What Do Your Brain and Gut Talk about on a Date?

Functional MD’s tell some odd punch lines, like this one.  They talk about their bacterial neighbors of course.  Okay, not expecting any belly laughter on this one, but there is truth in this corny joke.  My staff at Sanctuary Functional Medicine are used to my bad jokes though. Researchers constantly find new interactions between our…

Gut Bacteria May Weaken Your Muscles

Functional MD’s find the strangest connections in the functioning of the human body.  Today’s odd connection links gut bacteria with sarcopenia and inflamaging.  Sarcopenia means that your muscles are shrinking.  Inflamaging refers to the increased inflammation which occurs in many of our patients as they reach their later years. Researchers have long wondered why human…

Mind Blowing Connections Between Autoimmune disease and Metabolic Disease

Have you ever run across an article that blows your mind by filling in connections that you were sure existed but could never put your finger on? This is one of those articles. Daily we at Sanctuary Functional see patients with autoimmune and metabolic diseases, either of which can lead to inflammation. From studying past…