I had a Eureka movement within the past few months. The origination of BreakFree Medicine started when I was 21 years old, post-back surgery, and searching for a new career path. This was due to the injury forcing me to withdraw from my nursing program and to head into the wide-eyed world of integrative and [...]
We are amidst a chronic disease epidemic. Currently, over a third of our adult population is obese and the number of children with obesity and adult-associated illnesses continues to rise. In other words, our aging population is becoming unhealthier and sickness is starting earlier. Conventional treatment for obesity has been to eat less, exercise more, [...]
With October nearing its end and the turkey holiday approaching, it’s almost time for the next Top Holistic Health Reads. You know how passionate I am about reaching out to my readers to empower them with valid, scientific, integrative techniques to achieve optimal health. This is why I couldn’t wait much longer to highlight a [...]
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND Ok, here it comes again. One of my favorite topics is back at center stage in this week’s blog. It’s all about toxicity and detoxification, also known as biotransformation of environmental exposures. Approximately a year ago, I discussed how we are serving as human reservoirs for the chemicals that are [...]
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND Last week I mentioned on my homepage blog the connection between a mom’s dietary intake and her baby’s outcome. Specifically, supplementation with DHA, an omega 3 fatty acid, supported better birth outcomes regarding birth weight and preterm delivery. I discussed the power of our choices of parents on their offspring. [...]
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND Ahh....two of my favorite topics are about to be discussed-children and epigenetics. :) Part of my mission is to empower people with information that provides scientific validation on how we treat our bodies, through food and lifestyle, has just as much power as their genetic blueprint, if not more. This [...]
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND I was tickled this AM by an “email hug” in my inbox. What I mean is this- I was excited to see that one of the leaders in the health paradigm shift to functional medicine, Dr. Mark Hyman, was being interviewed for the upcoming EFT (emotional freedom technique) summit on [...]
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND In last week’s blog, I discussed the biological trumps to resolutions for weight loss. These included: Inability to modulate stress response in a healthy way Hormonal imbalances “Leaky gut” Suboptimal microbiotia (defender bugs in our gut) Continuation of chronic and underlying inflammatory reactions Neurotransmitter imbalances Unmet needs and emotional eating [...]
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND The “New Year New You Cliché’” is now officially in full swing. In fact, on December 31, 2012 at exactly 3:19PM, Mr. Google reported “About 5,120,000,000 results (0.22 seconds)” in the search results for “New Year New You 2013.” For most people, the idea of being healthier and lighter is [...]
