Adrenals often wrong target with chronic stress
When stress levels go too high, the first thing many in the alternative health do is support the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands are two walnut-sized glands that sit atop [...]
Your Body, the Ecosystem
When we first learn about human anatomy in school, it’s easy to think of each organ as its own little world doing its job in complete isolation from the rest [...]
Watch out for vitamin B12 deficiency with Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism
Vitamin B12 deficiency is more common than people realize and can mimic or cause other disorders. A B12 deficiency is linked with memory loss, anemia, cardiovascular disease, and autism, to [...]
10 Ways You Can Optimize Your Mental Fitness
Mental fitness is a concept used to help us enhance our thought patterns and overall mental and cognitive well-being. Just as the body can be strengthened through physical exercise, our [...]
Start Now to Maintain Brain Health As You Age
We tend not to think very much about our brain when we’re young. That might be a bit of a philosophical conundrum (can a brain think about itself?), but it [...]
Functional Health Minute October 2019
How you were born could shape the rest of your life thanks to the effects of bacteria at birth Whether you’re fat or thin, anxious or relaxed, sickly [...]
Functional Health Minute July 2019
In the world of functional medicine, it has long been known that gut health is paramount to the health of the rest of the body. For decades we didn’t [...]
“Lazy” and no motivation can be due to inflammation
Inflammation Kills Motivation Many of us are pretty good at beating ourselves up when we have lost our motivation, calling ourselves lazy or worthless. But research shows laziness, or lack [...]
Depression is a disorder of inflammation in many cases
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States, affecting more than 16 million people. As such, antidepressant use has jumped by 65 percent in the [...]
Diet soda and dementia, stroke risk; avoid with Hashi’s
If you have Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism you’re supposed to ditch regular soda for diet soda because it’s better for you, right? Wrong — research shows people who drink diet soda daily [...]