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Lake Norman Integrative Wellness, 21000 Torrence Chapel Road #101, Cornelius, NC (2026)

02/24/2026

“Red Devil” Chemotherapy: Does It Really Work for You? 🩸🧠

This clip touches on a difficult but important question—how aggressive chemotherapy fits into an individual cancer journey. It highlights why outcomes, side effects, and long-term impact can vary so widely from person to person. Cancer care is not just about protocols; it’s about understanding the body, the terrain, and the patient as a whole. Informed decisions matter, and nuance is often missing from the conversation.

🎥 This is one of the highlight clips from our long-form cancer podcast collaboration with , where we discuss integrative and functional perspectives alongside real clinical experience and patient realities.

If this helps someone feel empowered to ask better questions or seek deeper understanding, it’s worth sharing.

02/24/2026

🥊You've been living like this for so long that it's starting to feel permanent.

You've started to adjust your expectations. Maybe this is just what 35 feels like. Maybe this is perimenopause and there's nothing you can do. Maybe your body is just done responding to anything you try.

📣I need you to hear this loud and clear: the fact that nothing has worked yet doesn't mean nothing will work.

➠It means the right thing hasn't been tried.

The women I work with have usually been stuck for years before they find me.

And they've started to believe that maybe they're the problem. That maybe they're not trying hard enough. That maybe their body is just broken in a way that can't be fixed.

But here's what actually happens when we find the root cause:

🥳The woman who's been exhausted for 5 years starts waking up without an alarm. Not in a week. But over the course of a few months as we restore her cortisol rhythm and address her iron deficiency that no one tested for.

🥳The woman who's been gaining weight on 1,300 calories finally starts losing again once we identify that her liver is insulin resistant and her thyroid isn't converting T4 to T3.

🥳The woman who's had brain fog so bad she thought she had early dementia gets her clarity back when we address the histamine intolerance and mold exposure no one connected to her cognitive symptoms.

These aren't miracle cases. They're what happens when someone actually investigates instead of guesses.

Your current reality is based on the information and interventions you've had access to so far.

And if those haven't worked, it's not because you're unfixable. It's because the right pieces haven't been identified yet.

This doesn't mean it'll be fast. It doesn't mean it'll be easy. But it does mean it's possible.

And possible is enough to start.

02/23/2026

Daily Choices, Gene Expression

Your habits shape your health, down to the genetic level.

You might think cancer risk is all in your genes… But what actually pulls the trigger is often your daily choices.

This is the science of epigenetics and it's why we focus on:
🧼 Detoxing your environment
🍓 Eating with intention
🏃♀️ Moving your body
🧘 Calming the stress response

Because these lifestyle factors don’t just impact how you feel… They influence how your genes behave, for better or worse.

Want to learn how we help patients support healthy gene expression during and after cancer care?

Click or comment “INFO” below for more information and a free second opinion with Dr. Akiba Green.

02/23/2026

⚡️I had someone tell me last month that they've been meditating daily, doing yoga, seeing a therapist, and they're still gaining weight. (relate?🙋🏻♀️)

Here's the thing: by the time you're actively "managing stress," your HPA axis has usually already been dysregulated for years.

And meditation, while helpful for your nervous system, doesn't reverse insulin resistance or restore leptin sensitivity or fix thyroid conversion.

When cortisol is chronically elevated, it triggers your liver to produce glucose constantly. Even when you haven't eaten. Even when your blood sugar doesn't need to be elevated.

↪️Your pancreas sees that glucose and releases insulin. Over time, your cells stop responding to insulin efficiently. Now you're insulin resistant.

↪️Insulin resistance worsens HPA axis dysfunction, which keeps cortisol elevated, which drives more glucose production.

↪️Meanwhile, cortisol is also suppressing your thyroid, blocking T4 to T3 conversion, and increasing reverse T3. So your metabolism slows down even though your TSH looks "normal."

↪️And it's creating leptin resistance, which means your brain can't hear the signal from your fat cells saying "we have enough stored energy." So you're constantly hungry despite having adequate or excess body fat.

Stress doesn't just "affect your appetite." It rewires your entire metabolic operating system.

The women I work with have often already tried stress management. They're doing the breathwork, the therapy, the self-care. And they're frustrated because their body still isn't responding.

Because managing the feeling of stress is different from restoring the HPA axis and reversing the metabolic consequences of years of dysregulation.

It's not one intervention. It's a coordinated strategy based on what YOUR specific labs and symptoms show.

If you've been told to "just reduce stress" and you're still metabolically stuck, this is why.

02/22/2026

Chuck was diagnosed with T2 bladder cancer and told he had one year to live.

That was almost 10 months ago.

Instead of accepting that timeline, he chose an integrative path with Dr. Green and our team at Lake Norman Integrative Wellness — focusing on personalized care, immune support, and whole-body healing.

