Integrative management of obesity
Photo Cred: Freepik By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP Obesity has many consequences and can be overwhelming for practitioners to treat. There is no one root cause to target, an...
Read MoreIntegrative strategies for supporting increasing prevalence of early autoimmunity
Photo Cred: Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexels By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP I would gauge that at least 60 percent of patients who come into my office are at the end of their...
Read MoreTaoist tenets applied to modern health promotion
Photo Cred: Eternal Happiness/Pexels By Bill Reddy, LAc, DiplAc The foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can be traced to Taoist philosophy. Taoism, also known as Daoism, can be considered...
Read MoreNavigating polypharmacy and addressing debilitating symptoms in multiple sclerosis patients
Photo Cred: Alex Green/Pexels By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP I see a lot of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in my clinic, all with different health histories, different overriding symptoms...
Read MoreLingering pathogen syndrome in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Photo Cred: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM In my practice. I’ve had patients come to me with ongoing symptoms from an illness they experienced years prior. In Traditional...
Read MoreHarnessing metabolic flexibility for optimal health
Photo Cred: Timolina/Freepik By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP Flexibility comes in many forms. Whereas psychological flexibility refers to the capacity to direct mental energy to allow for increased resilience...
Read MoreApproaching SIBO treatment with naturopathic medicine
Photo Cred: Mikhail Nilov/Pexels By Kim Furtado, ND When I began my practice twenty years ago, small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) was not commonly tested for or diagnosed. Over time,...
Read MoreLifestyle strategies for prediabetes reversal
Photo Cred: Bonnie Kittle/Unsplash By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP Prediabetes is reversible most of the time, so I’m always surprised when a patient has been told their blood sugar...
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