Calling all Lynchburg locals! Do you want to know the best places to shop? Here are my go-to spots…
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Have you started thinking about the holidays yet? I for one, cannot believe that we're almost through October. Say what!?!
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Autoimmune disease is a great example of the differences between conventional and functional medicine. Conventional medicine chooses to suppress the body’s natural immune response, inhibiting normal physiology and covering up underlying inflammation with steroids. Functional medicine looks deeper to understand why the body has reacted in such a way and seeks to eliminate contributing factors.
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Here’s the deal. Consuming an anti-inflammatory diet can look a bit different depending on your own individual health goals, but generally any diet incorporating mostly plant-based, whole foods and avoiding processed, refined food products, sugars and artificial sugars, and hydrogenated/ trans fats will reduce inflammation.
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Simple stimulation of one of these senses, or even the anticipation of that stimulation, can make us crave these foods when our bodies aren’t the slightest bit hungry and lead to overeating and weight gain. This has been demonstrated in both human and animal research time and time again.
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When inflammation becomes routine and chronic systemically, we usually do not experience any symptoms until much of the damage has already been done. Acute inflammation can be viewed as vital for healing, while chronic inflammation is often considered a silent killer.
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“I wish we had more than just 5 minutes,” and “I just wish my doctor would hear me out.” These are common complaints I hear from clients who are frustrated with the current healthcare model.
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In a common condition called Leaky Gut Syndrome, the “mortar” between the “bricks” lining our intestinal tract becomes damaged, causing gaps that allow food particles and toxic byproducts to be absorbed into the bloodstream. This dangerously compromises our immune defense and causes systemic inflammation, GI discomfort, irregular bowel habits, and a diversity of symptoms in the body.
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