How to Take the Edge Off: Everyday Strategies to Manage Stress Without Losing Your Mind
Simone McFarlane It creeps up slowly. A twinge behind the eyes, a clenched jaw, the sensation that your to-do list is mocking you. Stress doesn’t need an invitation, and it certainly doesn’t knock. But here’s the kicker—most of us let it stay too long without asking it to leave. The good news? There are tricks, […]
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 […]
Are We Cutting Our Children’s Lives Short?
Dr. Bianca Garilli, ND @DoctorBianca Kitchen Pantry Choices Will Change the Future of the World I had an interesting exchange with a patient recently and it went something like this, “I make very good food choices when I am away from home but once I get home, food choices are much more difficult. I have […]
Managing Grief and Cholesterol with Lifestyle and Homeopathy
Dr. Bianca Garilli, ND @DoctorBianca I recently had the opportunity to work with a 55-year-old female on a combination of concerns ranging from long-standing emotional grief to elevated cholesterol, low energy, sleep concerns and hypertension. The case I am about to review here is not out of the ordinary and is most likely seen in […]
Vitamin N for Children: A Cornerstone for an Effective Lifestyle Medicine Prescription
Dr. Bianca Garilli, ND @DoctorBianca The subject of Vitamin N, or nature’s effects on health has had a resurgent in recent years as our society moves further and further away from a nature-centered lifestyle and, instead, moves into a more technologically based, indoor, sedentary daily routine. Research shows that a sedentary lifestyle consisting mainly of […]