Spring is in the air! And this time of year, I always get a slew of questions about one particular health topic: detoxification diets, cleanses, and fasting. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know I don’t sing the praises of any particular detox diet or cleanse. It’s not that I don’t […]
5 Unexpected Health Benefits of Sunshine
My family and I have just returned from a restorative trip to our favorite beach spot. As most parents know, traveling with young children is typically not much of a “vacation”, but I find beach trips to be the exception. Even if the days are filled with random routines, less-than-optimal nutrition, and sleepless nights, just a […]
Top 7 Emotional Detox Tools for Women
Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes a natural time of cleansing, renewal, and new possibilities. In the natural health world this is THE time of year for detox cleanse mania through fasting, juicing, elimination diets, etc. But I would suggest to you today, the most important thing you can do to […]
Why Functional Medicine is Awesome
I just came back from the 2015 Annual International Conference by the Institute for Functional Medicine. And the focus this year was on the “Omics Revolution” – essentially the nitty-gritty details about the bioindividuality of every single one of us. What was my big takeaway? Aside from complicated biochemical pathways and the genetic polymorphisms that can throw […]
the dirty dozen
These are the fruits and vegetables that you should always buy organic. They have the highest levels of toxic organophosphate insecticides which we know are neurotoxic and carcinogenic.
Why is Bone Broth a Superfood?
“Good soup is one of the prime ingredients of good living. For soup can do more to lift the spirits and stimulate the appetite than any other one dish.” – Louis P. De Gouy In the old days, stock pots boiled and bubbled on stovetops across the world, transforming the left-over bits of meat, bones, and […]
