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 Pain Pain, Go Away
By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Inflammation, Medical-Industrial Complex, Pain, Pharmaceuticals, Women
Posted August 1, 2022

Pain Pain, Go Away

Pain remedies your surgeon might not know about. After undergoing surgery or surviving an accident, it’s routine to receive a prescription for opioids (narcotics) – a class of drugs that includes [...]

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 Calming Inflammation, Soothing Depression
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Inflammation, Mental & Emotional Health
Posted August 17, 2021

Calming Inflammation, Soothing Depression

Smart choices for a happy brain In last week’s post I explored the ways in which inflammation can cause depression. The science shows that we cannot blame genetics alone for depression, and [...]

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 Inflammation Drives Depression
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Inflammation, Mental & Emotional Health, Stress
Posted August 10, 2021

Inflammation Drives Depression

Move over serotonin, inflammation is the new target of depression treatment   Is inflammation a bad thing? Not necessarily: Inflammation helps the cells of the immune system fight infections [...]

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 How it Works: Vitamin C for Addiction
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Immune Support, Inflammation, Mental & Emotional Health, Pain, Vitamins
Posted June 20, 2021

How it Works: Vitamin C for Addiction

The versatile vitamin’s mechanisms of action   This article serves as Part 3 in my series on vitamin C, pain, and opioid use disorder. Check out Part 1 to learn about the vitamin’s use in [...]

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 Pain? Try Vitamin C
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By EricaZelfand
In Inflammation, Pain
Posted June 15, 2021

Pain? Try Vitamin C

Nutritional support for acute, chronic, surgical, and cancer-related pain What do humans have in common with other primates, bats, and guinea pigs? (No, not a love of cheese!) What we all have in [...]

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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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 Paleo: Past, Present, & Pitfalls
By EricaZelfand
In Digestion, Food Intolerances, Gluten Free, Inflammation, Nutrition, Weight
Posted June 10, 2019

Paleo: Past, Present, & Pitfalls

Low-carb diets like the paleo, Atkins, and ketogenic programs are all the rage. How did they come to be so popular? And are they sustainable in the long run?   This is Part I of III in my [...]

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 Bouncing Back After Antibiotics with Probiotics
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By EricaZelfand
In Allergies, Digestion, Immune Support, Inflammation, Pharmaceuticals, Women
Posted April 28, 2019

Bouncing Back After Antibiotics with Probiotics

If you own a human body, chances are you’ve taken at least one course of antibiotics in your lifetime – whether it was bubble-gum flavored amoxicillin for that ear infection in childhood, [...]

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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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 Detox without Gimmicks, Pills, or Potions
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By EricaZelfand
In Environmental Health, Holidays, Immune Support, Inflammation, Mental & Emotional Health, Nutrition, Recipe, Recipes, Vitamins, Weight
Posted January 1, 2018

Detox without Gimmicks, Pills, or Potions

“Detox” is one of those edgy yet deceptively vague terms used to market anything from supplements to fragrances to yoni steam baths. (Yes, that really is a thing.) But do you really need to drop [...]

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 Should I Feed My Baby Rice Cereal?
By EricaZelfand
In Babies, Digestion, Food Intolerances, Gluten Free, Inflammation, Nursing, Nutrition
Posted March 4, 2017

Should I Feed My Baby Rice Cereal?

What was your first food? Have you ever asked your parents? Depending on your age, it might have been banana, sweet potato, oatmeal, or Cheerios. Perhaps it was meat, first chewed in your [...]

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 Golden Milk
By EricaZelfand
In Inflammation, Pain, Recipe, Recipes
Posted December 20, 2016

Golden Milk

One of my favorite beverages this time of year is golden milk. Made from tasty, healing Ayurvedic herbs blende d with coconut milk, this drink is delicious served hot or cold. It’s also one of [...]

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 The Milk Myth
By EricaZelfand
In Babies, Digestion, Food Intolerances, Inflammation, Nursing, Nutrition
Posted June 16, 2016

The Milk Myth

A recent study from Harvard has echoed what integrative physicians have been saying for years: There is little if any reason to give a child a bottle or glass of milk. . Health Problems [...]

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 Why I Hate Prilosec, Zantac, and TUMS
By EricaZelfand
In Digestion, Inflammation, Nutrition
Posted April 12, 2016

Why I Hate Prilosec, Zantac, and TUMS

This is Part One of my series on Reflux. So many Americans these days are popping Prilosec daily or reaching for TUMS after meals. Even babies nowadays are on Zantac! Aside from being of limited [...]

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 Holiday Snacking & Gifting
By EricaZelfand
In Holidays, Inflammation, Nutrition, Recipes
Posted December 20, 2015

Holiday Snacking & Gifting

“Happy Holidays!” chimes the rep as she slides a sparkly-wrapped present across my desk, “here’s a little something for you.” After she leaves, I excitedly cut the red shiny ribbon, pull away the [...]

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 Splurging (in Moderation) During the Holidays
By EricaZelfand
In Holidays, Inflammation, Nutrition
Posted November 30, 2015

Splurging (in Moderation) During the Holidays

The holiday season is a time of magic, festivity, family time, and celebrating miracles both great and small. For some, however, the holidays are also a time of eating things you wouldn’t dare [...]

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 Dairy Free Products
By EricaZelfand
In Allergies, Digestion, Inflammation, Nutrition
Posted December 12, 2014

Dairy Free Products

Going dairy free was kind of hard. After years of recommending the elimination and challenge diet to my patients, this past summer I finally took the leap of courage and did it myself. I knew it [...]

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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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