WELLNESS

How We As Parents Can Look Beyond the Labeling of Our Children

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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 […]...

January 19, 2015 2:13PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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WELLNESS

The Flu Shot: Solution or Problem?

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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 […]...

January 16, 2015 4:46PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Smart Ideas for Better Digestion

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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 […]...

January 4, 2015 10:48PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Get Grounded: Earthing For Health

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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 […]...

November 4, 2014 1:22PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Supplementing For Low Vitamin D? Not So Fast…

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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 […]...

November 2, 2014 7:33PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Did You Consent To The Pill?

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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 […]...

October 29, 2014 7:28AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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