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In my quest to understand what causes human suffering and disease, I continue to stumble upon the impact that fear has on the mind and body. Fear in its truest form is something that helps an individual survive. For example, if you touch the stove and burn your hand, you establish a fear of touching the stove again in an effort to avoid the pain. While this is a classic example of

Every choice that you make has an impact on your health. This can seem overwhelming at first because it forces you to begin looking at why you choose to do what you do. For many people they would rather not know. For others, once they understand this concept, it becomes the missing link that allows them to begin their journey of healing. The difficulty comes at educating people in

I thought it was time to start writing on this topic. As a naturopathic physician there are a myriad of conditions that I treat, but I seemed to have attracted a group of patients where seizure-related activity is their chief complaint. Within that categorization there is Doose syndrome, which primarily impacts the pediatric population and I have had the pleasure to treat a handful

Personal care products have become a multi-billion dollar industry here in the United States. Every day, new products are introduced that smell great and promise miraculous results, but what are the real costs of putting these products on your body? Through treatment, I work with my patients to to give them the tools to address and reduce their toxic burden. Sometimes we focus so m

In the last post, I talked about how our food can be healing or harmful, and ways to detoxify our diets from the additives, preservatives, and chemicals that can affect our vitality and longevity. Today I’m going to address some very common household products that pose threats to our health. The average household contains about 62 toxic chemicals. Almost every toilet cleaner, scrub

I’m pleased to introduce a multi-part series on cleaning out your home and detoxifying your life for improved health, immunity, and mental clarity. The first part of this series will focus on one of the most important aspects of our everyday lives: food. What we eat, where it comes from, and how our food is processed greatly determines whether or not we enjoy long and vital l

Oil Pulling and Detoxing Treatment: Why do it? Oil pulling is an ancient Ayurvedic remedy that is practiced to cleanse and detoxify the body via the mouth and blood stream. It is said to alleviate symptoms from a wide variety of ailments, including: allergies, arterial diseases, arthritis, asthma, bad breath, bronchitis, cancers (various), chronic infections, constipation, eczema,