Today, he’s sharing his journey.

Our office is beyond grateful for our patients who continue to trust us with improving their health.

Dr. Green offers a natural approach to treating chronic and hard to fix health conditions using an integrative approach combining functional medicine, nutritional therapy and naturopathic and energy modalities that help our patients achieve their healthcare goals.

If you’re suffering from Thyroid disease, Cancer, Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Neurological problems, Chronic pain, Peripheral neuropathy, Fibromyalgia or other disorders, contact Lake Norman Integrative Wellness and schedule a virtual or in office visit today:

21000 Torrence Chapel Road, Suite 101, Cornelius, NC 28031
Phone: 704-987-3993
website: www.drakibagreen.com
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Akiba Green, DNM, ABAAHP, FICT, CFMP
Doctor of Natural Medicine
Fellowship, Integrative Cancer Therapy
American Board of Anti-Aging Health Professionals
Certified, Functional Medicine Practitioner
Our phone number is (704) 987-3993 and our email is staff@drakibagreen.com.

We hope to talk with you soon!

02/22/2026

When I see these patterns together, I know we're not dealing with a willpower problem 👇

🚩 Your weight responds to NOTHING anymore
You've tried restriction, fasting, keto, macro tracking. Maybe you lose 3 pounds then immediately gain it back. Or the scale literally won't move no matter what you do.

🚩 You're cold all the time
Hands, feet, nose always freezing. You layer up while everyone else is comfortable. Your body temp is consistently under 97.8°F.

🚩 You need multiple coffees just to function
One in the morning. Another mid-morning. Maybe another at 2pm. Without caffeine you'd be non-functional.

🚩 You crash between meals
Shaky, irritable, foggy, or desperate for food 2-3 hours after eating. You HAVE to snack or you feel terrible.

🚩 You can't sleep through the night
Waking between 2-4am with your mind racing. Or you sleep 8 hours and wake up exhausted.

🚩 Your period is a disaster (or missing)
Heavy, painful, irregular, or gone completely. PMS that takes you out for days.

🚩 Exercise makes you MORE tired
You used to feel energized after workouts. Now you need to recover for 2-3 days.

🚩 Brain fog is your default state
Forgetting words. Can't focus. Feel like you're operating at 50% mentally.

If you have 3 or more of these, your body is screaming that something is broken at the metabolic level.

This isn't about eating cleaner or trying harder.

This is about:
➠Thyroid function that's suppressed (high reverse T3, low free T3)
➠Insulin resistance nobody's identified (high fasting insulin)
➠Iron deficiency tanking your mitochondria (ferritin under 30)
➠Cortisol patterns that are completely backwards
➠Blood sugar dysregulation driving everything else

These patterns don't resolve with generic protocols. They require investigation and restoration.

I work with people who are DONE guessing and ready to find out what's actually broken.

Comment 'INVESTIGATE' and I'll send you details on my process.

02/21/2026

Cancer Treatment Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All 🧬💚

This clip highlights a critical truth that often gets overlooked—cancer treatment should be personalized. Every body responds differently, and meaningful care requires looking beyond standard protocols to consider physiology, resilience, goals, and quality of life.

The best decisions come from informed conversations, individualized strategy, and honoring the whole person—not just the diagnosis.

🎥 This is one of the highlight clips from our long-form cancer podcast collaboration with , where we explore integrative and functional perspectives alongside real clinical insight and patient experiences.

If this brings clarity, validation, or encouragement to someone navigating cancer decisions, it’s worth sharing.

02/20/2026

Fixing Epigenetics

Your genes aren’t your destiny, it’s how they’re expressed that matters.

Cancer doesn’t always begin with damaged DNA.

Often, it’s caused by epigenetic changes, when your genes are turned on or off at the wrong time due to lifestyle, stress, toxins, or environment.

Here’s how that can go wrong:
1️⃣ Protective genes get silenced
2️⃣ Dangerous genes get activated
3️⃣ DNA repair systems get disrupted

But the good news? Epigenetics is modifiable. You have far more control over your health than you’ve been told.

🧬 Want to learn how to turn the right genes on and the wrong ones off?

Call our office at (704) 987-3993 for more information and a free second opinion with Dr. Akiba Green.

02/20/2026

Here's what I see constantly in practice:👇

Women who are doing everything "right" but their approach doesn't match what their body actually needs.

📌The chronic under-eater thinks she needs more discipline. What she actually needs is metabolic repair and more food. Her reverse T3 is sky-high because her body has been in conservation mode for so long it's actively blocking thyroid function.

📌The blood sugar roller coaster person thinks she needs to eat cleaner. What she actually needs is protein at breakfast and balanced meals that don't spike insulin. She's hypoglycemic between meals but heading toward insulin resistance because her cells are exhausted from the constant glucose swings.

