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The many faces of mental health: what causes mood imbalances and what to do about it

Key Takeaways Mental health disorders have a genetic component but also have many biological causes Many of these causes are treatable with a functional medicine approach *In this article, I refer to mood “disorders”. By no…

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Mold, Microbes, Mental Health, & Neurodegenerative Disease – What everyone suffering NEEDS to know!

I am fortunate to be featuring a guest article written by my very bright friend, Brendan Vermeire. Brendan has a long track record as a researcher and educator in the field of integrative and functional medicine.…

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Gavin Guard: The Gut-Thyroid Connection

Key Takeaways There is a key relationship between your gut and thyroid health, and vice versa This relationship is exhibited through an association between thyroid status and many gut disorders It’s important to first fix your…

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Gavin Guard: How an unidentified infection may be contributing to chronic inflammation and autoimmunity

Key Takeaways Certain bacteria and viruses can contribute to autoimmunity Many infections are necessary but not sufficient for developing autoimmunity Treating infections can help alleviate autoimmune processes Any chronic inflammation worsens autoimmunity Genetics are NOT your…

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Gavin Guard: A key nutrient for autoimmune thyroid disease

Key Takeaways Autoimmune thyroid disease affects up to 40% of females and 20% of males Selenium is a key nutrient to improve thyroid autoimmunity Selenium has been shown to reduce oxidation (harmful molecules) by increasing important…

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Gavin Guard: New Medical Clinic on San Juan Island

Why health matters Most people don’t want to be healthy just for the sake of being healthy. That rarely gets you anywhere and the motivation to eat and live healthier slowly fades away. I truly believe…

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Gavin Guard: A Missing Link to Mental Health

Key Takeaways: Mood disorders like anxiety and depression are very common (7% have depression, 18% have anxiety) Anti-depressant drugs are the 2nd most common prescribed drug but have their own set of problems (side effects, poor…

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Gavin Guard: Proven Diet for Your Gut Issues

Key Takeaways IBS is a condition characterized by bloating, gas, abdominal pain, diarrhea and/or constipation. It effects 10-20% of the American population. FODMAPS are fermentable carbohydrates found in “healthy” food such as broccoli, onions, apples, wheat,…

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Gavin Guard: Coronavirus: the known and the unknown

As a future healthcare professional, I believe it is my responsibility to translate clinical research and science into digestible information for patients and the general public. The unprecedented coronavirus outbreak is something that we have not…

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Gavin Guard: The potential use of a ketogenic diet for traumatic brain injury: part 2

This is the second part to this series. If you’d like to read the first part, you can go here. Through my research of this topic, I have come to appreciate the nuances of the possible…

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Gavin Guard: The potential use of a ketogenic diet for traumatic brain injury: part 1

You’d be hard-pressed to say that diet does not have a large effect on the health of an individual. To that effect, we can also extend this notion to diet’s effect on brain and nervous system…

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Gavin Guard: Concussions do more than just damage the head

Concussions or TBIs (traumatic brain injuries) represent an astonishing number of injuries with around 2 million people affected each year. To make matters worse, 75% of these are classified as “mild” which often go unnoticed or…

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Gavin Guard: Do Calories Matter?

Within the last few years, I have witnessed a lot of confusion over what calories are and if they in fact matter or not when it comes to weight loss and health. Do calories have a…

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