A Fresh Health Perspective

01/15/2025

Know one should be eating foods with additives or preservatives, and least of all food dyes. The US has the most lax laws in the world around what we allow in our "foods", some of which I would argue aren't even food at all. This is a step in the right direction, but most of all you have the ability to choose whole foods made from natural ingredients. Stop the dye!

The food colorant has been linked to behavioral problems in children, including inattention and hyperactivity. California passed a law to ban it last year. It's also linked to cancer in lab rats.

01/10/2025

New Year, new treatment space!

01/10/2025

I see low Vitamin D levels consistently in my patients, even in sunny Colorado. I myself have been clinically low in vitamin D. This is a crucial vitamin with broad impacts on our health. If you haven't had your levels checked, make that a to do for the new year. Your health moving forward will thank you! And, if you have Chronic kidney disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cholestatic and non-cholestatic liver diseases, or cystic fibrosis your likelyhood of having lower Vitamin D is significantly increased.

01/10/2025

A deeper understanding of your cardiovascular risk is knowing your LPa values. This is a simple and concise article explaining what LPa is and how it relates to individual cardiovascular disease risk.

Lipoprotein(a), abbreviated as LP(a), is a unique lipoprotein particle that has garnered increasing attention in recent years due to its significant role in cardiovascular health. As an emerging biomarker, LP(a) is now recognized as a crucial factor in assessing a patient's risk for atherosclerosis,...

12/26/2024

Intentional rest is absolutely doing something.

11/16/2024

Finally an article explaining the biochemical link between inflammation and depression! I feel sometimes that people are tired and skeptic of hearing about inflammation being the root cause of, well, most health issues. What people don't understand is how wide and varied the all encompassing term inflammation is. There are hundreds of avenues that our immune system can pursue in reaction to stimulus. Sometimes that reaction is a good thing, as in reacting to a virus or bacteria. Sometimes that reaction is chronic and spirals out of control causing downstream, systemic affects like depression or autoimmunity.

When most people think of tryptophan, they think of the Thanksgiving myth we’ve been told about why we get sleepy after eating turkey.

11/06/2024

For living in challenging times. Take Heart.

What do you do when the bottom falls out? Take heart. By "taking heart," I mean several related things: Sensing your heart and chest, finding encouragement in what is good both around you and inside you, resting in your own warmth, compassion, and

10/31/2024

Repost: Glutathione is extremely important to all of us, especially those who have autoimmune issues. Great article explaining the roles glutathione plays in our health!

Glutathione (often abbreviated as GSH) is a powerful molecule made up of three amino acids: glutamine, cysteine, and glycine.

10/29/2024

Making Room -

Fall is the season of letting go. It’s a time of contraction, with less light and cooler days. Leaves are changing from their exuberant green of summer, drying up, and are beginning to fall to the ground. For many healing perspectives, including Oriental medicine, this is the season of grief, sadn...

08/01/2024

August Offerings -

Late summer is associated with the Earth element, which is linked to the Spleen and Stomach. These organs are central to digestion and the transformation of food into energy. The Earth element represents stability, nourishment, and grounding. To nourish the elements and organs of the season, traditi...

06/18/2024

Just received this awesome review from a client that I made some minor changes to diet and 1 nutritional supplement with. This proves that functional medicine does work without having to take 15 different supplements to thrive!
"You said it could be better, I didn’t realize it could be that much better! And it’s not just the labs, I FEEL better!!!!
Thank you so much. Working with you has been life changing and so much better than my experience with Kaiser. You are smarter than their system, more caring and more responsive, more curious and work harder as an investigator and learner. Individual docs may have that but the system doesn’t allow them to fully utilize it. I’m so grateful for you." ~S.M.