Lead
Essential Oils to Support Heart Health and Enhance Connection
How Conventional Medicine is Failing in Cardiovascular Care Heart disease is the number one killer in both men and women. With all the advances we’ve had in science, research, and treatments, we have not been able to downgrade it as the top cause of global mortality for decades. In fact, it is projected [...]
The Most Important Thing Missing in Cardiovascular Care… For Women, Men, and Everyone
The Heart of Medicine: Staying Connected in an Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation In the past few articles, I’ve discussed how heart disease, the number one killer in men and women, continues to take its toll on the population. I reviewed some alarming statistics regarding women and cardiovascular disease (CVD), highlighted traditional risk [...]
Hot Flashes, Depression, Digestive Issues, and Other Vague Symptoms… Is it Hormones or Heart Disease?
Heart Disease: The Number One Cause of Death for All Genders Heart disease is the number one killer for all genders, across every race and ethnicity. Yet, breast cancer is one of the most feared diagnoses for women. So, why is that only a little more than half of women (56%) are aware [...]
The Underrecognized, Number One Cause of Death in Women & What Conventional Cardiovascular Care is Missing for Healthy Hearts
Some Scary Statistics on Heart Disease in Biological* Women “Breast cancer.” It gets a lot of attention from healthcare and the media. It is also one of the most feared diagnoses for most women. But did you know that is not the number one killer, or even condition, for females? Heart disease causes [...]
What Happens When Your Cortisol is Too Low? Addressing “Adrenal Fatigue” Symptoms with Testing and Naturopathic and Functional Medicine Support
“Adrenal Fatigue,” “Adrenal Dysfunction” … Whatever it’s Called, You’ll Feel Lousy with Low Cortisol Levels Words are powerful. In medicine, accuracy is important. “Adrenal fatigue” is a hot button term as a result. Many practitioners berate this reference. They dismiss the personification of an organ getting “fatigued” and abhor the imprecise description of [...]
Tired? Lack of Motivation? You’ve Got “Adrenal Fatigue,” Right? Wait… but There’s No Such Thing!?
Why Is There Such a Controversy About “Adrenal Fatigue”? The Precision of Wording in Medicine If you want to play your odds in getting some practitioners to go hyperbolic, say the term “adrenal fatigue.” Within one minute, you’ll either: Be eyeing the nearest exit to escape the long-winded explanation of its non-existence (and [...]
Naturopathic and Functional Medicine for Optimizing Digestive Health and Soothing Stressed-Out Guts
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 [...]
How Stress Messes with Your Gut (The Gut-Stress Axis)
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, [...]
Why We Sleep: The Sleep Phases, Stages, Your Chronotype (Night Owls vs. Early Birds), and 11 Tips for Optimizing Sleep from a Neuroscientist
Why We Need Shut-eye: The Many Benefits of Sleep In my series on slumber, we’ve learned enough about sleep to give us a healthy level of concern if we don’t get adequate amounts of it. Research has revealed that being underslept leads to poorer job performance and negatively impacts brain health, cognitive function, [...]
