Science is never settled, especially with COVID and the immune system. Stanford researchers uncovered some of the mechanisms by which mRNA vaccines contribute to myocarditis (heart inflammation). With social media chatter and news channel headlines highlighting how many young COVID vaccine recipients have fallen dead or suffer some heart injury, those with their eyes open…
In medicine, whether we’re researchers or clinicians, discoverers or the people applying discoveries, we all prefer clear mechanisms to mere correlations and connections, especially with novel issues like the COVID spike protein. As this article notes, mast cell activity (a part of the immune system) has been correlated with a wide variety of immune processes…
The lot puts an end to quarrels and decides between powerful contenders. [Proverbs 18:8] People are a study in contradiction. On the one hand, we tend to want control, to decide what happens to us and to everybody else. On the other hand, we hate responsibility, in our fallen state; we strongly dislike the realization that…
News headlines are intentionally designed to get attention, and the fact that the Centers for Disease Control just quietly, yet openly, acknowledged the existence of chronic Lyme and other chronic conditions should get your attention. My first reaction upon seeing the Facebook headline was to doubt the article’s truth- at least until I saw the…
The well-worn cliché that children are not little adults reminds us in medicine that we must think rather differently about our little patients. At the very least, this means adjusting the dosing of both medications and supplements to decrease the chance of overdosing. Besides this obvious difference, we must also consider different illnesses in some…
The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him. [Proverbs 18:17 ESV] Getting both sides of the story is an absolutely essential part of argument and judgement; it’s also something we are heavily inclined to not do. We get a first impression, and we stick with it, for…
See HERE for Part 1 Aloe vera is a blend of various chemicals derived from the plant and provides numerous benefits to the GI tract (Mills 2005), helping produce bowel regularity and deal with various inflammatory conditions (Brawn & Cohen 2015; ,Bone & Mills 2013). It is considered safe in pregnancy and breastfeeding. Adding aloe…
Given our drive to always improve, Sanctuary’s clinical team recently altered a key ingredient in our mold detox program by replacing one core binder product with Binder PlusTM from Nutramedix. Our patients deserve to know the reason for our change and so this article will review some ingredients in our prior binder and then explain why…
A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great. [Proverbs 18:16 ESV] One principle of reading Proverbs is recognizing that recognition is not endorsement. The way things are is often not the way they should be. Proverbs deals with reality; Proverbs teaches us to deal with reality. Reality includes, thanks…
Sometimes, revisiting important points from the past is needed as we can forget important lessons. This “Oldie but Goodie” is one of those good reminders. “Don’t Look for Superheroes to Save Your Health.” Let’s step back from individual therapies that a functional medicine provider might recommend for our patients and consider the bigger picture of…