The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly. [Proverbs 18:23] Above all else, men desire to be rulers of themselves. This statement holds for the righteous and the wicked- except that these two understand rulership in very different ways. The righteous man would rule himself in stewardship, honoring and following God with all at…
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. [Proverbs 18:22] The two great passions of mankind are marriage and death. In ‘marriage’ is gathered not merely itself but family, sex, and all relationship with our fellow man, all authority and cooperation, the smallest thing which society is…
God created an immune defense which, compared to how often we face microbial threats, only occasionally needs backup. Despite practically non-stop assault, our immune system handles most issues without needing anything more than the basic supplies we have discussed in past articles. However, threats to our immune defenses intermittently arise which require some extra assistance,…
Everyone wants big news from Autism research, but this was not the biggest news of the year that we might hope for. In fact, for those of us in functional and natural medicine, it was quite disappointing that some natural therapies got a negative report. So how do I, functional medicine doctor who has seen…
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. [Proverbs 18:21] James 2 is the standard passage for pressing home the power and danger of the tongue, but God didn’t wait till the New Testament’s latter half to give us that knowledge. In the Garden,…
The wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time has bad results- including bad mouth bacteria moving into your gut, triggering brain inflammation that looks like Parkinson’s disease. In assessing gut brain interactions, we must remember two things. First, our guts start at the mouth. Second, different sections of the gut should have…
Biohacking may not help those with complex chronic illness. Like many other areas of life, Medicine is divided into camps or approaches with different names and different camps work better for different issues. That makes some sense for why you should see a GI for gut problems versus a neurologist for brain issues, but it…
From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips. [Proverbs 18:20] Modernity is the domain of the expert. In the eyes of many, white lab coats ought to rule the world, deciding policy in government and running the church and regulating precisely how…
We are learning more and more about the connection between our gut microbiome and our health, and so this study about the intake of emulsifiers by mouse moms and its influence on their baby mice’s future health should be no surprise. These additives to processed foods are seemingly everywhere. They can be found in baked…
For many years now, both medical professionals and parents of children diagnosed with ADHD have assumed that the primary mechanism of action for most ADHD medications are its effects in the brain areas responsible for attention. Now a study suggests that the medications work in other parts of the brain, those involved with reward and…