Dr. Pratistha Strong, D.O. – Personalized Private Medical Care
A number of my patients have chosen to live a whole-food plant-based lifestyle. This consists of consuming natural unrefined or minimally refined ingredients and foods that come from plants and do not come from animal ingredients such as meat, milk, eggs or honey. Hence, whole food plant-based. I am fully supportive of their lifestyle choices. […]
Read More Plant-Based PeopleI missed that winter wood, So I walked. What I found in solitude– Those trickles, tinkles, pebbles, piñons. Pining for a sentiment of despair. The winter wood has a hold. Lull. Interlude. Pause. The light at the end of the dark. I have felt this despair– A seasonal death. A fluctuating intermission. I stepped […]
Read More TunnelAlthough it is not new information that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t regulate over-the-counter (OTC) dietary supplements there is recent evidence that consumers should be cautious when purchasing these products. So it turns out that there are many over-the-counter dietary supplements have been found to contain active pharmaceuticals not identified on the label. […]
Read More Is your Over-the-Counter Dietary Supplements Guilty of Adultery?The St. Louis cold weather is making me dream of warmer days and the summer! I came across even more evidence to wear sunscreen on sunny days that I wanted to share. Unfortunately, skin cancer in the most common cancer in the United States and it’s important that people are doing what they can to […]
Read More Sunshine, Daydreams, and Your ABC’sThere have been previous studies that have suggested that immaturity may contribute to some behaviors that were attributed to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). There was a recent study that supports that claim. Specifically, there was an insurance database study of >407,000 children that highlight the need for a practitioner considering the patients maturity level […]
Read More Immaturity and ADHDIf you have warts and need treatment I may be able to help. I recently had a patient that didn’t have success treating their wart with over-the-counter topical salicylic acid. Topical salicylic acid is a good place for most people to start. Most people don’t have serious side effects and find the application relatively easy. […]
Read More Beetle Juice Beetle Juice Beetle…Probiotics are very popular now and seem to be everywhere. There are also many claims out about what probiotics can and cannot be used for. (Check out the skinny on probiotics here.) I think using probiotics are great for many things, however, I also advocate for their appropriate use. One current controversial use of probiotics […]
Read More Probiotics are Not a Cure-AllA patient of mine this weekend was worried about paying for her visit to see me because her husband is not being paid due to the government shutdown. I told her not to worry because I would help her for free. Inspired by her predicament I have decided to extend this offer to the whole […]
Read More Half Off: Reduced Health Care Costs for People Directly Affected by Government ShutdownI came across this new update about autism recently. Screening tests for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) should be interpreted on a case by case basis and in the context of overall development of the child. There was a recent prospective cohort, 228 of >68,000 children who screened negative for ASD at age 18 months were […]
Read More What to do with a Negative Screen for Autism Spectrum DisorderThe New Year comes around and it gets people thinking about resolutions. Hence, people have been asking me about the “keto diet” a lot lately, so I decided to make a blog post on the topic. What is keto? The goal of the ketogenic (commonly referred to as keto) diet is to create a state […]
Read More To Keto or Not to Keto? (Or eat Taquitos?)
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