Blog • Dr. Wade Binley Functional Medicine Orange County California

Virus-Busting Foods

Can Common Food Fight Viruses? Hippocrates, the father of medicine, stated “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” I love this, as I consider the kitchen to be my lab and food to be the chemistry. Let me share some of the latest research with you about six common immune-supporting compounds found […]

Fiber-Rich Vegetables and Fruit for Good Health

Many times, I am asked about fiber. How much should a person eat per day? How much fiber is in each food? This can be confusing! Fiber plays an important role in your digestive health, and really acts as “Nature’s Bristle Broom” to keep things flowing, healthy and clean. My first suggestion is to […]

Why I Drink…This

I drink this green drink for my microbiome almost every day. It is usually the second thing I consume (after water with lemon squeezed into it). But WHY would someone want to drink something that looks like this???? I do it because I am a good house guest. What does that even mean? You’re really […]

What to Expect When You’re Detoxing

What to Expect When You’re Detoxing Congratulations! You have embarked on the important journey of ridding your body of what it wants to shed. Be that a parasite, metals, molds, environmental toxins, Candida overgrowth, bacterial or viral infection, your body is eager to be free of these pathogens. What can you expect when you are […]

Detox – Do It Right

Detoxing the Right Way: Pull-Push-Catch Detox may seem like just a buzz word these days. Everywhere you turn there is a pet program you can buy and do, from the classic cayenne pepper + honey, to multi-phase prepackaged protocols. These range from benign to downright dangerous, with helpful possibly somewhere in between. What is detoxification […]

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Six Root Causes of Disease

When clients seek my help for their suffering, first we must agree: I am not treating or diagnosing disease. What the heck does that mean – if not that, then what are we doing here??? To clarify this, I find it useful to use the image of a train wreck: the accident site is clear. […]

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Breathe to Live – Do your “5’s”

Stress is a killer. It can truly ruin your health by activating genetic “weak spots” and flipping that genetic switch of disease to “on.” In terms of gut health, stress deactivates the vagus nerve. That is not good, since the vagus nerve is the super-highway between the gut and the brain, and when your brain […]

Heal Your Colon, Heal Your ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is real. People suffer painfully from an inability to focus, organize, follow through, listen, retain information. They lose things, get distracted, forget. They are frustrated with themselves, and others are often frustrated with them. Out of that can come anxiety and depression. Listen to mainstream information, and you will find readily […]

Laxatives

I get it: you’re suffering with constipation, and you just want to get it all cleared out. You may be gassy, crampy, bloated, lethargic, and you know that one great bowel movement is going to fix all that. It’s been days…maybe even a week. Your head wants it, your gut wants it, and nearly every […]

What Is IBS?

You know there’s something very wrong. Is it IBS? It’s confusing, painful and embarrassing: abdominal pain, diarrhea and/or constipation, bloating, excessive gas, an urgent (very inconvenient) need to empty your bowels…and/or an inability to empty your bowels. Indigestion and nausea. Cramps. On the emotional side, you feel anxious, depressed, afraid to eat; these feelings seem to […]

Virus-Busting Foods

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