The No-More-Leaky-Gut Diet!
Is there any way to heal a leaky gut? I thought you’d never ask. The answer is an enthusiastic yes! Learn how by reading about the No-More-Leaky-Gut diet.
It’s Not Just Fatigue, It’s Inflammation! Put Both Problems Behind You This Year!
Cleaning up your diet now means your energy will begin to return but there's more you can do if you want to have the energy of your twenty-year-old self.
Black women harmed by toxins in hair relaxants
Chemicals to straighten and relax hair are a part of life for many black women, for reasons that range from societal expectations to ease of care. But our society’s discomfort [...]
New study shows processed foods shorten your life
A new study shows regularly eating processed foods — the staple of most western diets — can shorten your life. In functional medicine, we know from the published research that [...]
Cholesterol, good fats, bad fats, and Hashimoto’s
Conventional medicine is slowly admitting that instead of fat, sugar and refined carbohydrates are the biggest sources of high cholesterol and inflammation. Excess sugars and carbs drive good cholesterol down [...]
Hangry
Do you often find yourself getting "hangry" when you wait too long to eat? While it can be slightly funny, and easily remedied (hello sugary snack!) the cause of [...]
Canola Oil and Brain Health
We’ve long been pitched canola’s health benefits. After all, Whole Foods uses it in all their prepared foods and many vegetarian and vegan products proudly promote it as a feature [...]
The importance of keeping a food diary
If you want to ensure success in managing thyroid and hormone symptoms with the autoimmune paleo (AIP) diet, studies show keeping a food diary can help with your success sticking [...]
Counting carbs? Here’s Why Carbohydrate Density Matters
If you are counting carbs to stabilize your blood sugar, lower inflammation, balance hormones, lose weight, or better manage Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, experts say looking at carbohydrate density is a more [...]
Study confirms autoimmune paleo diet works!
A recent study confirmed what functional medicine has long since known — the autoimmune paleo (AIP) diet is highly successful for managing chronic health disorders such as Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism. The [...]