A Spoonful of Sugar
A few weeks back I posted an article titled Is Sugar a Drug? I started the article talking about why sugar really wasn’t talked about in pharmacy school or …
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3 Reasons For Vitamin D
What is a symptom and what is the cause? As a functional pharmacist I find it challenging at times to make sure what I am recommending is addressing the …
Is Sugar A Drug?
Over the weekend I attended a functional medicine symposium where pharmacists came together to learn more about how they could help their patients naturally. Of the many great topics …
Natural Treatments For Menopause
Estrogen has gotten a bad rep a while back and some of the issues is just really a misunderstanding. It’s complicated, but I want to try to explain some …
Reset Your Gut Health
As a functional medicine pharmacist it seems like every day people are complaining about how they poop. Some people can’t poop enough, some poop too much, other people have …
Vitamins And Mood
Vitamins & Mood Nearly 50% of humans take at least one medication. People should be aware of the long term risk associated with prescription medications. let me explain. Everyone …
What is Perimenopause?
Introduction As a functional medicine pharmacist I commonly get asked questions about hormone replacement therapy and this question comes up all the time. What is perimenopause, what are the …
3 Things To Know about Sunscreens
Last week I needed to bring home a sunscreen that was safe for my kids, and our daycare wouldn’t allow aerosols, so I wanted to look into it and …
6 Reasons for Compounding Medications
Most call it compounding, but we think its more than that. So we call it personalized medicine. When we personalize a medication we are taking the raw active drug ingredient and …
Heart Disease & Menopause
Heart disease risk rises for everyone as they age, but for women symptoms can become more evident after the onset of menopause. Menopause does not cause cardiovascular diseases. However, …