Tatiana Mercier

Uric acid is produced as an end product of purine, nucleic acid, and nucleoprotein metabolism. The kidneys store and excrete about 2/3 of the uric acid produced daily, making it an indirect marker of renal function as well. The remaining 1/3 is excreted in the stool.  When excess levels of…

Reaching your ideal weight can be a huge challenge. At times, it might even seem impossible. People often hold this perspective on weight loss because they can’t seem to succeed despite their best efforts. Rest assured, if you’re one of these people, the problem isn’t you. The problem lies in…

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BUT HIGH CHOLESTEROL IS PROTECTIVE AND HELPS PEOPLE LIVE LONGER For decades conventional medicine has warned us about the dangers of having high levels of cholesterol in the body. It can kill us!- they have repeated over and over again. This belief has permeated all planes…

IBS..?  Digestive pain? Bloating? Too much wind? Too much burping? Diarrhea & constipation? Your life is miserable without a normal and healthy digestive function! But maybe it’s not IBS, but SIBO or Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth! Here’s how SIBO works and how I can help you with my advanced functional…

LEAKY GUT SYNDROME IS THE DISORDER THAT MAKES THE LINING OF YOUR INTESTINES LEAKY OR POROUS. Its medical term is “Increased Intestinal Permeability” and refers to the lining of your gut or membranes being inflamed, injured, and ruptured to a point that the particles of food that you eat, or…

In a first-of-its-kind publication, researchers from Cleveland Clinic report that Functional Medicine care is associated with improved health-related quality of life. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open, provides the results of a retrospective cohort study comparing patients treated at Cleveland Clinic’s Center for…

Men & women have hormones.  A good daily natural supply of hormones by our own glands gives us a glow to our skin and to our eyes, a healthy libido, a good and stable appetite, very good overall physical health, very good physical strength, sound and restorative sleep, good concentration…

What if fibromyalgia is not your body attacking itself, but actually your body desperately fighting pathogens, irritants, and toxins together and not getting the help it needs to win the battle?  It has been thought until recently that fibromyalgia is another “idiopathic”, unexplainable, genetic, stubborn disease with no cure. That it…

Are you suffering from stubborn or impossible weight-loss? Forget about extreme diets & extreme workouts. That approach is not the answer! Functional Medicine digs deeper than that to uncover the underlying root-causes of stubborn weight-loss and to deliver to each individual wishing to lose weight and keep if off  for…

Yoga is an advanced technology that has existed for at least 5000 years. It deals primarily with the management of our mind. It explains in great detail how we can increase our mental balance and clarity. Yoga therapy is a beautiful combination of Yoga and Ayurveda, the medicine of Ancient…