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What are the Natural Anti-Inflammatory Agents for Pain Relief In general, we have our COX pathways. Now, Arachidonic acid can feed those pathways. A lot of excess, junky, refined Omega-6 from animal products can definitely feed those pathways. That sets the table like gas in the kitchen where a... Read More
Collagen Diet: Collagen-Rich Foods for Healthy Joints, and Skin We know collagen is going to help with the joints because we know half of your bones are protein. We need good building blocks for our cartilaginous tissue and ligamentous tissue. Frankly, most people get most of their protein from... Read More
Natural Herbs and Foods to Help Fight Stress When you're stressed, what are the important things? Blood sugar stability is really important because most people get on a roller coaster when they get stressed, meaning they're overly gravitating towards alcohol and towards refined sugar. Their blood sugar goes... Read More
Vitamin D Benefits You Should Know Vitamin D has a couple of different benefits. Let's go over some of the benefits. We've talked about the natural antibiotic that's being produced by vitamin D, which is called cathelicidin, a kind of antibacterial enzyme. It is super helpful... Read More
Nutrients to Help Make Serotonin to Help Improve Mood and Sleep In today's blog, I am going to share with you the natural ways to boost your serotonin levels and other alternatives. Let's talk about nutrients to help support serotonin levels. Click here to consult with a functional medicine doctor to... Read More
Effective Ways to Increase Your Vitamin D Levels Back in the 1980s, a guy named Edgar Hope-Simpson proposed that a seasonal stimulus was intimately associated with seasonal epidemic influenza. Long story short, winter comes and then all of the sudden viruses become more of a prevalent issue. There... Read More
The Top 5 Reasons Why Your Estrogen Levels are High – Men & Women! Let’s talk about the top 5 reasons why your estrogen levels are high. We’re going to break them down today. WHAT ARE ESTROGENS? First, let’s look at the 3 major kinds of estrogens: E1 or estrone, E2 or estradiol, and... Read More
Top 5 Warning Signs of Hormonal Imbalance Let’s talk about hormones. I'm going to dive into a couple of clinical pearls that I see in my practice from working with hundreds of female patients and male patients which have a major effect on modulating and supporting hormonal... Read More
How To Enhance and Support Fertility with Functional Medicine | Podcast #332 There are two main methods for getting pregnant and if you've struggled with conceiving then you've likely looked into and/or pursued traditional medicine. This doesn't necessarily make you healthier, but your doctors will try to change your hormones to encourage... Read More
The Root Causes of Constipation & Slow Motility | Podcast #331 Wouldn’t it be easy if you could blame your constipation on one thing? While that typically isn’t the case, your irregularity could be pointing to either one or multiple causes. Let's watch and listen to Dr. J and Evan here,... Read More
The Gut Skin Connection – How Your Gut Health Can Impact Your Skin | Podcast #330 The gut and skin enjoy a constant dialogue via what has become known as gut-skin axis. In this video, Dr. J and Evan are discussing that while symptoms of gut health issues can be incredibly varied, the skin is often... Read More
Natural Solutions to Address POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) | Podcast #329 POTS is a known blood circulation problem indicated by two elements: a specific group of symptoms that constantly happen when standing. A heart rate suddenly increases from horizontal to standing (or as tested on a tilt table) of at least... Read More