by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Addiction, Articles, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Healthy Living
What we know about ascorbate for withdrawal and cravings Part 2 in my three-part series on vitamin C, pain, and opioid use disorder. I first heard that vitamin C could help with opioid use disorder when I was asked to write an article on vitamin C, mood, and...
by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Dr. Erica Zelfand, Healthy Living
The versatile vitamin’s mechanisms of action This article serves as Part 3 in my series on vitamin C, pain, and opioid use disorder. Check out Part 1 to learn about the vitamin’s use in the management of pain; in Part 2 I dive into its potential for easing...
by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Articles, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Immune, Autoimmune, & Allergies
If you own a human body, chances are you’ve taken at least one course of antibiotics in your lifetime – whether it was bubble-gum flavored amoxicillin for that ear infection in childhood, penicillin for the case of strep throat that roared through the school, or...
by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Articles, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Healthy Living, Immune, Autoimmune, & Allergies
We share this wild planet with countless viruses, including rhinovirus (which causes the common cold), influenza A and B (which can lead to the flu), and COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), the latest coronavirus. By now, we’ve all been reminded of the things we can do to limit...
by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Articles, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Healthy Kids & Parents
It’s long been understood that folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy reduces the risk of spina bifida and other neural tube defects in children. But can it also prevent autism? Last year, a Norwegian group of researchers asked this very question. The...
