Functional Medicine | Women's Health
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I have been seeing a lot of inflammation flare-ups lately in the clinic, and wanted to explain how I look at them, and help your body to get back into balance again. After a couple of stressful years for various reasons, and often a drop-off of self-care, inflammation can look quite different for each of us. Signs you …
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By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Today’s article is more about perimenopause, and especially the unusual symptoms beyond irregular periods and hot flashes. Perimenopause is the period of time when your hormones, especially estrogen levels start to fluctuate, which can last up to 10 years before menopause. What this means is that you may begin to …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Insulin resistance is something that I talk about multiple times every day in my work, and it has become even more prevalent in the past two years with high stress and a more sedentary lifestyle. It is extremely important to identify and address insulin resistance since it is on the trajectory towards diabetes, and on …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I have lately received several referrals of patients who are experiencing long-COVID symptoms, and wanted to share with you my perspective, areas to investigate and a possible approach. There is not much known about why some people are affected long-term from this infection and others only experience mild cold symptoms. …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND In the springtime especially, it is normal to want to make big changes in your life, and also with your health. I've written this article, because I often see so much frustration with breaking old habits, and conflict between actions and intentions. You may have noticed this quote which I love on my website, and it …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I’ve been meaning to write this article for months now, as it’s a pattern that I’ve been observing in the many women I work with through perimenopause and menopause. Most people come to see me for the physical symptoms they are experiencing - changes in menstrual flow (light, heavy, irregular), body aches and pains, …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I’m writing this article, because I have noticed a pattern in quite a number of patients lately and hope that this short article may help you put the pieces together for your own health if you are experiencing symptoms of histamine intolerance. Common symptoms associated with histamine intolerance include: nausea …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Let’s talk. Hormone changes in the 40’s and 50’s affect everything from mood to energy, and also weight, cognition, bone density, cardiovascular health, and athletic performance. This is also an essential time to reverse disease processes that are starting to become evident as we age, and get the foundations in place …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND It certainly has been a challenging couple of years, with ongoing stresses living through the pandemic. I find it interesting that everyone I speak to has had different stresses, but it does seem that almost universally, the load of stress has been significantly higher than it was previously. We are very good at …
