Top 10 Doctor’s Tips for Healing Hashimoto’s
Cara, 38, had been gaining weight for months even though she hadn’t changed her food or exercise patterns one bit. She was tired all the time, sometimes needing to nap on weekend afternoons and she...
View ArticleHerbal Remedies for Hot Flashes & Night Sweats: Natural Remedies for Menopause
Are you in your mid-to-late-40s, maybe your early 50s and noticing that your body is changing? You’re still having periods, but they’re not the same. They may be shorter, longer, lighter, or heavier,...
View ArticleHomemade Vapor Chest Rub
Vapor chest rubs have solid scientific evidence for quieting irritable coughs both during the day, and at night — helping your child – and you – get a better night’s sleep where there is a cold,...
View ArticleThe Natural Approach to Endometriosis: Getting to Your Root Causes
At 36, Liz came to me as a patient popping Percocet before breakfast, several ibuprofen before lunch, and another round of narcotics before the kids got home from school. She was tired, constipated,...
View ArticleThe Gut-Thyroid Connection: 4 Steps for Breaking the Hashimoto’s Autoimmune...
So many women are led to believe that their thyroid symptoms are in their heads! Well, guess what, ladies, it’s not in your head – but your thyroid troubles could be starting in your gut! Let me tell...
View ArticleTreating Bladder Infections Naturally
Bladder infections are super common – over half of us will have at least one at some point in our lives, up to 20% of all women have some urinary discomfort or a bladder infection every year, and as...
View ArticleSleep Well, Naturally: 7 Steps to Great Zzzz’s
If you’ve got your ceiling memorized from lying awake staring at it night after night, if you’ve got a spare tire you just can’t get rid of, you wake up and can’t get back to sleep, you wake up...
View ArticleHow to Lose Weight When You Have Hypothyroidism
If you’re struggling with hypothyroidism – or Hashimoto’s disease – then your weight may be at the top of the list of things you’d change if you had a magic wand. Low thyroid function and weight...
View ArticleThe Reason You Might Be So Tired (Pssst…It’s Not Your Thyroid!)
Fatigue: Beyond Just the Adrenals and Thyroid So many women come to see me for fatigue that sometimes I think we’re experiencing an exhaustion epidemic! There are many reasons for fatigue – our diets,...
View ArticleGroup B Strep (GBS) in Pregnancy: What’s a Mom to Do?
It’s practically impossible to pick up a newspaper or magazine these days without coming across an article on the importance of a healthy microbiome for our overall health. If you’ve been educating...
View ArticleThyroid Problems After Pregnancy: Ending Unnecessary Postpartum Suffering
It’s no surprise that thyroid disease is frequently missed in new moms. After all, being a new mom is naturally exhausting! There are sleepless nights. Overwhelm. Anxieties about caring for a baby....
View ArticleWillpower Fatigue: Why Your Willpower Might Not Be Working & How to Fix That
During medical residency I completely stopped flossing my teeth. I’m serious. I just stopped. In full disclosure, some nights I even flopped into bed without brushing them. I know, sounds gross – but...
View Article8 Safe & Effective Herbal Antibiotic Alternatives
There’s no doubt about it – antibiotics are a good thing. They save lives every day. We can, in part, attribute our longer lifespans, reduction in infant mortality and childhood deaths from...
View ArticleMagnesium for Women: The Relaxation Mineral
Magnesium is the most abundant mineral in the body – and it’s a relaxing one. Literally. It relaxes the blood vessels keeping blood pressure nice and healthy; it relaxes smooth muscle, easing cramps;...
View ArticleNatMD Radio: The Top Daily Supplements for Women
Whether or not to take supplements – that’s a huge question that a lot of women are asking. On the one hand they are touted by pretty much every natural health nutrition guru out there as the cure you...
View ArticleBitter Plants: The Ultimate Paleo Food
If I were to ask you what your favorite flavor is, my guess is that it wouldn’t be bitter. Most of us are accustomed to the soothing taste of something sweet, the satisfying taste of something...
View Article7 Back-to-School Immune Boosting Tips for Kids’ Health
It’s so much easier to prevent illness than spend time on visits to the doctor’s office and go through endless rounds of antibiotics that often don’t really work anyway! While a lot of kids don’t need...
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