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Root Causes of Resistant Weight Loss: A Functional Medicine Approach
Have you ever felt like you're doing everything right—eating clean, exercising regularly, managing stress—yet the scale refuses to budge?...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Mar 214 min read
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Histamine Overload: Causes, Symptoms, and Natural Solutions from a Functional Medicine Perspective
Have you ever felt like your body is in a constant state of overreaction? Maybe you experience sudden headaches, unexplained skin rashes,...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Mar 144 min read
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The Link Between COVID-19, Vaccination, and Autoimmune Disorders: What You Need to Know
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world in more ways than one. It’s not just the direct impact of the virus that we’re grappling...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Mar 77 min read
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COULD MOLD BE THE ROOT CAUSE OF YOUR MYSTERY ILLNESS?
What do Long-COVID, allergies, chronic fatigue, brain fog, asthma, food intolerances, and hives have to do with each other? All of these...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Feb 284 min read
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Fishing in the Wrong Pond: Why Conventional Medicine Misses the Root Causes of Illness
When you see your doctor about a condition, she or he starts fishing: which lab tests to order, what medications are in the black bag,...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Feb 213 min read
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YOU ARE NOT BROKEN!
What if you are not broken, but simply bombarded by a culture that wants you to think so in order to market “remedies”, “treatments” and...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Dec 31, 20244 min read
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What Root Causes Do Acne and ADD/ADHD Have In Common?
Hopefully, you have been hearing more and more about how mental health is really the science of the brain and body. Everyday, new studies...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Oct 24, 20243 min read
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Are You "Sucking It Up", or Pausing to Set Boundaries?
Today I'd like to share with you a valuable post from the LinkedIn page of healer & counselor, Jennifer Schaal. Jennifer heads up Inner...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Nov 14, 20224 min read
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Can Eating Real Food Mimic the Benefits of Fasting?
Perhaps you have heard of the many benefits of doing different types of periodic fasting. Perhaps the easiest one with proven benefits is...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Nov 9, 20222 min read
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4-Minute HIIT Exercise Routine Equivalent to 150' of Moderate Exercise?
It is hard to believe that short bursts of intense exercise can be even more effective that long stints at the gym. And yet, the science...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Nov 5, 20222 min read
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Can Mind-Body Practices Change Lab Values?
Check out the summary of a new study showing that yoga, meditation qi gong, and other mind-body practices can actually change what is...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Nov 1, 20221 min read
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CAUTION: IMMERSIVE MINDFULNESS CAN LEAD TO WELLNESS & AWE
More and more people are becoming aware of the benefits of mindfulness and meditation. Better sleep, reduced anxiety, decreased pain,...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Oct 22, 20224 min read
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Meditation on Freeing Yourself from Shame
View the companion meditation on YouTube. Shame is such a pervasive aspect of our lives that we mostly don’t even notice it. Indeed, the...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Oct 21, 20224 min read
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What's Shame Got to Do with It?
Shame is a dirty little secret, rarely acknowledged as a root cause of illness, yet closer examination finds it inextricably linked to...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Oct 18, 20225 min read
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Are Yogurt and Whole Grain Bread Really Healthy? What is Optivore Nutrition?
An "Optivore" eats for optimal nutrition. We want it to be yummy AND pack dense nutrition into every calorie to maximally signal the...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Oct 3, 20222 min read
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What you THINK can change your microbiome.
Think the micro-organisms in your gut only cause conditions such as SIBO and inflammation? Think again! The follow excerpt from Dr. Joe...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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Social Media’s Effects on Mental Health
Sharing a fact-checked blog from Fullscript
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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Acid-Alkaline Balance (pH) as a Root Cause of Illness
WHY IS URINE pH SO IMPORTANT TO OVERALL HEALTH? A simple urine dipstick test can tell us a great deal about one of the most important...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Aug 29, 20222 min read
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When 4 ACEs Do Not Add Up to a Win
Most people know intuitively that childhood experiences shape our adult lives. It makes sense that the quality of a child’s nutrition,...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Feb 18, 20225 min read
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The Addiction to Doing
Are you a human being or a human doing? Looking over my life, it is pretty clear that I am a human doing. Many of us highly productive...
Joanne Pizzino, MD
Jan 1, 20224 min read
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