Internal Healing and Wellness MD

10/01/2025

09/24/2025

Seasonal allergies don’t just come from outside. Your internal immune load plays a major role in how intensely your body reacts.
Sneezing, congestion, and fatigue are signs that your immune system may be over-responding to what should be harmless exposures.

At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we use food strategically to support immune tolerance and reduce inflammation, not just to manage symptoms.

Here’s how specific foods contribute to immune balance:
🧡 Turmeric – Curcumin reduces inflammatory signaling in airways and mucosal tissues
🧅 Red onions – Rich in quercetin, a natural compound that stabilizes mast cells and reduces histamine release
🥦 Broccoli – Supports phase II liver detoxification, helping your body process environmental triggers
🍎 Apples – Provide pectin and quercetin to balance histamine and support the gut lining
🍊 Oranges – Offer natural vitamin C to degrade excess histamine and strengthen mucosal immunity
🐟 Sardines – Deliver omega-3 fatty acids that modulate overactive immune responses

Your gut and immune system are deeply connected. 70% of immune cells reside in your gut. When your digestive and immune health are supported together, allergy symptoms often ease from the inside out.

09/22/2025

Your thyroid may be small, but it plays a big role in energy, metabolism, mood, and menstrual health.

When it's struggling, symptoms often show up subtly like fatigue, weight changes, brain fog, or irregular cycles.

Nutrition is one of the most modifiable tools we have to support thyroid health.

Certain nutrients are essential for thyroid hormone production, conversion, and clearance. Others may interfere with that balance especially in those with autoimmune thyroid conditions like Hashimoto’s.

🟢 Supportive foods include:
• Bone broth – Nourishes the gut lining and supports immune tolerance
• Seaweed – A natural iodine source for hormone production
• Berries, broccoli, spinach – Antioxidants and detox support
• Sardines, eggs – Provide selenium, tyrosine, and omega-3s for hormone metabolism

🔴 Foods to limit or evaluate:
• Sugar, alcohol, fried foods – Linked to inflammation and hormone disruption
• Soy (in excess) – May impair conversion of T4 to active T3
• Gluten – Can be problematic in thyroid autoimmunity
• Canola oil, nitrates – May interfere with iodine absorption or increase oxidative stress

At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we assess the full picture hormone labs, nutrient status, gut health, and immune patterns to help uncover what’s disrupting thyroid balance and how to support it naturally.

09/19/2025

Low libido is often misunderstood as an issue of desire or mindset. But in many women, it’s a hormonal signal not an emotional one.

Declines in estrogen or testosterone can quietly impact:
🧠 Cognitive clarity and memory
💤 Sleep quality and energy levels
💓 Cardiovascular tone and blood flow
🦴 Bone density
💪 Muscle strength and metabolism
😞 Motivation, mood, and emotional resilience

These shifts often appear in perimenopause or menopause but they can also affect younger women experiencing chronic stress, nutrient deficiencies, or metabolic dysfunction.

At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we use advanced testing to evaluate:
✔️ S*x hormone production and clearance
✔️ Stress response (cortisol rhythm)
✔️ Inflammatory patterns and micronutrient status

The goal isn’t just restoring libido it’s understanding what’s disrupting vitality across your system.

09/17/2025

IBS is often used as a catch-all label. But for many patients, persistent bloating, brain fog, fatigue, or irregular bowel habits aren’t just “irritable.”

They may reflect something deeper:
🧠 Gut-brain axis disruption
🛑 Immune activation from hidden food sensitivities
🔥 Low-grade inflammation in the intestinal lining

These drivers don’t show up on standard labs and they aren’t resolved through symptom suppression.

At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we assess:
✔️ IgG/IgE food reactions
✔️ GI inflammation and microbiome status
✔️ Nervous system responses tied to digestion

Functional testing gives us a clearer view and a path to targeted care.

09/15/2025

You can’t feel chronic inflammation the way you feel a sprained ankle. But your cells do.

Inflammaging is a state of low-grade, persistent immune activation that wears down tissues over time often with no outward signs.

It’s a core contributor to many age-related conditions:
🩺 Cardiovascular disease
🧠 Cognitive decline
🦴 Joint degeneration
🩸 Blood sugar imbalance
🧬 Certain cancers

This isn’t just about lifespan. It’s about how well you live as you age.
Here’s how we help interrupt the cycle:
✔️ Anti-inflammatory nutrition that supports mitochondria and immune regulation
✔️ Lifestyle strategies that reduce internal stressors (poor sleep, blue light, inactivity)
✔️ Targeted supplements like omega-3s, curcumin, and D3 used only when clinically appropriate
✔️ Functional testing to assess immune load, gut health, nutrient status, and hormone balance

At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we go beyond symptom management to address inflammation at the root supporting healthy aging from the cellular level up.

