Just in time to make sure you’ve got your game on with geeky-coolness for your Memorial Day festivities, I’m going to help you impress your friends with the answer to this question! First, let’s have another quick review of the last discovered and most popular organ of our body today.1 Microbiome Review 101 Our [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last week I received a text from my concerned friend that read, “I need some hard science on how food dye affects kids’ behavior! They are giving Marc candy as a reward in school for good behavior-then he comes home and is off the wall!” This caused me to drop [...]
The Myths, Facts, and Considerations in Diet & Weight Loss DOLT! I did it again! I jumped down the “I’m curious to look deeper into this new study” rabbit hole. I should have known better than to do this on the topic of “weight loss!” There’s so much conflicting and polarized nutritional and dietary information [...]
I just completed listening to the final presenter on the online Detox Summit sponsored by the Institute for Functional Medicine. This means from August 4th until today, my iPhone or computer was streaming information into my ears during my daily activities. During cooking prep, outdoor runs, and car rides, some of the most well-known and [...]
What do psoriasis, sun exposure, carrot seed oil, and celiac disease all have in common? Well, actually, a lot. I could connect them by the autoimmune disease- vitamin D- intestinal permeability (via gluten exposure) link. However, most importantly they all are the topics of this week’s reader’s questions and answers, VOLUME UNO! TA-DA! More good [...]
Last week, I discussed the interplay between our genes and environment. Specifically, I focused on how we have the power to modulate how our genes express themselves through wellness or disease manifestations. It’s empowering to know that we have a choice in how to manipulate our cellular environment through lifestyle and diet. Even more exciting [...]
Can lifestyle choices, diet, and environmental exposures of a parent affect their children’s health and longevity? The latest research says yes. This week my blog on this webpage and on saratoga.com focuses on specific examples of how the environment and nutritional status of parents can affect a child’s genetic expression and resultant disease risk. I [...]
