In today’s email:

Learn how fatigue, joint pain and autoimmune conditions might be linked to your gut;
Learn to avoid aches & pain from Dr. Robinson;
Spotlight;
- VitoGenix MedPax
- Meet our new Nutrition Provider
- Digestive Concerns
- Trigger Point Therapy
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Health Tip

Everything Begins In The Gut

I sometimes wonder if new patients to WholeHealth Chicago think we’re overly preoccupied with their digestion, gut health, nutrition, and even the consistency and quality of their stool when they scheduled that appointment for a seemingly unrelated problem. We certainly treat a large variety of health concerns: anti-aging and disease prevention, dermatologic problems, chronic fatigue, mood, menopause, PMS and thyroid issues, joint and muscle pains, autoimmune disorders, long COVID, and even supportive care for cancer.

The naturopathic and functional medicine physicians summarize our approach well, “Everything begins in the gut." Everything?! All you need to do is click to this picture to appreciate why we, at WholeHealth Chicago, are so preoccupied with that 30 foot tube connecting your mouth to your anus and the contents inside. In fact, it helps if you imagine yourself as a 30 foot long earthworm with all the rest of you–your brain, eyes, ears, heart, lungs, arms, legs as biological afterthoughts. You’re a motile tube slithering along, seeking food and capable of reproducing when you meet another attractive motile tube on matchworm.com.

Referring back to our simple picture:

Your “fatigue” might be traced to poor nutrition, poor digestion and absorption of low quality food, a weakened immune system, poor production of hormones (premature aging), and neurotransmitters (mood disorders, depression, anxiety).

Your “joint pains” or “autoimmune disorders” may be leaky gut (intestinal hyperpermeability), excessive inflammation, food allergies or intolerances.

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Dr. Robinson’s Daily Vitamins

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Dr. Robinson knows the power of chiropractic and is using the skills and experience to improve the quality of life for his patients. His goal as a chiropractor is to identify how the body is impacted by daily life events and correct the imbalances which can lead to the early degeneration and increased risk for injury and illness.

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Spotlight

VitoGenix MedPax

Taking supplements can be a challenging task. Especially, when you have to open 5-10 bottles daily. Not to mention, bringing your supplements with you while traveling.

To make things easier, we have partnered with VitoGenix to create customized MedPax for you. These MedPax are not available in the store or online. They are ordered just for you at your request.

Contact our amazing apothecary staff for more details.

Meet Tam Dickson Meyer, MS

Nutrition Provider

Tam holds a Master of Science in Nutrition from Maryland University of Integrative Health and believes strongly in the healing power of food. Her highly individualized, whole-person approach is based on the bio-psycho-social model, making sure that any proposed nutritional interventions fit each individual's lifestyle.

She puts a great emphasis on patient empowerment, behavior change, and the importance of a partnership between the provider and patient. She has special interest in treating blood sugar dysregulation, adrenal dysfunction, autoimmunity, and relationship to food.

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Did you Know

We Offer Homeopathy

A system of medicine based on the theory that “like cures like.” Homeopaths encourage healing by administering tiny doses of harmless, highly diluted animal, plant, or mineral substances that in larger quantities would produce illness (just as you are immunized against flu by being given a harmless form of flu). Most chronic and acute illnesses are thought to respond in some way to homeopathic remedies. Homeopathic remedies are regulated by the FDA.

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At WholeHealth Chicago, we generally begin your healing process by healing your gut.

Diagnostic testing
Nutritional counseling
Nutritional supplements
Infusion therapy
Acupuncture
Traditional chinese medicine
Homeopathy

Gut Health & Digestive Concerns

The essence of good gut health is essentially how well you’re digesting, absorbing, and using the food you eat and how efficiently you’re getting rid of what could potentially harm you.

By eating healthfully, you’re supporting the whole process. Eat junk and your gut has to work overtime to keep you alive, ultimately becoming weaker and weaker for lack of nutrients. Do right by your gut and it will repay you many times over. At WholeHealth Chicago, we generally begin your healing process by healing your gut.