Category: Health Conditions

What to Eat to Help with Seasonal Allergies (Hay Fever)

What did a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study of a food that costs pennies a day for ragweed allergy sufferers find? A “great deal is asked of our immune system. It is firstly required to respond rapidly and violently to invaders, but at the same time limits both the duration of its response and the collateral damage to the host.”…


Best Food for Hay Fever (Seasonal Allergies)

  “[A] great deal is asked of [our] immune system. On one hand, it has “to respond rapidly and violently to invaders, but at the same time limits both the… response and the collateral damage to the host.” Anaphylactic shock, like when someone with a peanut allergy drops dead after eating a peanut, is an example…


The Adrenal Connection to Surviving Allergy Season

How I discovered the root cause of my own seasonal allergies If you’re anything like me, as you’ve gotten older, you’ve become more sensitive to environmental triggers and all types of allergies. If you experience allergic responses ranging from watery eyes, sneezing, mold sensitivities, all the way up to asthma and bronchitis, know that you…


Chinese Medicine and The Causes of Disease

In the Eastern view, we’re healthy when our bodies are balanced and harmonious. This balance is between yin (cold/water energies) and yang (hot/fire energies), our internal organs, and our relationship with the external environment. This harmony is in a constant state of flux because of the activities of our daily lives, how we manage our…


Do Screens Get in the Way of Learning?

Lately you’ve noticed that it takes your tween son twice as long to write a paragraph on the computer as it took you to write one in cursive, back in the day. But he’s super fast at surfing the net on your smartphone. And despite all the websites at her fingertips, your teen daughter can’t…


You Have a Second Heart!

Reduce swelling in the body with this simple and easy trick that massages the “second heart” we all have. Dr. Sean McCaffrey is a physician, speaker, teacher, author, mentor, and radio host. He is the Founder of McCaffrey Health Center and McCaffrey Laboratory. Known as The Robinhood of Healthcare, Dr. Sean has created his own health care…


How to Heal a Leaky Gut with Diet

Our intestinal tract is the largest barrier between us and the environment. More than what we touch or breathe, what we eat is our largest exposure to the outside world. Normally, our entire gastro-intestinal tract is impervious to what is inside of it, allowing our body to pick and choose what comes in or out. But there…


Why Aren’t More Babies Being Nursed?

The day after Leslie Ott’s daughter, Ella, was born at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Arizona, a doctor came into her room and threatened to separate Ott from her baby. “The pediatrician told me I was starving my baby and would have to give her a bottle, or she was going to be admitted…


How ‘Present You’ Can Radically Improve the Well-Being of ‘Future You’

I have seen one clinical pearl repeatedly stand out in my 20 years of treating patients with highly complex and chronic autoimmune conditions. Those who plan their self-care fare better than those who don’t. While this insight is centered on those facing illness, the observations that follow have universal value. When you have a chronic…


Could It Be Hypothyroidism? Top 10 Symptoms

Hypothyroidism is one of the most common diseases worldwide and has a direct impact on quality of life. Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid doesn’t produce enough hormones. This can result in heart disease, infertility, and poor brain development in children. What is the thyroid? The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland situated at the base of the front…