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Dr. Laura Paris, DACM

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Root-Cause Functional Medicine For Women Who Won't Settle For Symptom Management.
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Specialties: Natural hormone balance for women, immune system, inflammation, gut health and microbiome.

10/31/2026

This past weekend, I made an impromptu pilgrimage to Mount Shasta to take a workshop with Amy Cooper, my original yoga teacher from my twenties in San Francisco. We hadn’t seen each other in 30 years! What a delight to reconnect after all this time. My family came along, and we spent a beautiful day together on the mountain.

08/18/2026

My perimenopause patients almost always mention the digestive changes last.

New bloating, bowel patterns that have shifted, brain fog that tracks with what they ate.

There's a community of gut bacteria called the estrobolome that helps determine how much estrogen stays in circulation and how much gets cleared. As estrogen declines in perimenopause, that community shifts. Diversity drops. Inflammatory species gain ground. And the system that was helping regulate your hormones starts working against you.

So the symptoms that feel unrelated, the weight that won't move, the fog, the sleep, the bloating, may not be six separate problems. They may be one system nobody has looked at.

This is emerging science, not a cure-all, and some of these connections are better established than others. But in my practice, the gut is often the missing piece when hormone symptoms won't settle.

05/26/2026

PCOS has a new name: PMOS, Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome. The “metabolic” is the part that matters most.

This has always been an insulin resistance condition first. Weight gain, irregular cycles, high androgens, fatigue, sugar cravings — these are the results of elevated insulin in the body over time. And up to 58% of post-menopausal women develop full metabolic syndrome if it’s left unaddressed.

What most women are never told: optimal fasting insulin is 2–5 IU/dL. Most labs don’t flag it as abnormal until 25.

A new name is progress. But the standard of care needs to catch up. If you’ve been diagnosed with PCOS and haven’t had a real metabolic workup, that’s the conversation worth having. Link in bio to book a discovery call.

05/14/2026

I test the microbiome for almost every patient I work with now. What I’m finding: most people score well below where a healthy gut should be, and many have lost beneficial microbes their bodies evolved with entirely.

The test I use is done at home and gives me a complete picture of what’s actually going on. If you’ve had symptoms without a clear explanation, this is often where the answers start.

Link in bio to book.

05/08/2026

Magnesium is one of the most common deficiencies I see.

We start with food, because it’s the foundation. But even with a strong diet, many women still aren’t getting enough to support sleep, energy, and nervous system regulation.

If you’re dealing with muscle cramps, spasms, or twitches, abnormal heart rhythms, fatigue, weakness, and anxiety, migraines, depression, and irritability, insomnia, or constipation and bloating it may be time to look at magnesium intake.

Read my blog to learn more about magnesium. Link in my bio

05/01/2026

Paris Healing Arts & Acupuncture will have a table at the Monterey County Birth and Family Fair tomorrow, May 2, in Salinas. Come join us, meet our team, and get an on-the-spot complimentary acupuncture treatment!
Hope to see you there ❤️

Alisal Integrated Health Center
331 N Sanborn Rd, Salinas
Saturday May 2
11 AM - 3 PM

04/28/2026

Most people assume SIBO is a digestive condition. It is, but it doesn’t always show up that way.

In my practice, I regularly see patients with joint pain, skin flares, bladder symptoms, or brain fog who test positive for SIBO without a single obvious gut complaint. The mechanism is LPS endotoxemia — a process where gram-negative bacteria damage the gut lining, enter the bloodstream, and trigger systemic immune responses.

If you have an unresolved inflammatory or autoimmune condition and haven’t looked at gut function, it’s worth asking the question.

Swipe through for the full picture, and the link in bio goes to the complete blog post if you want the clinical detail.

04/17/2026

This year I’m doing a year-long mentorship with Dr. Jason Hawrelak. Monthly case reviews, advanced microbiome training, direct access to his clinical reasoning. It’s sharpening how I think about gut health across everything I treat. The microbiome keeps surprising me, even after 20 years. If something isn’t resolving, I encourage you to start questioning: what is going on in there?

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04/07/2026

“Gut health” gets talked about like it’s a niche issue.

In practice, it rarely is. The microbiome is involved in hormone regulation, immune signaling, metabolism, and even neurotransmitter production. When it’s disrupted, the symptoms don’t stay neatly in the digestive system. This is why I often come back to the gut, even when someone comes in for something that doesn’t seem digestive on the surface.

Have you noticed multiple systems feeling off at the same time?

03/27/2026

I’m really happy to welcome Sydney Davis, LAc to our Monterey clinic.

She has advanced training in orthopedic and sports medicine acupuncture and focuses on pain, injuries, and recovery that isn’t progressing the way it should.

If something in your body isn’t resolving, Sydney is an excellent person to work with.

Her books are open and I highly encourage you to schedule an appointment with her.

Address

824 Bay Avenue Ste 20
Capitola, CA
95010

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 7pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 7pm

Telephone

+18316559611

Website

http://www.parishealingarts.com/

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