The Dignity Integrative Blog

Every five years, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans are released with great fanfare, often positioned as a major course correction for the nation’s health. The last update occurred almost a decade ago. These newly released 2025–2030 Guidelines  are no exception. They frame themselves as a “reset,” calling Americans back to real food, whole ingredients, and away from the highly processed diet that has quietly fueled obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic d

Like many things in medicine, the long answer is more nuanced and reveals why so many patients struggle to get an accurate diagnosis.

Understanding the frustrating cycle of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and what you can do about it

My genetic variants didn't guarantee cardiovascular disease, but they significantly increased my risk and limited the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions alone.

After decades of yo-yo dieting and exercise programs, many patients are considering a GLP-1 medication like Ozempic or Wegovy.

What the science tells us about GLP-1s and muscle loss.

SIBO requires a nuanced approach that it’s clear integrative medicine is uniquely positioned to provide.

As an integrative medicine physician, I support ideas to reform America's food system.

The three phases of a food elimination test: elimination, reintroduction, maintenance. Your guide to safe protocols.

An estimated 1% of the global population has Celiac disease. Even more alarmingly, this percentage is growing, with incidence rates...

Around this time last year, I wrote a blog post on semaglutide, a drug that was initially used to manage type 2 diabetes but has since...

In integrative medicine, we are increasingly focused on the interplay between our gut and brain, an intricate relationship that holds the...

Preparing meals ahead of time is cost-effective, convenient, and can help give you more control of nutrition and portion control.

Hello all! I am veryyyyyy excited to share with you the final part to my gut-healing journey! As someone who suffered from very...

There is currently a debate ongoing in healthcare about whether genetics or environment is a more powerful influencer of our health and...

Leaky gut syndrome is exactly the kind of condition that traditional medicine can often struggle with: it can be caused by one, many, or...

In our traditional healthcare system, we tend to think of personal health as follows: If we have a non-serious medical issue, we go to...

There is a lot of press recently on semaglutide as the answer to everyone’s prayers regarding weight loss. When a drug earns an entire...

Hello all—I am back with another update on my SIBO progress over the past two months! I’d like to begin by saying how grateful I am for...

What should we take from the recent VITAL study showing no benefits for Vitamin D supplementation?