Hillary, Hashimoto’s and DVT
This week while browsing the news sites, I came across Dr. David Andrew Pinsky, more commonly known as TV personality “Dr. Drew”, commenting on the…
Migraines, magnesium, & brown rice
Soon after I published Food As Medicine in 2011, I received an email from a reader, who wrote about her experience with migraines and magnesium.…
Some musings on meal times
One of the central tenets of eating in traditional medicine, is that we probably eat too much. According to an ancient Chinese legend, when the…
Is drinking from copper healthy?
I was recently forwarded this short article on the benefits of copper, and was asked if there was any truth to the claims. The author of the…
Treatment of sarcoptic mange
A few weeks ago, I noticed that my white female husky-collie cross, who is already very pink in her nether regions, was decidedly pinker. I asked…
A guide to fasting and detoxification
One of the more popular topics in natural health circles is the subject of fasting and detoxification. Unfortunately, it’s also a subject area riddled with…
Spring can really hang you up
[pictured above, an alder (Alnus rubra) male catkin that releases pollen] As I gaze out the window here in the Pacific Northwest, thankfully the heavy rain…
Shedding some light on bone broth
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a little out-of-touch when it comes to popular trends, particularly in the field of natural health and wellness.…
Superfoods are bullshit, part 2
When I published part one of this two part series on superfoods, we received so much traffic that it almost crashed our website! I guess…