Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND Part 1 Per Oxford Dictionaries online, the definition of panacea in English is as follows: panacea A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases. ‘the panacea for all corporate ills’ ‘the time-honoured panacea, cod liver oil’ Why do I make this connection of a perceived panacea to Vitamin D? Well, first […]
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco The Naturopathic Medicine Path- More Than Just Medicine When I first graduated with my degree in Naturopathic Medicine, I knew it would not be an easy road to trudge down. Just ten short years ago, my follow colleagues and I were well aware that we had more than one purpose
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND The Recent Dietary Trend That Is Causing Waves In Part I, I discussed the current obesity epidemic and the unsuccessful attempts to mitigate it. Obviously, with the weight of the world on the rise, what we are doing isn’t working. Many experts are beginning to realize the old advice of “eat
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND Do We Really Need Another New “Golden Boy” in Nutrition or Do We Need a New Movie Altogether? Part I Consider a study to determine if parachutes can save the lives of people who fall out of planes. The study compares parachutes that are 1sq inch in total surface area to
How Food Can Help Us Stay Healthy and How to Balance Unhealthy Food and Sugar Cravings for the Summer Season (and Always) Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND The first part of this series reviewed all the ways food can be medicine for the body and brain and how “fake food” can cause cravings and unhealthy effects. Sugar
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco How Food Can Help Us Stay Healthy and How to Balance Unhealthy Food and Sugar Cravings for the Summer Season (and Always) With the summer months kicking in, there’s several opportunities to boost healthy lifestyle activities. For example, the shining sun makes it easier to enjoy all the wonderful benefits of
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco Lifestyle and Cancer Risk In the previous article, I discussed some statistics on cancer and how diet and lifestyle play a role in prevention. In this article, I continue with a focus on lifestyle and plant medicine. One article wonderfully exemplified how lifestyle impacts health outcomes. It was a large
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco If you have been paying attention to natural health lately, you probably haven’t been able to escape the explosion of research on the microbiome and its role on health. These little critters that line our insides and take residence in our inner tubes affect everything from our mood to cancer risk.
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @drlobisco Find out how diet, lifestyle, plant medicine, and more can trump “genetic destiny” The Cancer Battle Facts According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 8.2 million deaths occur a year from cancer worldwide. This is an estimated 13% of all deaths globally.1-2 Even more horrifying, WHO has estimated that there will
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco In the first blog, I discussed the biochemical, physiological, and psychological actions of essential oils. In this blog, I’ll dig deeper into some studies that demonstrate the power of essential oils and aromatherapy for mood. In a 2006 article review, “Aromatherapy in the Management of Psychiatric Disorders: Clinical and Neuropharmacological Perspectives,”
