Dr. Krause’s Blog

Watching my Mom slowly pass from breast cancer taught me about what I didn’t want as I got older.  I was 26 when my Mom died and I thought 46, my current age, was…

Wearing pads 24/7, crossing your legs when you sneeze or avoiding certain exercises due to leakage is no way to live.  I’m horrified by the discreet incontinence pads delivery commercials and the devices to…

Knowing what it takes to get fuel to your cells is at the root of optimal health at any age. This is mitochondrial health.  Mitochondria are the little factories in every one of your…

Signs of peri-menopause can start 10 years before a women goes through menopause.  I’m pretty sure no one mentioned this in naturopathic medicine school … so I’m certain it’s not being discussed in conventional…

50% of the world’s population has the MTHFR mutation impairing the ability to process foods fortified with synthetic folic acid.  When this mutation isn’t working 100% you struggle to detox on a cellular level…

Research has shown nearly 1/2 of the US population has either diabetes or pre-diabetes.  I’d say the same about what I see in my practice when clients first come to me.  Of course blood…

A recent European study showed 1/3rd of adults surveyed wake up at 3 am more than 3 nights a week.  Yikes!  Nothing is worse than feeling like a light switch flipped you on at…

40-60% of women will struggle with insomnia over 40.  No wonder there are so many supplements for sleep!  Melatonin is not my go-to. I rarely find melatonin deficiency… …plus – so many people feel…

Every day I hear a client say “I swear they have ADD.” Could technology have caused everyone to have attention issues? I’m tempted to say yes…AND there’s another component… Hormone shifts are scary to…

You’re just finishing dinner and the anxiety is building. In a few hours it will be bedtime. You can feel the dread is rolling in like a thick fog.  The voices in your head…

Research shows Americans spend 90% of their time indoors.  According to the EPA, indoor pollutants can even reach levels up to 100 times higher than in the air outside. 3.2 million deaths a year are due to…

Chronic gut pain, inflammation, IBS, SIBO and constipation are on the rise. I have a few clients right now that have chronic pain in the abdomen and all the tests have shown it to…