Category: Functional Medicine

One of the most common reasons for taking a child to the doctor is for a chronic cough. Accounting for 30 million office visits annually, in the United States, approximately 5 to 10% of children are affected by this ailment. That may seem like a staggering statistic until you remember that, as a sign of…

We are exposed to toxins every day in the form of heavy metals, pesticides and processed foods – just to name a few. Due to variations in biochemistry and genetic makeup, certain people are more exposed to toxins than others. During pregnancy and nursing, it is important to reduce toxic exposure as children are physiologically…