Wellness
Biological Age Tests: What They Actually Measure
Epigenetic clocks and telomere tests promise a biological age. Here is what they measure, how much the number moves, and what to trust instead.
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Gut health
Constipation That Supplements Will Not Fix
If magnesium, fiber and probiotics have not worked, the cause is usually the pelvic floor, slow transit, the thyroid or a medication. Here is what to check.
Gut health
The Gut and Your Skin: What the Evidence Actually Supports
Rosacea has a real gut link. Acne has a stronger food link. What the evidence supports, what leaky gut tests cannot tell you, and when to test.
Gut health
IgG Food Sensitivity Tests: Why We Do Not Use Them
IgG food sensitivity tests mark exposure, not intolerance. Why the major allergy societies advise against them, and what we test instead.
Gut health
SIBO: Testing, Treating and the Relapse Problem
What a SIBO breath test can and cannot tell you, how treatment actually works, and why symptoms often return within months.
Wellness
Functional Medicine by Telehealth Across Florida: What Works Remotely and What Does Not
Most functional medicine care works well by telehealth in Florida. Here is what genuinely works remotely, and what still needs you in the room.
Gut health
Probiotics: What the Evidence Actually Supports
Probiotics help in a few specific situations and do little in most others. What the gastroenterology guidelines actually say, and how to choose honestly.
Gut health
Reflux That Is Not Just Acid: Finding the Root Cause
Not all reflux is an acid problem. What hiatal hernia, slow emptying and nerve sensitivity actually explain, and the red flags that need a scope first.
Gut health
Functional Medicine in Deerfield Beach: What to Expect
What a first functional medicine visit in Deerfield Beach actually involves, which labs are worth ordering, and which popular tests are not.
Gut health
What a GI-MAP Test Actually Shows
A stool panel that measures organisms and gut function markers. What it genuinely answers, what it cannot, and when a conventional workup comes first.
Gut health
Leaky Gut: Hype vs. Evidence
Intestinal permeability is real and measurable. \"Leaky gut syndrome\" as a cause of everything is not. The gap between those two is where money gets spent.