What is SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth) – A Functional Medicine Perspective
I recently sat down with Jennifer McKee, Integration Nutrition Health Coach, to talk about SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth). Enjoy!
Supplement Quality
Today, I would like to talk about supplement quality and how to make sure you’re getting a good quality nutritional supplement if you are taking nutritional supplements.
Thyroid Function and Testing
Today I’d like to talk to you about thyroid function and getting properly tested for thyroid function. Learn about what free thyroid hormones and thyroid antibodies to get checked out on this week’s Functional Health Minute.
What is the HPA Axis
There’s an old term that gets thrown around called adrenal fatigue, but what we really found medically is that the adrenal glands themselves are fine in most cases. What’s actually causing this medical condition? Find out here.
Gut Symptoms and Gut Testing
For this week’s Functional Health Minute, I’d like to spend a few minutes talking about gut symptoms. About 80% of the immune system is located inside the gut. If we don’t get right what’s going on in there, we’re going to struggle with lots of symptoms! So how do we test for these symptoms? Let me explain.
Is Toxic Mold Illness the Cause of Your Strange Symptoms?
Are you one of the millions of those affected by chronic fatigue? Or are you in constant debilitating pain – unexplained muscle cramps, numbness or tingling have become your norm. It might surprise you, but the cause of all your chronic symptoms might be the air you breathe!
Food Re-Introductions After an Elimination Diet
This is Dr. Emily Parke with your Functional Health Minute. Today, I’d like to follow up on one of my earlier talks and really go through how to do a food reintroduction process after you’ve done food eliminations.
How to Test for Food Sensitivities
On this episode of Dr. Em’s Functional Health Minute I’m going to talk to you about the different ways we can figure out what food sensitivities you have.
Interview with JigSaw Health CEO, Patrick Sullivan: The Scottsdale Magnesium Study
Today I invited Patrick Sullivan, CEO of JigSaw Health to my office so we could talk about the importance of magnesium and a magnesium study they recently completed and published in the Journal of American College of Nutrition. Magnesium is involved in over 300 different metabolic reactions in the body and thousands of enzymatic reactions so it’s pretty darn important! Learn more about their research, also referred to as the Scottsdale Magnesium Study, and the importance of magnesium in this video!
Food Allergies, Sensitivities and Intolerances
On this episode of Dr. Em’s Functional Health Minute, I’d like to talk about food allergies, sensitivities and intolerances and how the body responds to each.