For our patients and friends who are using the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. The SCD, is the best diet tool I have found for helping heal some serious metabolic problems. People both in our practice and elsewhere have reported that the SCD has helped with: Digestive and intestinal problems including: Celiac disease Colitis Crohns Irritable bowel [...]
It looks like the whole country is going to be dealing with this new swine flu outbreak. So far there have been no cases reported in Iowa but it's likely this will change in the next few weeks. While there's no need to panic, this may be worse than anything we've dealt with for a [...]
As you may know, I'm a big supporter of minimalist or "barefoot" shoes that let our feet work the way they were designed to. This also lets the rest of the body align correctly and improves the mechanical and neurological experience of walking, leading to better overall health. I wrote a series of short articles [...]
At the recent ICAK-USA (International College of Applied Kinesiology USA chapter) there were many cool new aproaches to improving our health. One of the most interesting presentations was on telomere research. Telomeres are the ends of our chromosomes, a little of which are lost every time a cell divides. When the telomeres got too short, [...]
I posted this on my office Facebook page but thought it was important enough to post here too. Did you know that taking proton pump inhibitors (PPI) like nexium, prilosec and aciphex commonly prescribed for heartburn, acid reflux and ulcers have a very dark side? They work by interfering with your normal stomach secretions of hydrochloric [...]
I recently had a patient come in expressing concern about folate, a B vitamin and colorectal cancer. A relative had told her that recent research had suggested the connection. She was concerned because she was taking a nutritional supplement I had recommended, 5-MTHF which is what your body converts folate or folic acid into before [...]
A study published in the most recent Journal of The American Medical Association (JAMA) documented another area where antibiotics can do more harm than good. "Researchers at Washington University's med school worked with a bunch of primary care doctors around St. Louis to test whether an antibiotic was any better than a placebo for the [...]
Now that the holidays are over, a lot of people are thinking about losing some weight for the New Year. The time for new years "resolutions" may be a bit past which means now is the time to get serious about changes you want to make! I've been thinking about this topic for awhile now. [...]
Some of our patients have expressed concern regarding a recent study that makes a (fairly weak) association between post-menopausal women who take multivitamins and increased death rate. The short article below from Thorne Research addresses several flaws in the study and talks about why we should be careful about drawing conclusions from this study. Some [...]
In my last post I talked about the need to gradually build up the strength in our feet and ankles if we want to switch to minimalist or "barefoot" styles of footwear. Highly supportive shoes and orthodics (arch/foot supports) deprive our foot and ankle muscles of exercise and cause them to atrophy if worn too [...]
