Heal Functional Medicine

09/27/2025

✨ What the FRAT?! ✨
The Folate Receptor Antibody Test (FRAT) looks for antibodies that block folate from reaching the brain and cells — even when blood folate levels look “normal.”

Why it matters:
🔹 Cerebral Folate Deficiency → linked to seizures, developmental delay, autism spectrum features, irritability, and more.
🔹 Neurodevelopment → folate is essential for neurotransmitter balance, myelination, learning, and speech.
🔹 Pregnancy & Fertility → antibodies can reduce folate delivery to the fetus, increasing risk of neural tube defects or pregnancy loss.

💊 When FRAT is positive, folinic acid (leucovorin) may bypass the blocked receptor and restore folate to the brain.

👉 Because folate impacts brain development, mood, cognition, and overall resilience, it’s critical to work with a one of our providers who recognizes and understands how to interpret this test and tailor treatment for you or your child.

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09/26/2025

✨ What is Thermography? ✨
Thermography is a safe, non-invasive imaging tool that uses infrared technology to detect heat patterns and blood flow in the body.

💡 Unlike traditional screenings, it’s:
✅ Radiation-free
✅ Painless & touch-free
✅ Early-detection focused

🌿 Thermography can help identify:
🔹 Inflammation in the body
🔹 Circulation concerns
🔹 Hormonal imbalances
🔹 Lymphatic congestion
🔹 Early changes that may suggest breast, thyroid, or vascular issues

It empowers you to stay proactive about your health without exposure to harmful radiation.

📍 Available now at Heal Functional Medicine.

09/16/2025

✨ What is a Qest4 Bioresonance Scan? ✨

The Qest4 is a non-invasive bioenergetic scan that reads your body’s energetic responses through frequencies. ⚡

Instead of guessing, it helps create a personalized plan for:
🥦 Nutrition
💊 Supplements
🌿 Lifestyle

It highlights stress, toxins, nutrient needs, and more—matching your unique energy blueprint.

We also create a custom Energetic Remedy that provides subtle information (in the form of frequencies) to help your body “re-tune” and return to balance. 🌸

Curious to learn more? Meet with one of our providers for a functional consultation or tune in our lectures on how bioenergetics support autoimmunity and pediatrics. 💫

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08/29/2025

✨ Back-to-School Wellness Tips ✨
Functional medicine helps kids thrive inside + outside the classroom. 🌿

Here’s how to set your child up for success this school year:
1️⃣ Support gut health (immune system starts here!)
2️⃣ Fuel the brain with protein + whole foods
3️⃣ Boost immunity when needed with vitamin D, zinc & C
4️⃣ Prioritize sleep + screen-free wind-downs
5️⃣ Build emotional resilience with mindfulness & gratitude

If your child struggles with frequent infections during the school year, or can’t seem to recover quick between illness, see one of our providers for a deeper work up to get to the root cause!

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Currently accepting new patients, and virtually in NY and CA

08/21/2025

✨ Did you know mold can play a role in weight gain? ✨

Mold toxins can block your leptin receptors — the same receptors that tell your brain you’re full. 🚫🍽️

When those signals get shut down:
➡️ Your brain never gets the “I’m satisfied” message
➡️ Your body pumps out more leptin in response
➡️ You feel hungrier, crave more food, and gain weight

This isn’t about willpower — it’s about biology. ⚖️

If you’ve been struggling with unexplained weight gain, constant hunger, or fatigue, mold exposure may be playing a bigger role than you think.

💚 At Heal Functional Medicine, we get to the root cause — so your body can finally feel balanced again.

08/16/2025

Most people think vitamin D is just about bones… but toxins can actually turn off your vitamin D defense system. 🚨

Here’s how it works:
🦠 Toxins trigger an enzyme called 24-alpha hydroxylase
⬇️ This enzyme breaks down active vitamin D
⚡ Result = more inflammation + higher risk of autoimmunity

Your vitamin D + detox pathways are key for a resilient immune system. 🌿☀️

Ensure your vitamin D levels are optimal, you avoid as many toxic exposure as possible and you work on detox daily to prevent disease ❤️

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07/02/2025

05/14/2025

Did you know MTHFR gene mutations not only have an effect on detoxification, cardiovascular health and neurotransmitter production, but can affect the gut microbiome as well?? 💩

An MTHFR mutation can indirectly cause:
▫️ Gut dysbiosis due to a buildup of toxins from impaired liver detox pathways
▫️ Micronutrient deficiencies that weaken the gut lining and lower immune function
▫️A build up of homocysteine that damages the gut lining and promotes permeability and inflammation
▫️An Increase in circulating estrogens that feed gut bacteria and contribute to hormone and metabolic issues

🧬 Knowing your genetics is imperative to overall health, which is why we recommend testing and not guessing. Work with one of our providers that are trained in Genomic medicine to see if you have any genetic SNP’s contributing to your health concerns

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04/20/2025

What is SIBO?!? 🦠
-Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth-

🧫 SIBO is not necessarily bad bacteria, but just bacteria in the wrong place. This interferes with digestion and absorption. Certain bacteria produce different types of gas - methane which slows motility down or hydrogen which increases motlity.

