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ketone

Health Benefits of Exogenous Ketones - What the current evidence does — and does not — support for cognitive, cardiovascular, metabolic, and post-viral health

CLINICIAN-AUTHORED REVIEW Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine MD • Exogenous ketones — supplements that raise circulating β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) without requiring strict carbohydrate restriction — have moved from a niche athletic supplement to a metabolic therapy being tested in Alzheimer's disease, heart failure, type

Why Blood Sugar May Be High in the Morning Understanding the dawn phenomenon, overnight lows, and what to do about morning glucose spikes.

Yoon Hang Kim MD | www.directintegrativecare.com Why Blood Sugar May Be High in the Morning Understanding the dawn phenomenon, overnight lows, and what to do about morning glucose spikes. Waking up to a high blood sugar reading can be frustrating and confusing. For many people, morning highs happen for

Glutathione

Glutathione and Cancer: An Honest Look at a Double-Edged Antioxidant

Glutathione and Cancer: An Honest Look at a Double-Edged Antioxidant Yoon Hang “John” Kim, MD, MPH, FAAMA • www.directintegrativecare.com Every month in my integrative oncology practice, a patient asks me some version of the same question: “Should I be taking glutathione?” The question usually comes after they’ve seen

Ivermectin and Mebendazole for Cancer: What Does the Evidence Actually Say?

by Yoon Hang “John” Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Yoon Hang Kim MD • directintegrativecare.com If you’ve spent any time in integrative oncology circles—or even just scrolling health-related social media—you’ve almost certainly encountered claims about ivermectin and mebendazole as

LDN Sweet Spot

LDN_Sweet_Spot_CMELDN_Sweet_Spot_CME.pptx192 KBdownload-circleLDN_Sweet_Spot_CMELDN_Sweet_Spot_CME.pdf384 KBdownload-circle Disclosure Disclosure Statement Yoon Hang Kim, MD owns Yoon Hang Kim MD, an integrative and functional medicine practice focused on LDN therapy. He has published an article and several books on LDN available

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LDN Q&A - 4/18/2026 FB Live

1. LDN is a Tool — Not a Cure-All LDN can be highly beneficial, especially for immune modulation, but it is not sufficient as a standalone therapy in most complex chronic illnesses. It should be viewed as a cornerstone, not the entire structure. 2. Individual Variability is the Rule Patient responses

One Dragon at a Time: A Clinical Framework for Navigating Chronic Complex Illness

By Yoon Hang (John) Kim, MD, MPH · Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine After more than two decades of caring for patients with complex, multi-system chronic illness, I have come to believe that the most important clinical skill in this work is not diagnostic pattern recognition or pharmacologic

Vitamin D

When Vitamin D Sends You to the Hospital: Real Published Cases of Hypervitaminosis D — and What They Should Teach Us

Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH • www.directintegrativecare.com Vitamin D is one of the most studied, most prescribed, and most self-administered nutrients of the last two decades, and for good reason. Adequate vitamin D status supports bone integrity, immune regulation, cardiovascular function, insulin sensitivity, and numerous processes that touch nearly

calcium

Calcium from Food vs. Supplements

What the Evidence Actually Says About Benefits, Risks, and Practical Strategy Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine and Integrative/Holistic Medicine MEDICAL DISCLAIMER This article is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The information provided is not a substitute for

mold

Laboratory Monitoring of Mold Exposure - A Clinician’s Guide to Sensitization, Inflammation, Mycotoxin Burden, and Treatment Response

Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH | Board Certified in Preventive Medicine| Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Focusing on Root Causes | www.directintegrativecare.com MEDICAL DISCLAIMER This article is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Laboratory testing should be ordered, interpreted, and acted upon only under

RA

Lactobacillus casei and Rheumatoid Arthritis What the Evidence Actually Shows — and What It Doesn’t

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) frequently ask whether a specific probiotic strain can help their disease, and Lactobacillus casei comes up more than any other.

Pentosan

Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium (PPS) From Bladder Pain to Broad-Spectrum Tissue Protection A Comprehensive Academic Review