Naturopathic physicians individualize their treatments to their patients based on their training and how the patient presents. There is a contemporary doctrine in mainstream medicine of “Evidence-Based Medicine,” or EBM. This doctrine demands that medical treatments...
Where is the sweet spot in life? Have you pondered that for your life? And, how do I get there? Or, are you there, in the sweet spot? On a tennis racket, the sweet spot is the place where you get the “most bang for your buck.” This means that the ball goes exactly...
Ketogenic diets, raspberry ketones, and all things fat-burning are all the rage. What is the truth about your metabolism and ketones? When I was in Naturopathic Medical School, the Atkins diet was making a come-back. Originally developed in the 1960's by the...
“A new school of practitioner has arisen,” says Dr. Osler, “which cared nothing for homeopathy and less for so-called allopathy. It seeks to study, rationally and scientifically, the action of drugs, old and new.” The Journal of the American Medical Association, Aug...
Herbs do not work in the body the way that you think they do. Beyond St. John's Wort and grapefruit juice, the interactions of herbs with drugs are unpredictable and usually minimal. This is the bottom line of what I heard from Jonathan Treasure this past weekend at...
Did your pain start with an injury? Yes, pain with injury is part of the process. Did the pain remain beyond the time it was a useful signal? In order to understand when an injury should stop hurting, let’s look at the steps your body went through to heal from an...
Observation is the first step in unraveling your body messages to know what your body is telling you. You will be able to understand your body’s language when you start with careful observation. Given your observations and given a context, you can then respond...
Disease or Disease-Condition? "there are no specific diseases: there are specific disease-conditions." - Florence Nightingale Notes on Nursing, after her long experience of observation What's the difference? What does it matter? It makes all the difference in the...
What in your lifestyle can predict how long you will live? Is it: eating a clean diet with proper amounts of nutrients maintaining your ideal body weight exercising the right amount and in the right way If you said all of them, or two of the three, can you rank...
Safe, Effective Affordable Healthcare Naturopathic Physicians are recognized as able to “provide safe, effective, and affordable health care” according to resolutions passed by the US senate as well as by the State of Arizona and they encourage the public to learn...
