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…
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…
Lauren Schritter, FNP-BC My journey in healthcare began as a Physical Therapist Assistant, but my passion for patient care led me to pursue a Master of Science in Nursing, becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner. Committed to lifelong learning, I’ve continued expanding my expertise in functional medicine, completing advanced training in environmental health, immune function, gastrointestinal…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Proverbs 17:1 ESV Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+17%3A1&version=ESV] Modernity is prone to thinking in purely economic terms. We want top GDP, much money, high-up wealth, if you’ll pardon the grammar, and we have a deadly tendency to forget the costs. We want everybody…
Fat in the diet has gotten a bad reputation over the last 30-40 years as it has been linked to weight gain, high cholesterol, diabetes, you name it. The short truth is these diseases are a result of high inflammation in the body. Therefore, there is truth in that there is a correlation with these…