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What You Need to Know About Chemical Sweeteners

  What You Need to Know About Chemical Sweeteners What’s the deal with chemical sweeteners? Just because they have zero calories doesn’t mean they aren’t taking away from your body. I was inspired to share more about chemical sweeteners after one of my close friends innocently poured two packets of Splenda into her latte. So you are informed,

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Controversy of food impact on eczema: some evidence from the research

Lately, I’ve frequently found myself digging into a myriad of medical references published in peer-reviewed journals and available on PubMed looking for the evidence of assertions we know to be true in functional medicine.  Spurred by what seems to be a challenge by conventional peers (physicians not practicing from a functional medicine framework), my goal

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Why Juice Cleansing May Be Bad for Your Health and What To Do Instead

Should you do a juice cleanse? The options are everywhere, Juice Shop, Urban Cleanse, Pressed Juicery – touting the health benefits of a juice cleanse or even the old standby, Master Cleanse with it’s lemon water, maple syrup and cayenne pepper, it’s hard not to wonder if you should hop on the juice cleansing bandwagon,

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Doctor Approved Whole Foods Cleanse Starts April 27th

In a world where the cleansing fad seems to be everywhere, Adina Niemerow is a true believer that food is medicine. Her studies in Asian traditions and modern nutrition, at the Heartwood Institute with the renowned leader in plant based nutrition, Paul Pitchford, deepened her passion for earth medicine. She completed her culinary education at

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Functional Medicine: restores health. Can Functional Medicine restore healthcare?

So, I’ve ended up as a member on a mommy doctor Facebook page — added possibly by a friend or colleague, but I’m not sure. Over the past few weeks, I’ve read their posts, I’ve made some comments and I’ve found myself compelled to be one small, gentle voice suggesting that things can be different.

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