Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. [Proverbs 18:12 ESV] We all know that humility is good. The next question doesn’t have quite so clear an answer: what is humility? Often we equate it with self-debasement or self-effacement, the reduction of my own claim on the world. Such a definition,…
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A rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination. [Proverbs 18:11 ESV] We attach great importance to the here and now. The past and the future often fall out of sight, all our thought turned to the foreground. Then the past comes into focus, the future arrives, and…
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Not Just Mold Toxicity As mold toxicity becomes more and more recognized as a legitimate medical malady, more and more providers are trying to treat it- with some success. We are thankful for this recognition and the fact that more sufferers are being freed from their prison of an invisible diagnosis, but I have some…
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The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe. [Proverbs 18:10 ESV] Uncertainty, worry, and fear are three companions everybody walks alongside for a time, barring insanity. The world is big; people are complex; we ourselves oscillate between self-certainty and a realization of our own inability…
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When Stress Makes It Harder to Think With the growing epidemic of mental health diagnoses in our current world, much research is going into answering the how’s, why’s and what’s of stress. We not only want to understand how stress impacts our mental health, but what to do about it. In our clinic, we deal…
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Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys. [Proverbs 18:9 ESV] The human urge, still powerful in modernity, is to figure out how little I can do while still getting paid. Can I skip that bit? Well, I don’t have to do it… so, yes. We dress this desire up…
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The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. [Proverbs 18:8 ESV] Gossip tastes awesome. Secrets intrigue us, particularly when they’re the sort of secrets we know we shouldn’t know. Did you know that the neighbor is having money troubles? Did you know that the…
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Children with Post COVID After Round Two In caring for anyone with COVID, we have to keep our eyes open and our minds alert for both acute issues and chronic post-COVID issues. This study heightens our concern for repeated bouts of COVID in children because of the increasing the risk of post-COVID symptoms. While we…
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The Mouth Brain Axis While we may all recognize a connection between our mouths, our brains, and what comes out of the two, this study suggests a two-way street in which mouth disease may adversely affect brain health. We all know that our mouths can get us in trouble by inflammatory words, but apparently physical…
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A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. [Proverbs 18:7 ESV] What makes a man a fool? The psalmist declared to God, “When I told of my ways, You answered me; teach me Your statutes!” (Ps. 119:26). The fool is the one who, when he declares his ways before…
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When Vitamin D Gets an F In Immunity These days, visiting a health food store, online or in person, can feel like walking down the Las Vegas strip, what with all the glitzy claims and promises of miraculous health. After all the flashy advertising, our patients have questions, even about old favorites like vitamin D. …
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A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. [Proverbs 18:6 ESV] “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,” Alexander Pope wrote, and the line is no glory to fools. As it turns out, when angels fear to tread somewhere, that somewhere is probably inadvisable to tread upon. The…
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A New Pathway for Autism Therapy In the ongoing story of autism, researchers may have discovered a brain area which plays a key role in the outworking of autism as well as its connection with higher rates of epilepsy. Learning of such novel mechanisms for autism pathology can be as exciting as reading a well-written…
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It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice. [Proverbs 18:5 ESV] Equal protection law is a major part of modern America’s government. These two words from the Fourteenth Amendment have been interpreted by the courts to require undifferentiated treatment of an ever-expanding cadre of ‘suspect classes’,…
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The Genetics of Your Fussy Eater Parents across the globe have stared down their fussy eating children over mealtimes for centuries and over those centuries those same parents have often been blamed for their children’s frustrating eating habits. Many parents have even doubted their own parental abilities when their children fought against broadening their diet…
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The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. [Proverbs 18:8 ESV] Gossip tastes awesome. Secrets intrigue us, particularly when they’re the sort of secrets we know we shouldn’t know. Did you know that the neighbor is having money troubles? Did you know that the…
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The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. [Proverbs 18:4 ESV] We associate wisdom with obscurity. Want the meaning of life? Climb a mountain and decipher a riddle. Want to know how to understand others? Read ten thousand hours of psychology. Need to run a society?…
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Ultra-Processed and Ultra-Addictions to Foods The word “addiction” brings up images of crack pipes, alcohol bottles, lottery tickets and other sickly fascinations, but the bigger issue may be the number of people addicted to ultra-processed foods. Consider: while drugs, gambling, and other unsavory addictions definitely harm those trapped in them, this study estimates 21% of…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
