aspirin, Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen . . . .
My goal as a Naturopathic Doctor is not to simply replace pharmaceutical medications with “natural” alternatives because of some notion ...
Spring Blossoms, Chronic Allergy Solutions
California’s Central Valley is looking absolutely gorgeous this month with all the orchards in bloom! If you’re an allergy sufferer, ...
Healthy Hearts for Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! This heart-centric holiday has me thinking about the health of both physical hearts and emotional hearts. What ...