Did you know that there’s a difference between food allergies, food sensitivities and food intolerances? Food allergies, the reactions tend to happen pretty immediately and then food sensitivities, the reactions can happen as much as three to four days later after being exposed to the food. And food intolerances have nothing to do with the…
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Eating a wide variety of whole foods is a key way to ensure a nutrient-rich diet full of vitamins and minerals. But what happens when you eat something your body doesn’t agree with? For example, you might eat a food item and suddenly experience digestive symptoms like diarrhea, cramping, and bloating—or these symptoms might not…
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What about adding testosterone replacement for women on hormone replacement therapy? Well, it can be really, really helpful for energy, libido, body composition changes. When we go through menopause we lose about half of our own body’s ability to make testosterone, and so it can be a really helpful part of hormone replacement therapy. Now,…
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What about progesterone therapy in menopause? So if you are on hormone replacement therapy with estrogen and you have a uterus, meaning you have not had a hysterectomy, then you should be on some form of progesterone. The preferred method for progesterone is oral micronized progesterone. And we do like oral progesterone because we do…
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When doing hormone replacement therapy for women, there are about four different ways we can get hormones into the body, especially estrogen. So our estrogens drop, and that’s what gives us the main symptoms of menopause, like hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, mood changes and so on. Vaginal dryness, all those things. So getting estrogen…
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In this session, we’ll dive into the fundamentals of the Paleo diet and lifestyle—what it is, why it works, and how it can help you feel your best. We will kick things off by introducing the core principles of Paleo eating and sharing why I personally love using it as a tool to identify food…
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There are a slew of different thyroid medication out there. Today, I want to review some of the most common ones I use in my practice.
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Let's talk about the ABCD of gut symptoms and what could be contributing to each of these specific symptoms.
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Are you having gut symptoms? Let's talk about what are the most common gut symptoms, and what are the root causes of most gut symptoms.
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Today I would like to go over what the gut microbiome is, what role it plays in our health, and how we can help support our gut microbiome.
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