Category: Digestion

1 247 / 47 POSTS
Enjoying the Holidays Despite Food Sensitivities

Enjoying the Holidays Despite Food Sensitivities

When we think of the holidays it brings to mind the wonderful smells and tastes that go along with the festivities. Whether it is the aroma of turkey [...]
Unhealthy Gut Bacteria Can Cause Weight Gain

Unhealthy Gut Bacteria Can Cause Weight Gain

If you have been struggling to maintain or lose weight it may be because the bacteria living inside your gut are out of balance. What we eat affects o [...]
Natural Relief from Constipation

Natural Relief from Constipation

Contrary to popular wisdom, frequency of bowel movements is not a criterion for diagnosing constipation because of the wide range of variability among [...]
Food Sensitivities—Breaking Down the Basics!

Food Sensitivities—Breaking Down the Basics!

We hear a lot about food sensitivities nowadays, with so many people avoiding one or multiple foods in their daily diets. Often, people cite food alle [...]
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Gut-based Interventions

Autism Spectrum Disorders: Gut-based Interventions

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) the prevalence of autism is now 1 in 68. This is a 119.4% increase over the rate of 1 in 150 that wa [...]
How Does Our Diet Affect Inflammation?

How Does Our Diet Affect Inflammation?

It is no longer a question as to whether or not inflammation contributes to chronic disease. While it is a process essential to human existence, it ca [...]
BioSet – A New Way to Treat Allergies

BioSet – A New Way to Treat Allergies

BioSet is a gentle, drug free means of eliminating food intolerances and environmental sensitivities. Based on the principle of the energetic body, as [...]
Can an Unhealthy Digestive Tract Increase Breast Cancer?

Can an Unhealthy Digestive Tract Increase Breast Cancer?

One in eight; this is the number of women who will experience breast cancer in their lifetime. Dramatically higher than in the past, this statistic ha [...]
Do you Feel Like a Train Wreck?

Do you Feel Like a Train Wreck?

When was the last time you went out with your friends or your partner to do something fun? Did the experience cause you any pain? Were you feeling the [...]
Good Bacteria…Bad Bacteria…What You Need to Know

Good Bacteria…Bad Bacteria…What You Need to Know

Many people cringe at the thought of bacteria, and are shocked about facts relating to them. For example, studies have shown the average adult human b [...]
When Food Sensitivities Take Over: The Mast Cell Connection

When Food Sensitivities Take Over: The Mast Cell Connection

It seems that in this modern era of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), processed foods, and chemically laden products, there is an astronomical in [...]
Oral Reflexology: How Your Mouth Reflects your Overall Health

Oral Reflexology: How Your Mouth Reflects your Overall Health

Reflexology has become a common practice in natural health. The concept of focusing on one part of the body to heal another is not new, and there is c [...]
The Right to Know…About What You’re Eating

The Right to Know…About What You’re Eating

Here we are in 2015, and there is so much to learn about our food and healthcare in America. Our food AND our health care, as they are one and the sam [...]
The Gerson Therapy

The Gerson Therapy

The Gerson Therapy is a natural nutritional therapy that activates the body’s extraordinary ability to heal itself through an organic, vegetarian diet [...]
Does My Child Have Food Allergies?

Does My Child Have Food Allergies?

Constipation, diarrhea, hives, rashes, eczema, dark circles around the eyes, sneezing, runny nose, coughing and wheezing, ear infections, poor weight [...]
Manual Therapy and Nutritional Wellness for GI-Related Pain

Manual Therapy and Nutritional Wellness for GI-Related Pain

Food is an intrinsic part of most cultures. Whether it is ‘inhaled’ or savored, in small or large quantities, it has been known to define us in many w [...]
The Gaps Diet: Natural Digestive Healing

The Gaps Diet: Natural Digestive Healing

By now, many people have heard of the GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) program, especially those who are involved with autism.  According to the [...]
The Root Cause of Autoimmune Disease

The Root Cause of Autoimmune Disease

Autoimmune disease is a diagnosis that, unfortunately, I see in my practice every day as a naturopathic doctor (ND.) The best modality of care for aut [...]

How to Augment the Immune System in response to childhood vaccinations

History of Vaccines The vaccine controversy has been a source of heated debate amongst the natural and traditional medical and parenting communitie [...]

Autoimmune Disease and Naturopathic Treatment

It was not very long ago that I became interested in Naturopathic Medicine. I always thought if I was ever to become a Naturopathic Physician I would [...]
Food Sensitivities

Food Sensitivities

Millions of Americans suffer from food sensitivities. These sensitivities can cause a wide array of symptoms from rashes to bloating, from congestion [...]
Autism and Allergies, What’s the Link?

Autism and Allergies, What’s the Link?

In 1943, Austrian psychiatrist Leo Kanner was first to describe autism. His article “Autistic Disturbances of Affective“ described 11 children who had [...]

The Risks of Acid-Blocking Drugs

By Dr. Frank Aieta, ND Drugs intended to treat heartburn, like Nexium or Prilosec, are among the most widely prescribed medicines in the United Sta [...]
1 247 / 47 POSTS