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For those of you that follow my blog you may have noticed it has been over a month since I have posted any new material. I want to apologize for the hiatus and let you know what has been going on behind the scenes. As some of you may know, it has been my dream for...
I spend a lot of time talking to people about how their diets can affect their physical health but there is also growing evidence that nutrition has a dramatic effect on mental health as well. One thing a lot of people don't know about me is I am actually dually...
When I originally started writing this post I noticed it was quickly and unintentionally turning into a physiology lesson. I tend to get pretty excited when I start learning about new ways to understand old problems however the content was getting more and more...
One of my biggest role models in the field of medicine has been Dr. Andrew Weil. His philosophies on health and healing were what made me want to go to medical school in the first place. I started medical school with the idea of practicing Integrative Medicine,...
Hey guys, this is the place where I will post upcoming events related to Premier Integrative Health and the health and wellness scene. There is not much going on currently but once the clinic is up and running I hope to have a lot more to offer. This is where (along...
It will not come as a surprise to hear that it is my strong belief that the U.S. has a "Sick Care" system masquerading and being promoted as a health care system. Out of all of the developed countries in the world the U.S. spends more money (by far) on healthcare than...
If an 11 year old can figure it out, why is it so hard for the rest of us to understand. My favorite line in the clip is: "you either pay the farmer now or the hospital later." What a simple yet powerful concept. Not only are locally grown, organic fruits and...
The question of choosing artificial sweeteners or sugar is one I get quite often. The best answer to this question is neither but I try to only recommend things that I feel like I am capable of following myself and cutting out all sweetened foods from my diet would...
In one of my previous post I talked about 6 lab tests to do to assess your physiological age. Now that you know about the tests lets talk about some ways you can improve your numbers! Before I jump in lets talk a little bit about how advanced science is able to...
"It is more important to know the patient who has the disease than the disease the patient has." Hippocrates said this over 2,000 years ago and it is just as true today as it was back then. However, in our current insurance driven 'health care' model doctors rarely...
When it comes to genetics and how long we live, many still believe they're predestined to have whatever disease their parents or grandparents had. The science of today takes into account the field of epigenetics which is the environmental factors that turn off and...