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Sanctuary Functional Medicine
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Category Archives: Gastrointestinal Health

Are you constipated?

Functional Medicine, Gastrointestinal HealthBy Eric PotterJune 18, 2019Leave a comment

Everyone knows if they are backed up in the colon, right? Leave it to the British to confuse the matter! Actually, in this case, they are trying to clear the waters of diagnosis by evaluating what the public considers as constipation. This study’s lead author, Dr. Eirini Dimidi, Research Associate of Kings College of London,…

Diabetes Begins with Bacteria

Functional Medicine, Gastrointestinal HealthBy Eric PotterNovember 19, 2018Leave a comment

Those outside of functional medicine may ridicule the notion that our gut play such a central role in our health (and so did I at one time), but recent research makes that more and more difficult to ignore.  Researchers in a Swedish university looked closely at the gut bacteria of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes…

Mast Cells’ Versality Vital For Ketogenesis

Functional Medicine, Gastrointestinal Health, Mold and BiotoxinsBy Eric PotterOctober 22, 20183 Comments

I often feel like a street preacher, proclaiming time and time again the interconnectedness of our body systems.  At other times, I feel a little crazy, talking to myself about the very same things.  Here, both déjà vu’s come to the fore as I did not see this one coming but “feel” like I should…

Viral Contributions to IBS

Functional Medicine, Gastrointestinal HealthBy Eric PotterOctober 11, 2018Leave a comment

Epidemiological studies either peer back into time looking for patterns or arrange monitoring of future variables looking for the same patterns.  Data is analyzed and … sometimes nothing.  When a pattern does arise out of the fog, they then have to go searching for biological links.  Patterns may only indicate correlation but not causation, meaning…

Leaky Gut: Why We Use IgG Food Sensitivity Testing Part 2

Functional Medicine, Gastrointestinal HealthBy Eric PotterSeptember 12, 2018Leave a comment

In searching for answers, others choose blood tests that guide the selection of foods to eliminate.  We use a panel that includes both IgG and IgE antibodies.  Normally, IgG deals with body invaders like viruses and bacteria.  On the other hand, IgE interacts with allergens and parasites in our immune defense system.  For some, the…

Leaky Gut: Why We Use IgG Food Sensitivity Testing Part 1

Functional Medicine, Gastrointestinal HealthBy Eric PotterSeptember 11, 2018Leave a comment

We have grown accustomed to debating conventional medicine over a variety of topics, but this one is even debated within the functional medicine world.  So many patients want to know if a food is causing their symptoms.  They ask, “How do I know which food it is?”  Conventional medicine either doubts the possibility or refers…

Simple Arsenic is Simply Harmful to Gut Cells

Functional Medicine, Gastrointestinal HealthBy Eric PotterJune 21, 2018Leave a comment

As a Functional MD, I spend a lot of time addressing toxicity.  While conventional medicine wants to deny that we live in a toxic soup of our own concoction, functional MD’s recognize what study after study reveals.  Not only do one-time high doses of toxins cause issues, but low-level chronic exposures also create bodily harm.…

What do your baby’s poop and their brain talk about?

Functional Medicine, Gastrointestinal Health, Neurological HealthBy Eric PotterMay 1, 2018Leave a comment

Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall of some conversation, listening in?  Well, researchers are trying to do just that as your sweet little baby’s poop sends messages to his or her developing brain. Research methods over recent decades have allowed scientists to “see” so many more bacteria in our guts…

How do functional MD’s study autism?

Autism and ADHD, Functional Medicine, Gastrointestinal HealthBy Eric PotterApril 10, 2018Leave a comment

Autism – its one of the day’s great debates. Many spend their time arguing about whether vaccines or some toxin has created the epidemic. Others search for the magic gene convinced that genetics or epigenetics can explain it all. None of these avenues are wrong or fruitless as understanding origins may lead to therapies. Yet,…

Polyphenols..Why Veggies are good for your liver…

Functional Medicine, Gastrointestinal Health, NutritionBy Eric PotterMarch 27, 2018Leave a comment

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…

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