Healing Leaky Gut with Functional Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide
Explore how leaky gut impacts health and how functional medicine can help. This blog covers causes, symptoms, and effective treatments like diet, lifestyle changes, and targeted supplements to restore... ...more
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November 01, 2024•8 min read
Optimal Vitamin D Levels: A Functional Medicine Approach
Explore the critical role of vitamin D in bone health, immunity, and mood in this blog. Learn about the symptoms and causes of deficiency, and the impact of magnesium and K2 on vitamin D absorption. D... ...more
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October 29, 2024•9 min read
The Impact of Stress on Health
Chronic stress affects both physical and mental health, leading to issues like heart disease, weakened immunity, and anxiety. This guide explores the short- and long-term effects of stress, its connec... ...more
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October 23, 2024•8 min read
How to Eat Healthy on a Budget
Eating healthy on a budget is possible with smart strategies like meal planning, bulk shopping, and cooking at home. Focus on nutrient-dense, affordable ingredients like beans, grains, and seasonal pr... ...more
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October 22, 2024•7 min read
What is Mindful Eating?
Mindful eating is a practice that encourages paying attention to hunger and fullness cues while being fully present during meals. This approach helps improve digestion, manage weight, and foster a hea... ...more
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October 18, 2024•7 min read
PCOS and Functional Medicine
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder affecting millions of women worldwide. Functional medicine offers a personalized, root-cause approach to managing PCOS, addressing issues like i... ...more
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October 15, 2024•7 min read
How to Get More Restorative Sleep: Unlocking the Secrets to Better Rest
Discover how to achieve restorative sleep with practical tips, effective sleep hygiene practices, and insights from functional medicine expert Dr. Anne Berkeley. Learn how optimizing your sleep can bo... ...more
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October 12, 2024•9 min read
Elevate Your Well Being: The Role of Functional Medicine and Gut Health
"Elevate Your Well-Being: The Role of Functional Medicine and Gut Health" explores the crucial connection between gut microbiome health and overall wellness. It highlights signs of imbalance, offers s... ...more
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October 10, 2024•10 min read
What is Functional Medicine?
Explore the principles of functional and holistic medicine with a focus on root causes of disease. Learn how this approach promotes overall health by addressing chronic diseases, mental health, digest... ...more
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October 07, 2024•8 min read
Hormone Balancing
Discover how hormone balancing can improve your health, regulate metabolism, and restore well-being. Learn natural solutions and how Dr. Anne Berkeley uses naturopathic and functional medicine to trea... ...more
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September 27, 2024•4 min read
Naturopathic Medicine Washington DC
Learn about what Naturopathic Medicine in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia area, can do for you. Dr. Anne Berkeley discusses the ways in which she utilizes holistic and naturopathic medicine to h... ...more
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September 16, 2024•4 min read
More On GI Testing
GI Testing is key to identifying and treating the root cause of digestive issues. Learn more about the ways you may benefit from GI Testing. ...more
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September 06, 2024•3 min read
Detox at Home Using Food
My grandmother told me that she grew up eating vegetables from the family’s garden. Everything was organic, although they didn’t need to label it that way. There was no difference between conventional... ...more
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February 28, 2021•4 min read
Comprehensive Blood Testing
What is functional medicine testing and what does it include? When it comes to lab testing, naturopathic and functional medicine doctors have many options. Lab work can be very helpful when working wi... ...more
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December 29, 2020•4 min read
Comprehensive GI Testing
Why is a healthy digestive system important? This is such an important topic, in my opinion, when it comes to optimizing health. The good news is that more healthcare practitioners are starting to t... ...more
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October 31, 2020•4 min read
What is cortisol?
Cortisol is one of our stress hormones. When we experience stress, the body’s natural response is to signal a number of events throughout the body. These events are activated by hormones like adrenali... ...more
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September 28, 2020•4 min read
Your Thyroid And Why It Matters
Here’s a typical situation: A woman will tell me that she feels tired, has difficulty losing weight no matter how hard she tries and her digestion feels “off”. She has been to her doctor, but she’s to... ...more
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August 31, 2020•3 min read
Tips to Avoid Gaining Weight During the Holidays
Oven roasted turkey, corn bread stuffing, green bean casserole, and sweet potato pie. November is a very delicious time of year. With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and a lot of holiday parties to look forw... ...more
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November 17, 2018•3 min read
What is TSH?
When a person has thyroid problems, it may be due to a lack of thyroid stimulating hormone, or TSH. This hormone is not produced by the thyroid, but is actually produced by the pituitary gland. ...more
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October 31, 2018•2 min read
Signs That You May Have Low Thyroid
Low thyroid is associated with uncomfortable, distressing and even debilitating or life-threatening complications. Yet it’s estimated that half of those who have the condition don’t know it, and neith... ...more
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August 13, 2018•3 min read
The Secrets to Bouncing Back from Adversity
When tough times bring you down, your ability to cope in a positive way is known as resilience. An essential skill for healthy development in childhood, resilience is critical to well-being throughout... ...more
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May 26, 2018•3 min read
Keep Your Immune System in Peak Condition
The Great Defender: that’s our immune system, uniquely designed to keep us healthy and defend against illness and infection. Made up of organs, including the skin, lungs, and gut, as well as specializ... ...more
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March 19, 2018•3 min read
Sleep: Essential for Mind-Body Health
Adults and children alike are spending more time awake late at night to study, work, or have fun. All those late nights may be slowly killing us. More than 20 years of research shows us that sleep is ... ...more
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January 17, 2018•6 min read
Food & You: The Body-Mind Connection
There’s no doubt about it: what we eat, and how much we eat, has a direct impact on our physical health. But did you know that those same choices also influence mood, mental alertness, memory, and emo... ...more
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October 18, 2017•5 min read
The ADHD and Diet Connection
What is ADHD? Today, ADHD is viewed as a multifaceted condition triggered by varying behavioral, biological and environmental factors, including certain foods and food additives. ...more
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September 23, 2017•4 min read
DR. ANNE BERKELEY, ND, MA, FABNE, IFMCP
Functional Medicine Naturopathic Doctor
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