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Interstitial Cystitis (IC) is diagnosed as a chronic bladder pain condition. IC responds well to dietary changes to support more alkaline blood and urine to help manage symptoms.

BlogPayal BhandariJanuary 12, 2022interstitial cystitis, UTI, bladder, urinary health, diet, inflammation

The Foods that Works Best for Children with Autism

In a recent study, children with autism benefited from removing excess sugar, wheat, dairy and saturated fat from animal protein, and from intermittent fasting. Read more about an integrative approach to treating autism.

BlogPayal BhandariJuly 14, 2021Autism, learning disorder, nutrition, diet

How Diet Becomes Disease

Ancient Medicines has long asserted that the central tenant to good health is good digestion. When digestion is poor, the vital energy force within our body becomes depleted. We may clinically experience decreased energy, sluggishness, gut issues, brain fog, rashes, body aches, and numerous other symptoms reflective of underlying organ dysfunction.

What you Eat Plays an Enormous Role in Heart Disease

All we need to do is look at history to realize that our diet has everything to do with our heart health.

What's The Problem with Meat?

Americans eat more meat today than any other time in its history. This is directly link to the declining health of the population, sickened by excess exposure of gasoline derivatives and other environmental toxins.

The livestock sector––at every scale, local to global––is negatively impacting the environment by contributing to overuse of freshwater, deforestation, desertification, excretion of polluting nutrients, diverting food for use as feed, inefficient use of energy, and most notably, increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Skip the Soda

Adults who drank at least 1 sugary beverage daily have a 98% higher chance of developing diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease and its associated major complications.

Do Not Underestimate Your Underlying Immunity and Inflammation

1 out of 3 Americans is considered metabolically unhealthy, increasingly their risk of becoming ill from viral infections and suffering significant health outcomes. Many countries around the world are also dealing with the same problem with the #1 driver being the global spread of ultra-processed food and sedentary lifestyles.

Early Cancer Indicators

Tissue adjacent to cancer exhibit increased temperature compared to non-adjacent, non cancerous areas. The elevated temperature is a product of accelerated metabolism of cancer cells demanding more blood flow, nutrients, and oxygen to so they can rapidly grow. Learn more about how to detect cancer early.

Approaching the Tsunami: An Integrative Approach to Reversing the Diabetes Epidemic

Our modern Western diet, rich in calories and lacking nutrients, is the main driver of one out of three Americans having diabetes. Within ten years this number will jump to every other person if we don’t address the root cause. Learn how to decrease your chance of developing diabetes and suffering major complications associated with this terrible disease.

Case Study: Treating Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Beyond Pills

Learn about patient who experienced a complete remission of Hashimoto's thyroiditis after seeing Dr. Bhandari The biggest reason why her thyroid disease had persisted for years which no other physician been able to discover was linked directly to stress.

How Our Diet Affects Our Mood

The foods we eat affect how our brain works and alters our mood. Learn more about the direct impact of nutrients in food and how they make you feel.

Nutrition & Cancer: Understanding the Power of Information

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Yet, why does nutrition's association with cancer remain a controversial topic to this day? The truth is cancer doesn’t happen overnight. It is a long-term process that likely involves what we are putting into our mouth.

Case Study: Reversing Chronic Pain

John was suffering from debilitating hip pain for 13 years and had consulted many surgeons and physical therapist with minimal relief Only after consulting with Dr. Bhandari did John’s pain dramatically subside through implementing lifestyle changes that addressed the root cause. Learn how John avoided needing a hip replacement.

Elimination Diet: What Is It and How to Implement It?

Millions of people struggle with their weight, digestive system, and overall health. It is incredibly frustrating to eat a meal only to suffer discomfort afterward. For many people, the root cause of the problems may be allergies, intolerance, or sensitivity to certain foods. Unfortunately, conventional medicine doctors are not well trained in nutrition and do not always see the direct correlation between food and illness.

People are starting to look to the elimination diet for help. Learn more what this is and how to implement it.

A Well-Organized Kitchen Fuels our Mind and Body

Health begins in home, and more specifically, in the kitchen. From the moment you wake up, the decisions you make set the course of your day. Your decisions forms your rituals and habits, and define your future. For that reason, it’s important to understand the importance of a well-organized kitchen.

Food fuels everything; food is medicine.

BlogPayal BhandariFebruary 11, 2019Food is Medicine, kitchen, mind and body, nourishment, diet, nutrition, declutter, clean, organize

Can a Healthy Diet Prevent Eczema Flare-Ups?

Making simple shifts in how and what you consume can have a dramatic impact in improving your skin health and lessen the severity of eczema flare-ups. To understand the impact of diet on skin health, it is important to first understand exactly what eczema is and how it can be impacted by other systems of the body.

Are You Constipated?

Constipation can have many causes and it doesn’t always present the same way in different people. Broadly speaking, it means that something is wrong with your large intestine tied directly to consuming foods you cannot easily digest, inadequate hydration, a person’s lifestyle, habits, and other medical conditions.

Plant-Based Cooking: How to Prepare Delicious, Healthy Meals

There are many reasons more people are shifting to a plant-based diet. For some it is about ethics, for others it’s about improving their health, helping the planet, and to save money when preparing meals for a large family. If you’re interested in making the switch, learn how you can started with some delicious, healthy recipes.

Stress and Psoriasis: Managing Triggers and Flare Ups

Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition that affects between 1-3% of Americans. It is directly linked to havoc happening inside the gut which causes inflammation to show up on the surface of the skin. As a result, the skin can appear red and scaly, sometimes even cracked or bleeding. Psoriasis can also cause joints to swell or stiffen, brittle nails and hair loss.

Men’s Health: Lifestyle Tips after 50

Many men struggle with societal pressures that make it difficult to admit to health concerns or to ask for help. Part of solution is to overcome these pressures by opening a better dialogue around men’s health. Here are some of the health questions we’ve been asked by men approaching or over the age of fifty.