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I don’t take care of patients on the web, yet. Most of my patients are, however, e-patients. And I didn’t even know it. E-patients are real, not virtual. They’re networked, curious, want to be well-informed about and take better control of their health, confused about what info is [...]
One of the best ways to help people transform their lives and create their own food revolution is to write my patients’ stories: this is #4 of 7.* Terri is a 38 year old who traces her tummy problems back to high school. She has had off and on [...]
Autism is up 57% in the U.S. since 2002. “Almost one percent of American children have autism,” including “one in 70 boys and one in 315 girls,” according to the CDC. In one peer-reviewed autism study 4779 children in Sweden were studied. “Five statistically [...]
About one in 133 people have a potentially fatal, chronic autoimmune reaction to gluten (the protein complex in wheat, rye and barley) and they have celiac disease (CD). But 97% don’t know it. Or that CD—like overweight and obesity—can be cured with what you eat. Will going GF help [...]