Hair loss is an enormous bummer. The psychological impact that changes in your hair can elicit are not really acknowledged or talked about amongst most providers. If you’ve been battling with hair loss for longer than 3 months…Listen up! Ingredients:-Iron. You will need your stored Iron, Ferritin, to be at least 70 in order to …
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Is Mantra For You?
A mantra is a chant, sacred word, or sound that is repeated to create calm and a sense of peace internally. It has been part of many spiritual practices throughout time: Christianity:Hail Mary = Mother of Jesus Buddhism:Namo Butsaya = I bow to the Buddha Hinduism:Rama = Internal Joy Within Judaism:Shalom= Peace Islam:Allah = One …
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How Stress Changes Your Microbiome
We all know what a BOMB stress is to our lives, but maybe you don’t know what stress does specifically to your Gastrointestinal tract?? Studies show:-It suppresses two very important bacterial strains: Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria-It increases (via adrenaline) the presence of Gram Negative Strains that have the power to kindle inflammation in your body.-It erodes …
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Why I Love to Analyze Poop
Well, I never really imagined that this would become an area of utter fascination for me, but here we are! And I’m honoring my truth. Your GI tract can certainly be assessed by endoscopy and colonoscopy, and these are wonderful tools we have in medicine! However, the *function* of your GI tract, the profile of …
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The Three Most Important Food Questions
Ready for it?? 1. Are you getting a variety of different foods?2. Do you “eat the rainbow” from organic whole foods daily (or close to it)?3. Are you paying attention to how you *FEEL* with the food you eat? I love to think about all the details of what I’m eating, and certainly obsess about …
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Depression: A Teaching Moment for Functional Medicine
Remember: Diagnosis tells us nothing about the cause or the pathophysiological mechanism. Similarly, symptom clusters cannot tell us about the mechanism of disease, and the same symptoms can have various causes! Let’s look at depression for a point of reference: In conventional medicine, if you have a certain # of symptoms you are diagnosed with depression …
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On Invalidation: How being told “nothing is wrong” turns a patient into an Integrative and Functional Medicine Doctor
Dr. Gelane Gemechisa explains how she came to integrative and functional medicine and why she joined the District Center for Integrative Medicine. There must be more to medicine than managing symptoms… I stepped into my office and closed the door behind me after what felt like a sprint through 20+ patient appointments. As I dropped …
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Cholesterol: The Four Top Foods You Need
If you are struggling with elevated cholesterol, listen up! Exercise and Diet modification can provide benefits. However, those specifics are unique to the profile of your lipid markers and history. Here are 4 foods you cannot go wrong with in improving your cholesterol and cardiovascular status: 1. Garlic: Reduces plaque progression.2. Curcumin/Turmeric: Increases HDL (“good …
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B12 Benefits
To start, why do we need B12? (and you’ll see need is operative here!) *Production of Neurotransmitters*Nerve cell function and optimization*Red blood cell development and maintenance*DNA and RNA synthesis What might you feel if you’re low? *Weakness, Fatigue*Balance problems*Anxiety/Depression*Cognitive Dysfunction (attention, memory, concentration) Here’s what blows my mind: The reference range on standard labs goes …
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Welcoming Dr. Gemechisa to DCIM!
DCIM is incredibly excited to introduce our newest member of our team, Dr. Gelane Gemechisa! During our intensive, six-month search we were fortunate enough to attract many qualified candidates. Ultimately, we chose Dr. Gemechisa because of her impressive qualifications, her commitment to patient care and understanding, and her infectious positivity. After welcoming her to the …
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