Are Your Cosmetics Poisoning You?
The average US woman uses 12 personal care products a day, containing 168 different chemicals. While most men use fewer products, they’re still exposed to about 85 such chemicals daily. Many cosmetics are marketed as enhancing a woman’s self-image, but
Is Your Home Clean or Toxic?
Cleaning your home is good for your health – there’s no arguing that. But are you “cleaning” your home in a way that is toxic and harmful to your health? Common household staples such as Tide, Febreze, Clorox, and dishwasher detergents
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
The trillions of bacteria living our gut, making up what is called the gut microbiome, can impact our overall health in numerous, significant ways. When our guts aren’t healthy, everything from our immune systems to our brains can become affected. The
Is Chronic Stress Your New Norm?
With our modern day fast-paced lives now busier than ever and with us experiencing more pressures in life more than ever before, has chronic stress become the norm? Are we now so used to living in a state of chronic
The Microbiome: Making Bacteria Your New Besties
We’ve all heard the saying “listen to your gut.” Sometimes it leads us to late night tacos, but most of the time it’s signaling our body to perform vital functions like absorbing nutrients from the foods we eat and producing
Is A Diet High In Healthy Fats Right For You And Your Liver?
A diet high in healthy fats is important for good cellular function and overall brain health. However, if you have a sluggish liver, which surprisingly a whopping nine out of ten people do nowadays, this approach may have to be
Are You Taking A Narcotic For Your Headaches?
After 24 deaths and 64 cases of serious breathing problems were linked to codeine-containing medications such as tramadol , it’s no wonder that this powerful drug is now considered being reclassified as a schedule 1 narcotic. [1] What is Tramadol? Tramadol
Side Effects of Detoxing
The world you live in has become increasingly toxic. Toxins now appear in everything – from the food you eat, the air you breathe, the products you use, and the medications you take. And as a result, this leaves your body’s
The Dark Side of LED Lighting
LED lighting is 90% more efficient than incandescent light bulbs. It’s no wonder that LED lighting has now become the norm for most households and offices. [1] Even if they are energy efficient, what is it doing to your health?
MTHFR Gene Mutation – A Possible Link to Migraines?
What is MTHFR? The MTHFR gene provides instructions for making methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), an enzyme that converts folic acid into its active form of methyl-folate. This is an extremely important process because methyl-folate plays a role in nearly everything your body