Derek Lawrence, ND with William Raines, DC
“Dr. Derek Lawrence, founder and lead clinician at Revive Naturopathic Medicine, has been around medicine and healthcare all his life…When asked about why he studied naturopathic medicine, he had this to say, “My dad was a radiologist so I kind of grew up around medicine and all the big medical words, and I think that it evolved into some like, ‘well my dad’s a doc, I want to do that too’…”
What is Intermittent Fasting / Time Restricted Eating?
Today we are going to talk about the second strategy I use in helping people have a successful fast, and that is implementing intermittent fasting or time restricted eating. Our last video talked about a low carbohydrate diet to successfully reduce hunger, improve satiation, and allow us to prep for a fast better. Intermittent fasting and time restrictive eating takes that to the next step. I have also found that most people can more successfully intermittent fast if they're on a low carbohydrate diet…
What is Light Therapy?
Transcranial Low Level Laser Therapy for Stress and Anxiety
We're going to be talking about Transcranial Low-Level Laser Therapy for stress and anxiety. I'm really excited about this treatment. We do it routinely on a lot of my patients because, quite honestly, who doesn't have stress, and every once in a while we all get a little anxious. Some of my patients call this a “laser Xanax.” I've never taken a Xanax, so I don't know how it feels; however, it seems to help them a lot—particularly in the moment…
What Your Endoscopy Missed, And The Functional Medicine Approach
Unlike colonoscopies, endoscopies are only done if a patient is feeling symptoms—they're not done for screening purposes. So, if you’re having an endoscopy, usually [that means] something's going wrong. One thing endoscopies miss is they don't tell us too much about the microbial ecosystem in the small intestine.
