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....
The body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a communication system that is very extensive and elaborate. It consists of three main components: endocannabinoids, cannabinoid receptors, and the enzymes that break the cannabinoids down. The ECS exists in many areas of our...
There is great evidence to support that consuming a healthy diet rich in color, i.e. antioxidant rich foods, may have benefits for maintaining healthy cognitive and metabolic function. Certain vitamins and minerals, as well as foods with a high ORAC...
Too often we think about our colder months as being the sniffles, stay home in bed and rest months, yet so many people are surprised to hear, even during warmer months, virus or respiratory complaints are still at the top...
Ancient nutrients, walking barefoot in the grass and Soil Based Organisms What’s in YOUR green smoothie? Are you living a “mind-is-full” or a mindful kind of day? How many sprouted grains do you consume, and did you get your recommended...
TO DO: Clean the house (…and keep it that way) Speak kindly to myself and others Be a good methylator This last bullet on your to do list might feel like it’s out of your control, I mean it’s in...
They’re like peas and carrots, can’t have one without the other. Vitamin D has received a lot of attention in recent years, good and bad. No doubt you have seen articles about the “sunshine” vitamin, some say it is the...
Research and subsequently scientific literature is constantly being updated by new discoveries. Excitingly, preventive as well as intervention medicine is finding common ground-The microbiome. More and more we are hearing about the importance of the gut, its inhabitants and how...
Is your Super Food your Super Hero? More and more we are seeing individuals, marketers and supplement providers come back to the term “super-food” when discussing “Beauty from Within”, “Brain Food” and even “Down and Dirty Detox”. What does super...
There has been a resurgence of criticism for omega three fatty acid supplementation recently. Some of the buzz has looked at old data while other articles are speaking to more recent concerns related to the consumers pocket book asking, “should...