11 Must Have Foods For Optimal Gut Health
By Wally Taylor, MD of Forum Health Austin Suffering with poor gut health? If you’re experiencing bloating, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, fatigue, gas, weight gain, insomnia or acne, it may be a sign that your gut health is unbalanced. And the health of your gut determines what nutrients are absorbed and what toxins, allergens, and […]
9 Ways To Avoid a “Healing Crisis” During Detox
Detoxing Too Fast Just as toxins can cause problems when entering your body, they can cause similar issues on their way out. If you detox too fast, or without the right support, you may reabsorb some old bacteria, toxins, and other decomposing chemicals. Why? It’s a tortoise vs the hare situation. The tortoise, in this […]
Emotional Processing
When a polar bear experiences trauma – as when he is hunted down by a helicopter shooting tranquilizers at him – he shakes his body to release that trauma. This is instinctual and helps keep him healthy, resetting his nervous system to a calm, safe state again. You may see your dog do this too. […]
How to Detox Environmental Toxins Effectively
Reviewed by Dr. Wally Taylor of Forum Health Austin Toxins are everywhere – in food, water, the air we breathe, and yes, even furniture. Some of the most common environmental toxins include heavy metals (lead, aluminum, and mercury), chlorine, formaldehyde, pollution, mold, flame retardants, exhaust, BPA, and even electromagnetic radiation, just to name a few. […]
Be Kind To Your Gut
Dr. William Epperly of Forum Health Bloomingdale Why Should I Care About My Gut? Your intestinal tract, or what we refer to as your gut, has a huge influence on your overall health. It’s not simply a way for your body to get water and nutrition. It contains most of your immune system, and directly […]
Devastating Symptoms Due to Mold Toxin Exposure is Going Undiagnosed
In my functional clinical practice, Forum Health Austin, one of the most common problems I see is chronic, complex illness from the presence of mold toxins in the body. I usually see patients who come in with a group of unexplained symptoms and the cause is unknown. In other cases a person knows that they […]
Chronic “mystery” Illness- Is it an injured Limbic System?
Some chronic illness symptoms caused by faulty brain signals Neuroplasticity is able to completely eliminate Limbic System false signals! Some absolutely amazing findings coming from recent neurobehavioral and psychology research are unraveling a fabric of mystery which is demonstrating that a number of symptoms of “mystery Illnesses” like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity […]
Is Stress Making you Sick?
Tina’s Story Tina recently came to see me as a new patient in my clinic. Tina had always been a worrier and she had battled feeling anxious and having trouble sleeping through the night for years. These had been manageable problems for her. Then something happened that changed things for Tina in a big way. […]
Practical Advice For Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a condition of widespread body pain (present in all four body quaudrants) in association with at least 11 out of 17 specific tender points (5 lbs. of pressure to the area causes significant pain), for which there is no other identifiable diagnosis. It is a rather common condition, although some doctors still don’t […]
Autoimmune Disease: What Is It And Why Is It Increasing?
Autoimmune Disease Is Becoming More Common Rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosis, multiple sclerosis, Type I Diabetes, and celiac disease: What do all these diseases have in common? They all involve the body’s immune system attacking the body itself rather than foreign invaders. The term for this is “autoimmunity”. What Is Autoimmunity? Autoimmunity […]
Is Reactivated Epstein-Barr the Hidden Virus Making You Feel Bad?
https://youtu.be/cUHFgq2b9yQ Reviewed by Dr. Wally Taylor of Forum Health Austin Did you know? 9 out of 10 adults carry antibodies for the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) – a whopping 95% of the population. EBV infections are very common and most likely you’ve already contracted the virus without even knowing it. And while EBV usually remains […]
Detox Daily: Liver and Colon Support
By Dr. Harry Moore, Forum Health West Lake Hills As promised, there are two other organs where the body naturally detoxifies itself: the liver and the colon. Below I give several suggestions for how to keep these organs in optimal health so they can do their best job for you. The liver is […]
Detox Daily: Skin and Kidney Support
by Dr. Harry Moore, Forum Health West Lake Hills Periodic cleanses can be helpful to keep the body healthy but daily continuous detoxification is necessary to stay healthy. Did you know that your body has four detox organs that work daily for you? But how well are they actually working? Skin: The skin […]
Thyroid Health and Weight Loss
Listen to Dr. Andrew Petersen of Forum Health, Utah discuss the importance of thyroid health for achieving optimal weight loss. Are you looking to improve your thyroid health, or would you like to lose weight? We can help. Visit this page to schedule a FREE 15-minute phone consultation to discuss your health needs and goals.
Setting Practical Weight Loss Goals
by Dr. William Epperly, Forum Health Bloomingdale One of my favorite motivational speakers, Zig Ziglar, used to say that if you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time. So in order to better attain something, we need to aim for it, which is another way of saying we should have goals. With no […]
For Weight Loss Or Feeling Great, A Dietitian’s Favorite Foods
by Jennifer Blau, CHC As a wellness coach, it’s my job to share (or suggest) what you SHOULD be eating for weight loss or achieving your optimal health. We work together to make little changes gradually to your diet so that you can feel your best. I spend the majority of my day talking to […]
Hormones Could Be a Metabolic Block to Weight Loss
by Dr. Wally Taylor, Forum Health Austin For years after I became a physician I used to believe that weight gain was simply due to eating too much and not exercising enough. You know- calories in minus calories out, etc. Goodness was I wrong! I now understand that our tendency to seemingly gain weight […]
How to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally
by Dr. William Epperly of Forum Health Bloomingdale Did you know that stress, eating inflammatory foods, and being dehydrated can all affect your blood pressure? Luckily functional and integrative medicine have powerful tools and recommendations to help with regulating blood pressure. Read on to find some of our favorite ways of helping our clients maintain […]