Nature Cure Family Health

05/19/2026

This week's blog post: Why SIBO Recurs

Image from https://stabledifffusion.com/ SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth) is fundamentally different than a pathogen in the gut; rather, it’s relatively benign bacteria, but in excessive amounts, and in the wrong place. But how does it get there—and why is it so notoriously difficult ...

05/08/2026

This week's blog post: Health Benefits of Bee Pollen

Image by congerdesign from Pixabay Bee products in general can all be medicinal in various ways—I wrote here on bee propolis, and here on honey (Manuka, in particular). Bee pollen (pellet versions of the gathered flower pollen, used for the nutrition of the hive) is probably best known for its

04/24/2026

This week's blog post: Weight Gain After Menopause

04/21/2026

This week's blog post: Lipid Replacement Therapy

Image by Monfocus from Pixabay Your cell membranes are critical for cellular function— and they are quite susceptible to damage from oxidative stress. This is especially important for mitochondrial membranes. Cell membranes are made of primarily phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidyletha...

04/14/2026

This week's blog post: Creatine: A Potential Caution

Image Free for use under the Pixabay Content License - no attribution provided Creatine is a trendy supplement these days, judging by how many people ask me about it lately. My intuition has always been that it’s fine to use for a short-term event, like before a hard workout, a competition,

04/07/2026

This week's blog post: Perimenopause, Premature Ovarian Aging, and the CDR Cycle

Image by laughingfire from Pixabay We’ve typically thought of menopause as the irreversible point at which ovarian follicles are depleted. But a recent study suggests that menopause doesn’t occur when the eggs a woman was born with simply run out, nor due to irreversible mitochondrial damage to ...

04/03/2026

A Good Friday Miracle - interview with Master Penman Jake Weidmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isW5EXyyLKg&t=61s

03/27/2026

This week's blog post: Energy Reserves, Hormonal Decline, and the Cell Danger Response

Image by David Sánchez-Medina Calderón from Pixabay We typically think of “resilience” as the ability to bounce back after experiencing a stressful event, physically or emotionally. Children are inherently resilient (or “vital,” in naturopathic lingo), but this resiliency slowly declines w...

03/24/2026

This week's blog post: Methylation and Our Toxic Environment

Image by trang nguyen thi thu from Pixabay The best known genetic mutation is still probably MTHFR, the central gene responsible for activating B12 and folate in a biochemical cycle known as the methylation cycle. The final methyl donor it produces is SAMe (S-Adenosyl Methionine), but an inefficient...

03/13/2026

This week's blog post: Binders: Which is the Best for Specific Mycotoxins?

Image by PDPhotos from Pixabay I treat a good bit of biotoxin illness in my practice, including mycotoxins from mold, particularly from water-damaged buildings. Once we’ve identified mycotoxins, though, which binder is best? The Shoemaker protocol defaults to cholestyramine (colestipol is the vers...

03/06/2026

This week's blog post: The Cell Danger Response, Part 2:

Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay In Part One of this article, I described the three phases of the Cell Danger Response, a cycle in which cells take themselves "offline" from the rest of the body in order to protect themselves from a threat, and to repair. CDR1 involves a shift