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08/06/2025

🔥🌎🔥 Hundreds of wildfires are currently blazing throughout North America!

Please share the detox strategies below with your family & friends to support their health protection efforts and help drain the toxins from lungs, brain & whole body

Smoke knows no bounds so the most damaging microscopic particulate matter isn't always visible

If you're not currently impacted in California & neighboring states, chances are you're either being affected without knowing it or will be. Check your local Air Quality Index. (Search AQI and your zip code) Each 22 points is the equivalent of smoking one cigarette 🚬

Homeopathy is the gentlest & most effective way to both protect against and detoxify from smoke exposure (& other toxins). It's a great synergist when coupled with the dietary & herbal detox methods below or may serve as an effective stand-alone. Combination homeo-nutritional therapy is far more effective together than either one alone

HOMEOPATHIC SMOKE DETOX PROTOCOL ~ The 2 essentials I recommend
1. SMOKE MIX homeopathic remedy be used in conjunction with
2. WHOLE BODY DETOX LIQUESCENCE. They are about $20 each
The Smoke Mix remedy is good for exposure to smoke from ALL sources

These are available here on my patient portal 🔗
professionalformulas.com/patients
Use Doctor Code QHX845I
The last character is upper case letter I, not the number one
At checkout use discount code PATIENTSHIP for free shipping over $50
or you order directly from me by linking in Profile to CONTACT page on my website

Consider also the following more targeted organ-specific drainage remedies:
LUNG STIM LIQUESCENCE
LIVER STIM LIQ
KIDNEY STIM LIQ
LYMPH STIM LIQ
BLLOD STIM LIQ
HEART STIM LIQ
IMMUNE ENHANCEMENT LIQ
THYROID LIQ
BRAIN ENHANCEMENT LIQ
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DIFFICULTY BREATHING DROPS
ASTHMA DROPS
ALLERSODE AIRBORNE

🌿 The rest of my top tips to clear your lungs & benefit your whole body -- including essential oils, herbs & functional foods are in related posts. All of these suggestions are applicable for all types of smoke, smog, airborne pollutants & allergens and for most all lung & respiratory conditions...

SAVE IT & SHARE IT ~ Bookmark this post & pass it on...

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08/05/2025

Which one are you willing to let go of?
Select only one and explain your reason.

IMPORTANT❗️

Before making your choice, consider the following which will help you make a wise decision in YOUR best health interest

☕️ Is your COFFEE backfiring?
Like most things coffee has pros & cons. For most of us it has more cons ~ especially beyond 1 Cup. Just as the dose makes the remedy, the dose also makes the poison. The liver metabolizes it as a toxin. The stimulant properties contribute to dysglycemia, adrenal stress & mitochondrial dysfunction. It has an adverse neuroendocrine impact on stress hormones & cortisol. As a diuretic it depletes electrolyte minerals, which in part is responsible for why it can cause arrhythmias & other cardiovascular conditions. As burnt bean Juice, for the same reason we are told not to eat charbroiled foods, it has been shown to be carcinogenic especially for pancreatic, bladder & esophageal cancers.
How to weigh the pros & cons of coffee for your indivisual needs, see comment

🍯 HONEY is approved by the wisdom from above, but only RAW unprocessed honey has the full health properties our Creator intended
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"Eat honey because it is good."
~ Proverbs 24:13
However, moderation is important:
"If you find honey, eat only what you need, For if you take too much, you may vomit it up."
~ Proverbs 25:16, 27
Our Maker is right. Honey contains grayanotoxin, which in excess causes vomiting

🥑 AVOCADOS are one of the healthiest foods for all ages, from infancy to the elderly. Beyond their creamy rich taste, they contain some of the healthiest monounsaturated and other essential fatty acids. Add to this high fiber content, satiety value, versatility & low allergenicty

🍫 CHOCOLATE is complex and one of the most loved foods. It surpasses most all other foods for it's nutrient density and phytonutrient antioxidant content. One of its lesser-known properties and perhaps the reason most everyone is in love with it is because of its phenylethylamine content, a compound which stimulates the brain's pleasure centers and and produces the euphoric feeling of falling in love.

