So perhaps you have just read our blog on the Birth Control Pill, or maybe have been doing some research of your own. Either way you have made it here because you have decided that the pill and other similar Read more…
Strictly speaking, our bodies are incredibly clever vessels (especially women’s, if we may say so ourselves😀). From digestion to creating hormones, to brain function and creating new life, it is one of the most complex ecosystems, supercomputers, crazy scientists, in Read more…
At this point, you have probably read our other blogs in this series on the female menstrual cycle and hormonal contraception. Now for some reason or another, you may feel that your cycle is not working as well as it Read more…
Researchers since the 1950s noted that people residing in the Mediterranean Sea were exceptionally healthy and had a low risk of many lifestyle diseases when compared to Americans. The reason: the Mediterranean diet!1 There is no wonder the Mediterranean diet is Read more…
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is an artificial sugar made from corn syrup that quietly and grimly entered the food supply decades ago. Today HFCS is ubiquitous in a wide variety of foods, including pasta sauces and salad dressings. Since the Read more…
In our previous blog “What is Inflammation, Exactly?”, we explored the mechanisms behind inflammation, types of inflammation, and most importantly the risk factors and health conditions, associated with chronic inflammation. The cliff notes from that blog were that chronic inflammation Read more…
Inflammation – heard of it? I’m sure you have as it’s one of the new buzz terms that people are now frequently talking about. The reason being is that it is widely acknowledged that inflammation drives many of our disease Read more…
Cramping, PMS, sugar craving, tender breasts. All of which comes along with our monthly menses, right? Well no, not necessarily. I know it is hard to believe, but most of the things that we ‘deal with’ as women, we don’t Read more…
There are defining moments in every life when we must look inside to find our truth and what is important to us and this somewhat surreal past week has been one of mine. A week ago, I received a call Read more…
Our current health care system is based on allopathic medicine which refers broadly to medical practice. Also termed Western medicine, evidence-based medicine, or science-based, modern medicine. When we look at the root meaning of allopathy, we can see that: Allo Read more…