09/12/2025

If you’ve been told your hormone labs are “normal,” but you still feel fatigued, moody, or out of sync your testing method might be the issue.

Hormones are dynamic. They rise and fall with time of day, stress, and cycle phase. More importantly, they need to be metabolized and cleared efficiently to stay balanced.

Here’s how common testing methods compare:
✔️ Blood – Easy to access but only shows a single point in time. It won’t capture hormone movement or detox.
✔️ Saliva – Best for assessing cortisol rhythms across the day. It’s helpful for stress mapping, but limited for s*x hormones.
✔️ Urine (DUTCH Test) – Offers a complete view of hormone levels, breakdown products, and how your body is processing them through the liver and gut.

Why it matters:
⚠️ You can have “normal” estrogen levels but poor clearance, which drives PMS, breast tenderness, or mood changes
⚠️ You can have mid-range cortisol but a flat daily curve, which leads to fatigue or sleep disruption

At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we match the right test to your story so symptoms aren’t brushed off and solutions are actually tailored.

09/10/2025

Brain fog isn’t always about stress or screen time. Sometimes, it’s your brain asking for water.

Even a small drop in hydration can:
🧠 Reduce blood flow to brain tissue
🧠 Shrink neurons temporarily
🧠 Disrupt neurotransmitter activity
🧠 Lower focus, energy, and memory speed

And thirst? It’s not a reliable early signal. Many cognitive symptoms show up before we feel it.

To protect your mental clarity:
✔️ Hydrate early and consistently
✔️ Increase intake during heat, activity, or illness
✔️ Add minerals if you’re sweating regularly
✔️ Limit caffeine without increasing water alongside

But what if you’re hydrated and still feel off?

At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we explore root causes like:
• Chronic inflammation that disrupts brain signaling
• Nutrient gaps (like B12, magnesium, omega-3s)
• Gut-brain axis issues that impact clarity and mood

Hydration is a foundation but not the full picture.

We help patients move from short-term fixes to long-term clarity.

09/08/2025

Persistent fussiness in infants is often labeled as colic but frequent crying, spit-up, or skin irritation may be your baby’s way of signaling something deeper.

In the first year of life, a baby’s gut, immune system, and nervous system are rapidly developing. Imbalances during this time can show up as:
• Eczema or skin flares
• Reflux, gassiness, or constipation
• Difficulty feeding or sleeping
• Irritability that seems hard to explain

These patterns can reflect early immune responses or digestive stress not just a sensitive temperament.

At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we approach infant symptoms through a root-cause lens. We assess:
✔️ Food and formula sensitivities
✔️ Maternal diet (for breastfed infants)
✔️ Environmental exposures, gut health, and immune function

We help parents understand what may be disrupting comfort and development and provide thoughtful, personalized support to restore balance.

09/05/2025

Many food allergies in kids go undetected not because they’re rare, but because the symptoms are subtle.

Instead of rashes or swelling, children may show:
• Recurring tummy aches or reflux
• Eczema or unexplained skin flares
• Mood swings, fatigue, or poor sleep
• Frequent sinus infections or congestion

These patterns often reflect immune system activation, not just surface-level discomfort.

At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we specialize in evaluating:
✔️ Food sensitivities and IgG/IgE markers
✔️ Gut-immune connections in children
✔️ Chronic inflammation drivers that affect behavior, digestion, and skin

Our approach helps parents move from guessing to understanding and builds personalized plans to reduce symptoms and support long-term wellness.

09/03/2025

IBS is often diagnosed by symptoms alone. But what if those symptoms point to something deeper?

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) occurs when excess bacteria migrate to the small intestine, where they don’t belong.

This disrupts digestion, nutrient absorption, and gut-brain signaling.

Clinically, SIBO and IBS can look nearly identical:
bloating, gas, constipation or diarrhea, abdominal pain, even fatigue or brain fog. But the root causes and treatment strategies are very different.

🔎 Here’s what research and clinical practice reveal:

• Studies suggest 4–78% of patients diagnosed with IBS may actually have undetected SIBO (Pimentel, Chow, & Lin, 2000) - https://bit.ly/462OScW
• SIBO is more common in women, adults over 50, and those with IBS-D or a history of food poisoning
• Risk factors include low stomach acid, slowed gut motility, chronic stress, and long-term use of PPIs

Conventional care often overlooks these contributors. That’s where functional medicine provides clarity.

At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we use:

✔️ Comprehensive microbiome stool assessment to detect bacterial imbalances and gut dysbiosis
✔️ Targeted protocols including antimicrobials, motility support, and nutritional care
✔️ Advanced diagnostics to uncover what’s driving persistent symptoms

Gut symptoms shouldn’t be managed blindly. When testing is precise, treatment becomes personal, and recovery becomes possible.