However, consider its toxic dark side... in comments

08/05/2025

🔹️ DID YOU KNOW that thyroid hormone is built upon a mineral foundation? Since mineral imbalance = hormone imbalance, before you even think about or continue hormone replacement, let's look at your mineral status

HORMONE REPLACEMENT should be the last resort. Unfortunately, even when subclinical hypothyroidism is properly tested, far too many docs jump straight to hormones, even bio identical. This is a REPLACEMENT approach, not a nutritionally REGENERATIVE approach

IODINE, SELENIUM & ZINC are just three of several mineral building blocks required for thyroid hormone production. We often uncover mineral imbalances through proper testing, which I've posted about on my functional medicine nutrition page. Swipe pics

ALTHOUGH FOOD SOURCES are sufficient to maintain an already normal iodine status, they are not sufficient to correct a deficiency. This is where tailored and targeted supplementation comes in

LOW IODINE = Low T-3

WITHOUT IODINE, there is no thyroid hormone, aka Tri-IODO-thyronine. That's right, the name iodine is built within the name of bioactive T-3 hormone

JUST AS YOU WOULDN'T TAKE thyroid hormone without testing, please please don't blindly supplement iodine without knowing your baseline level. Iodine is a fine line mineral, there being a thin line between essentiality and toxicity

NEVER STOP ASKING WHY! WHY isn't my thyroid producing sufficient hormone on its own, and how can I help it do so? No matter how damaged a thyroid is, there's always something to work with. Even with a surgically removed gland, there remains cellular memory with which proper homeo-nutritional therapy can to some degree be functionally restored

WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER DO, take thyroid hormone for the rest of your life, or identify and resolve the nutritional factors behind why your gland isn't producing its own? If you'd like help with this, link in Profile to the CONTACT page on my website to request brochure & session schedule

08/03/2025

💩 A FEEL GOOD P**P
• Is smooth, continuos and gives a clear sense of relief
• May come in waves, but each should feel the same, just smaller
Some people even shudder or feel a calmness afterward -- thank your vagus nerve for that
• Shouldn't hurt, require straining or leave you wiping endlessly. If it's a smudgy smear every time you wipe, then it's not well-formed.
This also translates to rapid transit time.
See comments for how to evaluate your bowel transit time and why it's so important

A good p**p leaves minimal traces.
You know the prime p**p where nothings there and you're completely satisfied? That's the goal. If you're a hyper-wiper, we need to make some adjustments

If it's one smooth, continuous piece, it should form a C or S shape in the bowl.
If you're straining or otherwise uncomfortable & seeing rabbit pellets, explosive stools or loose fragments, your gut is asking for help. These patterns point to indigestion, dysbiosis, infection, low fiber, mineral or hormonal imbalances, or nervous system dysregulation

🎶 I'm picking up good vibrations!
Beyond what you see, what you feel is just as important. You need to FEEL the movement, not just analyze the contents.
Smooth, satisfying and clean is how it should feel

The sensation of relief and satisfaction after a good BM is often referred to as "poo-phoria" or "the happy p**p". This feeling is linked to the stimulation of the vagus nerve, which can trigger a euphoric sensation. Additionally, healthy bowel activity releases serotonin, a neurotransmitter associated with well-being, contributing to the positive feelings

No matter what health condition my patients consult me for, if they aren't having at least one full, complete, easy, well formed, clean, feel good p**p each and every day, this gets moved to the top of our goals list. Once this is accomplished everything else falls into place more readily. Hippocrites was right -- all disease begins in the gut. If you'd like a functiinal gut focused consultation, link in Profile to the Contact page on my website to request brochure & session schedule via email

How are you FEELING your bowels move?
It's poo talk time in comments

08/02/2025

💚 THIS IS the HEART of functional nutrition: matching nutrition to the individual's story -- because healing doesn't come from protocols alone

Every patient brings a unique story shaped by their history, environment & lived experience

It's all there in what we know as your Antecedents, Triggers & Mediators

When I listen deeply to your story, we stop chasing symptoms, lab abnormalities and superficial supplement fixes and start crafting care that truly fits and goes deep, right down to your core

A BIT ABOUT MY STORY

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I care. I GENUINELY care, and patients often say it comes through loud and clear.

