Category Archives: Nutrition
Feeling Worse on AIP?
An Anti-Inflammatory Paleo (or Auto-Immune Paleo) diet is a staple therapeutic diet I use often in my practice in the first phases of treating a variety of chronic conditions. Time and time again I have seen patients achieve results that could be considered miraculous on this plan (check out this post for more info). AIP … Continue reading
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Chronic Acne – 5 Foundations to Address
Chronic acne, both cystic and non-cystic, is something I treat often in a wide age range from teenagers to people in their 5th decade of life. Although acne can appear to be topical and cosmetic, it is really much more than that. As a Naturopathic Doctor, I view what happens on your skin as a … Continue reading
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Fall Detox: Beets
Seasonal transitions often inspire me to nourish myself. Especially the transitions from winter to spring and summer to fall. One way I like to nourish myself is by making sure that my body is optimally supported in detox and my environment is clean. Spring cleaning of our homes and our bodies is probably a familiar … Continue reading
Shopping for Healing Foods on a Budget
“Well, I guess shopping at Costco is out!” commented the mother of a teenage patient after I presented the anti-inflammatory diet that would lay the foundations for a plan to help heal her daughter’s severe cystic acne. I honestly had not shopped at a warehouse-type store in many years and so I assumed she was … Continue reading
Scleroderma: Nutrition & Therapeutic Diets are Powerful Treatments
We are lucky to live in a time when the power and importance of nutrition is becoming widely known and accepted. I believe that virtually any condition can be improved by nurturing your body with the right foods, and scleroderma is no exception. I’m going to share a patient’s dramatic story to illustrate this. My … Continue reading
7 Misconceptions about Healthy Eating
Every patient that steps into my office gets asked about what they eat. New patient paperwork includes a section asking what is typically eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. I also ask whether or not she is satisfied with her current diet. It’s easy to make suggestions when someone’s eating a typical Standard American … Continue reading
The 257 Names for Sugar
There are quite a number of reasons that I may suggest patients dramatically reduce or even eliminate their intake of sugar. They may be following my Anti-Inflammatory Paleo Diet; they’re in the process of detoxing from mold, yeast overgrowth, or fungal infection; they’re looking for relief from symptoms of Leaky Gut; their thyroid, adrenals, and/or … Continue reading
Leaky Gut: How to Fix It
First and foremost, start with my blogs on How to Prevent Leaky Gut, Leaky Gut Basics, and The 9 Causes of Leaky Gut. You won’t be able to heal your gut until you find out and remove the cause. In order for your gut to heal, you will most likely need to uncover any food … Continue reading
Leaky Gut: The 9 Causes
As mentioned in the previous Leaky Gut: The Basics post, leaky gut is when intestinal permeability occurs for prolonged periods of time and is accompanied by inflammation. Leaky gut can cause havoc not only in the digestive tract but can contribute to poor systemic health. Intestinal permeability happens when the gut cells no longer fit tightly … Continue reading
Leaky Gut: The Basics
There is one piece of gut trivia I share with patients that consistently causes their jaws to drop: everything inside of your gut is actually outside of your body. Take a few seconds to let that sink in. It’s weird, right? Your digestive tract (a.k.a. the gut, gastrointestinal tract, GI, etc.) is actually one long … Continue reading