How to Maintain a Normal Blood Sugar Range When I was in my first year of practice I remember a very clear realization flashed throughout my brain, “I seriously can’t...  […]

Controversies Over What Raises Cholesterol The question of what raises your cholesterol is quite clear, yet the integrative medicine community to a large extent sends mixed messages on this issue....  […]

Interpreting the Test, Important Markers, and Amino Acid Supplements I’ve been using Organic Acids testing to determine the best amino acid supplement to recommend to patients for over twenty years....  […]

Watch this free video about detoxification protocol to enhance treatment and to provide the best practice in functional medicine by Dr. Dan Kalish

So this past weekend I took a few days off work, both teaching and patients and took a road trip with my son. We rented a Camaro convertible and bombed...  […]

How do we create relevance and generate a strong sense of urgency to act. How do you take someone who has struggled to make changes and get them to move...  […]

This month Dr. Kalish has an interview with his good friend, health engineer and author, Steven Wright. Steven took the training program a few years ago, and started SCDlifestyle.com in...  […]

Key factors in improving patient communication skills include your confidence level, ability to explain complex concepts in simple ways using stories and analogies, and creating a sense of relevance and...  […]

Can Body Chemistry influence the Brain Chemistry? I recently had the great pleasure to interview Julie Matthews, an expert on dietary treatment for autism. Is there a magic autism cure?...  […]

My first time I had to open a treatment door by myself, walk in and treat a patient I was so nervous I was shaking and I felt like a...  […]

Why practitioners fail! Dr. Lorne Brown has become a close colleague of mine, I respect his work highly and all that he does to support the acupuncture community through the...  […]

Every single functional medicine teacher I was trained by operated under the assumption that patients would require animal protein to heal. For our steadfast vegetarian patients we’d have to supplement...  […]

Original Article: http://www.bloodchemistryanalysis.com/articles/digestion.html For more information on Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis Click Here Hypochlorhydria, or the insufficient production of stomach acid, is a very common clinical problem with influences far...  […]

My main functional medicine teacher Dr. Timmins died ten years ago this week and it’s been a time of reflection for me about the past and the history of our...  […]

The epidemic of cardiovascular disease is nonexistent in cultures, which thrive predominantly on whole foods, plantbased nutrition. Is it logical to assume that patients with this disease would be willing...  […]

Michael H. Cohen has pioneered the field of legal issues in integrative health. He served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Adjunct faculty at Harvard School...  […]

What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Several years ago a group of practitioners from the Mayo Clinic, including Sue Cutshall and Larry Bergstrom took...  […]

Dr. Izabella Wentz Pharm.D., FASCP is a solution focused clinical pharmacist who took The Kalish Method Mentorship Program in 2013. She has since created quite a remarkable career from both...  […]

This fascinating article from the New York Times shows the struggles so many people go through in trying to keep off body fat that they have lost from extreme diets...  […]

Dr. Ruscio is a functional medicine practitioner, researcher and author with a B.S. in exercise kinesiology and a chiropractic degree. He practices Functional Medicine with an emphasis on natural and...  […]

In a study prompted in part by suggestions from people with mental illness, Johns Hopkins researchers found that a history of Candida yeast infections was more common in a group...  […]

Host: Dr. J. Renae Norton  http://www.eatingdisorderpro.com Topic: Eating Disorders Join Dr. Norton and Dr. Kalish as they talk about how eating disorders affect the hormonal system and how to correct...  […]

I find myself often regarding my own diet as a deeply personal issue, one of personal health, personal goals, and personal failures. I see the same pattern in most of...  […]

Host: Dr. Daniel Kalish Topic: Organic Acids Testing - Detox Everyone in the United States has become saturated with chemicals and heavy metals from mercury, benzene, arsenic and lead to...  […]

When I was 18 years old people used to joke about me that if you put Dan in a closet with some water for a few days I'd probably sprout!...  […]

By Dr. Jeffrey Moss “Much progress has been made in both the allopathic and alternative medicine health care worlds in relation to both reducing mortality and improving quality of life...  […]

