Gut Health: Optimizing the Gut and the Microbiome

Gut Health: Optimizing the Gut and the Microbiome

In the past several decades, general practitioners are seeing an increased trend in abdominal pain. Meanwhile patients are wrestling with confusion about diet, lifestyle, and how they impact abdominal symptoms and gut health. Questions such as: “Should I try Paleo?...
Brain Fog: Are You Feeling Like A Zombie?

Brain Fog: Are You Feeling Like A Zombie?

This October it’s not just zombies that are suffering from brain fog.  “Why did I just walk into this room?” “Where did I put my keys?” These questions probably sound familiar as most of us will have temporary lapses in memory or focus. But when the frequency of these...
Integrative Primary Care: What to Expect

Integrative Primary Care: What to Expect

You have heard of primary care, but what is integrative primary care? And how does integrative primary care differ from traditional primary care models? Integrative medicine is defined as healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person, including all...
Staying Healthy During a Pandemic

Staying Healthy During a Pandemic

As a nation, we are entering flu season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. For those of us who live in cooler winter climates, this means that we need to figure out new strategies.  How do we stay healthy as the weather turns darker and colder? How do we stay both...
Practicing Mindfulness: Be Present in this Moment

Practicing Mindfulness: Be Present in this Moment

“Mindfulness helps you go home to the present.” – Thich Nhat Hanh  While there are formal courses in mindfulness, it is a moment-to-moment practice. Even the awareness of when we are not mindful allows us to come back to the present moment. Practicing mindfulness...