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Dr. Michael Ruscio’s Monthly – Future of Functional Medicine Review Clinical Newsletter Practical Solutions for Practitioners In Today’s Issue Research Dietary carbohydrate intake and mortality: A prospective cohort study and meta-analysis. Efficacy of the Autoimmune Protocol Diet as Part of a Multi-Disciplinary, Supported Lifestyle Intervention for Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Iron deficiency without anemia – a clinical
Dr. Michael Ruscio’s Monthly – Future of Functional Medicine Review Clinical Newsletter Practical Solutions for Practitioners In Today’s Issue Case study Supplemental Prebiotics and Fiber Substantially Improve a SIBO Case, Patient Has Autoimmune Thyroid and Responded Well to HCl Supplementation & is Likely Incorrectly Diagnosed as Hypothyroid. Research Dietary carbohydrate intake and mortality: A prospective
New Insights Into the Causes of SIBO from Jejunum Research, with Clinician and Researcher Dr. Richard McCallum One theory of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is that it’s caused by bacteria in the colon moving up. A new study on one section of the small intestine, the jejunum, challenges that concept. The study—which used a
Dr. Michael Ruscio’s Monthly – Future of Functional Medicine Review Clinical Newsletter Practical Solutions for Practitioners In Today’s Issue Practice Tip Do You Really Need To Do That? Practice Tip Do You Really Need To Do That? Often times we, as clinicians, think that only we can do a certain task. However, I challenge you
Dr. Michael Ruscio’s Monthly – Future of Functional Medicine Review Clinical Newsletter Practical Solutions for Practitioners In Today’s Issue Case study Fickleness of Labs: Calprotectin & H. Pylori False Positives on GI-Map, Formerly Subclinical Hypothyroid & Retested Normal with Dialysis-LC/MS and Non-responsiveness to Treatment Research Small intestinal microbial dysbiosis underlies symptoms associated with functional gastrointestinal
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Eating organic may reduce your risk. A large, 20-year study of farmers shows associations between exposure to certain pesticides and herbicides and an increased risk of hypothyroidism. Many of these chemicals are still in use. Note that the study measured occupational use, or very high exposure. Another study which measured pesticide levels in the blood—after
