Figuring out Food Sensitivities and Intolerances
The topic of food sensitivities and intolerances has gained a lot of attention in the past few years. And rightfully so. Adverse food reactions can be big triggers and/or mediators in chronic disease. Finding and removing food sensitivities was a HUGE part of my...
How to Overcome Chronic Pain and Understanding the Causes, Mediators & Lifestyle Choices that Trigger It
How to Overcome Chronic Pain and Understanding the Causes, Mediators & Lifestyle Choices that Trigger It Listen to the full podcast on Youtube, Spotify, & Apple Podcasts. The causes and mediators of chronic pain are almost always lifestyle-related. Yet,...
Why Your Functional Medicine Journey Should Begin with Gut Health and How to Get Started
On Your Mark, Get Set, Gut Health! If you’re here you’ve probably heard that “gut health” is important for your overall health and that it may be the reason you or a loved one is struggling with chronic symptoms. Let’s unpack what that means from a Functional Medicine...
Chronic Fatigue: You’re Not Crazy but the Conventional Treatments Being Offered Are
Chronic Fatigue You’re Not Crazy but the Conventional Treatments Being Offered Are Do you feel like you’re always exhausted? No matter what you try, do you often end up crashing for hours, even days, with absolutely nothing left in the tank? Does it get so bad that...
Mellow Yellow Breakfast Salad
Mellow Yellow Breakfast Salad This salad is da BOMB. And yes, you CAN eat salads for breakfast! I encourage you to do so. The combination of probiotics, prebiotics and antioxidants in this recipe make it an excellent choice for gut health and an immune boost. Benefits...
Seasonal Allergies: Root Causes + Recommendations
The first step in addressing seasonal allergies is asking “why is the immune system compromised?” There can be various causes for a suboptimal immune system, and the reasons can vary from person to person. Ultimately, the goal is to identify and address the triggers...
Flu Season is Coming, Fight it with Functional Medicine
It may be common for some to get the flu, but it’s not normal. Avoid the flu by getting serious about the ROOT CAUSE of the flu (and other viral infections): a weak and/or dysfunctional immune system. Our bodies are designed to be resilient in the face of...
ADD and ADHD: Alternatives to Medication
ADD and ADHD: Alternatives to Medication The diagnoses of ADD and ADHD have skyrocketed over the past forty years. The good news is these conditions are simply a conglomeration of symptoms (aggressiveness, inattentiveness, meltdowns, lack of concentration, etc.) that...
Improving Gut Health in Kids
To improve children’s immunity, improve their gut health I regularly get questions from parents about how they can improve the gut health of their kids. This is an important question because gut health is very closely tied to immune health. If a child is...
The Hashimoto’s Plan
The Hashimoto’s Plan Watch Amy’s Full Video Here: Hashimotos: How Lifestyle and Environmental Exposures Contribute to the Cause, Progression and Mediation of Symptoms Once you understand the causes and triggers for your Hashimoto’s, the obvious next...
Learn The Ugly Underbelly of Food Labeling
Fun fact. Did you know that some farmers used to add arsenic to chicken feed to destroy their chicken’s thyroids, making them gain weight? The practice is not as common as it once was, but farmers are paid so little for their product that they sometimes cheat just to...
US Healthcare is Sick
I find it strange that doctors are not included in the discussions about healthcare policy, or at least not in the numbers that are needed to make real beneficial changes. Probably because the changes would benefit the patient and not the insurance and pharmaceutical...
The Metabolic Hurdles to Weight Loss: A Functional Medicine Perspective
Remove the Metabolic Hurdles If weight loss was a track event, it would be the hurdles. You line up at the weight loss starting line. Pow! The gun fires and you start down the track towards the finish line. You clear the first couple of hurdles, but then you trip on...