My journey into the world of Health,Wellness, and Functional Medicine.
When I was completing my masters program last year I took a class on plant based nutrition. My professor followed a vegan lifestyle and at times I felt that his personal beliefs about veganism interfered with teaching non-biased material. Around that time, the Netflix show “The Game Changers” had just come out too. That was
Pediatric Autoimmune Neuro-psychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections (PANDAS)/ Pediatric Acute-onset Neuro-psychiatric Syndrome (PANS) are a sub type of acute-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) thought to be caused by an autoimmune response to group A streptococcal infection. Other studies have suggested that chronic stress as well as other types of infections can result in neuro-psychiatric conditions,
A Gallbladder surgery, also known as a Cholecystectomy (CCY) is one of the most commonly performed surgeries. This surgery is performed when someone has gallbladder stones with pain/tenderness on the right side of the abdomen after eating any oily or fatty foods. If a person is told their gallbladder is loaded with stones then they
Onion pits? Or Meat sweats? Hi my name Melissa, and sometimes I have armpit BO that would make angels cry. I’m just kidding, it’s not that bad lol. Two years ago I was taking a plant-based nutrition course as a part of my master’s program in Functional Medicine. I had given up all animal proteins
Since 2020 I have spoken to many people who have come down with COVID-19 or know someone who has it. It seems that everyone has a different experience with it. I’ve spoken to parents of infants who have been diagnosed with it all the way to those in their 70s. I have come to see
Two separate studies observed the effect that low vitamin D levels had on Teeth, Gums & Heart. The Journal of Clinical Dentistry (2020) found people with chronic inflammation of the gums (periodontitis), & people who had both periodontitis AND Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) had significantly lower levels of Vitamin D when compared to those with
