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 The Gluten Free Prescription
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By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Digestion, Food Intolerances, Genetics, Immune Support
Posted September 27, 2021

The Gluten Free Prescription

Understanding celiac disease, wheat allergy, non-celiac gluten sensitivity, and other gluten-related disorders   It used to be quite rare to meet somebody who avoids gluten – the protein [...]

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 Hypothyroidism and Gluten Don’t Mix
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By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Food Intolerances, Gluten Free, Thyroid
Posted September 14, 2021

Hypothyroidism and Gluten Don’t Mix

Eating gluten may drive autoimmune destruction of the thyroid gland. The thyroid is the body’s master of metabolism, regulating important functions like digestion, energy production, mental [...]

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 Video: Innate & Adaptive Immunity – How Vaccines Work
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Allergies, Autoimmune Disease, Babies, Cold and Flu, Environmental Health, Immune Support, Inflammation, Pediatrics, Video
Posted November 15, 2020

Video: Innate & Adaptive Immunity – How Vaccines Work

Our immune systems consist of two parts: the innate (or general) immune system and the adaptive (or acquired) immune system. In this video, I explain the basics of these immune systems, [...]

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 Video: T Cells, Allergies, Autoimmunity, and You
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By EricaZelfand
In Allergies, Autism, Autoimmune Disease, Cold and Flu, Immune Support, Inflammation, Video
Posted November 15, 2020

Video: T Cells, Allergies, Autoimmunity, and You

  What are T cells and what do they do? Dr. Zelfand explains the importance of these special white blood cells. She illuminates how T cells can transform into T Helper (Th) Cells 1, 2, 3, or [...]

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 Video: How Stress Hurts Immune Function
By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Cold and Flu, Immune Support, Stress, Uncategorized, Video
Posted November 15, 2020

Video: How Stress Hurts Immune Function

In this video, Dr. Zelfand explains how our bodies react to stress and how those reactions can, if left unchecked, wreak havoc on our immunological function. Topics covered include adrenal [...]

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 Ice Cream You’ll Actually Want to Feed Your Kids (and Self!)
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By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Gluten Free, Nutrition, Recipes
Posted July 2, 2020

Ice Cream You’ll Actually Want to Feed Your Kids (and Self!)

No matter the time of year, there seems to always be some excuse for dessert. If it isn’t pumpkin latte season, then it’s the winter holidays, or Easter, or Passover, or somebody’s birthday. Or [...]

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 MTHFR: A Genetic Mutation to Watch
By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Autism, Autoimmune Disease, Babies, Cancer, Environmental Health, Fertility, Genetics, Inflammation, Mental & Emotional Health, Nutrition, Pregnancy, Women
Posted February 8, 2018

MTHFR: A Genetic Mutation to Watch

MTHF-Huh? MTHFR stands for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, a gene that codes for an enzyme of the same name. However, if the MTHFR gene is mutated, the enzyme produced is imperfectly [...]

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 Video: Put Down the Hammer
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By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Compassion, Immune Support, Inspiration, Mental & Emotional Health, Video
Posted November 22, 2017

Video: Put Down the Hammer

In this video, I discuss the importance of overcoming obstacles in order to bring about the deepest healing possible. If a patient came in with a sore finger and I gave them anti-inflammatory [...]

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 Digging Up a Rose Bush is Like Being a Doctor
By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Cancer, Inspiration, Women
Posted May 8, 2016

Digging Up a Rose Bush is Like Being a Doctor

It would be a stretch to say that I hated the rose bush in my backyard, but not a big one. The rose bust would send its thorny branches out between those of the nearby laurel, snagging the skin, [...]

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 9 Ways Checking Your E-mail is Trashing Your Health
By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Cancer, Mental & Emotional Health, Sexual Health, Sleep
Posted April 18, 2016

9 Ways Checking Your E-mail is Trashing Your Health

E-mail hyper-vigilance and compulsive smartphone use is frying your nervous system, wrecking your sleep, causing anxiety, ruining your sex life, and compromising your productivity at work. . [...]

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 Chemicals that Cause Allergies
By EricaZelfand
In Allergies, Autoimmune Disease, Environmental Health, Pharmaceuticals
Posted March 17, 2016

Chemicals that Cause Allergies

Genetics alone can’t explain the rise in allergic diseases we’ve seen in the industrialized world. Allergic conditions are on the rise. In fact, the rate of peanut allergy has doubled in the US [...]

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 Are News Moms Supposed to be THIS Tired? (Answer: No. It Could be Hashimoto’s)
By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Fertility, Hormones, Thyroid, Women
Posted February 5, 2016

Are News Moms Supposed to be THIS Tired? (Answer: No. It Could be Hashimoto’s)

Just about every day in my practice, a new mom breaks down in tears. “I mean, I’m a new mom, it’s supposed to be hard and I’m supposed to be exhausted, right? I wish I could just toughen up.” All [...]

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 Fever? Flu? Congratulations!
By EricaZelfand
In Allergies, Autoimmune Disease, Babies, Cancer, Cold and Flu, Immune Support, Pharmaceuticals
Posted October 15, 2015

Fever? Flu? Congratulations!

Why Getting the Occasional Cold or Flu Might Not Be Such a Bad Thing Every now and then I have a patient who boasts proudly, “I’m healthy as a horse! I haven’t had a cold or flu in [...]

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 The Elimination & Challenge Diet
By EricaZelfand
In Allergies, Autoimmune Disease, Digestion, Food Intolerances, Gluten Free, Inflammation, Nursing, Nutrition, Weight
Posted December 2, 2014

The Elimination & Challenge Diet

This is the gold standard for determining your food intolerances. When the gut is inflamed and irritated, it can begin reacting to foods that might otherwise not bother it. The elimination and [...]

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 Treating Eczema Without Steroids
By EricaZelfand
In Allergies, Autoimmune Disease, Babies, Immune Support, Inflammation, Pharmaceuticals
Posted August 8, 2014

Treating Eczema Without Steroids

Many dermatologists manage eczema with steroid creams. But is a steroid deficiency really the cause of dry, itchy skin? Eczema – or, as we doctor-types like to call it, Atopic Dermatitis – has [...]

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 Wait! Don’t Go Gluten Free Just Yet
By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Cancer, Digestion, Food Intolerances, Gluten Free, Inflammation, Nutrition
Posted April 16, 2014

Wait! Don’t Go Gluten Free Just Yet

As more and more research shows the harmful effects of gluten, a protein found in wheat, many people are cleaning up their diets and going gluten free. Although I recommend a gluten free diet to [...]

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