Category: Featured
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Vitamin D: What You Need to Know for Your Health
Worldwide interest in the health protective benefits of Vitamin D has increased exponentially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We now know that low Vitamin D levels are common among people of different ethnicities, geographic regions, and age groups. More importantly, low Vitamin D status has a strong association with serious, chronic health conditions…
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Nature’s Remedy Just Beyond Your Front Door
Feeling sluggish? Unmotivated? Stressed? Depressed or anxious? Before you reach for medication, consider a remedy that exists just beyond your front door. Compelling scientific evidence shows the less time children and adults spend in nature, the greater the detriment to our well-being. Here’s a closer look at “nature-deficit disorder” and the health benefits of being…
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Learn to Love Fats & Enjoy (Most) Carbs
When it comes to dietary fats and carbohydrates, advice has varied greatly. The good news is that we do have long-standing wisdom just about everyone can follow for better health. Why We Need Fats In Our Diet Fats are a high-energy fuel source and a necessary macronutrient for all of us. They satisfy hunger, help…
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Toxic Mold Syndrome: Is Your Health at Risk?
Have you seen a news headlines like this one: “Is Black Mold in the Building Where You Work Making You Sick?” Perhaps you skimmed past that article because it didn’t sound relevant to you. You may be surprised to learn that mold can make you sick. In fact, toxic mold syndrome (TMS) is more common…
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Adrenal Fatigue: When Your Body Says Its Had Enough
Without a doubt, we are experiencing more burnout and fatigue today than ever before. In some ways, it’s an epidemic in and of itself. Many of us are facing some level of challenges due to social isolation, financial strain, health challenges and increasing mental health struggles. Very likely you, or someone you know, has said…
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Simple Actions: Big Results Keeping Ourselves and Our Earth Healthy
While there are many opinions about climate change and how best to live our lives, prosper and care for the environment, no one can argue we have seen an increase in wildfires, hurricanes and wacky weather. While it’s hard to sift through all the information out there, here are some things we know, along with ideas for…
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2021 – Reclaim Normalcy During Uncertain Times
Finally, 2020 is behind us and the New Year brings a sense of hope. Even as we move into 2021, normal still has new meaning for how we work, live, and interact with the people in our lives. We may not fully reclaim “what was,” but we can begin to carve out a family and…
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Navigating Change in Uncertain Times
Here’s a truth we’re all facing: none of us is invincible against the winds of change. But we also don’t have to be defenseless. When confronted by tumultuous times, as we have been in 2020, we each have the power to make choices that can move us through uncertainty and difficulty. Regardless of how change…
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Staying Healthy During a Pandemic: Choices You can Make in the Face of COVID-19
Special Edition 2020 Food for Thought “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Edward Everett Hale Staying Healthy During a Pandemic: Choices You can Make in the Face of COVID-19 The current pandemic sparked by the novel Coronavirus and the illness it can cause, COVID-19, has created challenges for…
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Your Kidneys: Essential to Overall Health
Healthy kidneys are essential, not just for the urinary system, but for the entire body. They remove waste and help maintain the body’s internal environment, or homeostasis. Unfortunately, not everyone has healthy kidneys and very few people are even aware when there’s a problem. In fact, 33% of adults in the U.S. (that’s 1 in…