Micronutrients…your defense against this virus!
A woman asked the infectious disease specialist from the CDC today who was updating on the coronavirus., “if I am a healthy person who gets regular functional medicine testing and takes supplements every day am I at risk for getting infected if I am exposed'?...
Focus on Micronutrients for Healthy Eyesight
When you wake in the morning, open your eyes, and see the beautiful new day are you grateful? How would you feel if when you opened your eyes you couldn’t see the world around you? For many Americans, seeing clearly isn’t a given. Age-related macular degeneration...
Micronutrients for your Mitochondria!
Boost Energy and Support Longevity Eat your colorful plant foods because they are full of antioxidants! While you may have heard that antioxidants fight oxidative stress that can cause your cells to age prematurely, drive inflammation, and drive chronic disease, do...
Bring on the Boron!
Despite the fact that the trace mineral boron has been critical for the evolution of plant life on Earth and supports some of your most vital functions, most people have barely ever heard of it. That's not because boron is boring- quite the opposite! This is simply...
Micronutrient Sufficiency Supports Your Summer Slim Down
The great summer slim-down season is upon us! We hope you are revving up, getting out, enjoying your local farmer’s markets, and basking in the vitamin D-inducing sun. Whatever your summer plans, if you are anything like us, we know a bathing suit is likely part of...
Super-Kraut!
You have likely heard about early sailors riddled with scurvy, also known as vitamin C deficiency- teeth falling out, blackened gums, skin lesions, frequent infections, brittle bones- if so you may have also heard that future sailors were able to avoid this disease by...
Focus on Folate (Vitamin B9)
Spina bifida is a harmless sounding name for a very harmful birth defect. During embryological development, your brain and spine form from a neural tube. This tube unfolds to become the spinal column, then fuses up the middle, like zipping up a jacket. But what if...
Synthetic Supplements Exposed!
In the first part of this two part series we focused on the misleading marketing surrounding the booming whole food supplement market and revealed the fact that many (if not all) of these “whole food” supplements actually contain synthetic and synthetically produced...
Focus on Fat: Gallbladder Guidance
Fat is a fabulous friend- if you can handle it. With our frenzied cultural focus on ketogenic and keto friendly diets recently, we thought we’d do our due diligence and discuss the elephant in the room- digesting and absorbing the fat you eat. Over 25 million...
5 Fundamental Functions of Stomach Acid (Churn, Baby, Churn)
Every day, millions of Americans turn to antacid medications, from calcium-based tablets to proton pump inhibitors, to erase symptoms of heartburn. But before reaching for those tablets, let’s consider the following question: Is it wise to reduce stomach acid...
Mental Health Micronutrients: Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Have you ever heard the claim that fish is “brain food?” This common knowledge is reinforced in multiple cultures and traditions all over the world, from Mira’s college roommate who ate sushi every day on finals week to the cook at a local Mexican restaurant who...
