By Sarah A LoBisco, ND On my homepage, I discussed the recent downgrade of Splenda's safety issued by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CPSI). CPSI changed this artificial sweeteners rating from "safe" to "caution" due to various...
Heart Healthy Effects and Fishy Stories
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND My homepage blog discusses the power of belief on health outcomes. This placebo effect that acts as a control in medical research is strong. It is the standard of measurement on if an intervention has...
The Power of Belief in Healing
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND I just discussed on my homepage how the recent The HayHouse World Summit united with in serendipitous timing with my training with the Institute for Functional Medicine's 2013 Annual Symposium, Illuminating the Energy Spectrum. The...
Brain Power Starts in the Gut
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND My recent return from training with the Institute of Functional Medicine, reinvigorated my belief in the power of individualized medicine. This week on my homepage, I highlighted top stories in holistic health of May 2013...
Getting Z’s
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND I'm pretty psyched. In a few days, I'll be flying into Texas for the Institute for Functional Medicine's 2013 Annual Symposium, Illuminating the Energy Spectrum! Last week on my homepage, I talked about the...
Getting Z’s
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND I'm pretty psyched. In a few days, I'll be flying into Texas for the Institute for Functional Medicine's 2013 Annual Symposium, Illuminating the Energy Spectrum! Last week on my homepage, I talked about the...
Heading off Stress-Beginning with the Cerebrum!
By Sarah A LoBisco, NDIn my homepage blog this week, "The Impact of Stress on Energy," I highlighted my excitement about attending the upcoming Institute for Functional Medicine's 2013 Annual Symposium: Illuminating the Energy Spectrum!I'll be learning how to...
Prenatal Development, Parenting Style & Early Trauma Effects on the Mental Health of Our Children: Part II
Last week, I discussed the effects fear and trauma have on children's brains.Specifically, exposure to trauma creates an imbalance in three neurotransmitters that are involved with mood, reward response, addiction and behavioral regulation. These brain chemicals are dopamine, serotonin,...
Prenatal Development, Parenting Style & Early Trauma Effects on the Mental Health of Our Children: Part I
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND I discussed on my homepage blog this week the effects of chronic fear on our mental, emotional, and societal health. Specifically, media, medicine, and marketing techniques aiming to increase sales by scare tactics are...
Food Quality, Gut Health, and Nutrigenomic Effects on Children
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND It's almost May! On the 2nd of this month, I'll be speaking at the Holistic Mom's Network Meeting in Saratoga. How exciting it will be to discuss topics in health with empowered caregivers who...