Study Links High Sugar Intake to Accelerated Biological Aging, Highlights Benefits of a Healthy Diet
A new study published in JAMA Network Open has revealed a connection between high sugar consumption and accelerated biological aging. Researchers investigated the effects of diet and sugar intake on the epigenetic age of a diverse group of midlife women. They found that increased sugar consumption is associated with signs of faster epigenetic aging, while […]
Environmental Factors of Keeping Brain Young
Razi Berry A stimulating environment keeps the “hippocampus” — which is the brain’s memory control center — young, so to speak. Causes of this are molecular mechanisms that affect gene regulation. These current findings from studies in mice provide clues as to why an active, varied life can help preserve mental fitness in old age. […]
Exercising in the Morning May Yield Better Results Than at Night
Razi Berry A new study led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine finds exercising in the morning, rather than at night, may yield better results. This study, published in Cell Metabolism, points to daily timing as a critical variable for metabolic benefits from exercise and implications in chronobiology-based exercise therapy for patients with […]
What Do You Do When People Aren’t Happy for You?
Razi Berry It’s important to have the support of family and friends when we are struggling. It’s the people who know us most intimately that encourage us to do better, to make necessary changes to improve our health, our happiness. It’s also important to have people to inspire us when we actually start making those […]
How we are Loved Early on Impacts us for a Lifetime
Razi Berry Time Well Spent is Time Spent in the Present, Offering True Connection Some of my earliest and most profound memories of my father are of him simply looking at me. He worked a lot when I was young, and his one day off was in the middle of the week, so when I […]
Treating Children with Special Needs: 3 Cutting Edge Approaches
Dr. Shelese Pratt, ND When the Body Goes Rogue – It’s Easier to Figure out When you Understand how the Body is Supposed to Work Over the years I’ve had the honor of working with many challenging, but rewarding complex neurological cases. In naturopathic medical school I learned how to tackle cases by looking at […]
Nature: The Ultimate Gene Whisperer
Part II: Winter Bianca Garilli, ND To Everything There is a Season. From some of the world’s first writings until now, we know there is a time for everything – the yin and the yang, a time to rejoice and a time to rest. The seasonal change of Nature gently nudges us towards winter through […]
Nature: the Ultimate Gene Whisperer Part 1: Autumn
Dr. Bianca Garilli, ND The shadows of the fig tree in my backyard are lengthening towards the north. I sense a shift in the sun in the evenings as I pick the last remaining tomatoes and spaghetti squash from the garden. The tease of a cooling breeze in the pre-dawn minutes nudges me to pull on […]
Can Healthy Gut Bacteria Reduce Your Risk of Cancer?
Dr. Bianca Garilli, ND Humans are Inoculated with Gut Bacteria at Birth Taking into account that the human body is comprised of approximately 10 trillion bacterial cells and only 1 trillion human cells, it’s high time we took these little bugs seriously. As humans, we are inoculated with gut bacteria at birth or, as more recent […]
Nature Over Nurture: How Can Lifestyle Factors Really Effect Cancer Risk? Part 2
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 […]