RECIPES, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH & MORE

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To Patients, Friends, and those who are following this journey, In the summer of 2018, Northern Arizona Healthcare received a grant for five of its physicians to complete the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) Core Competencies curriculum through Harvard Medical School. I was one of the fortunate ones to receive this honor and have learned a great deal about lifestyle medicine which has been incorporated into my new Functional Medicine practice. To complete the program and fulfill the grant requirements, three...

A question often asked is, “How did laser tattoo removal and Functional Medicine end up under the same roof?” When an unwanted tattoo is on the skin, what goes along with it is repeated stories: How stupid was I? This is not who I am now. If only I could remove this harbinger of times past… All of these sentiments translate to dis-ease in the body and mind. Helping people become their best selves includes removing old patterns and ways of...

[caption id="attachment_1006" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Kinga Cichewicz on Unsplash[/caption] It’s dark in the morning. My body is in hibernation mode. With this brief respite as my new office is remodeled, I’ve enjoyed sleeping in. Decadent. Warm. Loving. Just me and my body...

[caption id="attachment_1009" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by QBaron on Unsplash[/caption] If you ever have a feeling of being all alone, know that this is far from true. Living inside every one of us is an entire ecosystem of intricately connected bacteria, viruses, fungi, and archaea. Heard of the first three, but not the fourth? It’s okay. There are many more creatures and morphons yet to be discovered that create our symbiotic partner, the microbiome. Many people have likely heard of the microbiome as...