A Leader in Integrative, Root-Cause Medicine
Dr. Darin Ingels is a licensed naturopathic doctor, author, and international speaker with over 30 years of experience helping patients overcome chronic illness through personalized, science-based care. Specializing in Lyme disease, immune dysfunction, and environmental medicine, Dr. Ingels combines the best of natural and conventional therapies to support long-term healing from the inside out.
Meet Darin Ingels, ND, FAAEM, FMAPS
Founder, Naturopathic Doctor
Dr. Darin Ingels is a licensed naturopathic doctor with 30 years experience in the healthcare field. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in medical technology from Purdue University and his Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Ingels worked as a clinical microbiologist/immunologist at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. He is a Fellow with both the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs.
Dr. Ingels is the author of The Lyme Solution: A 5-Part Plan to Fight the Inflammatory Auto-Immune Response and Beat Lyme Disease (Avery, 2018), which covers an integrative, natural approach to the treatment and management of Lyme disease. He overcame his own 3-year battle with Lyme disease and applied the same principles to now more than 8000 Lyme and coinfection patients over the past 27 years utilizing a naturopathic approach and therapeutic lifestyle to help each person overcome their illness. Dr. Ingels has been featured on numerous podcasts, articles and docuseries as one of the leading experts in Lyme disease.
Dr. Ingels’ practice focuses on environmental medicine with special emphasis on Lyme disease and coinfections, autism, autoimmune disease and chronic immune dysfunction. His practice is comprised of both children and adults where he uses diet, nutrients, herbs, homeopathy and immunotherapy to help his patients achieve better health.
My Story
A Three-Year Journey to Regain My Health
After completing medical school and residency in Seattle, I took a job in Connecticut and began my professional career. I briefly worked in an integrated medical practice and soon decided to open my own practice. As with opening any new business, long hours were involved. I was about three weeks away from opening my doors when I contracted Lyme disease. I had every typical symptom from a headache, joint pain, numbness and tingling in my hands and feet, severe back pain and persistent fatigue. I even had the classic bull’s eye rash on the back of my leg.
Like most Lyme patients, I had my good days, my bad days and my horrible days. Lyme changed my life in ways that I could never have expected. It took a toll on my job, relationships and my overall health.
I took the standard treatment of doxycycline and after four days of treatment was completely symptom-free – for about eight months. Once I opened my practice, I was the doctor, receptionist, bookkeeper, etc. I was working 10-12 hour days, 6 days a week building my practice.
Soon I noticed I was getting Lyme symptoms again and knew I was relapsing. Since it was in the dead of winter in Connecticut, it was unlikely a new infection. I took doxycycline again and there was no improvement. I changed antibiotics after a month and still no improvement. I changed antibiotics over the course of 8-9 months and felt worse and worse.
“I’ve walked in your shoes and know what it’s like to go through the rollercoaster of Lyme. But I’m also here to share with you a message of hope. I’ve treated thousands of Lyme patients and I want to share with you what I’ve found to be the most effective, safe and most cost-effective therapies that will help you regain your health.”
Things were not getting better. I was working with several Lyme-literate doctors in my area yet I felt myself going deeper and deeper into poor health. I finally went to see Dr. Zhang in New York City. I had several other Lyme disease patients who had seen him and he was able to help them tremendously. He treated me with acupuncture and his own Chinese herbal formulas and I started to feel better.
Over the course of 6-7 months, my health improved dramatically and I was 85-90% back to my old self. I then switched to a modified Cowden protocol and that got me even better.
I continued to work on my diet, getting better sleep, exercising more and doing all the lifestyle things I had been advising my patients to do. Finally, I was treated by a homeopathic doctor who successfully rid me of all my symptoms. It took almost three years to get better with plenty of ups and downs along the way.
The Right Tools To Heal
As a naturopathic doctor, I recognize that our bodies have the innate capacity to heal. We just need the right tools to tap into our body’s natural intelligence, which is why I use natural therapies to work with your body instead of treating symptoms.
In my new book, The Lyme Solution®, I take you step-by-step through how to fix your digestion and heal your gut, eat food that nourishes your body and reduces inflammation, treat your infection(s) naturally, identify and remove toxins that affect your immune system and ensure you get the best sleep and exercise possible to allow your body to heal.
So, I invite you to start on your road to recovery by making a renewed commitment to your health and your life by joining our community.
As a member of our community, you’ll learn novel ways to naturally help modulate your immune system and reduce stress. I’d like to encourage you to sign up for my newsletter and follow me on social media to get my latest tips for living a Lyme-free life. Consider me your online coach and partner.
I look forward to helping you lead a happier, healthier life!
~ Dr. Darin Ingels
It’s hard to put into words what Dr Ingels has meant to our family – but I’ll try. After 6 years of watching our child progress into a state of sensory overload, inability to wear most clothing materials, dropping out of kindergarten because everything felt like sandpaper and topping each
Grateful Mother
After years of my wife feeling sick and being told there was nothing wrong, our primary care physician did a Lyme test and it came back positive. She was treated with Doxycycline and some other drugs for several months without much improvement. My wife was so ill that she could
Husband of Patient
Dr. Ingels has always been reliable in a crisis situation. I had 3 children at home sick on and off for 2 months and he was the only doctor who got to the root of the problem. Dr. Ingels always values your opinions and questions as a patient.
Patient
We first met Dr. Ingels in April 2009. Matt, then 14, having been diagnosed with PDD at the age of three, had faced a lifetime of dietary and environmental allergens affecting his gut and brain. We had made much progress with prior professionals and I believed that the allergen component
Patient & Parent
Our family has been under the care of Dr. Ingels for over 2 years and we are delighted by the successful progress of our health issues. My 3 children including my middle child with special needs (ASD) had various food and environmental allergies. My oldest daughter’s sinus infections have not
Patient
I just can’t get over how much I’ve improved since April. Lately, I have been able to kneel, sit on the floor, take my shirts off without asking for help, yawn, and sleep without aching shoulders. Thank you so much for taking me on as a patient. My quality of
Patient
My daughter was diagnosed with autism when she was 18 months old. At that time, along with autism, she had numerous issues, such as sleep disturbances, hyperactivity and a wealth of gastrointestinal problems. She passed whole foods in her stool and had a bad reaction to many foods. I had
Parent of Patient
Dr. Darin Ingels is the best!! I remember when I first consulted with him, feeling such a huge relief to have found a doctor that treated me so well. Dr. Ingels is incredibly smart but equally important, he is compassionate and understanding. He gets how sick you are. He understands
Patient
Dr. Ingels is by far the most dedicated, compassionate, and committed doctor that I have ever worked with. He works tirelessly to uncover the root cause of your health problems and then works with you to implement a plan to maximize your health. Dr. Ingels helped me make sense of
Patient
I have been going to Dr. Ingels for about three years now. In those three years I have gone from being tired, having headaches, and being sick all the time to being energetic, no headaches, and rarely getting sick. Dr. Ingels has helped me with all my food sensitivities and
Patient