Patient Education Articles.
When our immune system declares war on food, the entire body becomes the battlefield. Our relationship with food is the longest relationship we have in our lives. Things don’t always go smoothly in relationships; the disagreements can be mild or severe. Although problems are usually resolved quickly, sometimes they can […]
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Take a Look at Your Food! Recently Mary, an attorney in her late 40s who had already missed her first appointment, came in late apologizing that she just couldn’t remember what date it was. Her memory lapses had become more frequent and almost cost her job when she missed a […]
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We’ve completed our first detox program and feel proud for following it to a “tee” and feeling better as a result. We’ve probably learned to stay away from foods that make us sick. We have our vitamins. But are we done? There’s no doubt we loosened the grip a gang […]
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Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, was quoted as saying, “All disease begins in the gut.” We are hearing a lot about the gut in the media lately — “leaky gut” is a hot topic on programs like Dr. Oz and even Oprah. Is “leaky gut” what Hippocrates was talking […]
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Nadine has been generally healthy and didn’t even consider herself an allergic person except for runny nose in the spring. When she first noticed a red itchy patch on the back of her right hand with tiny bubbles oozing fluid she didn’t think much of it and dismissed it as […]
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Intestinal bacteria play a key role in the proper function of the digestive system ensuring the body digests and receives proper nutrients and vitamins. “Good” gut bacteria also help fight disease-causing microbe and parasites. The bacterial balance inside the gastrointestinal tract can be fragile, however, and overgrowth of even the […]
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Testing, Treatment and Prevention What are “heavy metals”? There are many heavy metals in our environment both naturally and from pollution. The term “heavy metal” applies to a group of metals with similar chemical properties. Some of these, including copper, iron and zinc, play important roles in our bodies. Others […]
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A good night’s sleep is as refreshing as a gentle breeze. But waking up on the wrong side of the bed due to a lack of sleep is like awakening the inner ogre in every one of us. Have you ever wondered why we aren’t getting enough sleep? Well, because […]
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The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians. Ramakrishna Since the dawn of humanity healing was an art which is an antithesis of […]
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