Botanical Health Clinic

09/15/2026

Standard blood work asks: are your numbers within the population average? Functional testing asks: are the pathways that run your body actually working? Different question. Different answer. Often a very different clinical picture.

09/12/2026

New newsletter went out yesterday. If you have been told your labs look fine while still feeling exhausted, foggy, and off — the organic acids test is one of the most important tools nobody talks about. It shows what is happening inside your cells, not just in your bloodstream.

Your blood work came back normal. Your doctor says everything looks fine. And yet you are exhausted, your mood is unstable, your digestion feels off, and nothing you try seems to move the needle.

06/30/2026

Quercetin is one of the most talked-about supplements in functional medicine right now. It is also one of the ones that interacts with several common medications. New blog on what to know before you take it.

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06/11/2026

If your stool test came back normal, you may not have had the full picture. A standard culture and a GI-MAP are not the same test. One checks for acute infection. The other assesses the full functional state of your gut.

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06/04/2026

Low ferritin can look like ADHD. It can look like PMDD. It can look like fatigue that no amount of sleep fixes. And it can show up as normal on your lab report. New post on what ferritin patterns actually tell us.

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06/03/2026

Most conversations about ADHD focus on dopamine. But there is a layer underneath that does not get discussed nearly enough — the brain's immune cells and what happens when they stay chronically activated. New post on neuroinflammation and neurodivergence.

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06/02/2026

Your child's behavior is not just a dopamine problem. Research is building a strong case that the immune system, gut health, and early inflammatory exposures all shape how the neurodivergent brain develops. That changes what we should be looking at.

05/22/2026

If you have a neurodivergent child and have always wondered whether something during pregnancy or early life played a role — you are asking a question that researchers are actively investigating.

The maternal microbiome is emerging as a significant factor in how the nervous system develops.

05/18/2026

Neurodivergence runs in families.

We have long assumed it was mostly genetic. What the research is showing us now is that the microbiome — passed from mother to child during pregnancy and birth — is also part of the story.

05/17/2026

Why does the same supplement work beautifully for one person and do nothing for another?

Why does one person thrive on a certain diet and another person crashes on it?

A significant part of the answer is in your genes.