Mold toxins, in all their varieties, damage cells and cell structures through a number of mechanisms including speeding up cellular aging. Like tires, the cells of our bodies or the bodies of any animal for that matter, can wear out sooner due to ongoing damage. Our cells sustain different types of damage, but oxidative stress…
May we exemplify wisdom and understanding to the world As Christians walking in a fallen world, may we be known for wisdom and understanding. May it truly rest upon our lips and be shared frequently and freely with others. Strive after understanding so that we can enrich others with wisdom. Yet, even wisdom must be…
The world receives a daily serving of medical education as it waits expectantly for a silver bullet therapy against COVID. As the public watches the unfolding of the COVID 19 pandemic, each morning comes with an eagerness for reports that might tell us of a wonder drug against this invisible foe. One area which receives…
Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness. Eric PotterDr. Eric Potter graduated from Vanderbilt…
The Love Hate Relationship Two different emotions lead to two very different outcomes. Hatred beyond a static existence, taking on a life of its own, self-replicating. Hatred begins as felt strife against another and bears more strife. Hatred stirs and stirs, creating more strife that it feeds off of. In contrast, love denies strife the…
COVID-19 opened a whole new world of research including great effort into understanding why men fared worse than women with regard to disease severity. While women generally suffer from more autoimmune conditions, with this SARS CoV2 virus, men got the short straw. When this correlation for men continued to pop up from epidemiological studies, the…
Four diseases, common in America, could explain 2 out of every 3 hospitalizations for COVID. Imagine if we could have lowered those diseases. Many hospitalizations and many lives could have been saved. Obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart failure rose to the top of a computer model which took epidemiologic data and COVID mortality data to…
So many ways to stumble The little boy of yesterday knows that a wink can stir up consequences, but this wink hints at more than an elementary school crush. This wink disrupts justice and makes a deal against truth in the halls of justice. It makes a deal with deceit. Again, the fool who babbles…
Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness. Eric PotterDr. Eric Potter graduated from Vanderbilt…
Cancer stands out as such a nasty enemy, but a natural substance in green tea appears to strengthen our internal cancer prevention system. While cancer rates continue to rise, efforts to both treat and to prevent have increased including looking to natural compounds. Building on prior awareness of the critical role of a protein called…