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Welcome to my blog, where you’ll find articles and links to my podcast episodes.
If you’d like to discuss your health concerns or ask some specific questions, please contact me and we can get started on your journey to balanced health!
Eat Fat to Burn Fat - The Ketogenic Diet
In this 41st episode we discuss concepts around a ketogenic diet, otherwise known as nutritional ketosis.
We will discuss what a ketone is as compared to glucose, how best to get into ketosis, why a person would do such a thing, and how the benefits can extend way beyond simple weight loss efforts.
Listen in and look beyond the more well known faddish concepts of Keto dieting! There is so much more to the story.
Ketogenic Diet | Keto Diet | Ketosis
The Gluten-Anxiety Connection
In this 61st episode we explore just how something like gluten, a protein found in grains, can be a significant driving force in the development and expression of anxiety, depression, and really any other mental/emotional concern.
We will discuss the role of the vagus nerve, the blood brain barrier, the gut barrier, antibody cross-reaction, GAD enzymes, deep cerebellar nuclei, purkinjie cells, and more! Yep nerdy stuff here, but fascinating and empowering once you see the connections.
Don't let something like anxiety or depression go untreated. Often times it is something you are doing every day that drives the whole business.
Gluten Cross Reactions - It Isn’t Just in Your Gut!
In this episode we will discuss some less-known concepts around gluten and how it can impact areas of the body, seemingly unrelated to the digestive system. As it turns out, upwards of 70% of gluten reactions are located in the brain and nervous system... Not in the gut!
This episode will focus on the topic of "cross-reactivity," which translates into "cases of mistaken identity." Sometimes the immune system just can't tell the difference.
Learn some foods which look and act a lot like gluten for the gluten sensitive population, and what tissues in the body also look a lot like gluten.
Lastly, we will discuss how gluten and autoimmune disease can be linked. This episode takes the basic concepts of gluten sensitivity and exposes the darker reality.
“I’m leaking from where, now?”
In this episode we will discuss Intestinal Permeability... aka. "Leaky Gut." We will detail the physiology of Leaky Gut and some very common mechanisms which promote the development of the condition, and the inflammatory cascades which can create a viscous cycle that drives itself over time.
Listen and learn how a breech in the gut barrier can have so much to do with autoimmunity, food sensitivity, joint pain, brain fog, and much much more.
Podcast Discussion with Vegan Danielle! - Intro to Functional Medicine
Listen to my interview with Vegan Danielle on the Specialty Produce Network! We discuss Acupuncture, Functional Medicine, looking at lab results, a thyroid test scenario, food sensitivities, and more. At just a little over 1/2 hour, it’s the perfect accompaniment on your next drive!
Why Does Food Hate Us So Much?
Why do so many of us struggle with how we feel after eating? Many people feel bloated, get indigestion, or get diarrhea after eating, and can't figure out why. There are many possible reasons for this, and things we can do about it! Get some insight on what's going on and some quick tips to help.
The SIBO Curse
Have you ever known anyone who, no matter what they eat, they blow up like a balloon and suffer painful and uncomfortable gas and bloating? Perhaps you even experience this yourself? You may have been to every doctor in town and tried every probiotic with no avail. A lot of your friends, who pay attention to natural medicine, all feel that you most definitely have the dreaded candida (yeast) curse! I end up hearing so much about candida from my patients that it is surprising really. So you go on a radical diet, take probiotics and a bunch of anti-candida herbs. Nothing works. And in fact you think that it might have made you worse! Okay, what already? What could be causing so much discomfort?
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