Kara Fitzgerald, ND

Vitamin B12. Don’t you love it? The pretty, bright red color? Sublingual or liquid B12 often has a tasty cherry flavor to match its natural color, making it fun to look at and to take... [More]

I was hanging out at Whole Foods Market (WFM) last night. It was the Grand-Opening day. Kind of embarrassing to admit such a thing would get me going, but it did. Finally, one opened in Connecticut near enough to me where it might actually be a realistic shopping option. Yay. I do support our local ... [More]

Recently, I got the below post from Dr. Tina Kaczor in response to the blog spot Vitamin K, Osteocalcin and Bone Health.

It prompted me to devote a brand new blog spot to vitamin K and more! Read on… [More]

Simply put, quorum sensing is communication between microbes via signal molecules (called auto-inducers) to ensure survival of the microbial population against exogenous antimicrobials and host immune mechanisms. As I mentioned in the previous post, biofilms can increase resistance to antimicrobials up to 1000%. Biofilm development is a central quorum sensing process. [More]

I am recommending this to anyone interested in the state of healthcare, and especially those in integrative care. It’s a brilliant, inspiring and very well-referenced document. If anything, read it to grab all those excellent citations... [More]

A conversation around a recent paper titled Vitamin K treatment reduces undercarboxylated osteocalcin but does not alter bone turnover, density, or geometry in healthy postmenopausal North American women. [More]

Gastrointestinal biofilms are an important topic, and those comprised of pathogenic microbes are getting much well-deserved attention in the integrative medical community. However, in keeping with the sIgA topic, I want to give a shout-out to commensal biofilms, which are vital to GI health and deserve similar attention. [More]