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Intermittent fasting has becoming increasingly popular as a dietary pattern than focuses not on what to eat but when to eat. This way of eating has become popular as practice to improve your health. Intermittent Fasting (IF) is the idea of restricting your feeding window and increasing your fasting window. For example, if you eat breakfast at 9am and finish dinner at 7pm, that's a 10-hour feeding window and a 14-hour fasting window. Feeding windows can be as small as you'd l

A Recipe for Perfect Sleep A comfortable place to lie down Peace and quiet A dark room Combine all ingredients at once and let rest for 8...

We've all been there. Having that headache that wrecks the trajectory of your day, or at the very least irks you to no end. Commiserate...

In honor or Celiac Awareness Month, this week’s post offers some information about non-intuitive signs and symptoms of celiac disease....

Fever and inflammation are healing processes and are attempts by the body to heal itself. The body is constantly working to set itself...

Constitutional hydrotherapy is a series of hot and cold towels across the chest and back, which helps to improve digestion, stimulate circulation, decrease congestion, and stimulate the immune system. These processes help to heal and restorative the body as well as improve functional and chemical mechanisms. Hydrotherapy is an important level of treatment and is usually necessary for the recovery from chronic illness. The effects of constitutional hydrotherapy are cumulative

All chronic illness, and most acute illness, have to do with maldigestion. Maldigestion may not always be obvious, but it can cause fermentation and putrefaction reactions in the intestines, which result in gas and bloating. These reactions produce toxins and irritants that are absorbed through the intestines and into the bloodstream. The blood is then carrying a high amount of metabolic toxins and irritants to other areas of the body. This is the cause of chronic inflammati

"All disease begins in the the gut", said Hippocrates. One might infer that health must begin in the gut as well. When problems occur in the gut, they can manifest in other areas of the body in a variety of ways. Immune: Did you know that 70% of your immune system is in the gut? The immune system both in and out of the gut are interrelated and protect the body from harmful microorganisms and toxins. Apart from our skin, the GI tract is one of the main barriers against illn

Fever and inflammation are healing processes and are attempts by the body to heal itself. The body is constantly working to set itself...

Constitutional hydrotherapy is a series of hot and cold towels across the chest and back, which helps to improve digestion, stimulate...

All chronic illness, and most acute illness, have to do with maldigestion. Maldigestion may not always be obvious, but it can cause fermentation and putrefaction reactions in the intestines, which result in gas and bloating. These reactions produce toxins and irritants that are absorbed through the intestines and into the bloodstream. The blood is then carrying a high amount of metabolic toxins and irritants to other areas of the body. This is the cause of chronic inflammati

It's coming up...my favorite holiday! Valentine's Day is such a fun time to celebrate love. Romantic love, family love, chosen family...

"You know what I could really go for after a stressful day...a fat, juicy carrot." - Said no one ever! When the body undergoes a stress response, the natural instinct is to turn on survival mode. Survival mode typically means that digestion is not the first priority. The hierarchy of survival goes: heart --> lungs --> muscles (necessities to run from a tiger) --> digestion --> reproduction --> psycho-spiritual. If the body wants food at all, it wants things that are easy t

It seems to be general knowledge that drinking more water is good for you, but why? And how much? And what if I don’t really like water?...

A Recipe for Perfect Sleep A comfortable place to lie down Peace and quiet A dark room Combine all ingredients at once and let rest for 8...

In the swing of the holidays, eating healthy isn't always the #1 priority. Understandable! This is a time to celebrate, enjoy time with...

Naturopathic medicine is a practice that focuses on total body health and preventative care. Doctors are meant to help you get healthy and stay healthy! Naturopathy credits the body with an innate ability to heal and views symptoms as warning signs that the body is out of balance. Because the body has its own ability to heal, naturopathic medicine supports the body’s natural processes instead of suppressing symptoms. One of the first naturopaths, Henry Lindlahr, said “people

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the most commonly diagnosed gastrointestinal disorder, likely because it acts as a catch-all diagnosis. Symptoms of IBS can include abdominal pain, cramping, bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation, or both. IBS is defined by having abdominal pain or discomfort at least 1 day per week for the past 3 months. Symptoms improve after having a bowel movement and are often associated with a change in stool frequency or appearance. There are many pos

Are the feelings of anxiety, reflux, belching, getting full fast, shallow breathing, or flatulence familiar to you? These are all common...

Food allergy vs. food sensitivity vs. food intolerance: so many terms and so many tests, and they all can get jumbled! Let's start with setting these terms straight. A food allergy is an immune response to a certain food, which causes the body to make antibodies to the food. Reactions to food allergies can range from hives to difficulty breathing to anaphylaxis. The way to test for food allergies is measuring IgE antibodies through blood or skin prick testing. Food intolera