There is one thing about health I know to be true for everyone. Your health today did not happen overnight. Everyone’s health is a sum total of their life factors that cumulatively worked together in synergistic and antagonistic relationships to bring you where you are today…(Read More)
Have you ever considered your relationships when thinking about how to improve your health? When I first started studying Nutrition and Functional Medicine, I approached the whole subject of health and illness in SUCH a left brained way! I wanted all the hard science and biochemistry and none of the fuzzy emotional, spiritual or ‘hippy…(Read More)
If you have Coeliac Disease, there will probably come a time when you will accidentally be exposed to gluten. Here’s what you should do if that happens…(Read More)
Making bone broth is not difficult and is an extremely healing and nutrient-dense food. Having the right tools will de-stress and simplify the process…(Read More)
Aiming to do your best in any given situation is healthy. Striving for perfection might actually make you sicker. It’s all about balance…(Read More)
In order to have healthy gut flora, and therefore a healthy immune system, your micro biome must be both diverse and abundant. Here’s how to achieve that…(Read More)
I want to spend some time discussing an environmental trigger – an infectious agent, called Epstein Barr Virus (EBV). What is it? Read on to find out…(Read More)
There is no reason that travel needs to mean compromising on your health. I am going to share with you to make travel successful for me…(Read More)
The road to health, especially if you have been sick for a long time or have a complex case, is never a straight line…(Read More)
I started studying with the Institute for Functional Medicine in 2011. The first module I did was Hormones and I was totally blown away by the calibre of the information and the way all the dots were being connected to find and address the underlying cause of the presenting problems. I was also absolutely thrilled…(Read More)
Let’s talk about what it means to be diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in our current system…(Read More)
Kitchen Equipment What equipment would you expect to find in a Healthy Kitchen? I had to teach myself how to cook several times. First was when I moved out of home at 17. I ate a surprising amount of veggies for someone young in hindsight, but I also thought cooking from a packet was normal…(Read More)
How many people in the general population do you think have eaten goji berries? Or had an Acai Bowl? How many little kids do you know that know what Maca is? Or Propolis? The term ‘Superfood’ generally conjures up some rare and unusual fruit, seed or extract, found in a far and foreign land that…(Read More)
This is the fourth article in a series. Here are part 1, part 2 and part 3. After diagnosis and starting the gluten free diet, did you develop symptoms that you’ve never had before? Or did you go on to get another diagnosis such as endometriosis or arthritis? Well, you’re certainly not alone…(Read More)
This is the third article in a series. Click here to read Part One, and here to read Part Two. Coeliac disease and your brain. Did you know that the brain and nervous system is significantly affected by gluten and CD? This follows on from the points I make in Part Two of this series…(Read More)
This is the second article in a series. Click here to read part One. A common issue that I have come across in people with coeliac disease, after diagnosis, is that they can have symptoms that persist even after the gluten free diet is in place. Some people actually go on to develop new symptoms…(Read More)
What does it mean to have Coeliac Disease? Part 1. When I was diagnosed in 2004, I was told that my villi were completely flat, that I would need a follow-up endoscopy to make sure they were healing appropriately and that I had to follow a strict gluten-free diet for the rest of…(Read More)
There is an ancient Chinese proverb that goes something like this: The wise physician prevents disease, the mediocre physician treats impending disease, and the inferior physician treats disease. By those standards, I and my medical colleagues across America are mediocre to inferior. One hundred years ago, Thomas Edison, one of America’s most prolific inventors…(Read More)
Perhaps no disease is more overlooked in the healthcare system, than Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks and damages the thyroid gland. Like other autoimmune diseases, Hashimoto’s occurs when the body is attempting to defend itself against something possibly dangerous, such as an infectious agent like bacteria or…(Read More)
One of the central values of Functional Medicine, and of particular importance to me, is the importance of what we call the ‘therapeutic partnership’. This refers to the bond formed between the patient and the clinician, that allows the patient to feel empowered in both the decision making process and of taking charge of their…(Read More)