How to Improve Detoxification

The word “toxins” gets thrown around a lot and is sort of this vague idea. I used to cringe when I heard someone say, ‘drink lots of water to get rid of the toxins’. ...

Your stomach is like an acid factory. The strong acid inside helps break down food and also kills off harmful germs before they can cause trouble. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacteria that...

The “wear and tear” model of arthritis never really sat well with me. It just doesn’t make much sense if you understand physiology. It’s common for healthcare professionals to make analogies of the bo...

Autoimmune diseases are on the rise and comprise most of the chronic disease that we face. Lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, sjogren’s, celiac, type 1 diabetes, and vitili...

I’ve had intermittent bouts of asthma throughout my life and it is usually triggered by allergies. I was recently in Brazil for 3 weeks, and my asthma worsened. I’m not sure what triggered it, but I h...

Getting quality sleep is paramount to health, and so many of my patients struggle with this. Stress, screens (which disrupt circadian rhythm), and irregular schedules can wreak havoc on our ability to...

When most people think about carbon dioxide, they associate it with pollution, breathlessness, or the waste product we exhale. But there's much more to CO₂ than meets the eye. In fact, this often m...

 Recovery is a key component to getting better at whatever it is your training for, and often neglected. The way I’ve come to think of it, is you exercise to enable recovery. The recovery is where the...

Digestive health issues like bloating, constipation, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can disrupt daily life and leave many searching for gentle, effective solutions. Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD)...

How Poor Sleep Can Raise Your Blood Sugar

We all know how it feels after a bad night’s sleep. You wake up groggy, and maybe a little more irritable than usual. What you might not realize is that poor...

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy has emerged as a promising treatment in regenerative medicine, leveraging the body's own healing mechanisms to address various musculoskeletal and dermatological ...

When I was in grad school, I had to sit in front of my laptop for hours on end. Eventually, I developed a nagging pain between the shoulder blades. I tried stretching it, rolling on a ball, worked ...