If you’ve been told to get your hormones checked, you’ve probably assumed that meant a blood draw. But blood is only one option for hormone testing, and it isn’t always the right one for the question you’re actually trying to answer. In our practice, we use both methods regularly, and patients often ask us directly: […]
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If you’re like a lot of our patients, you’ve reached a point where maintaining a healthy weight isn’t as easy as it used to be. You’re eating well. You’re moving your body regularly. And the scale still won’t budge — or it keeps creeping up no matter what you do. If this sounds familiar, you
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If you’ve never had a first naturopathic doctor visit before, it’s completely normal to feel a little unsure about what’s actually involved. Is it like a regular doctor’s appointment? Will they run labs right away? Will you leave with a treatment plan, or just more questions? This guide walks through what to expect at your
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If you’ve been trying to sort out the difference between naturopathic vs functional medicine, you’re not alone — the terms get used interchangeably online, and it’s not always clear where one ends and the other begins. They both promise some version of the same thing: root-cause, whole-person care that looks past a single symptom. They’re
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Insulin resistance is one of the most common and most overlooked metabolic conditions in women over 40 — and it often goes undetected for years. Not because it’s hiding, but because its symptoms are easy to attribute to other things: stress, aging, not sleeping well, being too busy. The signs of insulin resistance in women
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By Dr. Holly German If you have PCOS — or suspect you might — you may have recently come across a new term: PMOS. And you might be wondering what changed, whether your diagnosis still applies, and whether any of this affects your treatment. The short answer: the condition is the same. The name changed
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If you’re in perimenopause and you’ve noticed that food affects you differently than it used to — more fatigue after certain meals, blood sugar swings that weren’t there before, a harder time feeling satisfied — you’re not imagining it. Estrogen fluctuations directly impact how your body processes food, particularly carbohydrates, and how efficiently it manages
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By Dr. Holly German If there’s one way of eating that has been studied more thoroughly than any other — across more countries, more decades, and more people — it’s the Mediterranean diet. And the research keeps pointing in the same direction: people who eat this way tend to live longer, get fewer chronic diseases,
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By Dr. Sarah Kashdan If you’ve been struggling with symptoms that don’t have a clear explanation — fatigue that doesn’t go away, brain fog that comes and goes, digestive issues that don’t respond to dietary changes — mold might not be the first thing that comes to mind. Most people think of mold as a
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By Dr. Holly German You’re doing everything right. You eat reasonably well, you move your body, you’ve cut back on sugar. But you’re still exhausted by early afternoon, still struggling to lose weight despite your efforts, still reaching for something sweet after every meal like clockwork. Your doctor runs bloodwork and tells you everything looks
