The University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources defines genetically modified foods in the following way: Genetically engineered (GE) food is produced from plants, animals, and microbes that have had their genetic code modified by the selective introduction...
January 2015 Top Wellness Updates On Environmental Impacts on Health
This week, I posted my top holistic and wellness news on the topics of nutrigenomics, health, medication updates, and functional and naturopathic medicine for January 2015. The goal of my Top Reads is to keep my readers current with a...
How To Modulate Healthy Hormonal Balance
In my homepage blog, I discuss the role of phytoestrogens in hormonal health. The picture is complicated in that, although phytoestrogens may act on estrogen receptors, they also modulate many other beneficial pathways involved in cellular signaling. As part...
Do You Know Benefits Verses Risks?
On my homepage blog, I discussed some updates in cancer screening and presented several theories with a potential to unite conventional and integrative cancer treatments. It was a pretty big task! The blog was a result ov a hodgepodge...
Reasons to Consider Incorporating the Incredible, Edible, Egg
This week, I released the third part of my cholesterol series. I discussed how cholesterol may not be the bad guy it's "cracked up" to be. Specifically, although certain drugs may be effective in reducing the numbers, it doesn't...
A Healthier 2015- The Perfect Fit For You!
With the New Year in full swing, many businesses are looking to profit on the most popular resolution of weight loss. Sadly, of the 45% of people who make resolutions, only 8% will succeed in their desired outcomes....
December 2014’s Top Belly Bug News
This week I posted the last top reads for 2014 on my home page. It included all the hot topics in wellness, holistic health, integrative nutrition, drug updates and conventional, naturopathic, and functional medicine for December. Besides giving the...
December 2014’s Top Belly Bug News
This week I posted the last top reads for 2014 on my home page. It included all the hot topics in wellness, holistic health, integrative nutrition, drug updates and conventional, naturopathic, and functional medicine for December. Besides giving the...
Some Studies on Coffee- Foe or Your Friendly Cup O’ Joe?
14.00 A few years ago, I wrote about the dark and light side of coffee (pun-intended). Since then, coffee has been making a bigger comeback as a superfood and even more research on its benefits continues to be released....
Some Studies on Coffee- Foe or Your Friendly Cup O’ Joe?
14.00 A few years ago, I wrote about the dark and light side of coffee (pun-intended). Since then, coffee has been making a bigger comeback as a superfood and even more research on its benefits continues to be released....