Inflammation Spectrum
Your Complete Functional Medicine Guide: To Clear Glowing Skin
Your Complete Functional Medicine Guide: To Clear Glowing Skin When someone has radiant, glowing skin, people notice. It’s that wow-factor we all desire, but for many of us, it’s difficult to achieve. Those of us who have suffered from complexion problems know how much this can diminish confidence because you can’t hide your face from…
Read MoreHow To Survive The Holidays Without Sacrificing Your Health
How To Survive The Holidays Without Sacrificing Your Health When are you most likely to gain weight, get bloated, feel completely unproductive, and generally lift all your rules and forget all your good habits? The holidays, of course. No matter where my patients are from, whether I am coaching them locally in Pittsburgh or on…
Read MoreDeclutter Your Life + Inspire Your Overall Wellness With These Self-Care Tips
Declutter Your Life + Inspire Your Overall Wellness With These Self-Care Tips Rituals are a part of human history. Ancient people – even our grandparents – honored the sacred to give our lives more meaning and keep our minds focused on something higher than ourselves, whatever that meant to the individual. Life was slower and…
Read MoreA Functional Medicine Expert Reveals Myths About “Healthy” Foods & What To Eat Instead
A Functional Medicine Expert Reveals Myths About “Healthy” Foods & What To Eat Instead The food industry is a juggernaut trillion-dollar industry (that spends $4.6 billion on marketing (1) in the United States, and most of those dollars are geared towards (believe it or not) giving the people what they want. If fast food is popular, that’s…
Read MoreThe Negative Effects Of Gluten + The Best Way To Go Gluten-Free
The Negative Effects Of Gluten + The Best Way To Go Gluten-Free Celiac disease is a real autoimmune disease that requires giving up gluten for life. But what about all the other people who don’t have celiac disease and claim they are “gluten intolerant”? Is that really a thing, or is it just a bunch of…
Read MoreSigns You Need To Detox + How To Live A Toxin-Free Life
Signs You Need To Detox + How To Live A Toxin-Free Life It’s a polluted world, and the dangerous impact has been revealed: Research is starting to show (1) the link between our increased toxin exposure and autoimmune conditions. Normally, the body does an excellent job at eliminating toxins to keep us healthy and thriving—in fact, we…
Read MoreWhy Activated Charcoal Is The Detoxing Tool Everyone Is Talking About
Why Activated Charcoal Is The Detoxing Tool Everyone Is Talking About When thinking about detox products, charcoal might be the last thing on your mind. No we aren’t talking about the charcoal used on a grill as it is extremely toxic. Instead, we are referring to a product called activated charcoal which is a natural…
Read MoreThe Most Common Wellness Mistakes Even The Healthiest People Make
The Most Common Wellness Mistakes Even The Healthiest People Make A lot of my patients practice good health habits. They don’t eat much junk food, they avoid artificial sweeteners, they exercise….and yet, they still have health issues they can’t seem to get ahead of. They’ve already tried all the obvious moves, but they have underlying…
Read More19 Signs You’re Achieving Optimal Health
19 Milestones To Achieving Optimal Health How would you rate your own health? Most people rate their health as “pretty good” – even the ones coming to see me. And yet, when I dig a little deeper, asking about medications and symptoms, sleep quality and energy level and mood, I find that many of them…
Read MoreIt’s Not Just One Thing Making You Sick: Here’s Why That’s A Good Thing
It’s Not Just One Thing Making You Sick: Here’s Why That’s A Good Thing People don’t come to see me because they are feeling great. They come to see me, in my capacity as a functional medicine practitioner, because something is wrong. They have a particular health issue, or multiple issues, or just a general feeling…
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