By Sarah A LoBisco, ND Chocolate (Too much pleasure?) I've written about this before, and I can't write about it enough. The benefits of dark chocolate on the heart keep popping up! Here's another about its antioxidant role in...
The Power of the Gut-Connections
by Sarah A LoBisco, ND This week's blog highlights the connection between our gut's critter population to our health. The microflora that resides in our intestines outnumbers our cells for a reason! They are critical regulators on how our...
Health Promotion and Prevention for the Young and Old
Dad's Role in Future Generations, ad infinitum: Most are aware of the implications of how a mother's diet and lifestyle factors affect baby, but mom's genes make up only half of the equation. The best way to ensure a...
This is your brain on sugar, fructose, and alcohol–not pretty
The Brain on Sugar: It tastes good, but a moment on the lips, forever on the hips...hippocampus in the brain that is! Did you know that consuming too much sugar can make you less intelligent and forgetful! Unfortunately, it's...
The Healing Power of Insight and Healthy Heart Nutrients
Everyone is focused on healthcare reform. The question I present in my recent blog at dr-lobisco.com is why we are so bent on providing access to a broken system. What most people are truly looking for is time with...
A Nutrition-Genetic Harmony: Ode to the Wolfberry
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND As a holistic and integrative health practitioner in this information age of explosion, I feel privileged to enjoy the ease of access to valid scientific research within seconds by the click of a mouse or...
Restorative and Natural Medicine
My recent blog discusses the key factors to attaining body balance: attention, restoration, sequence, and time. Finding the right nutrition and supplements for your individualized biochemistry is a key to restoration. Below are some highlights of scientific support on how...
More on Food, Emotions, and Health
Naturopathic Fun Facts My latest posting on my homepage discusses the impact of food on the emotions. Here is the continuation of how stress affects our health: Psychological effect of Distress: In a meta-analysis of 68,222 people of adults 35...