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How is Functional Medicine Different From Conventional Medicine?
Are you wanting to regain your health? Or are you wanting to prevent disease? If so, are you considering going to visit your primary care practitioner (PCP) for advice on how to accomplish this? Let me save you a trip! You see, the usual conventional primary care practitioner (PCP) is not focused on helping you…
Read MoreBasic Tips For Strengthening Your Immune System During the COVID-19 (Coronavirus ) Pandemic & Beyond
In a continued effort to help you through the COVID-19 crisis, I just want to remind you how important all the factors that I have listed below are in strengthening your immune system to combat this health epidemic. Of course, we want to continue to take the recommendations of our government institutions in curbing the…
Read MoreTracking Your Poop (Diarrhea) During Coronavirus (COVID-19) Monitoring
I was hesitant to report this news, but I would be remiss as a healthcare practitioner not to take this new information seriously, considering the report is from a recent scientific research study, and was also summarized as an immediate release bullentin from The American College of Gastroenterology. I do NOT want to further increase…
Read MoreAntibiotics Are the Enemy! Is Your Immune Status Ready?
Did you know that antibiotic use may increase the risk of diabetes by 53% and may also be a cause of obesity? We actually now have scientific studies that show causality, not just an association. This is ground-breaking stuff! Antibiotic use, through the years, can destroy our very delicate gut microbiome (the genetic material of…
Read MoreHow Micronutrient Testing Saved Me From Diabetes
Yes, even us healthcare practitioners can succumb to micronutrient deficiencies (and diabetes), even when we think we are eating properly and are at a healthy weight. I am going to be transparent here, and share with you “my story” of why having “micronutrient testing” is so very important. I will also share with you my…
Read MoreGET Into Diabetes Remission & STOP the Devastation
You want a compassionate healthcare practitioner who understands diabetes and pre-diabetes, whose goal is to reverse the metabolic dysfunction, help you reduce risk of long-term complications and help restore you to optimum health. In addition, you want a practitioner, who cares about your total well-being and who is willing to spend more than five minutes…
Read MoreMTHFR Genotyping
Are you methylating adequately? Are your genes preventing proper methylation? Inadequate methylation can be the cause of depression, migraines, heart attacks, strokes, infertility, miscarriages, birth defects, cancer and even autism. In people with diabetes, improper methylation can worsen symptoms of diabetic neuropathy or make treatment regimens less effective. FIRST OF ALL: WHAT IS METHYLATION? Simply put, methylation…
Read MoreWhat is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a serious health disorder. I am hesitant to call it a disease, because depending on the cause and type of diabetes, it can be reversed in many situations (or managed), and some types can be prevented. The conditions that occur if diabetes is not well-managed, are what are really considered diseases. You never…
Read MoreGET An Expert Nurse Practitioner That Gets It?
Did you know that the word “doctor” means “docere,” which is latin for “teacher.” I may not have the “M.D.” credentials behind my name, but I guarantee you that by that definition (and many others), I am a doctor. But does today’s doctor really “teach,” or do they mainly “prescribe?” I love doctors, but unlike…
Read MoreGET Diet Therapy
If you are a health care provider, you will find this book to be the holy grail on diet therapy to improve your patients outcomes. Remember: FOOD IS MEDICINE PURCHASE HERE: DIET THERAPY IN ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING: Nutrition Prescriptions for Improved Patient Outcomes by Katie Ferraro, MS, RD & Cheryl Winter, MS RD, MS APRN, FNP-BC
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