Get my top tips for optimal health and vitality: Inadequate sleep quantity and quality is a major problem for so many of us. Not only does it leave us feeling bad, it is also detrimental […]
In functional medicine, we don’t divide the body into separate organs; we look at the functioning of seven different systems. Nearly every one of the 155,000 diseases listed in the disease classification system known as […]
We’re often told that eating well can prevent diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, but what about the effects of diet on mental health? The correlation is just as strong. What we eat impacts our brains […]
Get my top tips for optimal health and vitality: Using the lens of Functional Medicine, we know we can’t blame just one part of the body for disease or dysfunction. The same goes for agriculture […]
– Autoimmune issues often come in clusters with other diseases. – When you have autoimmune issues, you have to treat the gut. – Functional Medicine treats thyroid and autoimmune issues by targeting the root causes. […]
Statistics are grim. 10 percent of 65-year-olds, 25 percent of 75-year-olds, and 50 percent of 85-year-olds will develop dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. And the fastest-growing segment of our population is the 85-year-olds. Researchers predict Alzheimer’s […]
Get my top tips for optimal health and vitality: I never get tired of saying it: real food heals. Food has the power to prevent and reverse disease, and the more we know about it, […]
The science behind food as medicine, and why plant diversity is key to soil, animal, and human health. How our modern food system has resulted in human’s losing our innate nutritional wisdom. We overeat ultra […]
Get my top tips for optimal health and vitality: Research shows that adhering to four simple behaviors can prevent 80% of heart disease. They are: not smoking, exercising 3.5 hours a week, eating a healthy […]
Get my top tips for optimal health and vitality: Relying on inexpensive, overly processed food is tempting, given our demanding lifestyles and schedules, but the cost to our health is quite large. Feasting on the […]
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