Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. [Proverbs 20:4] Long term living is sadly lacking from our world. We think ‘long term’ means next year, the year after, maybe a decade; a few extend it out to a lifetime. But as a culture, with…
We are all given names at birth, and we spend our lives in society naming things, disitnguishing different people, principles, approaches, and practices. That process applies to medical fields. We separate pediatrics, the care of children, from other fields, like Internal Medicine (for adults) or Family Medicine (for everyone). We then go further into specialties…
With somewhere between 1 in 15 and 1 in 30 children now having an ADHD diagnosis, we would hope that better therapies would be available to prevent the disruption in achievement, well-being, and relationships. This review of the state of ADHD genetics answers some of those ‘Why?’ questions, the question which explain our current approach…
Proverbs 20:3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. [Proverbs 20:3] Have you ever been on Facebook? X? Any other social media site? YouTube comment sections? Then you know the desire to quarrel is strong in mankind, and you know, in all likelihood,…
(Some reminders are worth repeating so I am running this reminder about where mold hides in our lives.) Mold Detox Can Be Challenging Caring for patients with mold toxicity can be a challenging task, faced with not just body-problems but problems in their environments. In caring for their bodies and the symptoms they are experiencing,…
A preliminary vote just got cast in the debate between functional medicine’s dietary emphasis in treating IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) and conventional GI doctors who dismiss the diet’s role, and it was cast for functional medicine’s side. Further, for those who hate spinach, the good news just keeps getting better: the oxalates it contains may…
Proverbs 20:2 The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. [Proverbs 20:2] The rulers of men are of great power and thus, to those they rule, the source of great fear. Nobody likes it when the ire of a judge, a lord,…
None of us like pain or like getting a surgery, and we can all agree that we want as little pain as possible after any necessary surgery. This research suggests that getting our vitamin D levels checked and optimized before needing surgery, despite what a recent mainstream medical association said (see links at end). Optimizing…
In the old days, understanding toxicity meant studying a toxin’s effects on our metabolism, but today we know that the roughly 4,500 different types of bacteria in our GI tract also matter to the toxin’s effects. While many of the present world’s identified chemicals may not directly affect our metabolic processes, their effects on the…