I don't hesitate to share personal experiences and past struggles on my own health journey.

People don't want just the protocol, they want to see me/us professionals struggle successfully with the protocol.

For example, trying to get my patients off dairy, I tell them that they are talking to an Italian nutritionist who loves cheese, but for the most part is able to thrive without it.

Although I was raised on pasta & pizzelles, I have retrained my taste buds to crave broccoli; don't tell my Nonna but I no longer crave pizzelles. More such examples and personal & professiinal details in my WHO I AM & why I do what I do post 💚

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IT'S MORE IMPORTANT that i know what sort of patient has a disease, than what sort of disease a patient has

One of the 1st duties of a physician Is to educate patients how not to take medication

I'm a functional nutritionist who can change your diet & life for the better ~
while resolving root causes

Most patients achieve significant improvement within 2 ~ 3 months after just 2 visits

Here's how it works & what it.looks like:
In comments

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Functional nutrition is so effective not because it's novel or fancy but because it brings us back to the foundation of what health care should be about, the needs of the patient.
It’s success is rooted in these 3 principles..
below 👇

08/01/2025

Our nutrient needs are as different as our fingerprint

No two bodies -- or their requirements for nutritional healing -- are the same

That's why in functional nutrition we ask deeper, more critical questions in order to provide truly personalized care

• What kind of growth?
• How is metabolism functioning right now?
• What does repair actually require for this individual at this time?

Which definition most resonates with you?

BIO INDIVIDUALITY teaches us that two individuals with the very same health condition can have two completely different root causes that require two different treatment approaches

NUTRITION IS NUANCED ~ One size dietary recommendation doesn't fit all.
One person's health food can be another's junk food

We need a new approach, an understanding that nutrition can and MUST be personalized. Personalization is 🗝 If you'd like more functional personalized care, link in Profile to the Contact page on my website to request brochure & session schedule via email.

More about Bio-individuality in comments...

07/30/2025

😫 Are you using over the counter or prescription medication for pain? 💊 Rather than just suppressing symptoms with meds, why not treat the underlying root causes and make it go away once and for all?! Why do you have a headache or other type of pain? Never stop asking WHY!

💊 69% of drugs have between 10 and 100 different side effects; 22% of drugs have more than 100 side-effects; only 9% of drugs have less than 10 side-effects

Other than migraine, there are over a dozen types of headaches. Essentially, the two most common subtypes are tension and toxic. Here's how to distinguish between the two

Apply warm to head, cold to feet. If this relieves the pain, it confirms a tension headache. If relief is found by cold to head and warm to feet, confirms a toxic headache

Pain is our body's messenger, trying to tell us something is amiss and needs corrected, not suppressed & ignored. Pain medication, while relieving symptoms, will only add insult to injury, especially for a toxic headache. If you're using pain meds more than a few times per year, it's time to dig deeper

All pain meds are toxic to gut, liver & kidneys
TYLENOL (Acetaminophen) Sends 40,000 people to the hospital each year due to liver dysfunction...
How toxic is Tylenol & other pain meds?
See comments

Need a safe & effective natural pain remedy while working on root causes?

HEADACHE REMEDY
WHOLE BODY PAIN
NATURAL RELAXANT
MIGRAINE REMEDY

Need help determining which remedy is right for your type of pain?
Link in Profile to the Contact page on my website to request a brief 15 minute PAIN RELIEF CONSULTATION $50. (Reularly $75.) Valid thru August 5

PAIN = INFLAMMATION
INFLAMMATION = PAIN
How to quench the flames of inflammation and reduce pain, discussed in comments

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07/28/2025

📈 FATTY LIVER DISEASE IS ON THE RISE with 1 in 3 adults living with it and greater numbers of younger ones developing it

No matter what health condition my patient presents, for the 40 years I've been practicing, I've always given priority attention to liver & health. If the gut is our 2nd brain, liver is the 3rd. Increasingly, I've been helping more people to optimize their diet & lifestyle to fight back against the rise of fatty liver disease

