Proverbs 14:20 ESV The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+14%3A20&version=ESV] ‘Unpleasant but true’ is a fittingly unpleasant commonality. Today’s proverb fits that category well, pointing out as it does the human tendency to align our affections to petty, selfish reasons. We like powerful people, the ones…
Our lives are the products of a lifetime of deficiencies or excesses mixed with genetics, beginning before we were born. We can grow up with too little nutrients or too many toxins. In attempts to understand how brains grow into adult brains with abnormalities like schizophrenia, researchers have looked at the dopamine neurotransmitter pathway and…
For all that a patient recently told me that their GI doctor dismissed the effects of their diet on their Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) symptoms, a recent study demonstrates a likely mechanism by which sugar worsens IBD severity. With around 3 million or more in the United States suffering from Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis,…
Proverbs 14:19 ESV The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+14%3A19&version=ESV] Aside from its translation using one of my favorite rhetorical devices, zeugma, this verse also promises to the righteous what we so often find difficult to hope for, much less expect: victory, true and abiding.…
For a few years, we have not only cared for countless patients with mold toxicity, we have also worked to educate the public about the dangers of mold and the remedies against the effects of mold toxins. One of our public education efforts has been a site called MoldSymptomsTreatment.com. We launched it by sharing excerpts…
In another research summary review from my recent MedMAPS conference (see prior blogs for more details and summaries), researchers analyzed available studies considering whether pesticides may increase risks for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder when their moms were exposed during pregnancy. With the growing prevalence of these neurodevelopmental conditions, those of us…
Proverbs 14:18 ESV The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+14%3A18&version=ESV] Preparation is the nine-tenths success, the saying goes. Making bread is significantly easier if you have the flour, the eggs, the clear space on your kitchen counter, and an idea of what exactly making bread involves. None of us,…
Like many of you, I could do without another story about Artificial Intelligence and how it will revolutionize your health or life beyond your wildest dreams. We are constantly hearing more implementations of AI technology to make our lives easier, yet I for one am skeptical. For years, I have doubted that such technology can…
The history of natural medicine offers countless myths and legends, both justifying the objections of nay-sayers and intriguing the open-minded in their search for answers to their own health challenges or for their patients. Cranberry juice and its promises for preventing bladder infections have long enticed sufferers to imbibe either the sharp juice or its…
Proverbs 14:17 ESV A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+14%3A17&version=ESV] ‘Evil devices’ may, if you’re of a particularly fanciful bent, conjure up images of techno-contraptions, Bond villain death traps, and printers that never work right. That’s not really what it means, though, as a quick comparison…