Collaborative Medicine

REMINDER: If you are looking to be a part of a community and receive guidance on navigating the nuances of real-world functional medicine, click on of the buttons below to learn more about the FMC! I Want to Learn More I'm Ready to Join This week's topic: Can Melatonin Help Reflux? The go-to treatment for reflux in mainstream medicine is a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), which can be great at controlling symptoms and improving esophagitis and gastritis in many patients. However, some research...

REMINDER: If you are looking to be a part of a community, connect with a small group of like-minded practitioners and, receive guidance on navigating the nuances of real-world functional medicine, click on of the buttons below to learn more about the FMC and apply! I Want to Learn More I'm Ready to Join This week's topic: Natural Treatments for H. Pylori As we know, there is a high potential for antibiotic resistance when treating H. pylori and treatment involves multiple antibiotics to...

This week's topic: H. Pylori Results on a GI Map Many GI Map results show the presence of H. pylori, but do we need to treat it? I recently had a patient who was very upset after she tried to validate the results of a GI Map via her general practitioner. Her primary symptoms were bloating and fatigue, and she had high H. pylori (no virulence factors) on her GI Map. This patient was upset because she tested negative for H. pylori via commercial testing (stool antigen and breath test), and I...

ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are looking to be a part of a community, connect with a small group of like-minded practitioners, and receive guidance on navigating the nuances of real-world functional medicine, click on of the buttons below to learn more or apply for the Functional Medicine Collective mentorship! I Want to Learn More I'm Ready to Join Note, for a short time, there's an option to purchase just one month and try it out! This week's topic: ApoB and Lp(a) If you're like most mainstream...

LAST CHANCE! If you are looking to be a part of a community of like-minded practitioners and receive guidance on navigating the nuances of real-world functional medicine, click the button below to learn more and apply! And this is the last chance to join the FMC Collective to receive two complementary 1:1 mentor calls with me! What's coming up in July? Quizzes to test your knowledge, Focused Mastery Workshops on ApoB and Glucose dynamics, introduction to an app that can assist in clinical...

This week's topic: HDL Cholesterol Mainstream medicine often simplifies cholesterol as "good" (HDL) and "bad" (LDL); but HDL isn't always beneficial. Overview of today's email: Overview of HDL cholesterol Considerations for increasing levels Practical clinical tips on addressing high HDL 1. HDL cholesterol Some basic physiology: HDL half life is around 5 days Main functions of HDL (when functioning properly) include: Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) (aka remove peripheral cholesterol to be...

This week's topic: LDL Cholesterol Hyperlipidemia is still one of the primary factors that influences the #1 killer in America: heart disease. Functional medicine recognizes the role of LDL in heart disease (and we will use statins if indicated!), but considers other factors when interpreting test results. Overview of today's email: LDL cholesterol Other testing considerations Practical clinical tips 1. LDL cholesterol Cholesterol is necessary for many processes in the body, but when...

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Functional Medicine Collective Mentorship opens THIS WEDNESDAY, May 21st! Click the button below to learn more and apply! I Want to Learn More! This week's topic: EBV Reactivation EBV reactivation is a condition (or concept) that is prevalent in the integrative/functional medicine space, but no one agrees on how to best evaluate and treat this...or if it even is a true condition! I have spent a lot of time researching this and trying out various treatments and testing in...

COMING SOON: The Functional Medicine Collective...a mentorship and co-working space for clinicians who want more support! The launch kicks off with a free 2-day workshop on May 8th and 9th...click the button below to get notified when registration opens! I Want to Learn More! This week's topic: Mycotoxin-Induced Illness Mold-illness or mycotoxin-induced-illness is another diagnosis that mainstream medicine is either unfamiliar with, or considers to be made up. An overview of today's email:...

COMING SOON: The Functional Medicine Collective...a mentorship and co-working space for clinicians who want more support! The launch kicks off with a free 2-day workshop followed by an "ask-me-anything" - click the button below to get notified when registration opens! I Want to Learn More! This week's topic: Detox Detox is another term that mainstream medicine considers more "woo" and unnecessary. An overview of today's email: What is detox? What tests can we use to assess "detox"? Practical...