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Can Blood Tests Detect Food Sensitivity?

The use of IgG “food sensitivity” testing is widespread within functional and integrative medicine. Numerous companies currently sell consumer based tests as part of a multi-million dollar industry with lucrative financial incentives and many practitioners use these tests as the ...

How Healing Your Gut Can Help Treat Autoimmune Disease

Chances are good that you have heard about the importance of gut health and nearly every disease state including autoimmune disease. Chances are also good that you have been overwhelmed by information as to what “healing the gut” even means ...

Mold and Mycotoxin Illness: Should I Be Concerned?

Given all of the information circulating now about the potential challenges with mold and mycotoxins, I felt it was critically important to provide you with an accessible summary seeking to answer these key questions. What exactly is mold? and mycotoxins? ...

A Discussion on Race, Genetics, and Genetic Expression

Over the last several weeks I have pondered greatly the best way to articulate thoughts and ideas I have had on race authentically and through the lens of a medical provider who is still in the work of educating and ...

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health in Autoimmune Disease

Key Points & Suggestions for Metabolic and Cardiovascular Health Obesity can both put a person at greater risk for developing an autoimmune disease and worsen the course of an autoimmune disease once developed. Treatments should be utilized to support individuals ...

COVID-19 Testing

Now weeks into a national lockdown, we have all likely seen reports regarding the challenges in obtaining and performing testing for patients with a suspected COVID-19 infection. Given the inadequate number of testing kits that were available as the number ...

COVID-19 and Autoimmune Disease

At this point you have likely read numerous reports about the COVID-19 Coronavirus and hopefully have started implementing changes to minimize your risk of exposure or transmission of this new strain of virus. I will start off by saying I ...

Understanding Blood Chemistry: Getting the Most Out of Your Lab Work

Have you ever left your doctor’s office looking at your most recent lab work like its written in a foreign language? Have you wondered what your lab tests are really saying about the functioning of your body? Have you been ...

Medicinal Cannabis: What is the Evidence for Autoimmune Disease?

Introduction Over the last several years, our society has seen a relative explosion of interest and use of both recreational and medicinal cannabis and its associated cannabinoids. Many states have recently passed laws allowing the medicinal use of cannabis in ...