What is the Vagus Nerve and Why is it So Popular in the Wellness Space?

By | July 27th, 2023|Articles, Digestion & Gut Health, Essential Oils, Integrative Medicine Hints, Latest Articles, Mood & Brain, Naturopathic, Naturopathic Medicine|

The Importance of the Vagus Nerve for Nervous System Balance and Optimizing Physical and Psychological Health The tenth cranial nerve, the vagus nerve, has gotten a lot of attention recently. This is for good reason. Having an optimally functioning vagus nerve is vital for balancing many critical functions in the body. In this [...]

Comments Off on What is the Vagus Nerve and Why is it So Popular in the Wellness Space?

Naturopathic and Functional Medicine for Optimizing Digestive Health and Soothing Stressed-Out Guts

By | April 20th, 2023|Articles, Digestion & Gut Health, Essential Oils, Integrative Medicine Hints, Latest Articles, Mood & Brain, Naturopathic, Naturopathic Medicine|

Stress on the Gut Stress is a buzz word in wellness. This is for a few good reasons: Everyone experiences it. It affects everything: your brain, body, emotions, self-care, productivity, and even relationship interactions. Many people have experienced a “nervous stomach” because of emotional upheaval. The reason for this is that your gut [...]

Comments Off on Naturopathic and Functional Medicine for Optimizing Digestive Health and Soothing Stressed-Out Guts

How Stress Messes with Your Gut (The Gut-Stress Axis)

By | April 13th, 2023|Articles, Digestion & Gut Health, Essential Oils, Integrative Medicine Hints, Latest Articles, Mood & Brain, Naturopathic, Naturopathic Medicine|

Stress effects everything, instantaneously. When in “fight and flight”, our whole physiology and psychology shifts quickly to survive. Thankfully, once the stress is gone, the mind and body can enter into recovery. However, if there is no respite, long-term stress can be detrimental. Chronically, either the perception and continued rumination of emotional stressors, or, [...]

Comments Off on How Stress Messes with Your Gut (The Gut-Stress Axis)

The Gut-Hormone (and Stress) Link: 6 Ways Hormones and Your Menstrual Cycle Mess with Your Gastrointestinal Track (Finally, the Underlying Reasons for “Period Poop!”)

By | November 11th, 2022|Articles, Essential Oils, Integrative Medicine Hints, Latest Articles, Mood & Brain, Naturopathic, Naturopathic Medicine|

Introduction: Gut-Related Period Pain & A Stressed Out Digestive Tract Oftentimes, female clients in my practice report an aggravation of symptoms around and during their menstrual cycle. Considering 90% of women experience premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and the widespread impact of hormones on many biological processes, this makes sense. Some of the most common [...]

Comments Off on The Gut-Hormone (and Stress) Link: 6 Ways Hormones and Your Menstrual Cycle Mess with Your Gastrointestinal Track (Finally, the Underlying Reasons for “Period Poop!”)

Your “Gut Brain” – Why You Need to Know About Your “Second Brain” and How it Influences Your Mood

By | September 30th, 2022|Articles, Essential Oils, Integrative Medicine Hints, Latest Articles, Mood & Brain, Naturopathic, Naturopathic Medicine|

Introduction: You’re Not Just Human Not to make you paranoid, but scientifically speaking, your “gut-feelings” may not be solely of human origin! Rather, they may be mediated by the microorganisms that are inhabiting your gastrointestinal (GI) tract just as much, if not more, than your brain. It may sound creepy, but it’s true! [...]

Comments Off on Your “Gut Brain” – Why You Need to Know About Your “Second Brain” and How it Influences Your Mood

Taking An Integrative Perspective On Brain (& Bug) Health

By | June 22nd, 2015|Integrative Medicine Hints, Latest Articles, latest news, Saratoga Blog at Living Well|

In my guest blog on Saratoga.com, I review various factors that contribute to any health imbalance. For example, genetic predispositions, infections, dietary factors, environmental exposures, exercise, stress, hormonal balance, gut health, microbiome health, and social and emotional health are just some considerations for a functional or integrative doctor to compile an effective wellness protocol. (Phew, [...]

Comments Off on Taking An Integrative Perspective On Brain (& Bug) Health

Microbiome Insights For (the Not So) Dummies

By | April 24th, 2015|Digestion & Gut Health, Latest Articles, Naturopathic Medicine, Newsletter Postings|

 A Simple Blog To Make You Sound Really Smart About Belly Bugs Did you really think I could stay away from the subject of the over 100 trillion tiny friends1 that inhabit our insides? You would need to be in a pretty intense and successful media fast to not be aware of the explosion of [...]

Comments Off on Microbiome Insights For (the Not So) Dummies

Holistic Medicine- Is it More Powerful than Placebo?

By | June 20th, 2013|Latest Articles, Naturopathic Medicine, Newsletter Postings|

By Sarah A LoBisco, ND The Science of Belief and the Placebo Effect My recent blog on the science of belief  discussed the role of belief and expectations on healing. This means that what we think or expect from a medical intervention will have physiological effects on our body.  The role of thought processes in [...]

Comments Off on Holistic Medicine- Is it More Powerful than Placebo?

The Science of Belief and Connection in Healing

By | June 11th, 2013|Latest Articles, Newsletter Postings, Saratoga Blog at Living Well|

By Sarah A LoBisco, ND I’ve had the pleasure of tuning into The HayHouse World Summit, an online event that featured 110 inspirational authors within a 10 day span. The speakers included Dr. Bruce Lipton, PhD, Marcelle Pick, M.S.N., OB/GYN NP, Mark Hyman, MD, Lissa Rankin, MD, Dr. Northrup, MD, Deepak Chopra, Dr. Joe Dispenza, [...]

Comments Off on The Science of Belief and Connection in Healing
Load More Posts