DOCERE US Cannabis Regulation: What It NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR NEWS & REVIEW Means for Naturopathic Doctors ...... >>10 VOLUME 15 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2019 | GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH / TOXICOLOGY / BARIATRIC Shaon Hines, ND Laws around marijuana and hemp are confusing. Dr Hines’ article helps to clarify the issues. FUT2 Secretor Status: Tolle Totum Effects on Gut Health ........................ >>16 Ginger Nash, ND The gene controlling secretion of ABO antigens into Prebiotics & bodily fluids highly impacts GI function. EDUCATION Medical Resources for NDs: Metabolic Regulation A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry ........... >>13 Blaine Harbourne, ND, LDN, CNS, CSCS Benefits Beyond the Gut Dr Morstein’s book on diabetes is a valuable resource for both patients and practitioners. Naturopathic Medical Education: ERICK R. CERVANTES, MPH, ND What a Russian Soldier Taught Me DALE PFOST, PHD About Its Value Proposition ............... >>28 David J. Schleich, PhD uman beings are host to a diverse Weaving traditional values into worrying trends will keep the medicine defined in tough terrain. Hecosystem known as the microbiome. Characteristic of our microbiome, among many other things, is its now well-known TOLLE CAUSAM diversity within the individual and from Autoimmunity & GI Disorders: person to person, as well as its vast array Sorting Out the Triggers .................... >>14 of elaborate influences on our physiology. Chad Larson, NMD, DC, CCN, CSCS Dr Larson reviews models of immune dysregulation Our scientific knowledge of this symbiotic and how to nail responsible triggers. ecosystem has grown tremendously, and its clinical significance and implications cannot Clostridia & Constipation: Using Organic Acid Testing in be ignored. This paper highlights how some Diagnosis & Treatment ...................... >>18 microbiota within our intestinal tract, in Angela Knapp, ND particular the large intestine, influences Dr Knapp reviews an often overlooked cause of chronic constipation and how to identify it. Continued on page 3 NATUROPATHIC Student Scholarship Honorable Mention PERSPECTIVE SIBO as an Adaptation: A Proposed Role for Hydrogen Sulfide ................. >>20 Greg Nigh, ND, LAc Psychiatric Disorders Despite symptom-inducing, microbial H S might be 2 Targeting the Microbiome an important source of sulfate in the body. STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP Honorable Mention – The Carroll ALEXANDRA FRANCIS, ND, MS, CNS genes than the human genome. It is now bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory Method: An Explanation .................... >>22 MARIE WINTERS, ND, FABNO widely considered that the gut microbiota bowel disease (IBD), as well as systemic Jared C. Pistoia should be considered an ‘exteriorized’ conditions such as diabetes mellitus, obesity, Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE All disease begins in the gut. organ placed within the body, which and cardiovascular disease. This bioelectric technique for identifying food intolerances is far underutilized by doctors. (Hippocrates) provides important physiological functions 1 and is indispensable for human life.” Psychiatric Disorders VIS MEDICATRIX NATURAE hen in doubt, treat the gut” is These microorganisms are responsible for About half of US adults will experience Wan excellent naturopathic rule of metabolizing dietary nutrients, xenobiotics, a mood or mental disorder consistent Gallbladder Disease: thumb that naturopathic doctors have and drugs, as well as maintaining the with the diagnostic criteria in the DSM- Not Just a Problem for Women ......... >>24 Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) relied on for decades. We have always integrity of the gut mucosal barrier, IV at some point during their lives.3 Dr DiPasquale reviews risk factors and treatment understood that symptoms and chronic immunomodulation, and protection The onset of these disorders is usually tips for gallbladder, including key herbs. diseases often improve when we focus against pathogens.2 during childhood or adolescence, which on treating the gut, but only recently has Our knowledge of the functions and suggests that treatment methods should NATURE CURE there been exploration into why this is roles the gut microbiome plays in our be directed at the younger population and so. We’ve been told that we have more health and physiology has been expanding. emphasize prevention.3 Use of conventional CLINICAL PEARLS microorganisms in our gut (meaning our The gut microbiome is a relatively new drug therapies for psychiatric disorders Dyspepsia ...................................... >>26 whole digestive system, but primarily exploration in the field of medicine, and has been on the rise over the last few Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE the small and large intestines) than we recent research has shed light on promising decades. 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EMAIL BACK TO: [email protected] or FAX BACK TO: (480) 275-7712 Tolle Totum Continued from top of page 1 our health through its fermentation of dramatic effects on the composition of the prebiotic dietary fiber and polyphenols microbiota and consequently the type and and the resulting metabolite-driven amount of SCFAs produced. feedback mechanisms. In addition, this The health of our GI tract and the paper discusses the clinical implications of health of our microbiota are thus directly prebiotic (dietary fiber and polyphenols) correlated to our dietary intake of fiber.