Here you’ll find products and books that we frequently recommend to our patients. We’ve included what we love about them, tips for recommended use and links for easy ordering. Some of the links are affiliate links; we make a small commission when you purchase from the link but there is no additional cost to you.
Products to Support Foundational Habits
Books on Menstrual Health, Fertility, Prenatal and Postnatal Support
Books on Food and Therapeutic Diets
Products to Support Foundational Habits
Castor Oil Pack with Organic Cotton Flannel and Straps
This super affordable castor oil pack with built in straps and oil-resistant PLU backing makes a daily COP easy. The straps make it especially convenient for those who like to reap the benefits of COPs while working but also for those off us that habitually fall asleep with our packs on.
Earthing Universal Mat Kit 2 Pack
Earthing, also knowns as grounding, is the practice of connecting to the earth’s energy. Earthing can have positive impacts on inflammation, pain levels and the immune system. While walking outdoors barefoot is a natural way to ground, it isn’t always practical to do this in the quantity we would most benefit from. These mats allow you to ground while inside your house doing day to day actives.
Dry Skin Brush
Support the flow of your lymphatic system with a daily ritual of dry skin brushing. This combo set includes a body and a face brush.
Books on Menstrual Health, Fertility, Prenatal and Postnatal Support
The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles and Optimize Your Fertility by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
Despite its title, this book is really about much more that optimizing fertility. It teaches you tools that will help you understand and gauge the status of your overall healthy by in depth tracking of your menstrual cycles. You’ll learn not just about whether you’re fertile or not, you can gain insight into your endocrine system, including your thyroid. It can also teach you how to use fertility tracking to avoid pregnancy. Everyone has an app now that they track their periods on. This doesn’t actually give much depth of insight into the health of your cycle, fertility signs or thyroid health. At best, they tell you your average cycle length. Lisa Hendickson-Jack will help you understand the details of your menstrual cycle and how you can use additional data, like temperature and changes in vaginal discharge to track the true complexities of your cycle. It is easy to read and informative.
The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou, Amely Greeven, and Marisa Belger
Women often put much thought into how they are nourishing themselves when they’re working on conception and when they’re pregnant. We don’t always put as much thought into how we will be nourished during the first months of having a new baby. Women are particularly vulnerable to the effects of hormonal irregularities and they’re more susceptible to the development or relapse of chronic disease, like autoimmune conditions, during the months following the birth of their children. There is also the pressure to return to life as usual as quickly as possible. It is important that new mothers continue to receive extra nourishment during those first months after giving birth. This book offers support for this through the lens of the traditional Chinese concept of zuo yuezi, a period in which a woman remains at home focusing on healing and bonding with her baby. The book includes stories and insights from the author’s own experience as well as practical tips, suggestions for rituals, and recipes for foods and herbal teas. Don’t wait until you’ve given birth to get this book! You’ll want to read and prepare a couple of months before your due date.
Books on Food and Therapeutic Diets
Better Broths & Healing Tonics: 75 Bone Broth and Vegetarian Broth-Based Recipes for Everyone by Kara N. Fitzgerald ND and Jill Sheppard Davenport CNS LDN
If you love brewing up superfoods in your own kitchen and/or you’re interested in creating nutrient density in your diet, you’ll love this book. It provides recipes for omnivores, vegetarians and vegans that will take your broths, soups, and beverages to the next level. Dr. Fitzgerald empowers you by teaching you the healing attributes of each ingredient. Recipes are marked with special diet tags, like gluten-free, vegan, AIP, elimination diet, low FOD-map and keto. There is also a Younger You tag, helping you to identify ingredients that contribute to a longer life and health span.
Simple French Paleo: Flavorful Allergen-Free Recipes for the Autoimmune Protocol by Sophie Van Tiggelen
AIP is hands down the most effective diet for quelling AI symptoms fast for most people. But, the flavors can get boring! This book brings a French twist to AIP recipes. Cooking French food might sound intimidating, but most of these recipes are quite simple to follow. The book is also filled with beautiful photos.
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Books on General Health and Well-Being
Breathe by James Nestor
We’ve seen so many patients benefit form correcting their breathing patterns. How we breath has a widespread impact on areas of health most of us wouldn’t imagine- like blood sugar and overall metabolic health! This entertaining book explains the connection between our breathing patterns and our overall health and well-being. It delves into the history of our eating and breathing patterns and how these actually changed our facial structure such that many people have become habitual mouth breathers. It is a must read for anyone seeking to maximize their own health but we also recommend it to parents who want to set their children up for the best health possible. You’ll learn pearls like how your child’s unattended allergies may turn into more serious chronic disease.
Letting Go: the Pathway to Surrender by David R. Hawkins, MD/PhD
Our physical health is so intimately related to our emotional health. When we hold on to emotions and beliefs that aren’t serving us, we created blockages. Dr. S frequently recommends this book to learn the art of surrender. The book teaches you the beauty letting go of the emotions and beliefs that are holding you back. This will allow you to reach your goals in a more efficient way.
Super Foods
Dandy Blend Original and Organic
This is the best herbal alternative to coffee on the market. For those of you that love the richness of coffee but can’t do the caffeine, this makes a great alternative. It has a much bolder body to it than most other coffee alternatives. It is powdered, resembling instant coffee, all you need to do is add hot water for a perfect cup. Depending on how much you use it even gets a crema like top! Dandy Blend has a slight bitter taste to it, as coffee does, which is beneficial for our digestive tract. Dandelion, the main ingredient had many benefits, especially for the liver and GI. Dandy Blend makes a great latte! Dr. Enos likes mixing it with Laird’s Super Food Creamers in seasonal flavors to create herbal pumpkin spice and peppermint lattes. It is also delicious mixed with chocolate LMNT and a little MCT oil for a more mocha like flavor. We often uses more than the recommended one tsp; experiment with 1-3 tsp to find your perfect Dandy Blend to water ratio. Dandy Blend does contain rye and barely extracts but the extraction process removes gluten and has been tested to ensure this.
Other Recommended Products
Vitamix Blender
This is a kitchen staple for both Dr. Schieferecke and Dr. Enos! Dr. S uses it to make everything from smoothies to soups to dips as part of crafting mouthwatering meals for her family. Dr. E loves it for frothing her matcha lattes, making blender “juices”, homemade nut milks, nut butters and ice cream. This blender is key if you have an intention of successfully becoming a green smoothie connoisseur.
Fertility Support
Tempdrop
We can’t rave enough about how easy this armband makes track your temperature every single day. It is a must have for fertility tracking. Tracking your overnight temperature can give you information not just about fertility but also gives insight into the health of you cycle in general and thyroid health.