Dr. Krause’s Blog

Holding my cell phone for over a few minutes makes my hand and wrist hurt. My lupus antibodies aren’t up and my estrogen levels are good. C-Reactive Protein is good. Even my omega 3…

What keeps me up at night is when a client isn’t getting results and it feels like we’re chasing an elusive ghost to feel better. I just saw one of my favorite clients last…

Supplement fatigue is real! Most people have no idea if their supplements are working for them or not. One of the most common questions I get is, “Doc, do you think I’m taking too…

Every time I go to Vegas, I get the most ridiculous blisters on the bottoms of my feet between my big toe and second toe. You’d think after multiple visits I would have learned…

Two weeks ago, my friend Stephan, who owns a South African safari company, asked me, “Why do some of my clients seem to develop gut issues around day 3 or 4 of their trips?” He…

Saturday afternoons sipping sparkling wine, feeling the cool breeze off the mighty Columbia, and watching kite boarders whirl through the air while I relaxed on the riverbank, my heart felt truly happy. “Good wine…

If your blood isn’t flowing well, you’ll notice things like sock lines, swollen ankles, and even puffiness under your eyes. You may call this inflammation, which is at the root of cardiovascular disease, but…

My cardio-thoracic surgeon friend refers to himself as a “master plumber,” and it makes perfect sense when you look at the basics of what causes issues in your cardiovascular system. The heart and vessels…

There’s an entire subset of acupuncturists that believe in only using one acupuncture point per session. To my traditional Chinese Medicine trained brain, that’s wild as I was trained to use more points, but…

If you were a radio station what frequency would you be vibing at right now? Smooth jazz? Rock? Country? Electronic dance? Reggae? Did you know that most of Bob Marley’s reggae music was written…

There’s a trend in my practice lately that involves acupuncture. It seems those who are receiving acupuncture are doing better with their overall health, pain levels, sleep, digestion and mood. Which makes sense because acupuncture…

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of people catching every bug that comes their way and when I dig into their history, there’s almost always a pattern. The same times of year, on repeat.…