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How Essential Oils Can Support Our Respiratory Health in a Newly Discovered, Buggy Way
A Germaphobe’s Nightmare, A Scientist’s Dream There’s no rest for the germaphobe in the health blogosphere. Since the discoveries of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) were released, the profound impact of the sum of the microorganisms that live in and on our bodies, were brought to [...]
How You Can Support Your Body and Mental Health by Loving on Your Microbiome with Food, Movement, and Essential Oils & October 2017 Top Holistic and Integrative Medicine Reads
Listen to the full blog in less than 10 minutes here. The research of the human microbiome (the population of microbes in and on humans and their genes) has led us to discover the major role it has on our wellness. These critters impact our physiology, biochemistry, and psychology in powerful ways. I [...]
Microbiome, Stress, Chemicals, Essential Oils.. and our Veterans
As we honor our veterans this Memorial Day, I discuss some recent articles that focus on our esteemed military and unite my three favorite topics: essential oils, the microbiome, and toxin-free living. Lately, I’ve been spewing accolades about our beloved essential oils and the microbiome. You also may have [...]
Ode to Essential Oils and the Microbiome in My Brain, a Love Story: Part II
In Part I, I reviewed the holistic wellness properties of essential oils, how they impact our gut health, and that they have the potential to enhance the beneficial impact of balanced belly bugs! In Part II, I discuss why the microbiome is always in my brain [...]
Minding Your Microbiome…with Essential Oils
The microbiome and essential oils are two of my favorite subjects. Learn why bugs are such a hot topic in medicine and the potential of essential oils to positively influence our microbiota. Every month, I provide you with my “Top Reads.” This summary of some of my favorite noteworthy, interesting, and/or game-changing headlines in natural [...]
Loving on Those Bugs- With Probiotics
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 [...]
In Defense of Probiotics. So What If Probiotics Don’t Change Bug Populations in These People’s Poo. (Even Though They Probably Do….)
Probiotics Don’t Change Fecal Microbiota Populations. This Is What One Review of Seven Studies Says. And I Care, Why? Back on the Subject of Bugs…Again! Why am I on the subject of bugs again? Well, let me take you back in time to answer this question. [...]
The Science-Based Bug-Attack- Why Researchers Are So Obsessed with the Microbiome
Revisiting the Importance of the Hot Topic of the Microbiome in Medicine Besides my love of essential oils, I also have a soft spot for our trillion little tiny friends that line our insides, outsides, and exude from us in our very own unique microbial [...]
Essential Oils for Digestion & When Bugs Go Awry
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 [...]
