We get so accustomed to stress exposure that it becomes just a part of everyday life. We don't even notice it anymore, like a fish and its fishbowl.

Stress Is Like a Fishbowl

Most of us get so accustomed to stress exposure that we can’t imagine what it is like to exist outside of it. Read Dr. Doni’s very personal and vulnerable story about troubling relationships, feeling disconnected from herself, and how she discovered the breakthrough of five stress types.

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Dr. Doni looks at common migraine symptoms, causes, and treatments – especially for chronic migraines.

Migraines: Dr. Doni’s Personal Story

Are you experiencing migraines? If you haven’t found a treatment that reduces or eliminates migraines, it’s worth examining some of the common causes that are often overlooked: Your personal stressors, particular food sensitivities, and specific genetic mutations.

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gluten sensitivity, genetic predisposition, digestion, zonulin, reduce inflammation

Migraines, Moodiness and Memory: Gluten and the Nervous System

How does gluten sensitivity affect the brain? Dr. Doni explores the connection between gluten, leaky gut, and the nervous system – including the kinds of neurological symptoms that have been connected to gluten sensitivity, why they get triggered by gluten, and what you can do to recover.

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Adrenal

5 Important Things to Know About Gluten Reactions

Dr. Doni shares the most important information from the 2013 International Celiac Disease Symposium in Chicago. ■ It is estimated that one in 133 people have Celiac disease, which is an autoimmune condition triggered by gluten (the protein in wheat, barley, rye and spelt). Unlike most autoimmune conditions, in the case of Celiac, researchers and medical practitioners…

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Could a little gluten really be all that bad?

Could a little gluten really be all that bad?

Gluten sensitivity can lead to mysterious, frustrating, or even painful symptoms. A simple change to your diet can change the entire internal body environment, including immune function and hormone balance, and allow the body to heal itself.

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Is your food clean? Is your home green?

Is your food clean? Is your home green?

One of my favorite presentations at the Integrative Health Symposium 2011 was by Dr. Walter Crinnion, a naturopathic physician who specializes in environmental toxicity.   As when I’ve heard Dr. Crinnion speak in the past (he was my professor at Bastyr 14 years ago!), I was incredibly inspired to consider environmental toxicity as a cause…

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Not feeling yourself? Could it be Adrenal Exhaustion?

Are you tired all the time, awake late at night, or waking throughout the night? Do you have cold hands and feet, lightheadedness, fainting, brain fog, headaches, allergies, frequent infections, low thyroid function, menstrual irregularities, blurry vision or cravings for sugar? Are you overwhelmed, worrying-all-the-time, or feeling shaky and irritable between meals, to name a…

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Health Challenges

Could Food Be the Culprit of Your Health Challenges?

My allergy symptoms started at a young age with the spring time pollen in Oregon. I remember sneezing non-stop and sleeping with a roll of toilet paper when I was a Sophomore in college thinking “there has got to be some way out of this!” Soon after, living on coffee and scones to get me…

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