We know toxins are bad but it’s difficult to get our heads wrapped around specifics… you know, the nitty gritty questions that we can’t ask conventional doctors: Which toxins are the worst? How bad are they really? What does our body do with the toxins exactly? What symptoms should we expect to see as our toxicity levels …
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Closed Mouth Breathing at Night – A Lifesaver
How does your child breathe while asleep — through the mouth or nose? Does it really matter, you may ask? Yes, it does – BIG TIME! Let me tell you the story of George Catlin to open your eyes of the importance of nose breathing while sleeping. George Catlin was born in Pennsylvania in 1796 and …
How We As Parents Can Look Beyond the Labeling of Our Children
Diagnosis labeling, that is It doesn’t matter what label your child has been given. What you need to know is that a label is often harmful. It restricts, pathologizes, stigmatizes… it kills hope. If a clinician believes bowel disease is intrinsic to autism then she may tell you there’s nothing that can be done about GI …
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The Flu Shot: Solution or Problem?
The idea behind vitalism and holistic healthcare is that an environment for wellness can be cultivated once we recognize the body’s inherent complexity, wisdom, and its inextricable connection to the world it inhabits. Immunity and microbial synergy While it is powerful to see studies like the one I am about to describe, our ability to …
Smart Ideas for Better Digestion
Food, glorious food! We sure do love our protein, fats, and carbs. But did you know that the food we savor is basically useless to the body? Useless, that is, until we add a bit of biochemical alchemy. What are enzymes? Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts to bring about specific biological reactions. Digestive …
Get Grounded: Earthing For Health
There is an emerging body of knowledge about one of our natural resources that’s simple, abundant, free, and critical to our health. Consider the raw materials necessary for our survival; air, water, sunlight, and the products that nourish and shelter us. There is one more resource that’s usually left out. It’s one that we are only now beginning to …
Supplementing For Low Vitamin D? Not So Fast…
Note from Fearless Parent’s Medical Director, Kelly Brogan, MD: The moment that a substance is adopted by mainstream medicine and used “pharmaceutically” without attention to underlying drivers of deficiency, it’s time to expand our thinking. What follows is an exploration of a theoretical model supporting an alternative understanding about vitamin D deficiency in chronic illness and what it …
Did You Consent To The Pill?
As a physician, informed consent means I have an obligation to my patients. I must research and relay what I can about a given intervention’s risks, known and unknown, in the context of the purported benefits, and potential alternatives. The prescription of the pill, which interferes with reproductive hormones, is an example of an egregious …