FIVE Things Salt Prevents
We have been fed a lie that salt is bad. Our bodies actually NEED salt. Here are the FIVE Things that SALT Consumption prevents: Dehydration low blood pressure dizziness falls cognitive impairment
We have been fed a lie that salt is bad. Our bodies actually NEED salt. Here are the FIVE Things that SALT Consumption prevents: Dehydration low blood pressure dizziness falls cognitive impairment
Let’s talk about genetically modified organisms or GMO foods. They are foods that have been genetically altered. They have specifically changed the DNA of these foods using genetic engineering techniques. Many of the alterations made to these foods have made it to that these [...]
Do we, as humans, need salt? The truth is that our body’s do need salt. Salt has always played a functional role in human health. Our cells are bathed in a salty fluid. Salt is needed to maintain the optimal amount of blood in [...]
This is a question I often get asked when I recommend patients follow a dairy-free diet. This a diet that removes cow’s dairy from the diet. So you are removing milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream from the diet that are cow-based. The reason we [...]
Do you know what the glymphatic system is? The glymphatic system is the glial-lymphatic system. It was discovered in 2013. They’ve discovered that the fluids that go throughout our central nervous system, the brain and the spine, called our cerebral spinal fluid. There are [...]
Why is the vagus nerve important? The vagus nerve is one of the cranial nerves. It comes down the side of the neck, comes down the front of the thorax, bisects through the diaphragm and supplies all the digestive organs. It plays an essential [...]
Autoimmune disease is when the body attacks itself. It is when the body has a difficult time deciphering self from non-self. There are a number of different autoimmune conditions including allergies, eczema, psoriasis, vitiligo, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Grave’s disease, lupus, multiple [...]
Many of my patients experience gas and bloating after eating. One of the reasons for this may be that you are not effectively shifting your body into a parasympathetic state when you are eating. We live is a high stress society. We are typically [...]
Let’s talk about the connection between serotonin and gut health! Once you get into the science of it, you can see the connection between the gut and the brain and it is very fascinating information. Embedded into the lining of the digestive tract are [...]
Let’s talk about Organic Acid Testing. Organic acids are by-products of internal biochemistry in the body. There are over 70 markers that can be measured in a single urine sample. These markers can give us an analysis of yeast overgrowths, bacterial overgrowths, oxidative stress, [...]