Dr. Moss founded Moss Nutrition Products in 1992. If you aren’t familiar with his work, check out Mossnutrition.com. He built Moss Nutrition into one of the country's major distributors of...  […]

I find myself often regarding my own diet as a deeply personal issue, one of personal health, personal goals, personal failures. I see the same pattern in most of my...  […]

Learn from my mistakes, please! I've made many mistakes in building three different clinics and am happy to share a "what not to do" list to save you from these...  […]

Mark Newman discusses below the importance of the DUTCH test with Dr. Kalish: “When you look at urine testing, you’re missing that cortisol pattern but getting all these great metabolites....  […]

Skill #1: know exactly where to start with every new patient and how to explain this work to them (and to yourself!) and be fully confident that the exact supplement...  […]

Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory is now offering the first molecular pathogen profile, the GI Microbial Assay Plus (GI-MAP). The GI-MAP includes the first comprehensive pathogens assay that is FDA approved, the...  […]

Autoimmune disorders have been on a steep rise in the industrialized countries over the past several decades and while research has been starting to develop a detailed understanding of pathophysiology...  […]

I bought at Alfa Romeo 4C sports car last year. It's not particularly expensive in the realm of sports cars but it is quite rare, so far only 753 have...  […]

All Patient Education webinar replays are available on our YouTube Channel. Subscribe to view all of Dr. Kalish's videos! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO4qoDek6wYolixHbxefRrH6VN7x9ZtIV (Click on video title to be directed to the Kalish Institute...  […]

Host: Michael Ruscio drruscio.com Topic: Depression, Anxiety, Inflammation & the Brain Join Dr. Ruscio & Dr. Kalish as they address the three key areas of Hormones, GI and Detoxification. drruscio.com/depression-anxiety-inflammation-brain-dr-dan-kalish-episode-24

Every morning I read BBC news and I go through my home delivery copy of the New York Times. Two recent articles stand out, one from the Brits and one...  […]

Dr. Alex Zaphiris specializes in integrative medicine, which brings together traditional western medicine with the best of alternative approaches. In addition to her western medical training, Dr. Zaphiris draws on...  […]

The years I was traveling around Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, hitchhiking and meeting some fascinating people, I strayed as far away from American culture as I've ever been. Immersed in...  […]

Functional nutritionist and educator Andrea Nakayama is leading clients, students, and practitioners around the world in a revolution focused on reclaiming ownership over one’s own health. Her passion for food...  […]

The Nobel Prize in medicine was just given out for the use of artemesinin in treatments for malaria, which is exciting to see a Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal product being...  […]

Dr. Carey O’Rielly is a holistic dentist operating in San Diego who truly understands and practices the tenets of holistic health, both as a practitioner and in his personal life....  […]

October 1, 2015 Source: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Summary: A molecular basis has been found for why 80 percent of patients with longstanding Type 1...  […]

It's fascinating to have been practicing for twenty plus years and to now see this veritable explosion of interest in functional medicine as a specialty. I now frequently hear people...  […]

Benjamin Lynch, ND has a passion for identifying the cause of diseases, which directed him towards nutrigenomics and methylation dysfunction. Currently, he researches, writes and presents worldwide on the topic of...  […]

As you read this, wiggle your toes. Feel the way they push against your shoes, and the weight of your feet on the floor. Really think about what your feet...  […]

I am readying "the Lean Start Up" an excellent book about the Lean Start Up Philosophy which has become quite the big thing here in Northern California tech circles. The...  […]

Sunjya K. Schweig, MD is an expert in complex chronic illnesses, which require rigorous investigation and management.  He has been studying, teaching, and practicing integrative and functional medicine for over...  […]

A diet high in refined carbohydrates may lead to an increased risk for new-onset depression in postmenopausal women, according to a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The...  […]

References to leaky gut and issues with the human microbiome have become so popular now it's quite stunning to see. Obvious sources of these problems  all the antibiotics in our...  […]