by Dr. Nicole DiNezza, DC, NTP | Sep 24, 2021 | Brain health, YouTube
The vagus nerve serves as your ticket for better gut function- it is essentially the gut brain axis! But how can we improve or stimulate our vagus nerve to increase vagal tone? Here are my personal favorite ways to stimulate the vagus nerve! Share you go-to vagal tone...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Jan 20, 2014 | Brain health, Functional Medicine
Urinary neurotransmitter testing is a test that is commonly run by naturopaths and functional medicine doctors. By assessing the amount of different neurotransmitter metabolites in the urine, the doctor hopes to ascertain if the patient has a neurotransmitter...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Dec 9, 2013 | Brain health, Fatigue
This post is part of a series I call “My Approach Mondays” where I discuss the framework for how I approach various conditions. You’re fatigued. Tired. Pooped. Tuckered out. Beat. Drained. Wiped out. Spent. Worn out. Run down. You think “I...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Dec 2, 2013 | Brain health
Depression is an interesting problem because of the way it’s typically seen in the medical world. If you tell me you are depressed, you are telling me that you feel depressed, not that you havedepression. This might seem like a really nit-picky...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Jul 4, 2013 | Brain health
Chiropractors have been boasting for years that we are neurology specialists- that we treat the spine, and therefore the nervous system. One classic explanation for this is because an important part of the central nervous system, the spinal cord, lies within the...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Oct 16, 2012 | Autoimmunity, Brain health, Functional Medicine, Gluten, Leaky Gut Syndrome, Nutrition
It seems like everywhere you look there’s a new gluten free item on the supermarket shelf, a restaurant with a gluten free menu, or a friend “going gluten free”. But what’s all the fuss over this one little molecule? And why is it becoming...
