by mandy | Oct 8, 2023 | Evidence Based, Inflammation, Science-Based, Wellness
Over the past few years of working exclusively with IC patients, I have run across a very high percentage of my patients have oxidative stress and excessive amounts of reactive oxygen species. In addition, there is a very high percentage of them with Copper dysregulation and disorders in iron metabolism. This can be presented as [...]
by mandy | Mar 15, 2023 | Evidence Based, Inflammation, Science-Based, Wellness
Aging is a complex and dynamic process characterized by continuous biological remodeling (Minciullo et al., 2016). The main actors in this remodeling theory are DNA repair, apoptosis, immune response, oxidative stress and inflammation. “To reach extreme longevity, it is necessary for all these mechanisms to interact in an efficient way” (Minciullo et al., 2016). In [...]
by mandy | Jan 18, 2023 | Evidence Based, Genetics, Wellness
About thirty to forty percent of oxalate comes from the diet and the rest comes from what your body makes itself. This is of course, my opinion and of many other functional doctors I have consulted with over the years. Oxalic acid in the diet is first converted to glycolate, then glyoxylate, and then at [...]
by mandy | Jan 15, 2023 | Digestive/Urinary, Evidence Based
It is more common than you think! Oxalate issues are not as simple as “cut out your oxalates and you will heal”. This is a common misconception. From my own personal experience, the low oxalate diet alone did not heal my body. I learned on my own that I had multiple contributors to my oxalate [...]
by mandy | Dec 22, 2022 | Evidence Based, Science-Based, Wellness
Test, don't Guess I am writing this blog because I have been lurking on a few fertility Facebook groups and I am shocked when I see people are not using the right tools to investigate their hormones to improve fertility. Hands down, I feel the Dutch test is the GOLD standard for anyone struggling [...]
by mandy | Oct 18, 2022 | Digestive/Urinary, Evidence Based, Inflammation, Science-Based, Wellness
Part 2 of 3 In the previous blog, I introduced RANTES and how it is associated with inflammation. What had sparked my interest is that I have had a lot of patients come to me with a very unique presentation of inflammation revisited induced after COVID-19. I this previous blog, I discussed RANTES, TNF-a, NFK-B [...]
