How Lifestyle Factors and Belly Bugs Can Modulate Cancer Risk & Why Use Essential Oils in Functional Medicine?

By | June 7th, 2016|Naturopathic|

Updates on the Impact of Nature and Nurture on Health, Belly Bugs and Cancer, and the Clinical Use of Essential Oils               I just submitted another two-part series to Natural Path to be posted in the next few months. The subject was on the power of diet. Specifically, I discussed [...]

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Why I’m Obsessed with the Belly (Bugs) & How to Evade the Invasion of the “Belly Snackers”

By | August 29th, 2014|Latest Articles, Naturopathic Medicine, Newsletter Postings|

It’s only been a few months since my last post on the topic of belly bugs and I still can’t seem to stay away from this subject! As additional studies are released on these microbes that inhabit the lining of our various body parts, I am becoming even more intrigued. When the National Institute of [...]

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Loving on Those Bugs- With Probiotics

By | March 7th, 2017|Digestion & Gut Health, Essential Oils, Latest Articles|

                  This week, in my latest posts, I swayed from my beloved topic of essential oils and focused on my other favorite … It was time to revisit the gut bugs, the trillion little tiny friends that line our insides and outside!! You can read more about [...]

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Updates on Those Bugs We Love (The Latest News on the Microbiome) and February 2017 Top Holistic and Integrative Health Reads

By | March 7th, 2017|Integrative Medicine Hints, Latest Articles, Naturopathic Medicine, Top Reads of the Month|

Some Buggy Updates from Microbiome Research and Top Health News for February 2017 All Located Here                 It’s been awhile since I took some time out from my favorite topic of essential oils and focused on my other favorite topic…our trillion little tiny friends that line our insides [...]

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Essential Oils for Digestion & When Bugs Go Awry

By | March 15th, 2016|Digestion & Gut Health, Essential Oils, Latest Articles, Naturopathic Medicine, Newsletter Postings|

Essential Oils to the Digestive and Microbiome Saving Rescue It’s a big issue. Sixty to seventy million people are affected by digestive diseases, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.1  In fact, about 20% of the population struggles with gastroesophageal reflux disease alone, experiencing reflux at least once a week.1 [...]

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How Gut Bugs Link Coffee, Nutrient Depletion & H.pylori To Multiple Sclerosis

By | March 6th, 2015|Latest Articles, Naturopathic, Newsletter Postings|

  Oh my goodness, it just hit today! I had a little breathing room after starting my new position and the writing bug hit me! I’m in a bit of BreakFree Medicine blog withdrawal! I’ve been so busy geeking out, in fact I literally read 60 publications today with my research supervisor, that I haven’t [...]

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How Gut Bugs (Our Microbiome) May Be the Link to Optimal Digestion & Balancing the Immune Response

By | November 11th, 2014|Digestion & Gut Health, Latest Articles, Naturopathic, Saratoga Blog at Living Well|

Could These Critters Be a Key Factor in the Merging of Integrative, Naturopathic, Holistic, Functional, and Mainstream Medicine?! In a few days, I’ll back in my heated office, cozy and safe from the elements. This will be a bit of an adjustment after being in air conditioning and sunny Miami for my functional medicine training [...]

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Back to the Belly- Connecting the Microbiome to Immunity, Vaccine Reactions, and Postnatal Health…& Are Pesticides Linked to Gluten Sensitivity?

By | September 23rd, 2014|Latest Articles, Naturopathic, Newsletter Postings, Saratoga Blog at Living Well|

As you know, I’ve become even more enthralled with the gut microbiome within the last few months. Recently, as I was populating my upcoming September 2014 Top Holistic Health Reads, I was amazed at how many articles about the microbiome kept popping up. It seemed like just when I started to feel like I may [...]

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A Tale of the Two Dirty “G” Words in Integrative Nutrition- GMOs & Gluten…and the Saving Grace of Bugs

By | May 13th, 2014|Integrative Medicine Hints, Latest Articles, latest news, Naturopathic, Newsletter Postings, Saratoga Blog at Living Well|

There are two dirty “G” words in the integrative nutrition world. These two words make the food list of “no-no’s” by many holistic doctors. Many practitioners have found that in order to help take stress of their beloved clients’ bodies and assist with calming their immune response, there are two nasty substances have to be [...]

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