🔥 Bacterial byproducts and inflammation can damage the intestinal mucosa, leading to leaky gut and further changes in the microbial environment.

💩 Common symptoms include constipation or diarrhea, nausea, reflux, bloating and abdominal distention/pain.

🌿 While identifying and treating SIBO is important, it is often a symptom of deeper upstream digestive issues rather than a root cause by itself. These upstream problems, like low stomach acid, poor bile flow, or pancreatic enzyme deficiency create an environment that allows bacteria to overgrow in the small intestine.

🌾This is why treatment of SIBO is isn’t focused on just killing bacteria, but identifying and supporting upstream issues.

👩🏻‍⚕️ If you or your child are suffering with constipation, bloated distended bellies, abdominal pain, or gas, work with one of our providers to see if SIBO is playing a role in your symptoms

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04/05/2025

Why thermography?

🔸Thermography is a preferred method of health assessment by many because it does not require direct contact and does not expose the body to radiation.
🔸The information gained from a thermogram is valuable to men and women, of all ages, in any state of health and it is even safe for pregnant women. Inflammation is at the root of most chronic diseases, including cancer.
🔸Thermography is an ideal tool for monitoring inflammatory changes in your body by creating a baseline scan and follow up scans to show any minor changes. A thermography screening can be used for these and many other conditions:

Cancer
Digestive Disorder
Lymphatic Congestion
Vascular Disorder
Thyroid Dysfunction
Neuropathy

Why we prefer thermography❗️

🔸is because it is EARLY detection. It can detect areas of inflammation even before a tumor has formed. 
🔸Mammography and ultrasound are tests of anatomy, they detect a structure.
🔸When a tumor has grown to a size that is large enough and dense enough to block an x-ray beam (mammography) or sound wave (ultrasound). 

03/24/2025

🌾 Why we recommend avoiding gluten and wheat, especially while trying to heal from a chronic condition.

-Gliadin-derived opioid peptides are formed during the digestion of gluten and lead to various physiological effects like the stimulation of appetite and constipation by slowing intestinal propulsive activity.

-Gluten contains gliadin, which stimulates the release of zonulin, directly causing ‘leaky gut’

-Amylopectin A is a highly branched starch found in wheat and other grains that is rapidly digested into glucose, and provokes extravagant formation of small LDL particles leading to cardiovascular disease.

-Phytates are naturally occurring compounds found in wheat and gluten. that interfere with nutrient absorption and bind calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, and other minerals leaving you deficient.

🥖This doesn’t mean replace all wheat containing foods with “gluten free” alternatives. While some “gluten free” brands are clean and okay in moderation, most alternatives are highly processed and contain additives such as emulsifiers and preservatives.

🥕Instead, a varied diet based on real whole foods is recommended. Being advised to remove gluten/wheat products might feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to our kids but is essential in lowering inflammation and assisting the body to heal.

🍋Have questions or don’t know where to start? Work with one of our providers for personalized guidance to help you or your child heal.

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03/20/2025

🌿Our favorite supplements for cancer work on different mechanisms in the body. Here is more description on how these directly work in the body

🔸Anti-Inflammatory Effects: Chronic inflammation is linked to cancer development, and curcumin inhibits inflammatory pathways such as NF-κB, which is involved in tumor growth.

🔸Antioxidant Properties: Curcumin neutralizes free radicals and enhances the body’s antioxidant defenses, potentially reducing DNA damage that can lead to cancer.

🔸Induction of Apoptosis (Programmed Cell Death)

🔸Inhibition of Tumor Growth and Metastasis: Studies suggest curcumin can reduce tumor growth and prevent the spread of cancer cells rious signaling pathways.

🔸Enhancing Chemotherapy and Radiation

🔸Immune System Modulation: Melatonin may enhance immune function by stimulating immune cells such as natural killer (NK) cells, which help target cancer cells.

🔸Regulation of Cell Growth and Apoptosis: can promote apoptosis (programmed cell death) in cancer cells and inhibit their proliferation.

🔸Inhibition of Angiogenesis and Metastasis: Melatonin may prevent tumors from developing new blood vessels (angiogenesis) and reduce the spread (metastasis) of cancer cells.

🔸Inhibits Tumor Growth and Proliferation It can block cancer cell division by regulating key signaling pathways, including AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase), which plays a role in energy metabolism and tumor suppression.

🔹Melatonin studied in Breast cancer, Prostate , Lung and colorectal cancer
🔹Berberine studied in Breast, Colorectal , Lung, Prostate, Liver cancer
🔹EGCG Studied in Breast, Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, lukemia & lymphoma, skin cancer
🔹Resveratrol studied in Breast, Prostate,Lung, Colorectal, Leukemia & Lymphoma, Skin Cancer
🔹Quercetin studied in Breast, Prostate, Lung Cancer, Colorectal, Leukemia & Lymphoma, Skin Cancer.