We’ve all heard about the benefits of Omega-3, EPA and DHA. But we’ve also heard about potential mercury toxicity from fish, and possibly dioxins and polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs), as well. With all of the conflicting information available today, some may decide to just avoid fish altogether. But the research shows that this may do more …
In honor of the incredible Women’s Marches that occurred around the world in January 2017, and International Women’s Day, this post is all about menstrual health. Periods impact half of the world’s population twelve times a year for four decades of their lives – that’s approximately 2,400 days of bleeding and that doesn’t count the …
Does our microbiome and brain affect our mental health interchangeably? Increasing studies are showing that they do, in fact, play a pivotal role in anxiety disorders. Anxiety, a hidden burden that affects nearly 40 million people in the United States. Nearly seven million adults and one in eight children have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.1 …
For many women, breast cancer is a bad guy lurking just around the corner. My grandmother had it; my mom had it; both of my husband’s grandmothers succumbed to it. I look at my young daughters and worry that, with such a strong family history, they will have to live through it too. It’s easy …
Urtica dioica, or stinging nettles, grows in the wild throughout most of North America, Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. Found in shady areas with moist soil, such as along rivers, lakes, ditches, and fence-rows, dense clusters of nettles can grow to heights of eight feet at maturity. Their green leaves are jagged, with pointed tips …