I know that many of you feel bombarded with the insanity of our healthcare system. Much of my time is spent caring for those who have not found health in the broken system; or sharing what I learn about functional medicine so that it may help others. Now, I ask something in return for Sanctuary…
We all know picky eaters in our families or friends. They push the broccoli away or focus their attention on gets in foods. Of course functional medicine tells us that gut bacteria and yeast influence such preferences, but this research pulls interesting connections out of genome studies. Researchers compared food preferences and dietary patterns to…
As a functional MD, I keep my eyes out for articles which can benefit my patients. Yes, I have a bias going into reading for articles. Normally I’m not in the favor of benefiting rats, as I really don’t like them that much. In this case feeding blueberries to a bunch of lab rats, provided…
Do you remember reading stories when you were a young child? Better yet, do you remember being read to as a young child and being enthralled in a story that was exciting and had a great ending? Our lives tell so many stories; some good and some not so good. My oh my, how we all need a…
We must start with understanding the concept of a worldview. Put simply, a worldview is one’s way of looking at reality. It is how a person understands and what he or she believes about the basics of what is real. We can choose to view reality from either a Biblical worldview or from a secular…
While I have some disagreements with this site at times, I must applied their post on productivity in medicine. The point they are conveying concerns one of the reasons why I left conventional medicine and left the broken Healthcare System behind. Daily I was measured by something called a RVU or relative value unit. Someone…
Or Food Epistemology Once upon a time, three pigs grew tired of their reputation for being snouts that would eat anything. The first little pig read a book about organic food and determined that would be the road to good health. The second little pig read a book about juicing and started juicing everything in…
If you don’t know what a polyphenol is, but are afraid to ask….basically a natural chemical class in many herbs, veggies, and fruits that posses numerous antioxidant properties. So what? In this case, they may be protecting your liver or even helping it to heal. The article lists many sources, but a short list includes…
Numerous supplements are proving to benefit diabetics and pre-diabetics in controlling their glucose control, however a list of supplements which might worsen glucose control garners little press. Maybe the good guys need to step back for a moment and allow the guilty parties to stand alone in the spotlight. Let’s take a moment to examine…
Functional medicine should have seen this one coming. Researchers sat around thinking about how to get the anti-cancer spice, curcumin, into cancer cells to do their work. Why not attach doxorubicin to curcumin and see if they would attack cancer cells? In this article researchers reported finding the administration of this new combination chemical would…