Pumpkin Seed Chicken: A Winter Meal to Boost Your Mood

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If you start feeling down or overwhelmed by the winter blues, a great first step is making sure your diet isn’t causing your low mood. Certain nutrients are really important for the effective production and signaling of neurotransmitters that dictate our moods. It may be time … Read the rest

5 Fantastic Adrenal Supplements

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Support When You’re Stressed

There is some controversy around the term “adrenal fatigue” as it is hard to define or diagnose. In fact, much of Western medicine doesn’t recognize this diagnosis. However, the phenomenon of chronic stress taking a toll on the body is very real … Read the rest

How Long Does It Take for Vitamins to Work?

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So, you’ve decided to start supplementing with something new. Maybe it’s calcium because you’re concerned with bone density, maybe it’s methylfolate because you’ve heard of its mood-boosting capabilities. Maybe you’ve just switched to a new multivitamin formula. Now you’re paying attention to how your body … Read the rest

Estrobolome: Gut Health and Hormones

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What is the Estrobolome?

The word “estrobolome” hints at its meaning. You probably recognize the “estro-” of estrogen and the “-ome” from microbiome. The estrobolome is a group of microbes that can influence the estrogen balance in your body. Yes, this applies to all humans on … Read the rest

Eating for Hormone Balance

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Hormone Balance Recipe: Broccoli Kimchi Fried Rice

Hormones are incredibly important to your physiology. A steady flow of these tiny chemical messengers is responsible for mediating your mood, energy level, metabolism, fertility, and many of the structural changes to your body. When your hormones are imbalanced, … Read the rest

How to Boost Testosterone Levels Naturally

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With respect to the gender spectrum, we try avoid using terms like “men” and “women” in an exclusive, binary manner. We will, however, in this article be using biological terms “male(s)” and “female(s)” as they relate to physiology assigned at birth. With that said, this article … Read the rest

Glycine’s Benefits: Why Take a Glycine Supplement?

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Glycine is a proteinogenic amino acid, which means it is among the amino acids used as building blocks for proteins. It is the simplest (and smallest) amino acid. Glycine benefits include improvements to fatigue, skin health, mental health, and inflammation.

What Does Glycine Do?

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Sleep Age: A New Metric for Mortality

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A study from Stanford Medicine has given us a new metric by which to predict mortality: sleep age.

What is Sleep Age?

Your “sleep age” is a projected age associated with your level of health. 

People tend to sleep differently at different ages. And, changes in … Read the rest

4 Foods that Weaken Immune System Health

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We have plenty of resources available in this blog and on our website about what you can do to boost your immune system. The other side of the healthy-immune-system coin, however, is avoiding the foods that weaken immune system health. 

By removing the damaging ingredients from … Read the rest