Many of my patients come in thinking they have a problem with their thyroid when they are having issues losing weight. Though it is not the only hormone pathway that is important for weight loss, it is one of them. In mainstream medicine, the thyroid is seen as black and white. If your TSH is […]
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Unfortunately, stress has become an ingrained part of our daily lives as a result of the demands of this fast-paced world. However, many of us normalize this tension, which causes the body to become distressed over time. Some examples of ‘normal’ stress include road rage, lack of exercise, sleep deprivation and unhealthy eating habits. Imagine
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Posted September 5, 2018 in Blog, Dr.Berkebile’s blog 798 01 Most of us have seen the terrible videos and pictures that show our once beautiful oceans filled with excessive amounts plastic. This plastic epidemic has become a huge problem. Fish swim with plastic beads in their bellies. Beaches are covered in plastic shoes, baskets and bags. The problem with plastic for
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Did you know that we have more bacteria in and on us than we have cells in our body? Only recently have we begun to understand bacteria’s impact on the body, and the effect that they have on our health. Scientists estimate that there are over 100 trillion different bugs that can live in our
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Fertility support and preparation should begin months before you start trying to conceive. Healthy nutrition is especially important from a few months before the beginning of a pregnancy all the way through to the end of breastfeeding both for mom and baby. In addition to eating a whole foods diet rich in vegetables, fruit and
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My grandmother passed away a few years ago. We were quite close. She was the one person I would always call while I was traveling since she didn’t have email. She always supported me, but she was a worrier. She passed away due to a combination of ailing health and from her many years of
My wedding is soon. We bought our tickets for the trip and I realized we leave in what feels like tomorrow. I have been working on getting in shape. When stress happens, sleep happens less and exercise seems to happen less. And then there was vacation and the stress that comes after being gone and
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A family friend had to travel to South Africa for work. He asked me to join him. I was in my last and hardest quarter in my undergrad at the University of Washington; yet I couldn’t resist the chance to travel and see a part of the world that was about as far away from
Many women dread their annual exam. The paper gown, speculum and stirrups are no one’s favorite. It does allow for screening for cervical cancer and abnormalities of the cervix, so it’s a good idea to take care of your lady parts. What do you do when the Pap comes back abnormal? What does this mean?
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For ten years of my life, I was a trail guide on a horse ranch. When I wasn’t working, traveling, or in school, I would return to the Happy Trails Horse Ranch in the mountains of Washington. We were able to take riders straight into the mountains from the ranch, which was rare due to
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