Environmental toxins, genetically and chemically modified foods, and gut dysbiosis are creating health issues in our children. Our detoxification systems and immune systems are on over-drive reacting to constant triggers both inside and outside the body. Infectious diseases may be at an all-time low, but chronic conditions that are inflammatory and immune based are at an all-time high. The conditions affecting […]
Amy Carlson
Eating to Optimize Fertility
One of the most powerful health choices you can make when preparing for fertility is your diet. For both men and women, eating a diet rich in whole foods, vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants will help in preparing for pregnancy. Many studies have shown that even small changes to your diet can help in optimizing fertility outcomes such as conception, preventing […]
Estrogen Metabolism and Uterine Fibroids
Treat uterine fibroids naturally with nutrition and diet! Fibroids are much more common than you might think. About 30% of women in their 20s, 30s, and 40s are living with fibroids, it is estimated that about 50% of women experience them in their lifetime. Although the cause of the actual formation of the fibroid is unknown, the role of hormone […]
Nutritional Guidance for Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is a rapidly growing illness for people, especially in certain parts of North America. Its numbers seem to be increasing in reported cases each day by the hundreds. There is much controversy around Lyme disease including how it is acquired, how it can be transmitted, how to treat it and if it is truly something that can be […]
Nutrition for Menopause
There is a common misconception around menopause that it has to be miserable for many women. The weight gain, hot flashes, headaches, insomnia, lowered sex drive, loss of hair, thinning, drying skin are just a few symptoms that women are told are quite normal during menopause. They are not uncommon by any means; but they also don’t have to be […]