The Journey Begins
What started as my first blog post (this one) has become a treatise on Autoimmune Disease and also chronic disease prevention and reversal in general. This framework needed to be set down before we move forward. So here we are. July 2018. One of my favorite...
The Most Dangerous Disease. Estrogen Dominance
Do you remember that tricky, make you think, parlor question? “What is the most dangerous creature in the world?” Or, “What creature kills more humans every year than any other?” Of course, the first creatures to jump to mind are the big, obvious, and inherently scary...
Nurse Practitioners – You Can Become the Functional Medicine Expert on Autoimmunity for Your Patients
Functional medicine, as defined by the Institute for Functional Medicine “Determines how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual.” It is a scientifically based biological approach to uncovering the root...
Metabolic Syndrome: Treating, Reversing, and Preventing Without Causing Birth Defects. Wow, What a Concept
Metabolic Syndrome: Can you treat, reverse and prevent it without causing birth defects? Wow, What a Concept. I know you must have seen the Annals of Internal Medicine 5/2022 article “Preconception Antidiabetic Drugs in Men and Birth Defects in Offspring: A Nationwide...
Fasting and Elimination Diets to Help with Rheumatoid Arthritis
This blog on rheumatoid arthritis is #8 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Question # 8 A 35-year-old woman with new-onset rheumatoid arthritis...
Autoimmune Nutrition: Top 7 Nutrition Protocols to Consider to Help Calm Autoimmunity
Can your nutrition actually influence autoimmune disease? The short answer is, absolutely! This is exciting because nutrition can be such a valuable tool to have in your arsenal when tackling your autoimmune condition (and really any other chronic health condition,...
Components of a healthy antiinflammatory diet include:
This blog is #21 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Components of a healthy anti-inflammatory diet include: Glycemic load Low Tumeric (curcumin)...
Which of the following classes of drugs inhibits enzymes (DDAH, ADMA) needed to convert nitrites to nitric oxide, which may inhibit their vasodilating effects?
This blog is #20 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Which of the following classes of drugs inhibits enzymes (DDAH, ADMA) needed to convert...
Guided imagery may be best described as:
This blog is #19 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Guided imagery may be best described as: A mind-body modality that can clarify the relationship...
True or false: It is important for someone to read a person’s journaling to give feedback and help process the information?
This blog is #18 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Question #18 True or false: It is important for someone to read a person’s journaling to give...
Which of the following has the least evidence for the therapeutic effects of journaling?
This blog is #17 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Question #17 Which of the following has the least evidence for the therapeutic effects of...
Saline nasal irrigation is thought to originate in which of the following medical cultures?
This blog is #16 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Question #16 Saline nasal irrigation is thought to originate in which of the following medical...
The Cochrane Collaboration has reported that saline nasal irrigation is an effective adjunctive therapy for which of the following?
This blog is #15 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Question #15 The Cochrane Collaboration has reported that saline nasal irrigation is an...
How Probiotics Help the Body and Brain
Probiotics: How they help the body and the brain, why some of us need them more than others, why it’s good to alternate, two of my favorites, and why I don’t recommend refrigerated probiotics. Pro means good, biotics means bugs, so it's good bugs that are the...
Which of the following categories contributes the largest part to health care’s carbon emissions or carbon footprint?
This blog is #14 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Question #14 Which of the following categories contributes the largest part to health care’s...
Reducing the use of pharmaceuticals (prescription medications) in health care would lead to all of the following except:
This blog is #13 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Question #13 Reducing the use of pharmaceuticals (prescription medications) in health care...
We Can Save 50% of Dying Covid19 Vented Patients
I believe we can stop half the people from dying on ventilators! I want to tell you how we could save half the people from dying who are on the ventilators from the SARS COVID-19 now or all the people who are going to end up on ventilators from this SARS,...
Indirect health effects of climate change include all of the following except:
This blog is #12 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. QUESTION #12 Indirect health effects of climate change include all of the following except:...
Which is not associated with estrogen dominance?
This blog is #11 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Question #11 Which is not associated with estrogen dominance, a driver of uterine fibroid...
Acupuncture for hot flashes
This blog is #9 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Question #9 Acupuncture for hot flashes: ...
Which supplements have NOT been found to be beneficial for easing menstrual pain?
This blog is #10 in a series of blogs in the form of questions or statements about a health issue and answers. These are in the typical format used when doctors take tests. Question #10 Which of the following supplements has NOT been found to be beneficial for easing...