🌈 COLOR ME LIVER
Gut health aside, there are few topics I've posted more prolifically about than these two:
PHYTONUTRIENT FLAVANOIDS ~ The whole body health importance of a colorful diversified diet
LIVER HEALTH ~ from sluggish liver, functional liver testing, liver detoxification & regeneration to how to love your liver

Here, for the first time, these 2 important topics come together 💥

FLAVONOIDS play a major role not only in lowering the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease NAFLD but also reducing the progression of it. Here's how

Flavonoids reduce insulin resistance and inflammation, 2 of the top drivers of fatty liver

Studies show those who eat the most flavonoids have lower liver enzymes and score lower on the fatty liver index. This correlation is dose dependent. The more flavanoids in the diet, the less risk of fatty liver. As I've frequently posted, it's not just about eating more fruits & vegetables, but eating a wider VARIETY of a LOT of fruits & vegetables. My previous posts are designed to help you do just this

6 LIVER LOVING FAMILIES OF FLAVONOIDS TO KNOW

📍FLAVANOLS
Onion
Broccoli
Asparagus
Leafy Greens

📍FLAVONES
Parsley
Celery
Oregano
Artichoke
Pepper

📍FLAVANONES
Citrus

📍ANTHOCYANINS
Red/purple fruits & veggies

📍ISOFLAVONES
Soy foods

📍FLAVONOLS
Green tea & Matcha
Dark chocolate
Apples
Pecans

📍Most liver specific

NEXT UP
Somewhere between a healthy liver & cirrhosis -- before fatty liver -- is a sluggish liver. 2 in 3 of us walk around with this congested condition without a clue. It's insidiously impacting every other aspect of your health
Want some clues? See list in comments
If you can't wait, you'll find the 4 part LIVER HEALTH series on my Profile page

07/27/2025

🎶 Medicine meets music

Mozarts K.488 in D has a powerful effect on the gut biome, brain, immune system & more

Compared to no music at all, it doubled beneficial gut bacteria and increased gut sealing proteins by 50% to heal leaky aka intestinal hyperermeability

Are you picking up good vibrations as part of your health routine? No matter what else you're doing to heal your gut or other organs, don't forget vitamin S -- sound therapy

Sound therapy doesn't stop at the gut, it has whole mind-body healing properties

Scientific evidence supports music's therapeutic role in medicine, demonstrating its ability to influence brain chemistry and physiology in ways that can improve mood, reduce stress, and even alleviate pain.

Research shows music can lower cortisol (stress hormone) and increase dopamine (pleasure hormone), while also affecting heart rate, blood pressure, and immune function

How Music works as medicine for each of these conditions explained in comments

• Brain Chemistry
• Neuroplasticity
• Anxiety & Depression
• Pain Management
• Neurological Conditions
• Stress Reduction
• Physiological Responses
• Rhythm and Repetition

Individual Preferences Matter
The effectiveness of music as medicine can be influenced by individual preferences and the type of music used

What music have you used therapeutically and how has it helped?

07/25/2025

MAHA is a huge disappointment and a clash with reality because it's focused on the wrong battle

This isn't just a food crisis. It's not about seed oils, food dyes or nutrition labels. It's a cultural, emotional & spiritual collapse

Unless we face this fact that no law, no ingredient ban, no flashy policy is going to make even a slight dent in the problem

Right now government is obsessing over surface level fixes: ban this additive, regulate that company. That's just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic

The deeper root

Millions of Americans & citizens of other Western countries are broken inside, disconnected from meaning, from purpose, from their communities & from themselves

I recently met a patient in his 50s with a good job and 2 children. Everything seems to be good on paper. But he said to me, I eat at night not because I'm hungry but because I feel nothing. He's exhausted doesn't move his body and is quietly giving up. He's not alone

We're a nation medicating emotional pain, if not with meds, than with food, filling spiritual voids with sugar & processed comfort

No government, or government program can fix this underlying nonphysical health crisis. It's about values. It's about mindset & meaning and until we restore that, little to nothing changes

It won't be easy, but if you want to fix health in America, fix what's inside first and the rest will follow

What are your thoughts?
Will MAHA fail, or 10 years from now will America have been made healthy?

