Image by Tumisu from Pixabay I wrote here on COVID-19 a few weeks ago, comparing it to SARS and MERS, and discussing immune support protection in general. Since then, obviously, things have changed a lot. I’ll spare you yet another reference to the euphemism “these uncertain times” (you’re sure to hear it seventeen [...]
CBD has been a fad for a few years now, and for good reason. Not only are anecdotal stories of its benefits compelling (we all have friends who swear by it!), but studies also demonstrate impressive actions on a number of different systems. Most of my patients who ask me [...]
Today’s podcast is a meditation on and retelling of the book of Jonah. Download the latest episode of Christian Natural Health! Dr. Lauren Deville is board-certified to practice medicine in the State of Arizona. She received her NMD from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, AZ, and she holds [...]
Guest Post by Dr Mariah Mosley Just about everyone in our society gets to a point where they are tired, burnt out, and fatigued, right? In our go-go-go society, being “busy” is considered a badge of honor and correlated with being ‘successful’. Well, is that actually true? Are you truly [...]
Today’s podcast is a meditation on the prophecy of the birth of Isaac to Abraham, and a retelling of the story from Genesis 13-21. Download the latest episode of Christian Natural Health! Dr. Lauren Deville is board-certified to practice medicine in the State of Arizona. She received her NMD from [...]
Image by _freakwave_ from Pixabay Everybody is talking about the novel coronavirus outbreak, feared to be the next world pandemic. Symptoms range from a mild upper respiratory infection to death (though fatality is fortunately uncommon), and testing is cumbersome: while local hospitals are now developing their own tests, samples could previously only be [...]
Statins hold two positions in the top 10 most commonly prescribed drugs in America (and one of them is #2). Nevertheless, evidence shows that statins do little to decrease all-cause mortality, and carry significant risks. That said, there certainly is a correlation with cardiovascular events and 1) LDL over 190, 2) [...]
Today’s podcast is a meditation on and retelling of the story of the Shunammite Woman in 2 Kings 4, her son’s miraculous birth and the second story of the dead being raised in the Bible. Download the latest episode of Christian Natural Health! Dr. Lauren Deville is board-certified to practice [...]
Most of the nutrition world argues that weight loss is as simple as calories in, calories out: if you expend more calories than you consume, then you’ll lose weight. But there are a couple of reasons why this isn’t entirely true. The Thermic Effect of Food Just like exercise expends [...]
While presumed high stomach acid is commonly treated with acid-reducing medications such as H2 blockers and PPIs, low stomach acid is actually much more common. It can sometimes lead to GERD, though I’ve found more often the primary culprit for GERD to be SIBO or food sensitivities or leaky gut [...]
