The Shift Has Begun
I knew this was going to be a different kind of shift when Dr. Peter D’Adamo showed up at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine Clinic and started to rearrange the furniture and...
View ArticleA Few Words on Blood Type
Before I say anything about our first patient in the Clinic this week, let me first talk a little bit about the Blood Type Diet. Back in 1996, the book Eat Right For Your Type came out and became a...
View ArticleSend in the Clown
**Names and some details have been changed to protect the anonymity of patients. Jane, our first patient, is a professional clown and 45-year old the mother of four daughters ranging in ages from 11 to...
View ArticleThe Full Measure
The D’Adamo shift starts at 9:30 each Friday morning and after a week of early morning classes that stretch into clinic work that often goes into the early evening, needless to say, each of the six of...
View ArticleSend in the Clown, Part II
Today marks the return of Jane the Clown. Remember Jane from a few blogs ago? She’s a professional clown and refers to herself as Jane the Clown, so we’ve begun affectionately calling her that, as...
View ArticleCancer's Deep Blues
Today is our first day of seeing four new patients, as opposed to the two we’ve been seeing in previous weeks. Needless to say, it’s going to be a whirlwind. Dr. D’Adamo has even warned us to bring...
View ArticleTwo Newbies
After last Friday, which was our first week of four new patients in four hours, we are beginning to get the hang of things. Dr. D’Adamo is continually and masterfully tinkering with the patient flow so...
View ArticleD'Adamo, Unfiltered
Last week, Dr. D'Adamo was the keynote speaker at Grand Rounds at UBCNM. After the presentation, your faithful blogger solicited some questions from the audience. Here are some selected responses from...
View ArticleA Vaccine for Breast Cancer? And, Unrelatedly, How to Convince a Die-Hard...
I’m back after a few weeks of midterm madness and, in response to my dear readers’ request for more information on how we’re formulating treatments, I’m going to keep going with the patient snippets....
View ArticleGood Bugs vs. Bad Bugs: Finding a GI Cure
And we’re back.You asked for more patient cases, and so that’s what we’re giving you.For the next few months, I will be posting patient stories — along with, most importantly, treatment protocols —...
View ArticleThe Big Sleep
Darcy—a tall, sleepy-looking blonde 20-something in sweats—walked in the front door of naturopathic physician Ginger Nash’s New Haven office, trailing behind her mom.Darcy’s mom, Janet, a rather jolly...
View ArticleLyme Aid
Doctors—naturopathic or otherwise—practicing in the Northeast will tell you that Lyme disease is an epidemic illness affecting large parts of their practices.Fewer than fifty percent of people who...
View ArticleMom Versus The Flu
When I was growing up, my two brothers and I rarely got sick with the flu.Sure, we had the occasional nasty cold and strep throat but we never battled much with the flu that tended to wipe out large...
View ArticleGet Your Goat
Soon after Manny arrived at the Clinic it became clear that he was to become one of my more entertaining patients.As we sat down in the consulting room and began to talk about his diet and chief...
View ArticleHistona Story
Your faithful blogger is happy to report that she is in her last semester of medical school.After three and a half long years of studying, exam-taking, and practicing my nascent skills on patients who...
View ArticleMetabolism, Heal Thyself
For those of you who’ve been on the edge of your seats waiting to hear if my mom’s regimen of winter supplements worked to stave off her yearly bout of flu, wait no more. Recall, I put her on four...
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D'Adamo Personalized Nutrition Opens in Brooklyn!
Let the next chapter begin. This week, D’Adamo Personalized Nutrition opens a brand-new, gorgeous, state-of-the-art facility in trendsetting hub of New York: Williamsburg, Brooklyn. For those of you in...
View ArticleShifting the Shift
Thank you to everyone who has followed The Shift as I've muddled my way through medical school and shared about it along the way. It's been great to have you along for the ride. Please join me in the...
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