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Recent Posts
- Shift the Care Back to You: Nurse Wellness Package 🩺
- Reflexology and Stress Reduction
- Cardiometabolic Health
- Cortisol
- Genetic SNPs
- Eczema
- Gut Health
- Cortisol and the HPA axis
- Metabolic Syndrome and Toxic Burden
- What is metabolic syndrome?
Shift the Care Back to You: Nurse Wellness Package 🩺
You spend your entire shift advocating for patients, tracking vitals, and running on pure adrenaline and caffeine. But who is looking out for your health? Between flipping schedules, high-stress environments, and skipped meals, your body takes a heavy hit. It’s time to investigate what’s happening under the hood. Designed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals,…
Reflexology and Stress Reduction
Proposed Mechanisms of Stress Reduction Reflexology involves applying pressure to specific reflex points on the feet, hands, ears, or face that are theorized to correspond to internal organs and body systems. The proposed stress-reducing mechanisms include stimulating the release of endorphins, decreasing sympathetic nervous system activity, increasing parasympathetic tone, improving blood circulation, and promoting relaxation…
Cardiometabolic Health
A functional medicine perspective on cardiometabolic health emphasizes identifying and addressing root causes — including chronic inflammation, gut dysbiosis, mitochondrial dysfunction, metabolic inflexibility, nutritional deficiencies, and environmental/lifestyle stressors — rather than treating individual risk factors in isolation. Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Metabolic Inflexibility Mitochondria continuously adapt through fusion and fission; when this balance is disrupted, excessive…
Cortisol
Cortisol: Physiology, Circadian Rhythm, and Dysregulation Cortisol is the body’s primary glucocorticoid hormone, produced by the adrenal cortex. It is heavily involved in regulating glucose metabolism, managing the body’s response to stress, and facilitating adaptation (allostasis). Here is an overview of how cortisol functions, how its rhythms work, and what happens when it becomes dysregulated:…
Genetic SNPs
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common type of genetic mutation that occurs in humans, representing a difference in just a single nucleotide (a single building block of DNA). Testing for SNPs is an increasingly important part of nutritional and preventive medicine because it helps to identify a person’s relative risk for certain diseases…
Eczema
Atopic dermatitis, commonly known as eczema, is a complex condition with causes rooted in immune dysregulation, gut health, nutrient deficiencies, and environmental triggers. Rather than being solely a surface-level skin issue, it is frequently a manifestation of deeper systemic imbalances. We work upstream to get to the root, while you see your mainstream providers for…
Gut Health
1: The Foundation of Mindful Eating Gut Health 101: Mindful Eating starts before your first bite. 🧘♀️🍽️ Did you know that digestion begins in your brain, not your stomach? 🧠✨ To get the most out of your meals, you have to practice mindful eating. Here are two simple steps to try today: • Minimize Distractions:…
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