Why your Environment and Terrain are More Important than Genes
Have you fallen into the treating SNPs rabbit hole? I fell into the mineral balancing world around the same time that the MTHFR community was gaining traction as well. For many reasons, it never sounded right to me to treat…
The Many Health Benefits of Grass-Fed Collagen
What are collagen and Gelatin? Gelatin and collagen are mostly known for their gut healing properties but they are also a great source of natural protein and amino acids. “Gelatin is just a processed version of a structural protein called…
How to Actually Balance Calcium Levels
Mineral Spotlight: All about Calcium Calcium is a mineral that tends to get a bad rap- but in reality it’s calcium supplements that we should be worried about. Real calcium from FOOD that is balanced with other nutrients is essential…
Why Individualized Nutrition is the Key to Healing
I saw a post several years ago that prompted me to write this post. It was of a person that takes about 50 pills in the morning because of the supplements they use for adrenal fatigue. No, not an exaggeration.…
All about the Mineral Manganese
What is Manganese? An Overlooked mineral of Critical Importance When it comes to mineral balancing, we tend to pay more attention to the big players in the game: magnesium, sodium, potassium and calcium. Rarely do we talk about the “other”…
How to Fix your Metabolism with HTMA
The Nervous System and Oxidation Ratio on HTMA The HTMA shows us a bit of an idea on what state your nervous system is in. Slow oxidation (underactive thyroid and adrenal glands) point to a parasympathetic dominance and a sluggish…
You DESERVE Real Self Care
You Need and Deserve Self Care Self Care is still a pretty trendy phrase these days, but I think it can be a very hard concept to get used to if you haven’t been practicing it for a long time.…
Why is there no Informed Consent with Birth Control Use?
Be Cautious with Hormonal Birth Control One of the things that REALLY grinds my gears is when a person says they “have” to be on birth control because of a health condition they have. It’s all I can do to…
Whole Food Vitamin C
Ascorbic acid is NOT Real Vitamin C Whole Food Vitamin C is yet another nutrient that we are lied to about. 90% of the supplements you will see out there that have “vitamin C” on the label are really ascorbic…
Redefining Postpartum Depression
Why We Need to Start Advocating for Better Care of Women During the Postpartum Period There is such a horrible stigma that goes around because of the way the medical community treats illness. Things like anxiety, depression and postpartum depression…
