“There Are Two Ways Of Spreading Light, To Be The Candle Or The Mirror That Reflects It.” Edith Wharton On this side of the hemisphere, as we creep out of the winter solstice, the days are slowly lengthening, the engulfing darkness is less so, and Read more…
From 1983 to 2008, the number of people in the world with diabetes increased sevenfold, from 35 to 240 million. In just the three years following (2008-2011), the number jumped to over 350 million. The majority of these diabetes diagnoses are for Type 2 Diabetes Read more…
The liver is an incredibly important organ. In fact, it is the second largest organ, following the skin. It’s a workhouse that’s responsible for hundreds of critical functions. Without a liver, human life would cease to exist. One of the major jobs of the liver Read more…
Breastfeeding popularity has ebbed and flowed over the last several decades, with August serving as an opportunity to highlight the importance of breastmilk. Research continues to shed light on just how essential breastmilk is for overall health, and as such, the World Health Organization now Read more…
Currently, a third of American kids – 1 in 3 children – are overweight or obese, and struggling with metabolic dysfunction (they have trouble turning glucose into energy, so it stores as fat tissue). Trending alongside childhood obesity are increasing rates of childhood T2D diagnoses. Read more…
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is the most important risk factor for premature death, accounting for half of all deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and 13.5% of all total deaths each year. Nine in ten Americans are expected to develop high blood pressure by the Read more…
“After trauma the world is experienced with a different nervous system. The survivor’s energy now becomes focused on suppressing inner chaos, at the expense of spontaneous involvement in their life. These attempts to maintain control over unbearable physiological reactions can result in a whole range Read more…
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the most common functional gastrointestinal disorder. According to a clinical review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects between 7-21% percent of Americans. This equates to about 60 million people just in the Read more…
High-quality sleep is vital for both healing and sustained wellness. While the body appears from the outside to be still and inactive, sleep is a time when the body is quite busy. During the night, we restock our supply of hormones, process significant toxins including flushing Read more…
We live in a world with a lot of misconceptions and, unfortunately, also a lot of stigma around eating disorders. Our culture has emphasized mental health imbalance as the cause of disordered eating (Control needs? Body image concerns? Self-punishment? Self-medication?), and use of behavioral health Read more…