Welcome to the inaugural post for “Ask Dr. Vikki!” Dr. Vikki Petersen, a Doctor of Chiropractic and Certified Clinical Nutritionist, is founder of the renowned HealthNOW Medical Center in Sunnyvale, California. She is co-author of “The Gluten Effect,” a bestselling book that has been celebrated by leading experts as an epic leap forward in gluten […]
Q & A with Dr. Vikki: Relief Aids for Accidental Glutenings?
Healing a Leaky Gut Part 2: Parasites, Pathogenic Bacteria and Fungi/Yeast

Photo Credit: Scienceblogs.com How would you like to snuggle up with that lovely little creature? 😀 In this second installment of revelations from our recent trip to HealthNOW Medical Center, I will be sharing more of our results from the Metametrix GI Effects Profile test. In my first post on intestinal flora I shared information […]
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Tagged: Allergy e-clinic, Autoimmune Disease, Celiac Disease, Crohn's Disease, Dermatitis Herpetiformis, diaper dermatitis, Dr. Rodney Ford, EHE Coli, FOS, GI Effects Stool Profile, Giardia, Graves' Disease, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Healing, Health Benefits of Oregano, HealthNOW Medical Center, heminthic therapy, Hookworm, Leaky Gut, Mark's Daily Apple, Metametrix Clinical Laboratories, Miralax, Multiple Sclerosis, Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity, pinworm, Probiotics, psoriasis, Vitiligo
Hello Flora, How You Doin’?

In case you missed my first installment from our trip to HealthNOW Medical Center, on Adrenal Fatigue, you can read about that here. In today’s testing profile, I’m going to give you an up-close and personal view of our microbiota, a.k.a the intestinal flora, probiotics, or, the “good bugs” as I tell my kiddos. I’ve […]
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Tagged: Autoimmunity and Cancer, Bacteroides, Bifidobacter, Celiac Disease, Center for Celiac Research, Citrobacter, Clostridia, delayed food allergies, Dr. Alessio Fasano, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Rick Petersen, Dr. Rodney Ford, Dr. Vikki Petersen, e-clinic, escherichia coli, Fusobacteria, Gastrointestinal Function Profile Test, GI Effects Profile Test Results and Interpretation, Gliadin, HealthNOW Medical Center, IgG, Lactobacillus, Leaky Gut, Metametrix Clinical Laboratories, Microbiota, Microflora, Mycoplasma, Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity, opportunistic bacteria, Physiological Review, Predominant Bacteria, Prevotella, Probiotics, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Streptomyces, video, zonulin, zonulin and gut permeability: Effects on celiac and non-celiac intestinal mucosa and intestinal cell lines, Zonulin and Its Regulation of Intestinal Barrier Function: The Biological Door to Inflammation
SUSTA Natural Sweetener Review and Giveaway

I was the recent recipient of a complimentary sample of SUSTA™ Natural Sweetener by NTX Nutritionals. I was really excited to try this product because it is unlike any sugar alternative that I have ever tried before; but I will get to that in a moment. First, I want to tell you how it tastes, […]
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Tagged: American Diabetes Association, Bacillus Coagulus, Blair Underwood, Celiac Disease, Celiac.com, Dietary Supplementation with Probiotics May Be Beneficial in Celiac Disease, Dr. James R. Gavin III, Fiber, Giveaway, Kathleen LaPoint, NTX Nutritionals, Probiotics, Review, SUSTA Bowl, SUSTA Natural Sweetener, video