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A Review of the Top Stories Emerging in This Time of Uncertainty and How a Combination of Essential Oils Can Calm the Body and Brain
As more information is being learned about the current pandemic, it is my goal to keep you informed without scaring the health out of you. For this reason, I’m continuing to provide a weekly update of the trending stories for the previous week. More importantly, I’m also providing resources on how to get through...
More Essential Oils to Lower Stress and Cortisol and Balance Hormones
Stress is pervasive in today’s society. Without properly managing it, it can cost us our health and well-being. In a recent article from the Restorative Medical Journal, the authors explored the impact of stress in modern life and the potential for technology-assisted mindfulness meditation to support a healthy response to it. Several well-known researchers’...
Using Essential Oils for High Cortisol and Stress Levels
In a world and society where “instant” is demanded and fast is too slow, we are expected to be reachable 24-7. The result is people are constantly “plugged in.” This makes it virtually impossible for our brains to reset and rejuvenate from “fight-flee-and-flight” reactionary patterns. As was stated on Integrative Practitioner: Our modern world...
Cortisol is Not the Enemy, but Too Much Stress Is Not a Good Thing
We are on constant alert 24-7. Apple watches, work emails, and Instagram have us hooked into our devices first thing in the morning and prevent us from drifting off to slumberland late at night. The result of constantly being “on” is that our society is chronically under-slept and highly stressed. This state of...
A Naturopathic Doctor’s Approach to Mind-Body and Mental Health Using Essential Oils
Recently, I explored how food can provide powerful nourishment to the brain. I discussed specific nutrients for cognitive support and how they can modulate neurotransmitters. I also highlighted two of my favorite natural supplements for balancing mental health, N-acetylcysteine and L-theanine. In my naturopathic medicine practice, I often combine a personalized dietary approach...
Addressing All Matters of the Heart: Cardiovascular Support Using Essential Oils
As a naturopathic doctor that honors the whole person, I believe that physical health is only one component of living a life of passion, purpose, vitality, and joy. In fact, striving for “perfect” bodily conditions through diet and exercise could be counterproductive if it is ignoring the importance of social connections. This is one...
Living in an Expensive, Ineffective, and Sick Health Care Model and How Kale and Keto Aren’t the Solution
According to the Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2018 by the Commonwealth Fund, the United States is one of the most expensive health care systems among the industrialized countries. From 1980-2017, America spent more of its GDP (17.2% adjusted for cost of living) for healthcare spending. In an earlier study, it was found...
Can You Be “Too Healthy?” What is Orthorexia?
As a naturopathic doctor that advocates for a personalized approach to dietary suggestions and honors the power of food as medicine, I’ve become very concerned with how practitioners and wellness experts are fixating and normalizing restrictive food practices and extreme exercise. Applied to the right person at the right time, these various “nutritional interventions”...
The Pitfalls of Chasing Dietary Perfection in the Pursuit of Weight Loss
Why Diets Will Never Work for Weight Loss As a naturopathic doctor who honors biochemical individuality and the healing aspects of nutrition, I have become very concerned with how “healthcare” is shifting away from using food as medicine and more as a means to control body weight. Practitioners are sounding more and more like...