Has your doctor advised you to watch your blood sugar levels or even told you that you have prediabetes? Many people think elevated blood glucose isn’t really a problem unless you have full blown diabetes, but blood sugar dysregulation can wreak havoc with many aspects of your health.

Have you ever experienced “butterflies” in your stomach before a big event or stressful situation? Do you get stomach issues when you’re stressed out? If so, these are examples of how your brain can affect your gut health. However, your gut can also affect your mental health.

Treating Lyme disease and other chronic infections can be a complicated process. Here are five of my favorite therapies to help treat Lyme, Lyme co-infections, long COVID, chronic EBV, etc.: 

The conventional treatment for headaches usually involves over the counter or prescription medications and avoiding triggers. These treatments can be effective, but are they actually addressing the root cause? What would a functional medicine approach to treating headaches look like? 

Many people have a goal to eat healthier, but what does a healthy meal actually look like? While dietary needs may differ from person to person, there are certain guidelines that make sense for most people when planning healthy meals.

If you’ve been diagnosed with a thyroid disorder or suspect that your health challenges could be related to a thyroid problem, you’re not alone. According to the American Thyroid Association, 12 percent of Americans will develop a thyroid condition during their lifetime.

When I was in my early 20s, I began experiencing chronic health issues including severe fatigue, mood swings, digestive problems, neurological symptoms, and heart palpitations. I went from doctor to doctor without getting any answers. Some of the doctors I saw tried to be helpful, but some told me my issues were “all in my head.” This frustrating experience continued for more than 5 years, when I was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease.  

When it comes to weight loss, conventional wisdom would tell you that it is a simple math problem: burn more calories than you take in, and you’ll lose weight. In actuality, weight loss is not this cut and dry.

In our previous two posts we discussed the condition of increased intestinal permeability, aka “leaky gut”. Today we will conclude this series by discussing what we can do to heal from increased intestinal permeability.

In our last post we described what increased intestinal permeability or “leaky gut” is and what conditions and symptoms it can lead to. Today we will discuss what factors can cause or contribute to this increased permeability in the gut lining. 

Perhaps you’ve been struggling with some frustrating health symptoms that just don’t seem to be improving. Could a condition called increased intestinal permeability aka “leaky gut” be to blame for your symptoms? 

Functional medicine is becoming more and more popular, but what does the term “functional medicine” actually mean?