Meet Online Functional Medicine Doctor - Dr. Kim

Introduction to Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis is a debilitating joint-based inflammatory disease that affects people of all ages. It’s the third most common type of arthritis, behind osteoarthritis and gout. Approximately 1.5 million Americans are affected by Rheumatoid arthritis, with 41 out of 100,000 people diagnosed annually. Women are three times more likely to have Rheumatoid arthritis, commonly occurring… Read More »

How To Practice Intermittent Fasting If you want to learn how to achieve the best intermittent fasting results, then you must consider the various types of fasting. The different intermittent fasting schedules include time restricted feeding (TRF), true intermittent fasting (IF), different caloric intakes for fasting and fasting mimicry (which is relatively new). To help… Read More »

What is SIBO? Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is an increased number and/or abnormal type of bacteria in the small intestinal section called the jejunum. For many years, a culture of the small bowel was the gold standard for diagnosing SIBO based on the presence of ≥1 × 105 bacteria (colony-forming units (CFU)) per cubic centimeter… Read More »

Why Discuss Low Testosterone Treatment Now? As a Functional Medicine doctor, about 2/3 of the therapeutic requests I receive involve either menopausal symptoms or symptoms of low testosterone. As an expert when it comes to low progesterone, low estrogen or low testosterone treatment, it seems men have many misconceptions about hormones. In this article, I’ll discuss… Read More »

Introduction to Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) results from two disorders of chronic intestinal inflammation which affects approximately three million people worldwide: Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis. There is no “fun” autoimmune disease, but IBD has its own special sort of misery that only those with the disorder can attest. While many treatments are quite… Read More »

Concealed Therapies for Natural Pain Relief are Finally Made Public Do you recall reading the cigarette industry covered up evidence which clearly showed that smoking was addictive? Well, concealing information that should be public is an apparent cover-up. The same holds true in the food industry. The “big scam” to eat high carb from the… Read More »

What are the Benefits of CBD? When something “non-traditional” undergoes a study, the number of necessary studies seems to be 10-fold in comparison to conventional pharmaceuticals. CBD oil benefits appear to be clear in some areas and murky in others. However, healthcare professionals are touting CBD benefits for everything from anxiety to schizophrenia. In this… Read More »

How to tell if you have a Hormonal Imbalance A hormonal imbalance is having too much or too little of any of the myriad of hormones I’ll be discussing in this article. Out-of-whack hormone levels can cause just about any symptom imaginable. You can have weight gain or weight loss, hair loss or excess hair… Read More »

7 Steps To Battle Bloating To stop bloating symptoms, you need to identify the root cause. Depending on what is wrong, you’ll need to follow a maximum of seven steps. I’ll reveal the most common “causes” of bloating and how to relieve it. Review the list below first identifying what you’ll learn about reducing bloating… Read More »

Natural Cancer Cures I do not advocate that alternative cancer treatments replace traditional cancer care. However, this in-detail article will explore potential natural cancer cures that are either urban myths or possible alternatives (or adjunctives) to standard care. These practices are what you probably should be doing in addition to receiving traditional therapy. My belief… Read More »