How to Stay Healthy in a Toxic World In my ongoing series on living in a chemical world, I have covered the following subjects: An overview of the ubiquitous chemicals in our environment that are negatively impacting our health, our food supply, and nutritional status. I also acknowledged the concepts and controversies surrounding [...]
Navigating Through the Global Sea of Chemicals In the past few articles, I’ve extensively discussed the links between chemicals and chronic diseases. In the first post, I explored the concepts and controversies surrounding cleansing and detoxifying. I reviewed how using a naturopathic and functional medicine and HAES (Health at Every Size) perspective could [...]
What You Don’t Know, or Assume Is Safe, Might Hurt You In my past two articles, I have explored the various reasons why it is essential for one to be aware of the negative health effects of living in a toxic world. By educating the public on these concerning associations, it is my [...]
The Toxic World We Live In & The Dirty Little Secrets That Many Do Not Know In the first part of this series, I started my discussion on why it is important to consider what our body is up against regarding exposures to toxins in our food supply and in our environment. I [...]
Can You Support the Body from Toxins without Obsessing on Weight Control and Food Restriction? Therapeutic cleansing has been used for physical and spiritual healing since ancient times and many cultures still use their traditional applications. The modern-based practices of detox diets and cleanses also have some evidence of improving health. Preliminary trials, [...]
The Seasonal Shifts Signifying Back to School It is the time of year in the Northern hemisphere when nature has begun to slowly transition away from the burning rays of sunshine into the cooler autumn breezes. As the summer season fades into fall, daily routines also shift as students and teachers head back [...]
Simplifying Eating for the Brain Nutrigenomics and epidemiological research provide strong evidence that dietary modifications can enhance physical and mental health. However, contradictory information makes it difficult to ascertain how to optimize cognition through diet. In my previous video blog, I discussed how nutrition fuels the brain and how to enhance its function [...]
Is Food Medicine for the Brain? In the current era, it’s easy to access an abundance of wellness information with one click. Artificial intelligence, social media, the internet, and podcasts offer plentiful educational resources and a variety of perspectives on wellness topics. In this video blog, we’ll explore why too much information may [...]
A Meeting of Holistic Mind-Body Medicine Minds Recently, I had the pleasure of having Kathryn Faso interview me. We talked about my journey into naturopathic and functional medicine and why I have such a love for essential oils. I was so honored to reunite with Kathyrn. She is a self-taught, humble, holistic health guru [...]
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