Herbs and spices were used by ancient cultures to heal the body, mind, and spirit. Roughly 80 percent of people worldwide still use traditional or ancient medicine, and more than 80 percent of pharmaceuticals are derived or developed from natural products, including plants. In this series, we’ll explore the healing power of herbs and spices while learning how to…
Cooking for Healing: The Medicinal Magic of Chicory
April 18, 2022
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Tired All the Time?
The most common complaint my functional medicine colleagues and I hear from our patients is, “I’m always tired, my energy is low, and I can’t seem to pull myself out of this slump.” Chronic tiredness is ubiquitous today. It can range in severity and have a myriad of underlying causes. Yet when it comes to…
Is Your Gallbladder Healthy? 10 Signs It May Not Be, and What to Do About It
April 16, 2022
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The gallbladder plays a central role in maintaining a healthy digestive profile. This tiny organ is located just below the liver and is essential in releasing bile into the digestive tract in order to metabolize food. Fatty foods are known to negatively impact the organ’s overall health. Cholesterol deposits are shown to trigger the onset of gallbladder…
All About Eye Floaters
There’s a video floating around the internet—and it’s all about floaters. As in, those funky things you sometimes see in your vision. The TED talk video got a lot of attention, highlighting questions many people who experience floaters have. Floaters are spots that you may see in your vision from time to time. They can…
Brain Regeneration: Why It’s Real and How to Do It
April 16, 2022
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Have you ever wished you could regenerate those brain cells you sacrificed in college? Do you fear that your aging brain is in a perpetual state of decline? Medical science is being rewritten to show that we can repair our brain and it’s something anyone can do. It’s a commonly held misconception that the brain is…
Should I Drink Milk?
Are you a baby cow? Fun Fact: At birth, a baby cow weighs about 60-100 lbs and weighs anywhere from 450 to 700 lbs by the time it is 6-10 months old. By consuming mostly mother’s milk, baby cows grow 4+ times in size in less than a year. Now, the average person in western culture…
Was Ivermectin Unfairly Torpedoed as Treatment for COVID-19?
Controversy seems to surround virtually everything connected with COVID-19: masking, social distancing, vaccines. Amid this quagmire of controversy, one of the most fraught questions has been whether the medication ivermectin is nothing more than dangerous snake oil or is actually a safe and effective treatment for the virus. ‘Horse De-Wormer’ The mainstream media and conventional…
How Much Cancer Does Processed Meat Cause?
In 2018, arguably the most prestigious cancer research institution in the world, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), within the World Health Organization, published their report on processed meat, concluding that foods like bacon, ham, hot dogs, lunch meat, and sausage are cancer causing, classifying processed meat as a Group 1 carcinogen. “These…
You Can Eat Your Way Towards Dementia—or a Strong and Healthy Brain
Our brain is subject to aging, just like the rest of our body. It is also subject to disease, which is unique in the sense that it can change the very essence of who we think we are. Alzheimer’s can turn a loved one into a stranger. It can claim memories, personality, and relationships, leaving…
For Smokers With Heart Trouble, Quitting Equals the Benefit of 3 Meds: Study
Quitting smoking can give heart disease patients nearly five additional years of life without heart problems, according to a new study. “Kicking the habit appears to be as effective as taking three medications for preventing heart attacks and strokes in those with a prior heart attack or procedure to open blocked arteries,” said study author…
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