Updated 03/19/2023 Like so many women I see, Kara was increasingly frustrated with her weight loss efforts. She’d tried everything, she said, with no results. In fact, she had gained weight – even when eating so little that she was hungry all [...]
Updated 02/26/2023 When Traci came to my clinic for the first time, just like so many of the women who find their way to me, her biggest complaint was utter exhaustion. “I can’t even remember what it felt like to have energy,” [...]
Updated 01/22/2023 When I asked some of my closest friends if they knew what the estrobolome was, their answers sounded like a game of Balderdash. A new amusement park ride? The puff of powder released when putting on latex gloves? A Polish [...]
Updated 02/12/2023 When Caitlin came to see me, she was frustrated. Almost every day she dealt with bloating, pain and cramping in her abdominal region, and gas. She never knew if she would wake up with diarrhea or be completely unable to [...]
The other day, I had someone in my office who was sharing how terrified she was about the prospect of catching the virus and getting sick. I understand her fear. She’s an older woman, who is overweight and has a history of [...]
“I just can’t fight it anymore,” my client Denise told me a few months ago. “My metabolism is too slow. I’ve tried everything I can to lose weight and it’s not happening. I guess it’s time to give it up and accept [...]
Updated: Nov. 12th, 2023 When was the last time you felt exhausted, anxious, and overwhelmed? If you’re like many women I know, you won’t have to think too hard to come up with this - and it wasn’t that long ago! Do [...]
Did you know that your body is made up of as many non-human cells as it is human cells? And that just 1% of the unique genes in your body are human? The rest are colonies of microbiota - tiny microorganisms, including [...]
Updated 3/05/2023 “If there’s a diet out there, I’ve tried it,” Marisol told me. From the balanced Mediterranean to keto, low FODMAP, vegan, and too many fads to count, my new patient had long been on the hunt for the diet that [...]
Updated 09/18/2022 “I’m afraid to eat!” That’s what Gina said to me when she called for a consultation. I wasn’t sure what she meant, so I explored a little further, and she told me that she was having such trouble with her [...]
