Magnesium is essential- Meaning your body cannot synthesize it de novo. If you can not make it! you need to take it! Magnesium proves to be one of the more important minerals for its impact on so many metabolic pathways....
Most practitioners agree there is a combination of approaches that can be taken when addressing bone mineral density, endocrine dysfunction and autoimmunity. Probably surprising to many is the impact both Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) have on these...
Calcium Concerns: Not if You Are Thoughtful About Your Supplementation There are many essential vitamins and minerals considered critical for intake, calcium is one of them. While it is still best practice to get your micro-nutrients through diet, we know...
A life in balance is a balanced approach to aging: Repairing metabolism is an important focus for rebuilding our core health and can improve our level of fitness in later decades of life. Through years of poor dietary choices, sedentary...
With more and more information coming out about: “Health of the Mother”, “Maximizing a Healthy Womb”, and even the highly academic, yet subjective, discussions around Epigenetics; experts agree the “terrain” during fetal development must be maximized to support development of...
It is recognized, if not understood that children with ADHD can benefit from nutritional supplementation…but is it being applied in practice? The research is there suggesting that children with ADHD can benefit from the neurologic support of Omega 3 and...
Exercise boosts memory and thinking skills. Exercise has a remarkable benefit in mediating insulin resistance, decreased inflammation by measure of cytokines, and stimulating production of brain growth factors, which are chemicals in the brain that affect the health of brain...
The mind body connection is not nearly as “fringe”, today in medicine, as it once was. Those at UCLA have recently demonstrated a way to modulate brain function, with a simple dietary ingredient, doing a whole lot more than just...
Depression and Diet…a Link to Explore According to a study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, adherence to the Mediterranean/ low Glyceamic diet is associated with a decreased risk of depression in women. Depression affects women 2x as...
What is the difference between age related memory decline, and something more serious? Where is our ounce of prevention? vs. a pound of cure? As we advance in years, our nervous tissue need a little more time to ignite. It’s...