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Chronic Health Issues

Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Disease

Addressing the Seismic Rise in Chronic Health Issues

Chronic health issues (autoimmune & autoinflammatory) are now the most common medical problems we deal with. How can you protect yourself?

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Inflammation

The Underlying Cause of Chronic Disease

Inflammation is a normal response of our body’s immune system … but it can sometimes run amok, leading to all kinds of problems.

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Treating Long COVID

Facing a Real Problem and Moving Forward

Long COVID is an inflammatory response to the original infection. That’s important because post-infectious inflammatory complications are not new.

Detox | Part 1

Is Toxic Load Causing Your Health Issues?

Our bodies are designed to remove toxins as we’re exposed to them … problems arise as toxins build up over time faster than our bodies can remove them.

Connected Health

9 Lifehacks for a Healthy Gut

Whether you’re experiencing digestive issues or just want to optimize your gut, these practical tips can help you take the next step.

Made for Health

What Really Causes Cardiovascular Disease

& How You Can Beat the Odds...

Discover how advanced screening, smart nutrition, and lifestyle tweaks can safeguard your heart.

Mystery Illnesses | Part 3

CIRS: The Poster Child of “Mystery Illnesses”

When Environmental Illness Hides in Plain Sight

Many chronic illnesses appear mysterious because symptoms cross multiple systems. Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) may explain why.

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What Causes Those Dreaded Spring Time Allergies – And How to Ease Your Symptoms Naturally

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CIRS: A New Paradigm for Chronic Disease | Part 3

Understanding the Biotoxin Pathway & Lab Tests for Diagnosis

For a quarter of us, biotoxins never leave. Follow the pathway from exposure to inflammation, and the lab tests that finally make an invisible illness visible.

CIRS: A New Paradigm for Chronic Disease | Part 2

Diagnosing CIRS

CIRS follows a proven diagnostic sequence, from exposure history to symptom cluster analysis, that has already identified the illness in more than 10,000 patients.

CIRS: A New Paradigm for Chronic Disease | Part 1

Understanding Our Mold Problem

About half of U.S. buildings have water damage, and a quarter of us are built to hold on to whatever grows there. This is how mold becomes an unnamed epidemic.

The Underlying Cause of Chronic Disease

In this post, we will explain functional medicine treatment options for inflammation, including different foods to eat, natural supplements, and lifestyle changes.

The Underlying Cause of Chronic Disease

In part II of our series, we look at five common causes of inflammation: trauma, infections, deficiencies, toxins, and stress.

The Underlying Cause of Chronic Disease

While we are increasingly hearing more about inflammation, few of us understand the good purposes inflammation plays in our body or when those good purposes move to dysfunction.