Is the air you breathe the same air your ancestors did? Your immune system was designed to deal with the natural elements faced by your early ancestors: bugs, parasites, viruses, molds, fungi, and bacteria. It was not created to deal with off gassing from plastic blinds, exhaust from cars, or the chemicals in the “cleaners” …
Chronic inflammation is the source of autoimmune disease, so finding solutions for combating it with anti-inflammatory foods and supplements is necessary to help control it. Inflammation is not a bad thing. In fact, the lack of the ability to generate inflammation is a compromised immune system that can’t function at all — but this is …
Many people are unfamiliar with the basic tenets of functional medicine, but it may be the key to improving your health. What is functional medicine? Your body has an innate intelligence designed to stave off diseases, to purge toxins from your system, to maintain homeostasis, and to keep you healthy through a variety of mechanisms. …
In order to best improve your health, just remember the mantra, “Base hits win the game.” Your best results will come through how you live day-to-day over time — not through isolated events. Many people find themselves in a similar situation when they are newly diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. You get a diagnosis. Panic …
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Little do many of us know that as we sit in the comfort of our homes, we may be silently developing brain toxicity! 250 pounds per person/day of toxic chemicals are dumped in the US. We are surrounded by toxins to the point that upon birth, a newborn baby is already born having over 180 toxic …
Teaching Your Children the Do’s and Don’ts About Nutrition There are several factors at play when you find yourself frustrated about how to make your child interested in nutrition. Candy and sugar-laden drinks can be pretty appealing to those tiny little taste buds. Fast food restaurants have some cool, trendy trinkets that your child doesn’t need, …
If you found this website, you may already have a firm grasp on the basic tenets of functional medicine; however, many people are still unfamiliar with this term. What is it? Your body has an innate intelligence eloquently designed to stave off diseases, to purge toxins from your system, to maintain homeostasis, and to keep …
Remember that old fairy tale about Hansel and Gretel? The parents were so poor they decided to send their children off into the woods to have them fend for themselves. The children started picking strawberries. But as they wandered, they were lured to the witch’s gingerbread house made of sweets. It nearly killed them. They …
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