Resources
Field notes from the practice.
Essays, clinical observations, and reflections on integrative oncology, IV therapy, metabolic health, medical nutrition, and the patients who shaped the work.
The metabolic adjustment. An integrative clinical framework for nervous system repair.
A layered, hierarchical strategy for nervous system regeneration — from ketogenic metabolic therapy to mitochondrial peptides to high-dose methylcobalamin. Adjunct to my Parker Seminars Las Vegas session.
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I make IV formulas for a living. This is the one nutrient I'd add to almost any IV.
If I had to strip IV therapy down to its essentials, magnesium would survive almost every cut. Not because it's trendy — because it's foundational.
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Starve a cold. The metabolic switch that stops viruses before they take hold.
The first 24–48 hours of a viral illness may be a critical 'metabolic window.' The science behind fasting, glucose control, autophagy, and IV nutrients.
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Are we still treating viruses too late?
At the height of COVID, I offered our IV infrastructure to the hospital — silence. Modern medicine is brilliant at rescue, remarkably poor at immune preparedness.
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From myth to mitochondria — my top ten longevity strategies.
Five hundred years after Ponce de León's fountain of youth, an evidence-based playbook for healthspan: ten strategies and two IV therapies worth knowing.
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Red light therapy for metabolic and mitochondrial health.
Photobiomodulation, mitochondrial energy production, the POMC–insulin–melatonin axis, and what shows up on a WHOOP after a red light session.
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"Not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined this…" A message to future doctors.
From an embarrassing early failure to a 25-year practice. Trinity School of Medicine commencement address, June 2024.
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The most important lab test your doctor has probably never checked.
Fasting insulin can detect metabolic dysfunction years before fasting glucose or A1C. Why this overlooked test belongs on every routine panel.
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How to protect your lungs from wildfire smoke. Inhale these.
Wildfire smoke can bypass your respiratory system's natural defences. The protective potential of nebulized glutathione, NAC, and supportive antioxidants.
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Curcumin as an adjunct therapy during chemotherapy. Good idea or bad?
A polyphenolic compound long valued in naturopathic medicine — and increasingly studied alongside chemotherapy. A review of the evidence on both sides.
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Exploring integrative oncology, Part I: Switzerland.
Five days. Nine naturopathic doctors. Three integrative cancer clinics across Switzerland and Germany. Field notes from the Zentrum für Integrative Onkologie in Zurich.
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COVID-19 — a wolf in sheep's clothing?
For most, COVID is mild. For the unlucky, it triggers a cascading inflammatory reaction that can damage virtually any organ system. Field notes from the IV trenches.
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Managing COVID-19 long-haulers in Barrie. What's our plan?
One in three COVID patients develops post-COVID symptoms. We saw our first long-hauler this week. Here's how we're thinking about it.
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The uncomfortable truth of 2020.
Truth emerges when contrasting opinions are challenged headlong. A new-year's reflection on lockdowns, small business, and the muzzling of healthcare providers.
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Can eliminating dairy improve atopic dermatitis?
Atopic dermatitis affects up to 20% of all kids. A published case study from our clinic on the impact of dietary elimination in pediatric AD.
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Vitamin D and COVID, is there a link?
Vitamin D deficiency affects up to half the global population — and 82% of patients hospitalized for COVID in a Spanish study were deficient.
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Zinc deficiency and the immune system.
One-third of the world is mildly-to-moderately zinc deficient — and zinc-deficient COVID patients had significantly worse outcomes.
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Coffee and colorectal cancer.
A new JAMA Oncology cohort study suggests increased coffee consumption is associated with improved survival in advanced and metastatic colorectal cancer.
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Canadian researchers exploring first potential broad-spectrum antiviral.
Quercetin — a common naturopathic bioflavonoid — is being studied at McGill as a potential antiviral. It's likely already on your naturopath's shelf.
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Where is the love?
Twenty-one years into practice, a reflection on Dr. James Parker's 'love concept' — and whether love can really be measured in healthcare.
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Radiation exposure? Here's what a naturopathic doctor would do.
After the Pickering Nuclear false alarm: a theoretical protocol of glutathione, melatonin, and antioxidant botanicals for radioprotection.
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Why goal setting doesn't work.
Thirty-five years of pursuing goals and the surprising lesson it took most of a career to learn: your art comes first; the goals are a side-effect.
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IV hydrochloric acid.
An overlooked immunostimulant with a track record going back to the 1920s — and a renewed role in the age of antibiotic resistance.
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One solution to escalating health-benefit costs?
Extrapolating from our published diabetes case series — naturopathic care for diabetes pays back about 10:1 in pharmaceutical savings over five years.
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Is a high-fat ketogenic diet the key to reversing diabetes?
Most of what you've been told about type 2 diabetes nutrition is wrong. A look at our published case series and why the carbs-first guideline needs to go.
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Why vitamin IV therapy?
Failing health, weakened immunity, and chronic fatigue are often the result of nutrient deficiencies that the gut can no longer fix. Here's where IV therapy comes in.
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Non-surgical spinal decompression for back pain and sciatica.
Since 2008, spinal decompression has been a core part of our rehabilitation program — especially for herniated discs, sciatica, and compressed nerves.
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Diabetes — the mic drop.
After years of clinical research at the office, what I've learned about the nutritional treatment of diabetes — and what it means for an epidemic now affecting 450 million people.
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Sluggish bowels, insomnia, low mood? Tryptophan might help.
If you've had sluggish bowels, trouble sleeping, and a history of low mood — you likely suffer with low serotonin. A clinical pearl from the office.
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If your multivitamin has this ingredient, it may be damaging your health.
Most multivitamins on the shelf are quietly working against you. Three simple red flags to check before you buy another bottle.
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A New Year's Story.
An old mystic in Sedona, four energy vortexes, and a 79-pound transformation. A reflection on integrative primary care, and the year ahead.
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