Welcome to the blog of Dr. Marcus Ettinger "Medical Detective" and "Digestion Coach"
I have been writing about health and the human body for over 35+ years. I do this to provide easy-to-understand information on complex topics. I also do this to cement everything I’ve learned in my brain. I hope the information presented on my blog helps you increase your understanding of the body, disease, and health.
What would YOU DO if all of your pain and anxiety causing symptoms disappeared?
If you are experiencing a health challenge that no one has been able to address, please give me a call. I handle challenging cases, especially involving the stomach and GI tract. These include H. pylori, biofilm protocols, leaky gut, SIBO, Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, and many other conditions. Click on the icon above or call me at 714-639-4360.
Our current system of ‘disease’ care
The abysmal, dwindling-spiral we call “our
daily diet”, expressed through an ever increasing consumption of high calorie, high fat, high sugar, high salt and nutritionally deprived food products are contributing to the rising burden of heart disease, stroke, obesity and diabetes.
The positive effect of moderate coffee consumption
Researchers found that those who drank more than four cups of coffee each day had a 39% lower risk of developing mouth or throat cancer than those who don’t drink coffee.
Natural Insect Repellent Ingredients – Essential Oils
Here is a combination of essential oils that I just recently tried; it worked great. Essential Oil Mixture: Lemon eucalyptus essential oil (mandatory in any formula), citronella essential oil and orange oil. Test Location: Puerto Vallarta Beaches and Jungle. Protected Against: Sand Fleas, Mosquitoes and No-See-Ums.
Stress, Biofilm and a Predisposition for GI Infections in Type O Blood Individuals
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The UltraLite (weight-loss, pre‐diabetes and diabetes reversal) Program
If after reading this post you have questions regarding alternative medicine, integrative medicine, chiropractic, weight-loss, diabetes or pre-diabetes prevention, nutritional supplementation or how to become a new patient, please feel free to contact our office....
The Meaning Of My Existence
If after reading this post you have questions regarding alternative medicine, integrative medicine, chiropractic, weight-loss, diabetes or pre-diabetes prevention, nutritional supplementation or how to become a new patient, please feel free to contact our office....
Ludo Lefebvre – Ludo Bites 4.0 @ Gram & Pappa’s
24 April 2010 - Dinner with my wife, Stephanie, at Ludo Lefebvre's - Ludo Bites 4.0 @ Gram & Pappa's. Normally I write quite a bit in my blog posts, but here I will just let the pictures tell the story. Below are the dishes we ate, along with some great wine. I...
Quorum Sensing and Bonnie Bassler
Quorum - a quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative body, such as a legislature or bacterial colony, necessary to conduct the business of that "group". How Bacteria "Talk" An eight minute video explaining, in simple English, how bacteria communicate...
Biofilm and Microbubbles – A new way to identify bacterial infections?
Pavlos Anastasiadis and colleagues at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have developed a method to watch and measure growing biofilms with ultrasound. The researchers used contrast agents, microparticles, more accurately, microbubbles, that are normally injected into the body to improve the quality of ultrasound images.
Infants and mothers aren’t receiving enough vitamin D
U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service has just reported in the April edition of Prevention, that most infants and mothers are not receiving enough vitamin D and should be taking vitamin D3 supplementation to compensate for...