Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Constipation can be a major problem. It affects daily life. It can make or break someone’s day. Yet, statistics show that 1 in 6 Americans live with chronic constipation.1 It is estimated that $725 million dollars is spent yearly on...
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Therapeutic Retention Enemas: An Underutilized Modality for UC
Mark Davis, ND The use of therapeutic enemas has a robust tradition in the history of naturopathic medicine. In addition, my own grandfather, a medical doctor, had a habit of administering a cleansing enema to any of his 8 children who displayed any sign of acute...
Neuropathy & Long-term PPI Use: A Case Study
Jennifer Brusewitz, ND Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common condition, reported to occur in up to 22% of the US population; it is frequently treated with over-the-counter (OTC) proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs).1 The class of PPIs include omeprazole,...
The Hype of Hypochlorhydria: A Brief Review of Gastric Acid Analysis
Taylor Seier, BCom Thara Vayali, BSc, MA, ND Naturopathic medicine distinguishes itself upon established principles of healing, including Tolle Causam (identify and treat the cause). Diagnostic procedures within our profession vary by provider experience and...
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: An Update
Mark Davis, ND Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is the process of introducing fecal flora from a healthy donor to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of another person – typically an individual with imbalanced flora and symptoms – for the purpose of improving the...
Enema-Based Rehydration: Field Medicine in Times of Uncertainty
Decker Weiss, NMD, FASA It is estimated that, worldwide, approximately 2 million children under the age of 5 die from dehydration as a result from gastroenteritis; this accounts for 18% of all deaths of children under 5.1 Commonly known forms of rehydration include...
Getting the Bis out of the Vis
Naturopathic Perspective Alicia Bigelow, ND Sometimes, what you don’t know can hurt you. This is the case with the recent “greenwashing” of our available plastics. Many people are aware of the health hazards associated with the plasticizing and endocrine-disrupting...
A New Probiotic Frontier
Chris Decker, ND I'd like to suggest that there's a paradigm shift afoot regarding probiotics--a new frontier, if you will. As we know, our human gut is home to a vast panoply of microorganisms, and in order to keep it that way we populate it with diverse species. But...
Before Probiotics: Think Metchnikoff
Sussanna Czeranko, ND We might think that acidophilus in the form of capsules and fortified yogurt was a recent 20th century discovery. It's not. Although, yogurt as a food has been used for many centuries as a medicine, yogurt was first introduced with the scientific...
Book Review: Functional Gastroenterology: Assessing and Addressing the Causes of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Stacie Deyglio, ND Functional Gastroenterology: Assessing and Addressing the Causes of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Functional disorders have a tendency to occur when the main abnormality creating the dysfunction is in how the body works or, more aptly, is...