Do Not Trust Dr. AI in Medical Ethics Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days, but this article may cause some rage of its own. In this study, researchers tested a type of AI called a Large Language Model on different medical ethics cases. When tweaks were made to some of these cases, the…
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Happy Fall & Thanksgiving Swaps to Nourish Your Body Autumn and holidays are upon us! If you haven’t already got on the pumpkin spice everything train, now’s the chance. While comfort food is part of the season, many traditional dishes can leave us feeling sluggish or bloated, or can throw our blood sugar and eating…
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Food to Boost your Mood Our mood is influenced by so many things such as sleep, stress, social connection, exercise, weather, and more. But one factor that sometimes gets underappreciated is what we eat. Emerging research suggests that diet and specific nutrients can affect mood, stress resilience, and mental well-being. Let’s take a deeper dive!…
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Gut Bacteria Trick Your Immune System into Autoimmunity Stepping into the inter-workings of our body systems is like stepping into a modern factory assembling a large and complex machine. The interplay between something like a simple bacterium in our colon and an on-site immune cell can end up triggering autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis in…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
A New Pathway for Autism Therapy In the ongoing story of autism, researchers may have discovered a brain area which plays a key role in the outworking of autism as well as its connection with higher rates of epilepsy. Learning of such novel mechanisms for autism pathology can be as exciting as reading a well-written…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
A Longterm Look at Childhood Inflammation The triggers for inflammation in America are at epidemic levels, including metabolic conditions, infections, and toxins. Do you ever wonder if you or your child has inflammation and what the long-term consequences are? The University of Alabama conducted a recent research study that discovered children with inflammation at a…
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Top Food Additives to Avoid When it comes to nutrition, most of us know to avoid obvious “junk foods.” But what many people don’t realize is that even seemingly healthy, packaged foods can be filled with hidden additives that undermine health over time. Artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, and synthetic sweeteners may make foods look pretty,…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
Walking in the Darkness of Chronic Health Caring for a patient requires caring for the whole person, a whole person who is a collection of parts. Some of these parts are more easily cared for by medicine than others. Some of these parts are better cared for by families, churches, and communities than by a…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
Hidden Factors of Metabolic Health When most people hear the word “metabolism”, they think about how quickly they burn calories or how easily they gain or lose weight. However, true metabolic health goes far beyond weight management. It’s about how efficiently your body produces and uses energy at the cellular level. This affects everything from…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
Why were children more resistant to COVID-19 compared to adults? New research offers an interesting answer: the common cold As we continue to answer countless questions forced upon us by COVID 19, this study offers an answer why children seemed more resistant to this troublesome new SARS CoV2 virus: the common cold. While medicine is…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
How Long Will You Lose Sleep Over an Abnormal Lab? With the advent of direct-to-consumer testing, especially the latest craze of online memberships that give you a long list of labs complete with computer-generated health report, we are getting more and more anxious calls about abnormal labs. While we applaud the concept of getting…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
When Stress Makes It Harder to Think With the growing epidemic of mental health diagnoses in our current world, much research is going into answering the how’s, why’s and what’s of stress. We not only want to understand how stress impacts our mental health, but what to do about it. In our clinic, we deal…
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Don’t Overlook Selenium: The Small but Mighty Mineral When it comes to overall health, the smallest nutrients often play the biggest roles in your health, and that’s why none of the essential vitamins and minerals should be overlooked even when they aren’t talked about as often. Selenium is one that we always like to…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
Non-Toxic Ways to Wash Your Produce and Why It Matters There are so many places where we could “clean up” our life, but to not get overwhelmed, start with one area at a time. A great place to start is how you clean your fresh fruits and veggies! Whether it’s a bundle of kale, spinach…
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Mother’s Gut Bacteria Influence Baby’s Brain Development Everyone wants to know how to optimize a baby’s brain health, but who would have thought that giving mom a probiotic was the answer? Researchers have searched through countless avenues of optimizing baby’s brains, having realized that the critical window of pregnancy and the first year or two…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
Immune System Clocks Respond to Daylight While no one denies that our bodies operate on a circadian rhythm of day and night cycles, you should know about the potential effects of daylight on our immune system. In today’s article, researchers report findings in zebrafish immune cells that could impact how we handle infections in our…
