By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Heart health has been coming up in many consultations lately, and since February is Heart Health Month, and I wanted to share some newer information with you about how to more accurately assess your cardiovascular risk, which then provides a very clear roadmap for your personalized prevention. In cardiovascular …
What does the location of your acne breakouts mean?
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Acne is one of the most common conditions I see in the clinic, with varying degrees of severity. It is one of the hardest things to live with as an adult, and it often causes my patients to make some fairly radical decisions with medications and hormonal treatments. As with most conditions, my approach as a …
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Are Toxins Part of your Health Timeline?
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Something that’s often missed in a health assessment is the impact of toxins on our health and wellness. The reality is that we are exposed to a vast amount of chemicals and pollutants every day, and they can play a role in our current health issues. Even if we have made steps to clean up our personal care products and …
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Epstein Barr Virus and Hashimoto’s
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Today’s article will talk about the link between Epstein Barr Virus and autoimmune thyroid disorders. This can be an essential piece of the autoimmunity puzzle, and one that can allow antibodies to reverse and thyroid function to return to normal if it is addressed thoroughly. As you may already know, when we treat …
Healing Hashimoto’s
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND What is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis? Hashimoto’s is a very common autoimmune condition that causes hypothyroidism or under-active thyroid. Your immune system attacks the thyroid gland causing inflammation called chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, which then leads to under-production of thyroid hormones and a slower metabolism. …
5 things you may not know about Endometriosis
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND What is endometriosis? With endometriosis, there is abnormal growth of uterine lining cells, in places outside of the uterus. These cells outside of the uterus are called ‘endometrial implants’ and they can attach themselves to the fallopian tubes, ovaries, intestines, bladder, outside of the uterus, and sometimes travel …
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Lectins in Food – A Key to Inflammation
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I’ve been really digging into nutrition lately, and looking at an integrative approach to customized nutrition plans. As I’m sure you know, there is no one-size-fits-all food plan and we need to look at many variables such as health issues (autoimmune / cardiovascular / blood sugar), blood type, food sensitivity, …
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What affects hormone balance?
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND As an ND with a main clinical focus on hormone balance, most people find it very interesting that we don’t dive right into supplements and support for hormones first. In fact, we get MUCH better and lasting results when we take a look at your overall health, and start upstream - stress levels, gut function, toxin …
Natural Migraine Relief
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Migraine headaches are a condition that can be very difficult to treat, and especially difficult to live with. I would like to provide some insight into their treatment because in many cases they are very treatable once we determine the underlying cause. Conventionally, migraines are treated with powerful medications and …