It seems that the time we get sick most often is during the colder, winter months. It’s no coincidence that we’re usually running around crazy due to the holidays. It’s a perfect storm for our immune systems to get out of whack and land us in bed with the flu or a cold. Our bodies […]
Podcast Episode Twenty-One: Fighting Off Winter Illnesses Read More »
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming roughly one in four Americans. As of 2018, over 30 million Americans were diagnosed with heart disease! Coronary artery disease, blockage of arteries that supply blood to the heart, is the most common cause, with the heaviest risk factors including high blood
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Imagine this: you’re driving your car one day and the light goes on. This is the signal to you that it’s time to get it cleaned up so you can keep the engine running well. Our bodies, much like our cars, need to be cleaned up or detoxified from time to time to keep them
Podcast Episode Twenty: How to Clean Your Body Through Detoxification Read More »
Most people when they’ve had any type of viral illness recover and that’s the end of it. This illness is different. Covid-19 seems to linger in a manner that is uncharacteristic for viral behavior. While most people recover without any lingering symptoms, for others it just seems to hang on, and on, and on! This
Do You Have Long Haul Sickness/Post-Covid? Read More »
When your air passages become inflamed and swollen, and the muscles in your airway passages constrict and inhibit the flow of breathing, that’s known as asthma. There is a reason why asthma happens. While we don’t understand all of the biological factors that cause this, we do know enough to support people with asthma to
Podcast Episode Nineteen: All You Need to Know About Asthma Read More »
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of major depressive disorder with a seasonal pattern. This type of depression tends to affect people who live in northern countries farther from the equator, is most common during the winter months and tends to resolve in springtime. Five percent of people in the United States are affected—although up
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These days, it seems like there are a million products and systems designed to help you lose weight. Between the fad diets, workout plans, and “healthy” junk food alternatives, it can feel like there are just too many choices. But how many of these supposed “weight loss” strategies are causing more harm than good? In
Podcast Episode Eighteen: Busting Myths About Sugar, Fat & Weight Loss Read More »
Whenever I get ready to teach a class, and write the article, such as this one, that generally precedes it, I stick my research hat back on and see what has changed in our understanding of the topic at hand. While doing that for this article, at one point I closed my laptop and started
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What’s one thing you can do to improve your health in the new year? When it comes to your health as a whole, there are a variety of small shifts that can add up to a big difference in your health and wellness. It’s not always about the big, lofty new year’s resolutions! In today’s
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It is a commonly held assumption that osteoarthritis is inevitable, caused by the “wear and tear” of old age. However, while roughly eighty percent of Americans over fifty years old suffer from some degree of osteoarthritis, twenty percent do not! Many assume that osteoarthritis develops due to the increased joint stress of excessive weight or
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