The Blog

My patients ask me the same questions in different ways. Why this magnesium and not that one. Whether their B12 is the right form. What I think about the latest protocol they saw circulating online.

These posts are what I'd tell you in a 15-minute follow-up if we had time for one. Sometimes a careful look at a single supplement. Sometimes a walkthrough of a lab marker, or me working through something I read in the literature.

Every health claim is sourced. When I'm giving you my clinical opinion instead of citing data, I'll say so. If a post raises a question about your own care, bring it to a visit.

The Blog

The 9 herbs in our Bruise & Recovery Liniment (...

Dr. Stacee Munroe

A herb-by-herb breakdown of the 9-herb Chinese Die Da formula in our Bruise & Recovery Liniment, with a comparison to arnica and a guide to using it on fresh injuries.

The 9 herbs in our Bruise & Recovery Liniment (...

Dr. Stacee Munroe

A herb-by-herb breakdown of the 9-herb Chinese Die Da formula in our Bruise & Recovery Liniment, with a comparison to arnica and a guide to using it on fresh injuries.

Practitioner-grade EPA/DHA fish oil supplement

Omega-3s and inflammation: the dose, ratio, and...

Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD

Fish oil is one of the most researched supplements we have and one of the easiest to get wrong. Here is what I check in clinic before a bottle earns...

Omega-3s and inflammation: the dose, ratio, and...

Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD

Fish oil is one of the most researched supplements we have and one of the easiest to get wrong. Here is what I check in clinic before a bottle earns...

Digestion and gut health supplements at La Santé Vie

Late summer bloating: the Spleen-dampness patte...

Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD

Every August the same gut complaints roll in: bloating, loose stools, heaviness after meals. In Chinese medicine, late summer is Spleen-and-dampness season, and it lines up neatly with what I...

Late summer bloating: the Spleen-dampness patte...

Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD

Every August the same gut complaints roll in: bloating, loose stools, heaviness after meals. In Chinese medicine, late summer is Spleen-and-dampness season, and it lines up neatly with what I...

The order I work the gut in (and why probiotics usually come last)

The order I work the gut in (and why probiotics...

Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD

Probiotics are step three, not step one. The order I use in clinic to actually repair a gut: quiet the irritation and open the exits, rebuild the intestinal lining, then...

The order I work the gut in (and why probiotics...

Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD

Probiotics are step three, not step one. The order I use in clinic to actually repair a gut: quiet the irritation and open the exits, rebuild the intestinal lining, then...

Beyond melatonin: why you wake at 3 a.m. and can't get back to sleep

Beyond melatonin: why you wake at 3 a.m. and ca...

Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD

Melatonin helps you fall asleep, not stay asleep. Here is the functional workup I run when a patient wakes at the same hour every night: cortisol rhythm, overnight blood sugar,...

Beyond melatonin: why you wake at 3 a.m. and ca...

Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD

Melatonin helps you fall asleep, not stay asleep. Here is the functional workup I run when a patient wakes at the same hour every night: cortisol rhythm, overnight blood sugar,...

Perimenopause: what I track in clinic before the periods stop

Perimenopause: what I track in clinic before th...

Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD

Perimenopause can run 4 to 10 years, and a single "normal" lab often misses it. Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD walks through the patterns she tracks, why progesterone usually falls first,...

Perimenopause: what I track in clinic before th...

Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD

Perimenopause can run 4 to 10 years, and a single "normal" lab often misses it. Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD walks through the patterns she tracks, why progesterone usually falls first,...