I’d known the two of them for years. Now in their early fifties, Ben and Frieda were in good health—until Ben started reacting to red meat. What was happening? As it turns out, Ben was developing Alpha-Gal Syndrome, a tick-borne allergy that causes reactions to red meat. Frieda began, “We think this probably began weeks […]

“Exhaustion is my reality. At four o’clock, I’m wiped, totally wiped.”  Patricia is forty-three, happily married as far as marriages go, one kid, steadily employed in the usual American less-than-satisfying corporate job, good eating habits, and, until recently, health club a few times a week. Now she’s too tired for that. By appearance, she’s dragging. […]

This will begin some of our case studies, just how we use lifestyle changes and nutritional supplements for common health issues that conventional doctors treat first with a prescription med, often a second medication added to deal with side effects from the first. Phyllis B. was a long time patient of mine, whose medical problems, generally […]

Many a time, either in person or via phone, someone will say a variation of the following, “Look, I’m taking all these vitamins and minerals but I really don’t know what I’m doing. I think I’m eating right but I might have some vitamin or mineral deficiencies that I know nothing about. I really don’t […]

Here’s a diagnosis that doctors only started thinking about as recently as the 1980’s and now, decades later, although there are now plenty of gluten free items available both in grocery stores and on restaurant menus, doctors are still arguing about its existence. Many don’t even mention it to their patients with irritable bowel syndrome. “Why […]

We’re living in a time of major, worldwide breakthroughs when it comes to understanding how we age and also the steps we can take to not only slow down aging, but even reverse it a bit. A reader suggested she was tired of the term ‘anti-aging’. She wasn’t against ‘aging’, and in fact, rather enjoyed […]