Long – Haul COVID
Since the pandemic began, there have been reports of patients – some of whom were not even that sick from COVID – developing debilitating long-term symptoms, which has become …
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The Best Defense For Your Health
In the age of COVID 19, as an integrative/functional medicine doctor, it concerns me that almost no one is talking about what can be done to improve basic immune …
Coronavirus
As the news reports track the spread of this new virus, many people are afraid. In a time like this, it is important to remember that you are not …
Get ready for Thanksgiving!
Keto/Low Carb Crustless Easy Pumpkin Pie Mix together: 1 – 1.5 cup Confectioners Swerve – adjust the sweetness to your taste 1 tsp salt 4 tsp Pumpkin pie spice …
Blog on Pleasanton Water Quality November 2019
The newly released report shows that our ground water has been contaminated with PFOA and PFOS. These chemicals were used in many consumer products for years, and have now …
How to Protect Yourself from the Smoke in the Air
With Bay Area air quality at an all time low, here are a few tips you can use to minimize damage to your health. If you need to be …
Preventing Colds and Flus
It used to be that I felt like we were all helpless victims of winter viruses – just waiting to get attacked by them and having to go through …
Investing in Your Health
Out-of-pocket costs are typically higher when seeing an integrative medicine doctor than when seeing a regular allopathic doctor. It is important for the patient to understand why this is, …
Thyroid Blog
Our integrative practitioners, Lynne Mielke, M.D. and Sandra Kreizenbeck, DNP at Optimal Health Spectrums believe that if the thyroid gland makes both, then we should replace both if it …
Vegan and Vegetarian Diets – healthy or not?
This is a sensitive topic that many people are very passionate about – whether or not to eat animals (vegetarian) or even any animal products such as dairy or …