Posts by Dr. Tom Moorcroft
How Worried Should You Be About Coronavirus?
Coronavirus hysteria is all over the news and social media. Do you really need to be concerned or is this all just hype? This was the big question I was asked by reporter Amanda Capritto of CNET the other day. The bottomline is, Coronavirus is a significant issue in China. At the time of this…
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Do you know your MDRs?
What the heck is an MDR? I was at an amazing talk given by my good friend Dr. Alan Christianson, NY Times best-selling author of The Adrenal Reset Diet and The Metabolism Reset Diet. In his talk on entrepreneurial health, Dr. C introduced me to this concept. So what is MDR? MDR = Minimum Daily…
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Preventing Tick Bites
In order to be well prepared to prevent tick bites (and tick-borne illnesses, such as Lyme disease), it’s helpful to know some basic facts about ticks and Lyme disease: Deer ticks transmit Lyme disease as well as Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, Borrelia miyamotoi disease and Powassan virus. Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in…
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What You Need to Know About Getting Lyme Disease from a Tick Bite
How Likely Are You to Contract Lyme Disease from a Tick Bite? Let’s talk about Lyme disease and its transmission after a tick bite. Whether you’re hiking in the woods or you live in an area that’s known for Lyme disease, it’s best to be prepared with an accurate understanding of how Lyme disease which…
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Integrative Lyme Retreat
We just finished our First Annual Integrative Lyme Ski Retreat and it was amazing! At the Blackjack Ridge House in Alta, UT, 19 of the most progressive thinking medical professionals came together to learn about the integrative management of tick-borne diseases, detoxification, hyperbarics, mold illness and the role of the gut-brain-heart axis in healing from…
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A New Angle on Detoxification
Why Do We Sleep? Scientists and physicians long debated why we sleep. Today we know sleep is required for consolidation of long-term memories and improves learning. It is a key component of hormone synthesis. Sleep allows for the growth and repair of muscles and tissues. And now we know sleep is critical for brain detoxification.…
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How Much Vitamin D Should You Take?
And How Vitamin D Properly Supports Your Overall Health Often, people don’t realize that sometimes the only medicine they need is a little more sunlight. Vitamin D deficiency is a common ailment that that is on the rise [1]. The reason? More and more people find themselves indoors rather than outside enjoying the sun. Add…
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Can Lyme Disease Lead to Persistent Infection?
The possibility of persistence in Lyme disease is a complicated, but critical topic. As you know, there’s a lot of discussion in medical circles and on the internet. Is a persistent infection the cause of your symptoms, or is it a post-Lyme inflammatory process? The continued research makes me hopeful that we’re getting closer to…
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Chronic Toxin Overload
Chronic Toxin Overload: The Real Cause of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome By: Tom Moorcroft, DO Patients who suffer from unrelenting fatigue, persistent pain and brain fog are often diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and/or fibromyalgia. Interestingly, neither of these diagnoses actually points to a cause of illness; they both are merely labels for a…
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