by Jessamine Sothard | Jun 24, 2022 | Blog, Hormone Health
It depends on who you ask. When medical practices bill insurance companies for patient visits, they need to include codes (called ICD-10 codes) to denote what is wrong with the patient. There are 68,000 codes to choose from, yet there is no code for adrenal...
by Jessamine Sothard | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog, Mindset
These are typical scenarios I hear from patients in my practice: “I’m tired. I mean I have the energy to do the things I HAVE to do but at the end of the day, I don’t have the energy to do the things I WANT to do.” “I have every symptom of low...
by Jessamine Sothard | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog, Lifestyle
We depend on protein, fats, and carbohydrates to meet our daily nutritional needs. We need a certain amount of essential amino acids per day from protein as well as essential fatty acids from fats to carry out certain functions. But what about carbohydrates? Aren’t...
by Jessamine Sothard | May 27, 2022 | Blog, Mindset
If you don’t know where you want to be going then I guess you are on the right path. The patients I work with, however, do have a specific destination in mind. They desire a place of optimal health and happiness and they aren’t okay with just leaving it to...
by Jessamine Sothard | May 6, 2022 | Blog, Lifestyle
There are five modifiable lifestyle factors that are key to optimal health and longevity. In no particular order, they are diet, exercise, sleep, mindset, and relationships. Exercise is one that people tend to either love or hate. For optimal health, it’s important to...
by Jessamine Sothard | Apr 8, 2022 | Blog, Gut Health
Have you ever heard of “leaky gut”? It’s a term that despite being around for at least 20 years is often not recognized as a real condition in mainstream medicine. Increased intestinal permeability is the more official term for leaky gut and is more accepted. Although...