📌The hidden inflammation driver thinks she needs to eliminate more foods. What she actually needs is investigation into what's driving the inflammation. Usually it's SIBO, chronic infections, mold exposure, or a toxic load her liver can't process. More restriction won't fix that.

❌"Eating healthy" isn't a one-size-fits-all prescription. What works for someone else might be completely wrong for your physiology right now.

And the most frustrating part? You can be doing the exact thing that's keeping you stuck while genuinely believing you're doing everything right.💔

This is why I don't start with meal plans. I start with understanding which pattern you're in and what your body actually needs to shift out of it.

Which archetype sounds most like you? 👇

02/19/2026

Habits > Heredity

While only 5–10% of cancers are linked to inherited gene mutations… Up to 90% are influenced by epigenetics, the way your lifestyle, environment, and daily choices affect how your genes are expressed.

That means your habits hold more power than your heredity.
🧬 The foods you eat.
💤 The quality of your sleep.
🧘 The way you handle stress.
🧴 The toxins you avoid.
🏃 The way you move your body.
🧠 All of it influences your biology.

The good news? You can start making changes today.

Click or comment “INFO” below for more information and a free second opinion with Dr. Akiba Green.

02/19/2026

🫩I meet women all the time who've been stuck in Option 1 or Option 2 for years.

They're eating 1,300 calories. Walking daily. Taking handfuls of supplements. Doing everything the internet says they should be doing.

And they're either gaining weight or stuck at the exact same number they've been staring at for months.🤯

🤔At some point, you have to stop and ask: if this approach was going to work, wouldn't it have worked by now?

📣The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

But here's the part no one talks about: most people don't even realize they're doing the same thing over and over. Because they're trying new diets, new protocols, new supplements. It feels like they're trying everything.🤯

But they're not investigating anything.

⚡️There's a massive difference between trying a new intervention and understanding why the last five interventions didn't work.⚡️

When I start working with someone, I'm not asking "what have you tried?" I'm asking…
🔎 What's been tested?
🔎What does your bloodwork actually show?
🔎What symptoms show up at what time of day?
🔎What makes things better or worse?
🔎How long have you been eating this way?
🔎What was happening in your life when this started?

Because your body isn't randomly broken. It's responding logically to something that hasn't been identified yet.

📌Maybe it's insulin resistance that started in your liver years before it showed up in your muscle tissue.
📌Maybe it's a thyroid conversion problem that won't resolve until we address your selenium deficiency and liver congestion.
📌Maybe it's a cortisol rhythm that's completely backwards and tanking your insulin sensitivity by 2pm every single day.

These things don't get fixed by eating cleaner or trying harder. They get fixed by finding them and addressing them specifically.

Option 3 isn't easier. It's not faster. But it's the only one that actually gets you somewhere different than where you are now.

If you're tired of guessing, what's one question you wish someone would actually investigate for you? 👇

02/18/2026

⏰You're waiting for someone to give you the protocol that finally works.

➠The exact macro split.
➠The perfect supplement stack.
➠The workout program that will shock your metabolism into cooperating.

But here's what metabolic support actually looks like when it's working:

✅You eat breakfast within 90 minutes of waking up even though you've been skipping it for years. Just protein and fat. Nothing complicated. Your body stops perceiving morning as a threat.

✅You take a 10-minute walk after lunch. Not a workout. Not a calorie burn. Just movement that tells your cells "we're using this glucose for energy, not storing it as fat."

✅You get sunlight in your eyes before you check your phone or drink coffee. Your circadian rhythm starts to anchor. Your cortisol curve begins to normalize.

✅You go to bed at the same time every night. Even on weekends. Your body starts to trust that sleep is coming. Your HPA axis gets a chance to regulate.

✅You stop eating 3 hours before bed. Your insulin drops overnight. Your body shifts into fat oxidation instead of spending 8 hours trying to process the dinner you ate at 9pm.

🤷🏻♀️This is not exciting content. It's not a transformation post. It's not something you can do for 21 days and then stop.

It's the stuff that doesn't get shared on Instagram because it's too boring. Too simple. Too unsexy.

But your metabolism doesn't respond to extremes. It responds to safety and consistency.

When your body has been in survival mode for months or years (from under-eating, over-exercising, chronic stress, poor sleep, blood sugar crashes), it's not going to release stored fat just because you're eating "clean" or hitting your steps.

It needs to be convinced that the threat is over.
➠That food is coming regularly.
➠That you're not going to starve it again next Monday.
➠That it's safe to use energy instead of hoarding it.

And that happens through repetition. Not perfection.

The women whose metabolism actually shifts aren't doing anything extreme. They're doing the same small things every single day until their body stops bracing for the next crisis.

It's not glamorous. But it works.

What's one bor

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