ENDOTOXINS & EXOTOXINS 101 “Organs on autopilot”
As a practitioner or Functional Medicine, it’s no surprise that a big piece of the work I do in helping people feel well again is restoring ‘function’ throughout the body. [...]
THYROID FUNCTION 101 “Revving up the body’s metabolic throttle…”
In this weeks article, I wanted to cover a topic that I’m confronted with most days in Functional Medicine practice, involving the little butterfly-shaped gland that resides at the base [...]
THE INTESTINAL TRACT & GI MUCOSA THROUGH THE LENS OF A 21st CENTURY FM PRACTITIONER “From mouth to anus, and every other stop in-between”
In-between consulting, coaching & educating people from all over the world; i endeavour to regularly block out time in my diary to write & share some of my own original [...]
CANDIDA SURVIVAL STRATEGIES 101 “What the pH-uck!”
Functional Medicine is an evidence-based approach in achieving wellness by restoring function of various body-systems using natural interventions. When it comes to the conditions inside our body, they must be [...]
BILE 101 “The alkaline elixir”
So, i’ve already written at length about the function of the body’s main super-hero organ of detoxification; the liver, and it’s trusty sidekick; the gallbladder, in some of my previous [...]
CANDIDA, FUNGUS, MOLD & OXALATE 101 “A beast of a yeast”
It’s long been estimated based primarily on DNA-based studies, & RNA, protein, and metabolite testing that bacteria outnumbers an average adult’s human cells by 10:1, meaning that for the estimated [...]
LDL 101 “The good, the bad, and the ugly of bad cholesterol”
Although i don’t typically work with individuals who have cardiovascular disease - I’m seeing a number of metabolic disturbances in individuals I’m working with that come to me presenting with [...]
HISTAMINE 101 – “Through the lens of a Functional Medicine Clinician”
The vast majority of the people that have approached me over the years to help them feel well again, claim to have tried every kind of diet under the sun [...]
ELECTROLYTES 101 “The biochemical battery of the body’s cells”
Before going into Functional Medicine (FM) & Nutritional therapy (NT) professionally - my academic background started with a BSc degree in both Biochemistry & Nutrition. This is where I developed [...]
THE FINAL PHASE OF DETOXIFICATION “From the gut to the gutter”
In this weeks article I wanted to write about the 3rd & final phase of the detoxification process, which could arguably be the most important stage that doesn’t actually take [...]