Functional Medicine
Dive into expert articles, insightful blogs, and patient stories to empower your health journey.
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Beyond the Scale: Loving Your Body Through Change
Growing up in a world that places so much value on outward appearance can be hard to navigate. From the time we’re little, we’re surrounded by messages about beauty and body ideals long before we can even understand what they mean. Over time, these messages quietly seep in and start to shape how we see…
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The Gift of Good Health
The UltraWellness Center Offers the Gift of Good Health to One Berkshire Neighbor As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting the well-being of the Berkshire community, The UltraWellness Center is offering a complimentary health assessment to one local resident through its annual Gift of Good Health initiative. For more than 20 years, the team…
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Prolozone Fact Sheet
Introduction Ozone therapy has a long history in integrative and alternative medicine, initially developed for its antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. Prolozone therapy is a derivative, coined by Dr. Frank Shallenberger, that merges ozone with proliferative therapy (prolotherapy). Specifically, intraarticular Prolozone injections involve delivering a combination of oxygen/ozone gas and other regenerative substances directly into joint…
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Ozone: Oxygen-Powered Therapy to Healing and Vitality
What Is Ozone Therapy? Ozone therapy is an exciting treatment gaining attention for its incredible health benefits and treatment potential across a range of conditions. But what exactly is it, and how does it work? In simple terms, ozone therapy uses a unique form of oxygen (O3) to stimulate the body’s natural healing processes. Think of it like the beneficial…
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How Functional Medicine Will Transform Your Health and Life
Have you been wondering if a Functional Medicine doctor is right for you? We invite you to learn how we use this approach to uncover root causes and create real solutions for lasting health right here at The UltraWellness Center. Why Your Doctor Isn’t Finding the Root Cause of Your Symptoms—and How to Fix It…
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Brewed Awakening
The ritual of making coffee often feels like a sacred, almost meditative process, rich with sensory experiences that mark the beginning of a day or the respite of a break. The scent can be grounding or energizing, and the aroma is often described as rich and robust, with deep chocolate, toasty caramel or fruity roasted…
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Top 5 Tips to Support Immunity Through Fall and Winter
It’s that time of year again. Colds and viruses are circulating and COVID is still ever present. You have probably heard it in the coughing and sniffles of many of those around you. I was recently stuck in Chicago’s O’Hare airport on a long layover and it seemed like everyone was sneezing and coughing. Needless…
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Sweet Potato and Cauliflower Mash
This low glycemic version of mashed potatoes uses sweet potatoes along with cinnamon and nutmeg to help regulate blood sugars. Sweet potatoes contain potassium to lower blood pressure and beta carotene which supports immune function along with healthy skin and eyes. Cauliflower contains sulfur which increases glutathione levels to support detoxification. I hope you enjoy…
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Healing with Color
There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to diet and nutrition. Every person will respond differently to individual foods and food combinations, but there is a universal truth that applies to most people regardless of genetic, environmental, or physical makeup. That universal truth is that a whole food, plant-rich diet made up of an abundance…
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How To Master Hunger And Cravings
So many patients feel their food cravings have gotten out of control and a lack of willpower is driving their weight gain, generally making them feel like crap. But, the truth is, this is not a matter of willpower. Our industrial food industry produces food-like substances specifically made to hook our taste buds with every…
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Your Lab Tests Are Normal But You Feel Sick: What Your Doctor Is Missing
Conventional medicine approaches illness as a name it, blame it, and tame it game. But these labels or diagnoses are just names we associate with a collection of symptoms. They have nothing to do with why you have those symptoms—with the root causes of the “disease.” Conversely, just because your standard lab panel comes back…
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The Functional Medicine Approach To Oral Health
Oral health is connected to full-body health in myriad ways. In fact, conditions ranging from obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and even dementia are all directly connected to poor oral health. In this House Call episode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Todd LePine about how to address dental health from a…
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The 3 Pillars of Health
In this video, Lisa Nicotera, RN and Functional Medicine Health Coach and Sudha Carolyn Lundeen, RN, E-RYT, offer an experiential window into the Three Pillars of Health: Body, Mind, Spirit. You will be guided through a centering and stress-reducing tool for each area that you can immediately incorporate into your daily life.
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The Turn Around: Part I
It’s really easy to get caught up in fear right now. Lots of folks are panicky. I felt a little myself when I saw the empty grocery store shelves. No chicken, no toilet paper, no hemp milk. I felt afraid, just for a moment. Then, I just decided, not to let fear get the best…
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We Are Here to Help You Navigate These Times
Through these uncertain times, we want to support you by providing practical ways to deal with the fear and stress that many of us our facing. Starting with this video created by UWC Registered Nurse: Lisa Nicotera and Patient Navigator: Doreen Soha, where they illustrate how to calm your nerves through the practices of Tapping…
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The UltraWellness Center Doctors Interview Compilation on “The Doctor’s Farmacy” Podcast
There are so many angles we need to look at with gut health and they can tell us an amazing amount of information about the rest of the body. Our gut bacteria regulate many of our bodily functions, from creating vitamins to controlling our immune system, our brain function and of course, our metabolism and…
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A Fresh Perspective: Advice From My Patient
Blogs. I love them. I love reading them, and I love writing them. They are a relatively quick and easy way to spread useful information and share ideas, both old and new, from a unique perspective. Yet, I’ve never written a blog from the perspective of somebody else, which is exactly what I want to…
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The UWC Lisa’s Vlog Series | The Healing Properties of Sound
Healing can come at the most unexpected times in unexpected ways. Each one of the senses, including touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste, all provide opportunities for deep human experiences and moments of healing. In this Vlog episode, the Lisa’s explore healing opportunities available through hearing and sound. Listen as they share their own experience with…