Struggling with Fatigue, Gut Issues, or Burnout? This Simple Test Uncovers the Hidden Cause…

Struggling with Fatigue, Gut Issues, or Burnout? This Simple Test Uncovers the Hidden Cause…

Ever feel like your health is a puzzle with a missing piece—one you just can’t seem to find? 🧩 That’s where Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) steps in, offering the insights you need to see the full picture of your health—and determine actionable steps forward. If Read more…

Gut Health, Diversity, and the Gaps in Research We Can’t Ignore

Gut Health, Diversity, and the Gaps in Research We Can’t Ignore

February is Black History Month—a time to celebrate the resilience, cultural richness, and profound contributions of Black Americans. While not everyone stops to recognize this, I do. Because turning a blind eye to diversity doesn’t make it disappear—it just deepens the disparities that already exist, Read more…

Your Antibiotics Recovery Toolbox

Your Antibiotics Recovery Toolbox

Is it just me, or does it feel like everybody and their dog is sick right now?  Pneumonia? Strep?? Sinus infection??? Mystery cough???? And all these now-necessary antibiotic prescriptions flying off the shelves lately…when for years, all the holistic methods were helping to shorten and resolve Read more…

The Power of Fire Cider

The Power of Fire Cider

Every early fall, I participate in the same tradition because I like to plan ahead: I want to be prepared for Back to School, pre-Celebration Season, and everything that comes with it. Including possible illness. 🦠 While I feel it’s important to build health all Read more…

The Over-Supplementation of Our Health Goals

The Over-Supplementation of Our Health Goals

In the modern world, where chronic illnesses and stress-related conditions are rampant, it’s easy to turn to supplements as a quick fix for our health issues.While supplements can play a valuable role in creating therapeutic change or supporting our ongoing well-being, they are not a Read more…

The TRUTH About Zonulin

The TRUTH About Zonulin

In recent years, “leaky gut” (aka enhanced/increased intestinal permeability, or as I call it, “pasta strainer gut”) has been clinically linked to so many chronic diseases. IBD, IBS, autoimmunity, liver disease, autism, eczema, and the list goes on. A sealed gut has become one of Read more…

The Secret Gut-Brain Conversation You’re Not Privy To

The Secret Gut-Brain Conversation You’re Not Privy To

Our body contains a super-highway, the vagus nerve, the connection between the entire digestive system and the brain. Emerging research has highlighted that this “gut-brain axis” consists of two nervous systems: the central nervous system (housed in the brain) and the enteric nervous system (housed in the Read more…

Prebiotic Snacks for Kids

Prebiotic Snacks for Kids

At last, the heat of the summer has broken. All the children have returned to their various learning environments, the days are starting to shorten as we transition into fall, and new rhythms are getting established for this new season. As the children make new friends, adjust Read more…

The Garden Growing In Your Belly

The Garden Growing In Your Belly

And it’s not from that watermelon seed you swallowed! Last month we talked about taking good care of your gut microbes to keep them in beneficial balance, and one way to really nourish them and keep them quite happy is by feeding them well. Think Read more…

On the Care & Feeding Of Your Gut Microbiota

On the Care & Feeding Of Your Gut Microbiota

Hey. You have a big responsibility. A giant one, in fact.  You are the host to an entire ecosystem of microorganisms. A variety of bacteria and other microbes line nearly every surface of your body, with each organ hosting a distinct mix of these microbes. These Read more…