Proverbs 15:21 ESV Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+15%3A21&version=ESV]   Doing stupid stuff can be a blast. Sometimes this ‘stupid stuff’ is innocent, a matter of taste, thrill-seeking balanced with the rest of life. Sometimes, though, we place our own pleasure before wisdom. A life dictated by pleasures is scheduled to be a very foolish life. Folly brings ‘joy’ to the fool, but it is a false joy, limited to this life if not a shorter span, toxic to body and soul. The wise m ..read more

We live in a fallen world, a stressful world, and too many walk through such intense stress that they develop a condition called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. For these individuals, life changes from one with sporadic stresses to one in which nearly everything becomes a source of stress. Not only do those with PTSD find that much more of life becomes stressful, but the intensity and duration of those stresses amplify, synergize, and thus interfere with life. The random sounds and interruptions of life can themselves become traumatic, speeding their pulse, raising blood pressure, and causing ..read more

While many bemoan the fact that science seems to be always changing, we can be thankful for the constant advancements which overturn incorrect scientific dogma. The need for such change becomes very evident in the case of COVID, a word we all hate but can’t escape. So many ‘truths’ of COVID which were promoted both in the media and by the medical establishment during 2020 and 2021 have been disproven, and they deserve correction so that the world knows how to respond appropriately. The reality that the SARS CoV-2 virus can remain present at low levels in our bodies for at least 2 years definit ..read more

Proverbs 15:20 ESV A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+15%3A20&version=ESV]   Modernity as a whole despises its ancestors. Progress is the creed of liberal and conservative alike, and we look at the past with something like contempt. Even when we honor it, we honor the past for breaking with its own past. We remember the American War for Independence for its discontinuity, not its continuity. To an extent, this attitude of remembering conflicts, not peacetime, is only natural, but we lose mu ..read more

For those not aware of our Mold Symptom Therapy Guide website, let this “Rewriting Mold” series serve as a reminder of both what we offer our patients and what we offer the general public in terms of understanding mold toxicity illness. Over the coming weeks, I will be reviewing and reposting sections of our Mold Symptoms Therapy website one or two at a time. It has been over 3 years since I first wrote this 30 plus page guide and posted it online. A few things have changed since 2020 (yes, an understatement), but the basic principles emphasized in 2020 continue with minimal change. As this pr ..read more

With a mainstream medical world harping about the importance of following CDC and consensus guidelines for the treatment of COVID 19, let’s revisit some ancient history, i.e. 2013, to see how well pediatricians follow guidelines. Researchers from Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York measured the compliance of pediatric specialists with the “American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical guidelines regarding pharmacotherapy in treating young patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)”. These specialists include neurologists, psychiatrists, and developmental pediatrician ..read more

Proverbs 15:19 ESV The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+15%3A19&version=ESV]   ‘The path of the upright is a level highway,’ the proverb states, and this conjures to mind images of ease, of walking in comfort, of a life of pleasantness. An instant later, reality obtrudes. Life is not easy. Even for the pagan, life means pain. For the Christian, whom the world hates with a hate inveterate (John 7:7-8), life is doubly hard. Yet every word of Scripture is true, God-brea ..read more

Sometimes, we need reminders. This post from 2022 reminds us how different fibers in our diet and supplements affect us differently. Get to know your fibers and let food be thy medicine with this reminder…. Both conventional and functional medicine can agree that most people in our nation need more fiber. The average American diet includes more processed ingredients and less old-fashioned fiber, leaving many missing out on fiber’s benefits. We can all agree that most patients could profit from fiber and that they want the lower cholesterol, better gut health with less constipation, improved me ..read more

Proverbs 15:18 ESV A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+15%3A18&version=ESV]   The world gives us a lot of reasons to be angry. People, politics, and the simple inconveniences of live, there’s always something else we could be angry about. It’s an easy temptation to give into. Anger can be motivating, can be invigorating, can be addictive (in the sense that even if you want to keep it, even when you know it’s hurting you). On occasion, it can even be righteous. Yet we must be careful ..read more

Written by Stacie DeLucia Did you know that the average person has about 100 trillion bacteria living in his microbiome? And within those 100 trillion, there are as many as 5,000 different species? The human microbiome is defined as the array of all the bacteria, fungi, and viruses, microorganisms that live inside of us. Most often when someone talks about the microbiome, they are referring to the gut microbiome, meaning the microorganisms living in your GI tract that help breakdown food, produce vitamins, fight off infections, and so on. The amount of interest in researching the microbiome ha ..read more