by clearpathadmin | Mar 2, 2020 | Anxiety, B Vitamins, Depression, Functional Medicine, Holistic Psychiatry, Zinc
What is Pyroluria? Should I be tested? What do I do then? Pyroluria is having Kryptopyrroles in your urine. Simply, it is a ‘functional’ test of whether your body has a zinc and vitamin B6 deficiency. There is no controversy about that fact. Not all zinc... by clearpathadmin | Feb 14, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Functional Medicine, Holistic Psychiatry
Let me share a patient’s story with you. Lori came to see me 6 months after the birth of her first child. She was 33, a high school teacher and dealing with unbearable anxiety. In the past, her anxiety was minimal and never a concern. However, since the birth of... by clearpathadmin | Jan 30, 2020 | Anxiety, Blog, Depression, Functional Medicine, Holistic Psychiatry, Supplements, Vitamin D
I’d like to share an all too typical story about a client of mine. Mary, a 26-year-old single woman, came to see me for what would be her 4th medical opinion. She had been suffering from depression off/or for the previous 2 years. At one point she had to be... by Clear Path Staff | Jan 27, 2020 | Anxiety, Blog, Functional Medicine, Supplements, Vitamin D
Vitamin D is helpful for bones, mood and inflammation reduction. Vitamin D helps calcium to be absorbed from the intestines and to mineralize bone with it, thereby helping with bone growth and remodeling. Vitamin D also helps cell growth, neuromuscular and immune... by clearpathadmin | Jan 23, 2020 | Anxiety, Blog, Depression, Fatty Acids, Functional Medicine, Supplements
So, omega 3 fatty acids are good for you. What about omega 6 fatty acids? Well, they might not be so good for you but they are important. Omega6 fatty acids are Pro-Inflammatory while omega3 fatty acids are anti-inflammatory. We need both inflammatory processes to... by clearpathadmin | Jan 20, 2020 | Anxiety, Blog, Depression, Fatty Acids, Functional Medicine, Supplements
I am sure you have all heard about omega 3 fatty acids. Everyone tells you eat a lot of fatty fish or take fish oil supplements. Do you know why? And what do you do if you are a vegetarian or vegan? Let’s start with the name. Omega 3 fatty acids are often called...