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Beat the Summer Heat: Light Meals for Hot Days When the temperatures outside start to rise, our food cravings shift! Heavy, hearty meals give way to lighter fare that fuels us without weighing us down. Whether you’re lounging at the pool or beach, packing a picnic, or just trying to stay cool indoors, Summer is…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
Is Food Triggering your Seasonal Allergies? This time of year, especially in the Nashville area, many of us suffer from seasonal allergies. Did you know that there are certain foods that correlate with certain pollens in the area? You may actually be eating foods that are making your allergies worse! We are here to help!…
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Why Protein Matters for Women Let’s talk about a key nutrient that I often see women not getting enough of—protein. It plays a vital role in overall health and becomes even more important as we age. So why is protein essential for women (and men too)? Here are a few key reasons: Muscle & Metabolism…
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Sweet Conspiracies Go Mainstream with Early Puberty In the world of functional medicine, we try to listen to all the evidence regardless of where it comes from, including the mainstream groups like the Endocrine Society- and now they assert that some artificial sweeteners contribute to early puberty. While we sometimes have to take such groups…
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Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction. [Proverbs 17:19] We do not live lives of peace, we men of earth. Always trouble is in our hearts; ever trouble looms in our lives; perpetually the world whispers of the destruction it can unleash against itself. “Here wealth is fleeting;…
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Toxic Overload in Toddlers: Learn the Truth About Every Day Toxins Who wants to hear that their sweet little toddler is peeing out toxins and a lot of them? Likely no one is excited about that news unless the parent thinks “at least it is coming out”. Even with that mindset, if the toxin is…
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Wired and Tired? Combat Adrenal Fatigue Do you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning? Do you tend to have crashes of energy throughout the day or just feel wired but tired? You may be struggling with adrenal fatigue. Your adrenal glands are responsible for producing important hormones such as cortisol, aldosterone, adrenaline,…
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One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor. [Proverbs 17:18] Slavery is among the panoply of Ultimate Evil in the American conception. To be a slave is a terrible fate; to be a slaver a sin with few peers; to endorse slavery as a system,…
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Bad ADHD Studies Mislead ADHD Therapy For Adults For a variety of ‘reasons’, ADHD has become a hot topic not just in pediatrics but also in adult medical care. While the earlier debate about the causes and true frequency of ADHD in children continues, this study highlights some major flaws in the research on adult…
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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. [Proverbs 17:17] Hardship is, to put it tautologically, the unpleasant part of life. It’s the part where you or I run headfirst into a brick wall, bounce off, and have to ask, ‘Will I climb over? Will I turn back?’ When…
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The Effect of Teen Boy’s Weight on Future Generations The connection between our health and the future generations’ health was long assumed to be one of simple nurture in which children simply copied their parents’ health habits. The science of epigenetics, however, has opened up a much deeper understanding of these multi-generational patterns. In this…
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Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense? [Proverbs 17:16] God, as it turns out, does have a sense of humor. Indeed, today’s verses is nearly a joke. The fool goes out on pretense of seeking wisdom- but the way in which he ‘seeks’ it…
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Studies Confirm Links Between Mast Cells and Viral Disease Like COVID 19 As the SARS CoV2 virus behind COVID 19 continues to mutate and sweep over us a wave at a time, research into the role of mast cells in this and other viral diseases continues to find connections. With those connections, we can begin…
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He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord. [Proverbs 17:15] The word here translated ‘abomination’ is no weak thing. It is not ‘unpleasant,’ it is not ‘ugly,’ it is not ‘repellent.’ It isn’t even something as simple as ‘evil.’ ‘Abomination,’ תּוֹעֵבָה (to-ay-baw), tells…
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News You Can Use: Ultra-processed Foods Might Kill You Even with the fields of biohacking and longevity medicine fueling the level of conferences, podcasts, and supplement expenditures it does, the average American should start with the simple longevities therapies available in their grocery stores. So many will go to expensive ends to live a little…
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Natural Focus: How Saffron Improves Concentration for ADHD Who would have thought that saffron, a culinary spice prominent in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, could be an effective therapy for ADHD? showed the benefits of a therapeutic dose of saffron in children and adolescents with ADHD compared to a pharmaceutical stimulant. In fact, the…
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“The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.” [Proverbs 17:14] Water is calm and placid, when contained. When let loose, though, when given a single small egress, water destroys; it rushes and tears and cuts through the land like a knife, riving apart any who stand…
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The Dehumanizing Work of Mold “For Some, Mold Steals Their Humanity” – Mold Toxicity Daily in our office, we talk about one of my least favorite subjects, mold. Why would I daily spend time talking about or even thinking about something that caused so much harm to my own family? It primarily comes down to…
