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 […]
Dr. Alex’s Top 5 Reasons (out of 6000+) to LOVE Turmeric
One of the big reasons I chose to practice integrative medicine, as opposed to a strictly allopathic approach, is my absolute love, fascination, and reverence for medicinal plants. The rich history of medicinal herbs in America, from Echinacea to Goldenseal, could likely fill 100 libraries, but today we’re going to focus on an ancient root […]
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 […]
Leaky Gut Syndrome Part 3: How to Repair your Gut
Welcome back to Leaky Gut Syndrome Part 3. You’re now in the home-stretch to becoming a leaky gut expert and your own best health advocate. If you’re just joining this series, we’ve already covered what the heck leaky gut is, its number one cause (imbalanced stress), and today you will learn how to repair your […]
Leaky Gut Syndrome Part 2: The Physiology Behind Gut Psychology
If you read last week’s post (in case you didn’t, catch up here), you’re now savvy about what the heck leaky gut is, its causal factors, who is at greatest risk, and its far-reaching impacts on your health. This week we’re going to dig a little deeper and zero in on one of the main […]
