We had the good fortune of connecting with Dr. Arsallan Ahmad and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Dr. Arsallan, what’s one piece of conventional advice that you disagree with?
Putting ice whether wrapped or in “ice packs” or just in general “ice-ing” injuries or even just in general like for pain relief is more often not beneficiual except maybe immediately following an injury or if trying to keep cold due to extreme heat.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
Dissatisfied with the allopathic or conventional medicine model especially hospitals and chronic clinical care settings in general was moreso rather depressing and disheartening as patients never get “cured”, but only constantly get “treated” only even if having surgeries. Found much better outcomes in Naturopathic Medicine as well as basic nutritional counseling, dietary recommendations, lifestyle modifications, and general preventive medicine even as far as optimizing oral health and overall hygiene practices.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Del Mar, Torrey Pines, Point Loma, La Jolla cove, GasLamp District, Balboa Park, and San Diego downtown harbor area especially the military museums, aircraft carrier Midway, or similar sites.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
The Wellness Club at Tulsi especially Devin Stone, Natasha MacLeay, Christian del Rosario for helping bring better awareness of Naturopathic Medicine to the greater San Diego area, but especially in Del Mar and other parts of Southern California like Los Angeles and Irvine, Orange County!

Website: www.wearetulsi.com

Linkedin: Tulsi Center for Natural Wellness in Del Mar, California

Yelp: The Wellness Club at Tulsi, 1412 Camino Del Mar, San Diego, California 92014

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