🌟 Drop a comment and see comments for a FREE offer for the first correct answer to a key BONUS question

The reason I practice functional nutritional therapy only within the context of one's total lifestyle is because after 40 years in practice I have found that without doing so, it doesn't produce deep-rooted, sustainable results. We need a new approach, an understanding that nutrition & healthcare can and must be holistically personalized

Health care providers & government officials need to care enough to go beyond the physicality of food & nutrition to holistically include the emotional & spiritual and to consider their patient's health condition within the context of the whole person

07/25/2025

💊 See, I caught you❗ There you go again, trying to find the best BRAND rather than the best FIT for your actual nutrient needs?

🌟 BEST QUALITY vs BEST FIT 👗
What would you say is more important: the so-called best quality supplement or a supplement that best fits your personal profile?

Quality is only one consideration for sensible supplementation, and its not the most important. Why? Because a mismatched supplement, even of the best quality, can do more harm than good. Excess iron is a prime example of this.
See comments for the HAZARDS OF IRON TOXICITY - even from the small amount in a multi

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ONE SIZE MULTI DOESN'T FIT ALL, not even one size women's, one size men's, one sized seniors, prenatal, one size eye support, heart support, brain support, Etc. Patients often ask what the BEST vitamin is. Usually they are referring to quality of ingredients & formulation. But even the best quality, if not tailord to ones unique fingerprint profile can create more health problems than it solves. Proper FIT is more important than a high quality, well thought out state-of-the-formulation that looks good on paper/label

For general guidelines to compare the completeness & overall balance of ingredients for any multi-vitamin formula to my benchmark standard, request the VITAMIN COMPARISON WORKSHEET by linking in Profile

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IS YOUR SUPPLEMENT "WORKING"?
Results aren't everything and can be dangerously deceptive...
Continue in comments

🎓 SENSIBLE SUPPLEMENTATION involves knowing what we are adding the supplement to, your baseline level. Proper fit, or the matching of nutrients to one's actual need matters

💜 See the 3-part purple post series NUTRITION TESTING FOR SENSIBLE SUPPLEMENTATION on my page
Swipe pics and find this classic on my page

For a more tailored, personalized matchup, request a nutrition assessment workup so we can test, not blindly guess

🧏‍♀️ Link In Profile to the Contact page on my website to request brochure & session schedule

I'm also offering a discounted professional review & evaluation of all your supps & meds, valid through July 31. I can usually get folks better tailored nutrition from less pills & cost

07/23/2025

○ I can't count the number of times followers & patients have told me that as long as they don't eat grains & fruit they feel good

My first question to them is, how long have you been restricting carbs?

Be it Keto, FODMAP, Carnivore or other diets, ongoing, long-term restrictive eating, more than 6 months, is just another way of saying we haven't resolved root causes

Why do most people do fine with carbs and some don't? Hint: It's not the carbs fault, it's the person's biochemistry

🍖 💊 Meat can certainly act like medication, but just like a drug it doesn't resolve root cause ~ Carnivore may be akin to using meat in pharmaceutical fashion with a drug like mentality, especially if it's continued long-term. Consider diabetes

This approach does not CURE the condition, it only manages symptoms similar to medication, without addressing underlying metabolic imbalances & nutrient deficiencies -- deficiencies that ironically contribute to, even cause, the disease. In fact, they can exacerbate underlying nutritional deficiencies and metabolic imbalances that are at the root of the condition. Additionally, because the symptoms are lessened and the condition superficially improved, they can also mask such deeper deficiencies

TAILORED MICROs GO DEEPER. For example, if a key mineral deficiency such as chromium exists, this has a profound impact on glucose metabolism. Chromium is the mineral building block of the insulin cofactor GTF (glucose tolerance factor), without which insulin cannot deliver sugar into the cell; hence, blood glucose levels remain high

It is true that plenty of protein can provide temporary blood sugar stability; but with this comes a false sense of security. It can at the same time be camouflaging or diverting us from identifying the underlying deficiencies that no amount of meat will correct

Fix the root cause and you'll be able to enjoy fruit & grain without symptoms.
We don't call them SYMPTOMS for nothing. Question is, a symptom of WHAT? Never stop asking WHY! If you'd like help digging deeper to identify & resolve your root causes, I have a large shovel

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