As many of you know, I work with many women through the different phases of life – infancy, childhood, puberty, reproductive life, peri-menopause, post menopause, the wise years….there are so many beautiful and sometimes challenging cycles to a woman’s life. Men also have their cycles though less outwardly obvious and less discussed until recent times. Men go through tremendous hormonal change through puberty, as reproductive men and then through andropause (the gradual decline of testosterone and other male hormones) into their wise years. As the years go by, I respect more and more what...

Testing for Food Allergies and Gluten Intolerance Now that you know a little more about gluten and wheat reactions, you may be wondering if you have a problem with wheat and/or gluten. There are several ways of testing for food allergies and gluten reactions. Food Allergy Testing The best tests for food allergies are blood tests called Elisa IgG and IgE tests. I use three different labs for food allergy testing: Genova Labs, Meridian Valley Labs and ALCAT offering different food allergen profiles. Meridian Valley offers a finger prick test that can be performed at home and then mailed to the lab...

Have you noticed the new labels popping up on food packaging – WF (wheat free), GF (gluten free) – and wondered what it all means? Many individuals are discovering they are wheat and/or gluten sensitive or intolerant. I will share with you what this means and why there is so much press these days around gluten and a gluten free diet. Let’s first look at food allergies. Food allergies are reactions to foods that negatively impact our bodies. These reactions can be in the form of a true allergy where the body actually makes antibodies against a specific food. A true allergy can only happen...