There are more and more diseases that are simply "managed" but not resolved. Everyone has someone in their family that is suffering with symptoms that may come and go, but never truly go away. This is the bread and butter of pharmaceutical companies. Much of the research that is done, which is funded by pharmaceutical companies either directly or indirectly, is focused towards medications. This doesn't truly help us understand the why of disease.
Read MoreMany of you will recognize this image as the rug in my Westborough office. This represents an important consideration … that if you allow something to create a problem and don’t work to resolve it, then everything that comes after is affected. Read on…
Read MoreMore and more I'm seeing people walk into my office and sit down to tell me about the bloating, gas, constipation, fatigue, headaches and stomachaches they're experiencing. My first question is always the same ... "Do you experience any pain on the right side under your ribs?", to which so many people have the same response ... "Why yes, how did you know?" I know because what they're describing are symptoms of gallbladder distress.
Read MoreOver the past twenty years infertility has increased dramatically and the historical trend of assuming it was the woman that was the issue has been replaced. Now many recent studies have shown that men are often the one in the hot seat.
Read MoreIn all the years I have been practicing, one thing that is asked over and over again is what symptoms can someone expect when they start a protocol of remedies. The answer to this is I don’t really know. The reason I don’t know is because only your body knows what wonderful changes it will make once it has the nutrients, enzymes, catalysts and energy that it needs to do the work it needs to do.
Read MoreNatural medicine provides the gardening tools and the education to help you care for your Body Garden. You just have to take the time to take a walk and explore your Body Garden. You need to feel the leaves, plant new plants, weed and dig in the soil. We can help you do that. You will get dirty but it’s worth it.
Read MoreBecause we don’t truly understand our symptoms or what our body is trying to do, we think we need to suppress anything that is uncomfortable because we should not have to experience that. We could not be more wrong!
Read MoreCan I tell you how many people say to me how healthy they are because they never get sick. This is not the best predictor of your health. The truth is that periodic immune challenges are essential to not only “exercise” the immune system, but to encourage adaptation to your environment and working with pathways of elimination to move toxins from the cells and out of the body.
Read MoreThere are many times when I am muscle testing patients and the issues and symptoms they are experiencing trace back to a closed head injury earlier in their life. The truth is that this type of injury, whether diagnosed as a concussion or not, can happen from sports, from a fall, from a blow to the head or from any injury such as in a car accident. But this may be only the start of the problem.
Read MoreSo many people think that aging has typical symptoms that everyone can expect and will experience. Arthritis, memory loss, fatigue, digestive problems, hair loss, cancer may be what we think is unavoidable but in fact how we age and how that process unfolds is created by each of us early in our lives.
Read MoreVomiting may not be the most desirable of topics but it is an interesting one. Why is it that when you’re on a cruise ship having just enjoyed lobster and a glass of wine followed by a Charlotte Russe for dessert, you will inevitably come across a fellow passenger vomiting in the hallway which makes you want to discharge everything you’ve just eaten? The answer is simple - it’s an immune response.
Read MoreWe often think that memory is simply recalling facts, numbers, where we put the car keys. But memory is actually one of the ways in which our body restores itself and creates a healing response to injury and illness.
Read More
