Christie Korth

Lyme has become a very hot topic this summer in NY, particularly on Long Island. For me personally, this strain had hit home as I know of a family who had been recently interviewed about their experience with Tularemia in Suffolk County. My purpose for writing today's article is to inform you of the background of Tularemia, it's affect on the body, its origins and most importantly- what do you do if you contract it? Lets start with- What the heck is Tularemia? If you live on Long Island,...

If you haven’t already heard it of it, you may be wondering what in the world the term Alpha Gal is. Is it a new co-infection that you haven’t come across or your LLMD hasn’t explained? Is it a new supplement available for Lyme? Great guesses wise reader! Alpha-gal is a term dubbed for food intolerance; more specifically, an IgG or an IgE reaction to the sugars found in red meat and pork. (Horowitz, 2017) In late 2017 and to present, this was a very hot topic in the Lyme community. ...

You’d think as a nutritionist with two decades of experience, the chief concern of folks coming into my practice would be concerning metabolic issues like weight loss. Surprisingly, that actually makes up a small fraction of people that I personally work with. Believe it or not, the top concern I hear about is- stress. This is certainly true today, In particular with the crazy world we seem to be inhabiting these days. With emotional eating hitting an all time high like I have never seen...