Along with the change in weather, seasonal variations also create shifts in human consciousness and mood. As the Northeast embraces the season of spring, many are experiencing the mental and physical benefits of this time of growth and rebirth. In my latest post, I discuss fifteen healthy delights of spring which have been scientifically...
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Using Essential Oils for a Healthier Body and Safer Home (Free Webinar)
If you’ve been following my series on how the unregulated, ubiquitous, and persistent chemicals in our world are negatively impacting our nutritional status, health, environment, medical system, and economy, you have become more aware of the importance of decreasing your total toxic burden. In a 2017 article from Holistic Primary Care, Dr. Joseph Pizzorno,...
Cleansing and Detoxing in a Chemical World: Shielding the Body from Toxic Insults Using a Naturopathic and HAES (Health at Every Size) Approach: Part V
Staying Healthy in a Toxic World Ubiquitous chemicals in our environment negatively impact our health, food quality, environment, medical care, and economy. Although they cannot totally be avoided, there are many ways we can reduce our exposures to them and mitigate the harm they cause. Throughout my series, I have offered some tips to...
Cleansing and Detoxing in a Chemical World: Shielding the Body from Toxic Insults Using a Naturopathic and HAES (Health at Every Size) Approach: Part IV
How the Individual, Society, Healthcare, and the Economy Suffers from Unregulated and Dangerous Chemicals Last week, I provided a summary of the previous topics covered in my series on living in a toxic world and how it impacts our health in a variety of ways. You can access it here. My latest post is...
Cleansing and Detoxing in a Chemical World: Shielding the Body from Toxic Insults Using a Naturopathic and HAES (Health at Every Size) Approach: Part III
What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You In my past two articles, I have explored the many health risks relating to harmful environmental exposures. Due to their deleterious effects, I find it imperative to educate the public on these concerning associations. In this way, they can also learn what can be done to reduce...
Cleansing and Detoxing in a Chemical World: Shielding the Body from Toxic Insults Using a Naturopathic and HAES (Health at Every Size) Approach: Part II
There is no doubt that we are being impacted by our environment and the food we eat in more ways than we may realize. In my previous post, I discussed: Why it is imperative to pay attention to the toxins that are present in our food supply and environment. How exposure to chemicals can...
Transforming Food and Weight Obsession into Body Acceptance, Body Resiliency, and a Holistic Health Focus
As a naturopathic doctor, I believe that food is medicine and that it has many healing properties. However, I do not believe that obsessively focusing on nutritional content and micro-managing biochemical attributes of each ingredient is mentally or physically healthy. The therapeutic properties of eating are much broader than calories and phytonutrients. There are...
The Dangers of Body Stigmatization and Food Shaming & How to Make Peace with Food and Focus on Health Without Obsessing on the Scale
Diet culture is powerful, pervasive, and addictive. It is easy to get bamboozled with the glitz and glimmer of weight loss, the promise of body shrinkage, and the rewards it seems it entail from a society that worships thinness as a status and power symbol. However, these lies of obtaining a better life through...
Why Diet Culture Has No Place in Health Care and Naturopathic Medicine
As a naturopathic doctor, I believe that food can be a form of medicine. In fact, I have previously focused on personalized diets and how certain nutrients can impact mental, emotional, and physical health. I also have discussed how genetic variations in individuals can impact metabolism of certain foods and that taking this into account...
The Top 10 Naturopathic Medicine & Essential Oils Blogs of 2020: Part II
Last week, I began counting down my top ten posts of 2020. Due to the challenging year, the topics highlighted were mood, anxiety, essential oils, and naturopathic medicine. Now, I continue with the final five. These also include posts on how essential oils soothe stress, support mood, and balance hormones. There are also articles...