Expert Column
Amy Bader, ND 
Amy Bader, ND, practices naturopathic medicine in Portland, Oregon, and will soon begin practicing...read more
Articles In This Column
- How 'Bout Some Good Press for Cholesterol?
- The Trouble with Heart Disease
- Stomaching Stomach Acid: A Simple Solution
- Sit Down, Oil Up, and Heal Your Body: The Wonder of Castor Oil Packs
- Peripheral Neuropathy: Treating it the Natural Way
- The Skinny on Type 2 Diabetes: Part 1 of 2
- The Skinny on Type 2 Diabetes: Part 2 of 2
- What’s Bugging You? (The One Supplement You Can’t Do Without)
- Inflammation: Good, Bad or all Hype?
- How the 6 Principles of Naturopathy Transformed a Science Geek into a Doctor
Naturopathic Medicine
The Skinny on Type 2 Diabetes: Part 1 of 2
According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 21 million people in the United States have diabetes. The vast majority of these people, about 90-95%, have type 2 diabetes (aka adult onset diabetes). Many millions more are “pre-diabetic” and, if left on their current course, will surely become diabetic. What a bummer! Not only is it a serious health threat, diabetes is also expensive. In 2002 the medical costs associated with diabetes were $132 billion. That’s billion with a “B”...Read entire article »
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The Skinny on Type 2 Diabetes: Part 2 of 2
Hold on to your hats. I’m back on my soapbox... Last month I began our discussion of type 2 diabetes with a focus on insulin resistance. This month, let’s examine some other aspects of this disease. Blood sugar levels in the body are controlled by a delicate dance between the pancreas and the adrenals. The adrenal glands sit atop our kidneys and, among their other duties, produce a hormone called cortisol. This hormone increases in response to stress, inflammation...Read entire article »
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What’s Bugging You? (The One Supplement You Can’t Do Without)
I have just been cornered at a dinner party. “We heard you’re a naturopathic doctor. What supplements should we take?” There it is: the most-asked question. The answer to the question comes easily to me. “Bugs,” I say. I see strange looks on all their faces. “Seriously, you should take bugs.” The bugs I am referring to are the healthy bacteria which live in our gastrointestinal system. We call them gut flora or probiotics. Our intestinal tracts are home...Read entire article »
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Inflammation: Good, Bad or all Hype?
We all know the golden rule of real estate: location, location, location. In naturopathic medicine, the rule is inflammation, inflammation, inflammation. In its beginning stages, inflammation is the body’s healing response to an injury, irritation or microbial invasion. For instance, if I catch a cold, my body creates inflammation in the form of a runny nose, sore throat, and cough. As annoying as these symptoms are, they are signs of a healthy body healing itself. However, when the inflammation...Read entire article »
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How the 6 Principles of Naturopathy Transformed a Science Geek into a Doctor
I am a geek. I mean that in the best way. In my quest to become a doctor, I studied with a vengeance. I loved it! The more I learned, the more impassioned I grew. Biology, physiology, biochemistry and physics (my favorite) made sense to me. These sciences reinforced one another and collectively served as a foundation from which all other information was cultivated. With this knowledge I learned—and now wholeheartedly practice and teach—naturopathic medicine. I want to share...Read entire article »
