Dr. Allison Williams

08/07/2025

Food is medicine. Are you treating it that way?

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08/01/2025

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1) Our first step is stability.
Yes, let’s look at your GI health, let’s improve nutrient deficiencies, improve hormone imbalances, uncover mold or Lyme or viral illnesses that may be contributors. BUT creating stability & decreased reactivity is paramount. If we find pathogenic bacteria in your gut, but you can’t handle the treatment (antimicrobial herbs or antibiotics) then it’s not helpful to get you better (yet).

How do we do this? It depends. YES, it depends on the individual patient. MCAS patients, histamine intolerance, mold-illness, etc patients are all consistently inconsistent. I most commonly use a combination of medications (if well tolerated), herbal mast cell stabilizers, and nutrients.

2) This will take time. Don’t quit after one reaction. Don’t expect immediate results.
Many people understand this intellectually, but forget in the moment and get frustrated & either give up on the protocol or get scared and quit and then don’t try again. It took you a long time to get to this point, it will take time to get better. There is often a ‘tipping point’ where your mast cells DO become more stable, you DO become less reactive, and you CAN tolerate more. Don’t quit.

3) Your nervous system needs work.
Without a question, every single MCAS patient I work with has some instigating trigger in their history that made things worth. Whether it’s an illness (mold, covid, EBV, a GI infection) or a life stressor (divorce, accident, death in their life, trauma) that is a PIECE of the puzzle. Your nervous system being more easily reactive to the environment, food you eat, allergies you are exposed to, emotions of day to day life lower your threshold to tolerate things. Helping improve nervous system health goes hand in hand with improving mast cell stability.

This too (unsurprisingly) takes time. What works for one patient will not work for all.
There is a synergy of working on your nervous system and mast cell stability THEN layering on other supports for each individual patient (eg then working on hormones, gut, mold detox, etc).

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07/04/2025

This little guy turned 1 year old today! And it’s also America’s birthday. :) If you’ve been here a while you’ve watched him grow up over the past year. (And what an exhausting year it’s been! 😅)

And when I think about the 4th of July- not only do I think of America’s birthday but also community. Celebrating the community of people that make up America.

And when I think about community- I also think of you guys. The community of people that want to improve their health, the environment, and live their best lives! And I think that’s pretty cool too.

I hope you have a great holiday weekend. 🇺🇸

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04/20/2025

If you already saw the text post from a last week you can skip over this one. Unless of course you want to hear me to talk about it. Content made for all learning style I guess!

Do you have POTS?
Have you had all these concerns addressed by your doctor?

04/18/2025

Here’s what I typically use for doing laundry. I switch up the detergent sometimes but really like

If y’all want me to go over all household products and what I put on my skin let me know!! I've been living the "naturopathic lifestyle" for decades so I don't even think about it being different than 'mainstream' anymore. :)

07/03/2024

The healing power of nature- one of the naturopathic principles. There is so much in nature that helps promote improved health.

Yes, these are mice studies and human studies on pomegranate extract are pending. But, this is an extract from a food we know to be safe for regular human consumption & the impacts on bone expression in mice is incredibly compelling.

In respect to my own clinical experience helping women improve bone density- one of the challenges of studying & publishing case studies for naturopathic patients is that we don't just change 'one thing'. For example, if I have a patient that has bone loss I don't 'just' put them on pomegranate extract. I also change other aspects of their plan tailored specific to their medical history AND we re-test labs & do regular imaging to gauge progress.

Of course it will be hard to know is it the pomegranate extract that helped reduce or halt bone loss? Or was it the weight-bearing activity, or the mineral support, or the myriad of other changes to optimize their health done in a 3-6 mos time span?

Which is why it's hard to get case studies published (understandably, imo), because we don't change one thing and wait 6-12 mos to find out if it had an effect. Bone loss is happening NOW so we often do EVERYTHING we can do AT ONCE to stop progression and encourage the osteoblasts to lay down new healthy bone. :)

Where can I get pomegranate extract?
As always, I do not make these posts to sell supplements. But if you speak w/ your doctor & determine this is a good option for you- you can get medical grade supplements from my online store and it supports my work to continue making content like to share with you. You also get 10% off - see my linktree. Once you make an account the discount will be applied.

I like PURE ENCAPSULATIONS 'Pomegranate Plus' but there are many great companies out there producing pomegranate extracts for bone health.

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06/28/2024

Heard this one this week, and it really struck me. I'm one for quotes that help remind us to live life instead of get stuck on things.

Whenever most of us are asked how we are, I think we typically respond in some way.. "that we are busy".

Busy-ness.

Stuck in a perpetual state of going, doing, constant motion. No time to just * be * .

A very wise person once said to me "Are you a human DOING or a human BEING?" and that sentiment seems to apply to this quote. I use this quote with some of my patients to this day!

Not that I'm not encouraging people not to DO and BE and achieve and grow, etc etc. In fact, that's fantastic if it's intentional doing paired with sincere rest and repeat.

But more so, this ramble is about are we really LIVING? Are we really LIVING despite the 'busy-ness'. And if we're not? Then it's time to change.

If we're not LIVING, it's time to PAUSE and re-assess.

This pause will look different for all of us. That's a given, we all have very different lives, but finding a space in the mornings, evenings, or even at lunch to sit and reflect on are we working toward things we're living for? Or are we just going through the motions?

How does this relate to health? wellness? healing?

Because, to be frank, what the heck are we doing this all for if not to LIVE our lives.

Easier said than done if you're going through an illness, but perspective shift & reflection are just as important. It helps on the days that are rough, and brings more joy on the days that are good.

Actually writing things out is the most important piece. I even give some of my patients 'visualization exercises' to help them w/ this sort of thing.

We choose where we're going w/ our DAILY habits. It all compounds over time.
If we don't stop to reflect often, we may lose track of the course we're setting and if we're getting off track.

:)

06/22/2024

An ode to one of my most prescribed supplements in MCAS is warranted. It's often well tolerated by some of the most sensitive individuals and, while gentle, helps lower the threshold of reactivity.

With natural agents, I often find that a synergy of various compounds helps lower overall reactivity enough to give space to work on diet, movement, limbic system dysfunction, trying additional supplement or drug therapies, etc NEEDED to get patients w/ MCAS or histamine intolerance better.

Was this type of post helpful? Let me know in the comments and I'll expand more on topics like this.

04/10/2024

Officially a member of the International Society of Environmentally Acquired Illness. 🦋

We are honored to welcome Allison Williams, ND as a Full Member of ISEAI!

Dr. Williams practices at Williams Naturopathic Consulting in Tempe, Arizona.

"My mission is to bring the same level of compassionate care, thorough assessment, and attention I would want for my own family and myself. My patients are not numbers on a chart but people I come to know and deeply care about. Helping them improve their health, wellness, and recover from chronic illness is why I love my job."

Learn more > https://www.drallisonwilliams.com