Written by Dr. Patricia Pimentel Selassie. In the Standard American Diet (SAD), breakfast is typically composed of heavy-laden, highly refined carbohydrate foods such as cereal, waffles, pancakes, toast, muffins, Danishes, donuts, biscuits and orange juice. These refined carbohydrates enter your blood stream as glucose, or sugar, providing quick energy. Unrefined carbs, like a porridge made…
Dr. Doni Wilson, author of The Stress Remedy, explains how MTHFR mutations are related to adrenal burnout and chronic fatigue, as well as how to get your groove back. (Part 7 of Dr. Doni’s Series on How Genetic Mutations Affect Your Health) The first six articles in this series describe genetic mutations (SNPs), how to…
Written by Dr. Millie Lytle. A true food allergy generates life threatening histamine type 1 release, most understood by bronchial swelling and throat closing over, in the case of shrimp or peanut exposure. There are also lesser-known allergy signals in the intestines, called Histamine 2 receptors. Allergies from foods and ingredients such as gluten, known…
Healing Waters Dr. Siobhan Hanlon has spent a lot of time on the water. Born in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, her childhood was spent on her father’s boats docked on the bay. She spent countless hours on a ferry commuting to Bridgeport from her apartment in New York. And when she can make time for…
Part 10 of Dr. Doni’s Series on Sleep Disruptors and Insomnia Dr. Doni Wilson, author of The Stress Remedy, explains how changes in estrogen and progesterone levels can affect your sleep, and what you can do about it. We spend, on average, one third of our lives sleeping and during that time, hormones in our…
Written by Dr. Doni Wilson. This is Part 8 of Dr. Doni’s Series on Sleep Disruptors and Insomnia Dr. Doni Wilson, author of The Stress Remedy explains how food sensitivities can prevent you from getting a good night’s sleep. She offers advice for breaking the cycle. We started off this blog series by discussing 12…
Written by Dr. Patricia Pimentel Selassie. I bet you’ve never thought about getting a powerful night’s rest before, but power is just what you’ll get if you make it a priority to get enough hours of sleep. Stop for a moment and consider the following. Why is a hospital full of beds? When you were…
Written by Dr. Rob Kachko. Homeopathy is an extremely effective and comprehensive system of medicine that has been in use since the end of the 18th century. While it has tremendous healing potential, it is also remarkably gentle and free of side effects. Homeopathic remedies are diluted forms of substances that, if given in their…
Written by Dr. Doni Wilson Introduction to Dr. Doni’s Series on Sleep Disruptors and Insomnia In a 12-part series of articles on sleep, Dr. Doni gives an overview of insomnia and explains how our ability to fall asleep—and stay asleep—can easily become disrupted. Sleep is arguably one of the most important things we do, next to…
Written by Dr. Sean Heerey.* This is the fifth article of a six-article series on the efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and safety of naturopathic medicine when it comes to health promotion and disease prevention based on research from across the country. To read the first three articles of The Value of Naturopathic Medicine in New York, please click here:…
