Dr. Gannage's Functional Medicine Blog
Read the latest blog posts about functional medicine, integrative health, nutrition, the gut-brain connection, histamine intolerance, detoxification, functional medicine lab testing, and more, from Dr. Gannage, MD.
The Truth About Environmental Toxins and Our Microbiome
Our microbiome is a complex ecosystem made up of trillions of microorganisms that fullfill numerous criticial roles in maintaining our health. This system can be severly disrupted with the longterm exposure of environmental toxins. Fighting back the right way can help restore your gut balance and improve your health.
A New Look at Diet and Lifestyle Treatments for Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune diseases can often be very painful, disruptive and for some incredibly devastating. Our hope is that an autoimmune condition shouldn’t have to take over your entire life. Fighting back with the right approach can help to ease your pain and control your symptoms.
Your Guide to the Low Histamine Diet
Histamine is an organic compound that is both naturally occurring in our bodies and found in many of the foods we eat. Symptoms of intolerance can be managed by making changes in our diet which helps to keep histamine at a minimum.
How to Keep Your Gut Microbiome Healthy During COVID-19
A healthy, well-fed microbiome is made up of millions of microorganisms that live without our digestive system. They’re needed for proper digestion, metabolism, and to support our immune health. During the times of COVID-19, we should be focusing on our health and well-being more than ever with these top microbiome tips!
What I’m Reading This Month: Immune Response and the Brain, IV Vitamin C and Cytokines, Junk Food and COVID-19 Deaths, The Pandemic and Air Pollution, and Zinc and Immune Response
What I’m Reading This Month: Immune Response and the Brain, IV Vitamin C and Cytokines, Junk Food and COVID-19 Deaths, The Pandemic and Air Pollution, and Zinc and Immune Response The sheer volume of health, wellness, and medical news and commentary available...
Spotlight on Vitamin C
Vitamins are an integral component of our health and longevity. Their function helps ensure we maintain energy, protection from illness, and well-being throughout our lifetime. Since the emergence of COVID-19, the search for a medication that reduces the symptoms of the viral infection has become the forefront of research. This brings the fighting power of vitamin C into the spotlight.
Top 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Immunity
The current circumstances of the COVID-19 crisis have left the world in a state of uncertainty. Although we lack much control over our current circumstances, we need to consider what we do have control over: our health. Now more than ever we have the time necessary to strengthen our immunity in order to help fight off any illness or infection.
How to Reset Your Health Before the Spring by Dr. Tatiana, ND
At the end of the day most of my patients just want to feel good in their own body. If you are feeling sluggish and heavy at the end of the winter, here are a few tips on how to get back on track in a healthy way.
Fundamentals of Functional Medicine: Understanding Oxidative Stress + 15 Tips for Prevention
We can’t completely avoid all of the factors that may contribute to free radical production and oxidative stress, but there are a number of choices we can make about our diet, lifestyle, habits, and environment that can help to balance out free radical activity with antioxidant activity.
