Center for Disease Control Recommendations for Chronic Pain
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a report on March 18th, 2016 improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice.These new guidelines will ensure patients have access to safer, more effective chronic pain treatment while reducing the number of people who misuse, abuse, or overdose from these drugs.
Phytic Acid: Top Reasons to Avoid this Anti-Nutrient
White bread is bad. Whole grains, legumes, and nuts are good. Simple, right? Well, yes. Mostly. Kind of. Except for something called phytic acid, which is one of the inconvenient anti-nutrients that we have to contend with when it comes to whole, unprocessed food. (Lectins are another anti-nutrient that can wreak havoc on our systems.) […]
Gluten-Free, But Not Symptom-Free? [ Blame Cross-Reactivity]
Have you ever followed a gluten-free diet only to have mediocre results? When you first started your gluten-free diet you probably thought you’d found the holy grail, and soon you’d be experiencing the amazing benefits you’d heard about – but you wound up disappointed and frustrated instead. The devil is in the details, and in […]
Four Simple Steps to Heal Pain & Leaky Gut!
The health of our gut is so vital to health and well-being and is key to decreasing inflammation and pain in the body. Now what occurs in the body also occurs in the brain and the gut is now being referred to as the “second brain”. So what can we do to ensure a healthy […]
Lectins: Love them or Leave them?
Beans are part of a healthy diet, right? Aren’t they are a healthy source of protein and carbohydrates? Enter the debate on lectins… We may not think of ourselves as “predators” to plants, but plants do! And they’ve developed a mighty weapon to thwart our appetite for them: lectins. Basically, lectins are anti-nutrients that can […]
Foods That Fight Pain
As a physical therapist pain and inflammation is something I deal with daily. Inflammation can be caused by both mechanical and chemical factors.
