Dr. Michael Smith, Naturopathic Physician

Here is a recent article on our Center in the Examiner:

Practice: Carolinas Natural Health Center
Dr. Michael T. Smith, ND
Specializing in: Homeopathy and clinical nutrition
Location: 1212 Mann Dr., Suite 100
Mathews, NC 28015
Phone: (704) 708-4404
Website: www.carolinasnaturalhealth.com

Dr. Michael T. Smith received his Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Arizona. He has received advanced training in homeopathy and clinical nutritio… Continue

I give full credit for this article to Medscape/WebMD

Nancy R. Terry
Medscape Family Medicine. 2009; ©2009 Medscape
Posted 03/12/2009

"Healthcare reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year." With those words, President Barack Obama, in his first address to a joint session of Congress, rallied Congress and the American people to tackle the "crushing cost of healthcare." Yet, it remains to be seen whether the President's reform efforts will target one of the most was… Continue

Here is a link to a recent conference call I hosted on detoxification. We covered the important elements of detox, how it works, what's involved and how you can support your body's detoxification.

Listen in here: http://carolinasnaturalhealth.com/audio/ConferenceRecording-856278-176608.mp3

We are offering a 3 week Detox program as a webinar. To learn more click here:… Continue

Question:
I have a friend who was wondering what your thoughts were about preventing chronic ear infections in her 4 year old daughter.


Answer:
I often find that it is related to a food sensitivity or reaction. It is important to identify any foods that could be causing this. This can be done through an elimination/challenge diet – where many of the potential reactive foods are removed from the diet for 2 weeks and then slowly reintroduced to see what reactions may occur, or thro… Continue

Question:

What's your position on using a natural desiccated thyroid hormone such as Armour Thyroid instead of Synthroid?

What's your position on using basil temperatures as an indicator of a possible low thyroid condition?

My response:
I typically do prefer/recommend natural desiccated thyroid such as Armour because it contains both T3 and T4 that is identical to those in our body. Synthroid is only synthetic T4 which is the inactive form of thyroid hormone and then the body ne… Continue