Let’s look at seven blood markers of inflammation and then consider some valuable intestinal markers of inflammation that you can have tested by your doctor...

Acute inflammation is the pathway to healing. However, chronic inflammation is the basis for the development of every major chronic illness. There are inflammatory foods and inflammatory lifestyle habits that play a huge role in chronic disease...

I previously wrote about ways to prevent high blood pressure. Now let’s consider treatment using herbal and nutrient supplements to lower blood pressure. Before you start taking prescription medicine for high blood pressure...

Cannabis in the form of CBD (cannabinoid) for pain control has been established as a safe and effective way to manage ongoing moderate to severe pain...

As a follow up from my previous article on this topic, I now want to share with you a functional medicine approach to treating Hashimoto’s thyroiditis...

Hashimoto’s autoimmune thyroiditis is a very common condition of low thyroid hormone function. Treatment by a mainstream physician will be very different than by a functional (integrative) medicine physician...

I previously wrote about the healing effect of water fasting for improvement with diabetes, blood pressure, mood disorders, and more. Let’s visit the details of how to do a water fast safely and effectively...

When medications aren’t working I often turn to the powerful healing effect of water fasting. This simple treatment method has now been reported to be effective for diabetics...

If you were among those prescribed a statin prescription by your doctor, you may not have been given safer effective alternatives to help prevent cardiovascular disease. Let me share those with you here...

In 2012-2013 there were 221 million statin drug prescriptions[1] written in the U.S., at a cost of $16.9 Billion. If you were among those given a statin prescription, I’ll bet you weren’t told what they can do to harm you...