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Giving up grass-fed butter means losing a robust source of vitamin A, K2, and important fatty acids like CLA. If you have casein sensitivity, grass-fed, organic, cultured ghee is the closest approxima...
“Clinical use of diagnostic ultrasound imaging during pregnancy has a long history of safety and diagnostic utility, as supported by numerous human case reports and epidemiological studies.
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We often have the hubris to assume that human evolution has made some big mistakes. These assumptions are evident in the belief that:
- Newborns are made deficient in Vitamin K.
- Contracting infectio ...
The suppression of inquiry around vaccination science, policy, and practice is unacceptable and smacks of faith-based adherence to a faltering tradition of paternalistic medicine. Recently, Sayer Ji, ...
- A new paper supports an age-old midwifery practice of delayed cord clamping after birth.
- Iron stores and hemoglobin levels were improved in newborns when clamping was delayed for at least one ...
- Antibiotics are cellular toxins causing oxidative stress in addition to slaughtering bacteria - good, bad, and indifferent.
- A signal is being raised to implicate antibiotics in pregnancy with ...
- I screen for thyroid autoantibodies in every patient because misfiring of the immune system has consequences for wellness and particularly for mood and anxiety.
- Women testing positive for thy...
While I advocate for a high natural fat, vegetable-based carb diet for most people, I am often asked, “What should I eat for a snack?” With improved blood sugar stability, constant hunger becomes less...
A hormone-disrupting, immune-derailing, and cancer-feeding substance, sugar is also highly addictive as has been demonstrated by the health of the American population. Several animal studies such as t...
A recent study contributes to the literature suggesting a bidrectional relationship between schizophrenia and autoimmune diseases. In a Danish cohort, individuals with schizophrenia and infectious exp...
Oxytocin is a pituitary hormone that plays a critical role in the natural physiology of childbirth, lactation, and mother-infant bonding. In a recent study, researchers followed 46 families of mothers...
A number of European and two American studies have demonstrated a relationship between celiac disease and infertility. In 188 infertile women, 5.9% of those presenting with unexplained infertility had...