How Much Do You Know About Your Gut?

August 11, 2017

Gut microbiota is a fancy word for flora that lives in our gut. Flora means plants that live in a particular habitat. In this case, our gut is our habitat and the flora are microorganisms such as bacteria. Our gut microbiota is made up of tens of trillions of bacteria which is ten times more…

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Meet Mary

February 23, 2017

Mary is a forty-five-year-old patient of mine who was testosterone deficient.  Despite working out and “eating healthy,” she was not losing weight; in fact she was gaining weight around her mid-section.  She had her testosterone optimized but still could not lose weight.  We knew she had hypothyroidism, but this being managed by another physician who…

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2016 in Reflection

December 31, 2016

2016 in Reflection It seems every year on the topic of health, something new and exciting opens my eyes to how magnificent our bodies are. For example, how amazing is it that we live with billions of organisms called our flora working in precise unison with our human cells, keeping our bodies and minds functioning…

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