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“If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.” [Proverbs 17:13] The most disgusting characters in fiction, I find, are the traitors. Adulterers, turncoats, false friends, they induce a concentrated hatred and revulsion; they have in them something which mere murder, mere villainy, cannot match. Whether they are parents who…
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Food Dye Sleuths Nutrition, Pediatrics, Neurological Health Did you know that over 40% of foods marketed toward children in the U.S. contain artificial food dyes? Alarmingly, 94% of people over 2 years old consume Red 40 (De Oliveira, ZB, et. al, 2024). Multiple research studies have shown the harmful effects of artificial food dyes…
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Mother’s Gut Bacteria Influence Baby’s Brain Development Everyone wants to know how to optimize a baby’s brain health, but who would have thought that giving mom a probiotic was the answer? Researchers have searched through countless avenues of optimizing baby’s brains, having realized that the critical window of pregnancy and the first year or two…
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Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. [Proverbs 17:12] How pleasant is it to taunt an angry mama bear? 10 out of 10 corpses say: “Not very.” It’s definitively a Bad Idea. Yet the author of the proverb considers it the smaller risk, smaller…
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An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. [Proverbs 17:11] We sometimes wonder at the persistent evil of other men. We watch men act in ways that seem deliberately foolish, deliberately self-destructive, deliberately and causelessly malicious. We find ourselves wondering at the sheer impertinence of the wicked,…
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While the internet and its vast array of resources has empowered a veritable army of those who can better care for their health and their family’s health, there lurks a risk in playing doctor for yourself. Even as a doctor myself, it has been very challenging caring for my own family as we navigated mold…
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Are Processed Foods Stealing Years from Your Life? Even with the fields of biohacking and longevity medicine fueling the level of conferences, podcasts, and supplement expenditures it does, the average American should start with the simple longevities therapies available in their grocery stores. So many will go to expensive ends to live a little longer…
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Is Food Triggering your Seasonal Allergies? This time of year, especially in the Nashville area, many of us suffer from seasonal allergies. Did you know that there are certain foods that correlate with certain pollens in the area? You may actually be eating foods that are making your allergies worse! We are here to help!…
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“A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.” [Proverbs 17:10] Learning from reproof is a skill not natural to any of us. Sure, we, by the grace of God, have a habit of listening to certain people with at least some consideration- parent, sibling, spouse, friend-…
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Many of our patients have suffered for years from a variety of symptoms and diagnostic labels from other providers despite having a curable condition- just one ignored by conventional medicine. Thankfully, there are some news outlets which give suffering patients a voice after that curable condition is discovered and treated. These make for attractive news…
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As research into the etiology (origin & cause) of mental illness continues and the rate of such illness continues to rise, studies like this one are linking various factors together to explain the growing epidemic. As with many health conditions, more than one trigger is needed to get the symptom train moving. Prior research had…
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Proverbs 17:9 ESV Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+17%3A9&version=ESV] Relationships are complicated, it turns out. Take two people, multiply their issues by each other, overlap their peculiarities, interface their schedules, add in their other relationships, and it quickly becomes clear that gears are going…
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Why Protein Matters for Women May is Women’s Health Month! I wanted to take this month to highlight a nutrient that I often find female patients deficient in that is so important, especially as we age- Protein! So why is protein so important not only for men, but for women? Here are a few key…
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In a world filling with more and more microplastics, research which demonstrates bacterial antibiotic resistance through biofilms on these microplastics should get everyone’s attention. As the world has turned to depending on plastic products for so many aspects of daily life, the tiny debris of these plastics rub off and spread practically everywhere. As these…
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Proverbs 17:8 ESV A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+17%3A8&version=ESV] Proverbs is a book about wisdom, and sometimes that means recognizing the facts of life. Bribery may not be pretty, but it is a part of the world around…
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News You Can Use: Western Diets, Autism, and ADHD No one should be surprised that the health of a pregnant mom and what she puts in her body can affect the health and development of her developing baby. For decades, medicine has been aware of the effects of smoking, alcohol, various medications, and nutritional deficiencies…
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While a few doses of acetaminophen (brand name Tylenol) during pregnancy is not the only risk factor playing a role in ADHD’s rising incidence, knowing about the risk might change your mind on what you take for that next headache. All of us are searching for answers to the epidemic of ADHD and Autism in…
