It seems that every time I turn around, there is another article, study or friend talking about inflammation. But what is it? Inflammation is your body’s innate way of providing acute healing to an area of your body, but when it persists on a low level throughout the body, it can do much more harm [...]
Two Ingredient Pancakes
by The Domestic Man
When I saw this post from Russ Crandall, The Domestic Man, I have to say I was intrigued. I’ve made my share of pancakes using various recipes using either almond flour or coconut flour and all of them turn out good more or less. Some people recommend separating the yolk from the egg white and [...]
Webinar: Sports Nutrition with Dr. David Jockers
Mar 18, 2013
Primal Docs member Dr. David Jockers will be hosting a Sports Nutrition webinar on Monday, March 18th at 7pm. Dr. Jockers will be speaking about how to: Be the Best Athlete You Can Be In Every Walk of Life! Best Foods & Supplements for Optimal Performance Have More Energy for Your Workouts and Training Sessions Recover [...]
Patients Ask Me About Traveling
Recently I’ve heard from two folks with a not uncommon complaint: while traveling they picked up some intestinal bug, took the locally available antibiotic, and their gut has never been the same. The process for proper healing from the combined assault of the parasite and the treatment requires a full understanding of all that can [...]
Ketogenic Diets and Bipolar Disorder: New Case Studies
Researching the viability of ketogenic diets for therapeutic usage was one of the original interests that launched this blog. And while there is growing data for brain cancers and even a Cochran review for the use of ketogenic diets in epilepsy, the bipolar story has always been theoretical. Ketogenic (very low carbohydrate and low protein) [...]
Butternut Squash and Chard in Spicy Harissa Coconut Sauce
by Gourmande in the Kitchen
I was married to a vegetarian for 15 years and I still have to say that she was one of the best cooks that I’ve ever known. To watch her in the kitchen and to see the results of her creativity always left me in awe — other than the lack of good protein, I [...]
Help Wanted in Portland, Oregon
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Core Wellness PDX
If you have solid experience with therapeutic massage, have always wanted to work in an awesome clinical setting and are a STRONG Internal Motivator (meaning you don’t need to be micro-managed) and you know, that given the right opportunity, you’d be a success? Do you want to actually make a living doing massage w/out being [...]
Intergenerational Nutrition
I’m going to begin this brief article with a hypothetical example. Let’s assume we have a woman who has come to the realization that her diet, which is rich in highly processed foods containing synthetic ingredients and grown in contaminated soils, is causing her health problems. Allergies, inflammation resulting in arthritis, disruption of hormones, periodontal [...]
Mummies, Clogged Arteries and Ancient Junk Food
Add Clogged Arteries to the list of just some of the chronic diseases found in Ancient mummies. The HORUS study just published in the Lancet and presented at a meeting of the American Academy of Cardiology theorizes that humans are sensitive to the development of atherosclerotic plaque regardless of diet and contemporary lifestyles. Although I find this study fascinating, I do not see a [...]
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