5 Pillars of Health & Wellness©
Medical Wellness
Managing or preventing medical conditions is key to maximizing quality of life. Articles from Dr. Cas on gut health, hormones, labs, detoxification and root-cause care.
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April 25, 2025
10X Health Systems: Unlocking Superhuman Health
I recently had the opportunity to join Zach Gurick on the Fully Alive podcast to talk all things health, healing and human potential. Zach is the Director of Sales and…
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October 30, 2024
Ozone Therapy: Optimize Your Health with Oxygen
Are you looking for a natural, safe and effective way to enhance your well-being or address health challenges? Ozone therapy, a cutting-edge treatment offered here at Evoke 5 Medical Center,…
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September 11, 2024
Exosome Therapy: Regenerative Medicine for Anti-Aging and More
Regenerative medicine is becoming a buzzword in the medical community. Why? Because the human body is specially equipped to heal itself, and regenerative therapies tap into this powerful ability. Regenerative…
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September 11, 2024
Decoding Healthcare Research
I was honored to recently speak with Dr. E.F. Rain on “Decoding Healthcare Research,” a podcast by Agora Project. We chatted about the purpose of functional medicine (which is what…
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September 11, 2024
Top 10 Vitamins And Minerals For Stem Cell Function And Quality
From the time we are developing in utero, through our entire life span, stem cells are essential for our health. They are not only crucial for the development, growth and…
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September 11, 2024
Supporting Stem Cell Health
The human body is made of trillions of cells, and there are hundreds of different types of cells. While each type of cell is undeniably important, there is one type…
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November 6, 2023
Akkermansia Muciniphila: The Friendly Bacterium
Here’s a word that you can pull out to impress friends at your next dinner party: Akkermansia muciniphila. If you can manage to pronounce it, great. But what does it…
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November 6, 2023
After Antibiotics: 10 Ways to Rebuild Your Gut Health
Antibiotics are powerful drugs that are used to treat bacterial infections. While they are effective in killing harmful bacteria, they can also have negative effects on the beneficial bacteria that…
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November 2, 2023
Sick of Cleaning? 5 Tips to Clean Up Your House – And Your Health
If you’re like us at Evoke 5 Medical Center, you’ve probably uttered the words, “I’m so sick of cleaning!” more than once. But a more accurate statement might be, “Cleaning…
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September 28, 2023
Top 5 Bacteria for Gut Health
The word “bacteria” has gotten a bad rap. All around us, companies advertise sprays and cloths and gels that promise to kill germs, viruses and bacteria. But not all bacteria…
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September 27, 2023
How to Boost Your Stem Cell and PRP Results
Stem cell and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) treatments are becoming more and more mainstream, as more providers and more patients become educated about the process and the benefits. As a…
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September 8, 2023
5 Steps to a Healthy Gut
I’ve seen enough in my years as a family medicine doctor at Evoke 5 Medical Center to know that health (good or bad) starts in the gut. And if you’ve…
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September 8, 2023
The Functional Medicine Approach to Gut Health
In a recent blog post, I delved into the difference between functional medicine and “regular” medicine (aka allopathic, conventional or Western medicine). The takeaway: Functional medicine like we offer here…
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September 8, 2023
10 Ways to Treat a Leaky Gut
When you have a leaky faucet, you call a handyman. But what do you do when you have a leaky gut? Leaky gut: A definition Before we dive in, let’s…
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August 1, 2023
How Hypothyroidism and Celiac Disease May Be Linked (And Why You Should Care)
In functional medicine, we believe that all of the body’s systems are interconnected. When something is wrong with one system, it can show up in another one. (That’s why chasing…
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August 1, 2023
What’s the Fuss About Functional Medicine?
A doctor’s work is never done – especially when it comes to education. Discoveries and advancements in health care are happening all the time, and it’s critical to keep ahead…
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July 6, 2023
7 Ways to Improve Your Mitochondrial Health and Slow Down Aging
Aging – much like death and taxes – is something that affects every single one of us. Aging is a complex process that is influenced by both genetic and environmental…
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July 6, 2023
Detoxing for Clean Living
In today’s modern world, we are continually surrounded by chemicals and pollutants – no matter how clean we try to live. These toxins have detrimental effects on the entire body,…
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June 13, 2023
What Are Peptides – And Can They Help You Reach Your Health Goals?
Have you heard about peptides? Wondering what they are – and if they can benefit your health? In this article, we’ll look at what peptides are, how they work, benefits…
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April 17, 2023
Introduction to IV Therapy
If you have your finger on the pulse of current health and wellness approaches, like we do at Evoke 5 Medical Center, chances are you’ve heard about IV therapy. This…
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July 7, 2022
The Optimal You: Hormone Replacement Therapy
Sometimes living life to its fullest and having great quality of life includes optimizing your hormones. As we age, it is a natural progression to lose our natural levels of…
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June 2, 2022
Your Adrenal Glands: More Than “Fight or Flight”
Understanding how our bodies work is integral to attaining true and lasting health, which is why Medical Wellness is one of the 5 Pillars of Health & Wellness©, the approach…
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March 8, 2022
Detoxing with Probiotics
Throughout school and life, we have been taught that bacteria are bad (eww, germs!). This actually is not the case. We live with over a trillion bacteria in our G.I.…
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January 6, 2022
Sleep: Time to Reset and Detox
Getting restful sleep is by far the most important thing that we can do for ourselves. The process of sleep, and going through the proper phases of sleep, allows your…
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September 23, 2021
The Importance of Gut Health
As a family medicine doctor at Evoke 5 Medical Center, 80% of what I do involves the gut. In my years of working with patients, I have seen firsthand that…
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September 23, 2021
Dr. Cas’ Approach to Wellness
We live in a world where toxins surround us every day, wreaking havoc on our cellular functions, hormonal pathways and energy sources. In my years of practice as a family…
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