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Millions of people worldwide grapple with sinus and allergy problems, experiencing symptoms like nasal congestion, sneezing, and sinus pressure. Nasal saline rinses and Neti pots are an effective, natural solution for mitigating these issues, offering relief to sufferers alone or in combination...

As one of the handful of lifestyle medicine-trained allergy immunology physicians, I find myself increasingly talking about the entirety of the Exposome: the summation of all of the things we are exposed to in our lives.

What is the Exposome?

If you want to learn more about our understanding of...

Artificially separating the body from the mind has been one of the biggest missteps of modern medicine. Over the last few years, we have increasingly read studies confirming the mind-body connection, the gut-brain axis, and now we are learning more about the nose-brain connection.

Given the...

Last week, we talked about the role of managing our mind… 

And I definitely needed to lean on those tools A LOT this past week. 

We got hit with yet another daycare-itis: respiratory crud for me and tummy bug for the girls. 

It is really HARD to respond rather than react...

Last week, I shared about my evolving relationship with movement. I have continued to have fun this past week experimenting with how that can look different based on the day and how I am feeling and picked up a little under the desk elliptical to try out.

For me though, the real...

I have been thinking a lot about my relationship with moving my body over the last few months. I watch my kids run around playing in our backyard or the park, getting their wiggles out and also becoming stronger every day. 

I was amazed this weekend when Charlotte was able to swing across...

If you missed my initial post, I jumped on the TikTok trend a few weeks ago and made a video about the 5 things I would never do as an allergist/immunologist and then turned it into a blog that was featured on KevinMD.com and his podcast last week! If you missed it, you can check it...

In my last blog, I shared the 5 things I would never do as an immune system expert with an autoimmune disease.

If you missed it, check out this post here.

In that blog, I promised to dig into each of these topics a bit more and share some practical and science-supported strategies!

Let’s...