Modern medicine signs its name with “allopathy” when pressed for its roots. Allopathy basically means that we come against disease (pathos). If bacteria invade our body’s sanctuary, we respond with anti-bacterials. If cancer arises, we respond with anti-cancer agents called chemotherapy. This paradigm has served us well for decades in the acute war against disease.…
Our brain has been a mystery for millennia as philosophers and researchers attempted to understand how we remember. We now understand that memory occurs in the brain with changes in the electrical properties of nerve cells and changes in the network interactions of those nerves located in various brain regions. Different areas of the brain…
We may think of the rogue scientist who plots to control the world in the latest science fiction thriller, but our immune system also operates with rogue agents. For scientists studying autoimmunity, the search for potential rogue cells which triggered the disease process hit paydirt recently. Knowing that the majority of autoimmune patients’ immune cells…
Most know that the immune system serves our body as a defense system with alarms that warn of incoming danger. Did you know that our daily ritual of meals influences those alarm bells? As a functional MD always on the lookout for simple ways to help my patients live a healthier more abundant life, the…
In a fast paced world where novelty drives our appetites, the typical American spends a lot of time and money eating out. Staying home for a home cooked meal takes time and can seem mundane. Going out for the latest new dish from restaurants offering endless variety draws us as does the need to get…
Proverbs 3:19-20 Science requires order. Without assuming order’s preeminence in the universe, the scientist may not assume his experiment stands true tomorrow to today’s results. He may not assume his discovered law of nature stands true next door or across the sea. Yet, assuming the universe functions according to an order permits one to hope in consistency…
Series on COVID – Spiritual Truths As a break from my series on Proverbs, we take time to remind ourselves of who is in control of COVID. Some believe the elite globalists control this pandemic. Some believe that the media control the narrative. Some believe that it is completely out of control. Regardless of where…
The battle against Chronic Inflammatory response Syndrome induced by mold toxins longs for a silver bullet. Both functional MD’s like myself and their mold toxic patients long for an easier and quicker path to recovery for those who have suffered for years. We are waiting for research to uncover a means of either removing mold…
Series on COVID Therapy Studies – Elderberry Normally, the natural therapy world works together in promoting most therapies. There are exceptions when arguments arise, but most agree on the big issues. The social media and internet world currently reverberate with one of those exceptions, elderberry in the treatment of COVID. Let’s examine the evidence further below. With the…
In caring for those oppressed by mycotoxins, a functional MD like myself cannot ignore any body system. By definition, Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome presents as a multi-symptom, multi-system disease. Mycotoxins enter our patients’ lives in multiple ways, through air, skin, and food. To enter their lives and restore their health, we are constantly trying to…