This case — entitled “What if…?” — is a superb illustration of proactive, preventive medicine at its best. “What if this 3-year-old had continued down the dysfunctional biochemical and metabolic course he was on…???” View the video that follows... [More]

Sorry pizza pie…you’ve earned the right to be picked on as one of the worst food offenders on the menu­—a calamitous combo of gluten, dairy, and nightshades layered into one warm, ooey-gooey, cheese-heaven triangle. However, to all of my Italian friends, we’re... [More]

In February 2012, the FDA warned that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as Nexium, Prevacid, and Prilosec may increase the risk of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea. In ecological terms, then, we could view PPIs as an environmental insult on the microecology of... [More]

In the event our gastrointestinal (GI) systems were able to speak, wouldn’t it be interesting to know what’s on your gut’s mind? Lying there, coiled within your belly…is it in a state of bliss or on stress overload? Is it enjoying the plethora of foods you inundate it with, day in and day... [More]

I was recently reviewing a patient case involving migraine headaches. Let’s call her Sabrina. I was in our “cloud” e-file looking for another patient’s chart, and accidentally clicked on hers. I remembered Sabrina fondly and wondered how she was... [More]

Case study involving a 38-year-old male who suffered from idiopathic gastrointestinal pain of unknown origin. Through an integrative and functional medicine approach, including the use of Metametrix laboratory testing, key pieces of his case were brought to light... [More]

As we prepare for the upcoming holiday season, a time of year for making connections with friends and family, it’s also a great time to connect to overall health and to the understanding that whole health includes a unified, inter-connected, inextricable composite of the body... [More]