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Lyme Disease and Food Sensitivities, and How Commonly Occurring Iron Overload Can Elevate Your Cholesterol, Blood Pressure, and Cause Heart Disease
Good Afternoon! You might remember my iron overload saga. Back in October, I discovered I had functional iron overload. Too much iron in the body is actually a pretty common problem. Too much iron causes oxidative damage in the body. For me, this was causing...
2 Case Studies: Hypothyroidism and Lyme’s
Functional Hypothyroidism Case study #1: Weight Gain, Elevated Blood Pressure, Finger Numbness, Indigestion, and Snoring (Trouble Sleeping) Dr.Sheehan saw a patient recently, let’s call him Ron. He had numbness and tingling in his hands and arms, which are common...
Opioids Vs. Natural Solutions
"Overall the results indicate that the medical profession is doing a poor job of appropriately prescribing opioid painkillers. Even though the rates have leveled off, we have a long way to go in improving medical care so these are not as overprescribed as they are...
Beef Bone Broth Continued!
January 30, 2018 Good Afternoon! Here is the beef bone broth recipe I promised you last week. I really did simmer it as low as possible on the stove for three days. The result was amazing—not quite as amazing as chef Ron’s—but still quite impressive. Dr. Sheehan even...
Lyme Disease-Jess’s Story
When Jess came to see me two years ago, she was stressed, anxious, frustrated, scared, and in pain—lots of pain. She had already been to see one Lyme disease specialist medical doctor and one alternative functional medicine doctor. She had been diagnosed with Lyme...
Laura Cooks Beef Bone Broth!
Good Afternoon! I’m taking a break from the Lyme disease “lecture” this week to talk about bone broth. You have probably heard of bone broth and how great it is for health. Many people have talked about why it’s so great (you can read a very informative why-to...
Chronic Pain: Migraines
Facts about migraines: Migraine is one of the most common health conditions in the world—more prevalent than diabetes, epilepsy, and asthma combined. A little less than 15 percent of the world’s population suffers from migraines. An observational study recently found...
Lyme Disease and Metabolic Syndrome
Good Afternoon! Last night Dr. Sheehan gave a talk entitled “Lyme Disease: What it is, and What it isn’t” at the Holistic Nurse’s Association. Soon I will be posting the presentation as a YouTube video, but the gist of his talk is that the whole health picture needs...
Iron: Part 2
Here we are again for part II of my iron overload saga. Let me clarify that that the iron numbers I saw on my blood work would not be considered a problem by many physicians. There is a genetic disease called hemochromatosis that causes people to absorb more iron than...
Iron: Part 1
Over the past few years I have been struggling with certain worsening symptoms. If you have been following my posts at all, you will know that I don’t tolerate sugar. I think I’ve finally found the reason. But I don’t want to spill the beans too soon. Here is a list...