National Nutrition Month: Nourishing Resilience
“You are what you eat.” – Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Most of us don’t think too much about our food choices as we go about our day…
Category: Stay Well
What to Expect with Perimenopause/Menopause
“So many women I’ve talked to see menopause as an ending. I’ve discovered that this is your moment to reinvent yourself after years of focusing…
Celebrating National Blood Donor Month
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill Have you ever considered how…
Melting Away Your New Year Stress
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Have you ever caught yourself wondering what…
Hidden Dangers in the Toy Box: The Toxic Truth About Plastic Toys
“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb Imagine watching your child giggle on…
Tiny but Mighty: How Peptides in Food Support Health and Longevity
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates Imagine this…You’re sitting at the kitchen table, sipping your morning coffee. You’ve just…
How Rest Rewires Your Brain
“Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is rest.” – Mark Black In our culture that prizes constant hustle, taking a day off can…
Breathing Space: Little Rituals for a Softer September
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” – Ovid Labor Day, celebrated on the first Monday of September, honors workers and…
Healthy Aging: Preventing Falls
Aging is a journey, NOT a destination – a process of growth, adaptation, and continued possibilities. Healthy aging is about more than simply adding years…
Lyme Disease: What You Need to Know
Imagine walking through a forest or a field of tall grass. The air is fresh, everything feels calm and yet, hidden in that peaceful setting…
Understanding Vaccines: How They Protect Us and Why They Matter
Not long ago, diseases like measles, mumps, and whooping cough were a frightening part of everyday life. Parents lived in fear, knowing these illnesses could…
Drug Use and the Teenage Community
Our intern, Andy Lin, who enjoys doing health research in his spare time, was motivated by what’s going on in his high school environment to…
Beyond Genes: A Fresh Look at Cancer and the Metabolism Connection
“You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.”– Stuart Scott When we hear the word…
Healthy Mitochondria Tips
“There is no amount of healthcare dollars that will improve our collective health status in the United States unless they are focused on mitochondrial health.”…
Bridging the Gap: Improving Healthcare Access for Minority Populations in the US
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.”– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Imagine rushing to the emergency…
Importance of Mitochondria for Overall Health
Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases… there are so many chronic illnesses tied to poor mitochondrial function. Mitochondria are the power plants of our…
Introducing the 30-Point Plant System to Power our Gut Microbiome
“There are no incurable diseases if one lives in harmony with nature.” – Ann Wigmore Did you know that your gut microbiome is home to trillions…
Rethinking ‘Healthy’: The FDA’s New Definition
‘Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.’– Hippocrates Imagine walking through a grocery store, picking up a box of cereal labeled “healthy,”…
Powerhouses of Our Body: The Mitochondria
Did you know your body is home to around 100,000 trillion mitochondria? That’s right – these tiny powerhouses are everywhere, working behind the scenes to keep…
Exercise Snacking For Your Health
“Just get 150 minutes of exercise per week” “Make sure you’re walking 10K steps a day” “Aim to get at least a 25-minute workout into…