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Proverbs 17:7 ESV Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+17%3A7&version=ESV] I can write real good. I can talk nice too, when I keep my nerve. That’s all well and good, but it’s not enough. If I have all the skill in the world but…
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Iron is a one of the most important minerals in our bodies. It is responsible for our body’s energy, oxygen transport, and overall vitality. Yet, iron deficiency is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies worldwide. This most often comes with symptoms such as chronic fatigue, paleness, brittle nails, weakness, and even compromises the immune…
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Do You Trust AI to Read Your Health Reports? While AI seems to be everywhere and do everything, you should not trust it to fully take over interpreting your lab results in place of an actual medical provider. AI serves ultimately only as a fast, very fancy tool. Tools make work faster and (hopefully) more…
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Proverbs 17:6 ESV Americans have a cultural disrespect for familial glory. We have cultivated an attitude which says that one should have pleasure only in one’s own achievements. Taking pride in the lives of our elders, those who live and those who have died, is positively old-fashioned and silly. It’s stuck-up, too, a way of…
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Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
Side-Effects of COVID Lockdowns on Kids If we are to avoid making the same mistake twice, we must first acknowledge that it was a mistake and understand why it was a mistake. In looking at the COVID lockdowns, we must recognize and confess that shutting down society affected children in potentially long-lasting ways. In this…
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Proverbs 17:5 ESV Contempt for the poor is an American past-time. It’s the basic premise of the welfare state, which relies on bribing the unfortunate; it underlies the cries of ‘democracy’ which actually mean ‘do what your betters tell you to do.’ We idolize the poor, make them incapable of sin, and thus we make…
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It can often be hard these days to find produce that looks fresh and is packed with nutrients aside from growing your own fruits and vegetables or finding a good local organic farmer. Especially in the winter, many of the grocery store produce is traveling hundreds of miles, only to have lost many of its…
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Probiotics for Vitiligo As scientists discover more and more connections between our gut flora and our disease processes, studies like this one give hope to vitiligo patients who have few other options from the medical world. In their mouse study, the researchers purified a probiotic-produced chemical and confirmed both vitiligo improvement and immune cell changes…
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Proverbs 17:4 ESV An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+17%3A4&version=ESV] “Lies, damned lies, and statistics,” these are the components which too often seem both warp and weft of history, of the world around us. In our own lives, we hear lies; worse, at times, we…
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The Itch That Rashes In caring for so many with eczema or contact dermatitis, in both children and adults, we often hear that the itch comes before the rash. Researchers wondered if the scratching really did make the rash worse or was that timing perception just folklore, so they devised an experiment to give a…
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Surprised That Consistent Bedtime Means Calmer Kids No parent can deny that poor sleep makes for some grumpy children, bursting with irritability and sibling fights, but this research takes it a step further than just how many hours your child slept last night. In the study by Penn State, comparisons were made between children who…
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Proverbs 17:3 ESV The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+17%3A3&version=ESV] The crucible’s idea is simple: melt the metal and let the impurities separate, that they may be scooped out, if they do not burn away. These impurities are the slag and the dross, the…
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Let’s Get Moving! The Secrets to Good Gut Motility. A big hot topic in the functional medicine space lately is gut motility. This refers to the process of the digestive tract moving food from the esophagus through the intestines to the rectum, basically the movement of the entire GI tract. This intricate process ensures the…
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One Size Fits All Mold Detox (Not) As the acknowledgement of mold toxicity grows more widespread in both clinics and the public awareness, more and more options are popping up online to help those suffering from this condition. Many of these clinicians, coaches, and voices are well-meaning. Some have gone through their own detox journeys…
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Proverbs 17:2 ESV A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+17%3A2&version=ESV] Family loyalty, degraded as it is in modernity, is a virtue. Just as children are to honor their parents (Ex. 20:12), parents are to care for their…
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Legal Case Connecting Mold Toxicity with Parkinson’s Disease While our clinic sees 100s of mold toxicity cases per year, sometimes it helps to hear something from others besides a slew of nameless reports (nameless due to privacy) and to hear from someone publicly describing their symptoms. In recent months, Steve Locke, once a head of…
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Treating autism spectrum disorder as early as possible requires an early diagnosis which current medicine struggles to provide, but a new computer tool offers an opportunity to improve, not to mention helping to differentiate ASD and ADHD, as is also necessary. Researchers from the Kennedy Kieger Institute and Nottingham Trent University developed CAMI (Computerized Assessment…
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