OY Orel Yariv, ND Clinical Naturopathy
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Educational writing for people who want the mechanism, not the slogan.

Short clinical essays based on my writing, case-thinking, and research interests. The goal is not to replace medical care. The goal is to make the biology clearer.

What happens in a 15-minute consultation, from everyday supplement questions to chronic health support
Food quality and minerals

Does our food really contain fewer minerals than it used to?

What vegetable data from 1950, archived wheat from 1845 and elevated-carbon-dioxide studies can tell us, and what they cannot.

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Children and metabolic health

Sugary drinks, attention and behaviour: what do we actually know?

Weight, teeth, sleep and ADHD-related observations, with a clear line between association and causation.

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Environmental health

Lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, and what is not actually a heavy metal

Where meaningful exposures occur, who is more vulnerable, and how to act without turning toxicology into fear or detox marketing.

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Micronutrients

Iodine: essential, powerful, and easy to overdo

Thyroid hormone chemistry, food sources, deficiency risk, and why aggressive iodine dosing can backfire.

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Respiratory ecology

Asthma, air pollution, and the inflammatory airway

Airway inflammation, PM2.5, indoor triggers, oxidative stress, and the role of environmental assessment.

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Gut inflammation

Crohn's disease: the immune system, the gut wall, and the terrain

A short clinical essay on Crohn's as chronic intestinal inflammation involving immune response, microbiome, nutrition, and medical monitoring.

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Autoimmune joints

Rheumatoid arthritis: when inflammation settles in the joint

Synovial inflammation, environmental triggers, systemic load, and why support must respect disease-modifying care.

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Metabolic inflammation

Gout: uric acid is the signal, not the whole story

Urate crystals, purines, sugar-sweetened drinks, alcohol, kidneys, metabolic syndrome, and flare patterns.

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Inflammatory terrain

Chronic inflammation: the pattern behind many different diagnoses

A longer essay on inflammation, oxidants, nutrition, micronutrients, environmental load, and chronic disease patterns.

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Everyday toxicants

Toothpaste, deodorant, cosmetics, sunscreen, and soap

How to think about SLS, fluoride, aluminum salts, fragrance, skin barrier, sunscreen filters, and natural alternatives.

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Food quality

Organic and conventional food: what actually changes?

Residues, soil, produce, meat, livestock standards, nutrient density, and how to choose without becoming extreme.

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Mechanical load

Ergonomics: chronic pain often starts with repeated small loads

Posture, screen work, wrists, neck, lower back, static positions, and the body as a mechanical system.

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Common deficiencies

Omega-3, magnesium, vitamins D, A, E, and the quiet cost of low status

How common nutrient gaps can affect inflammation, energy, immunity, muscles, skin, mood, and recovery.

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Fat-soluble micronutrients

Vitamin K2 and the mystery of Weston Price's Activator X

The historical search, calcium-binding proteins, bones, arteries, food sources, and the truth behind widespread deficiency claims.

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