Healthy Sleep Basics
Healthy Sleep Basics Along with nutrition and exercise, sleep is one of the three pillars of a healthy lifestyle. Healthy sleep improves your health and quality of life in …
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Walking-Friendly Neighborhoods
How walking-friendly is your neighborhood or one you may be thinking of moving to? Walkscore.com can tell you. Used for public health, urban planning, and real estate purposes, it gives ratings …
Food and Social Justice in the United States
Regardless of your history or socioeconomic status, you most likely believe in some form of the “American dream,” the idea that anyone in the US, regardless of race, social …
Peptide Therapy and the Future of Functional Medicine
What Are Peptides? A peptide is a short chain of amino acids that are linked together and can be thought of as a small protein. In our bodies, these …
Menopause Muffin Top? Here’s What to Do About It
For a chosen few over age 45, the ability to keep a svelte figure before, during, and after menopause seems effortless. But for the rest of us, our menopausal …
History and Use of Glyphosate
Glyphosate, first registered for use in the United States in 1974, is an herbicide widely used to kill broadleaf weeds and grasses and regulate the growth of certain plants.1,2 It …
Hemp in Sustainable Technologies
Hemp (Cannabis sativa) has been cultivated for thousands of years. With the recent passage of the Farm Bill and the Hemp Farming Act, hemp is growing in popularity and possibilities. …
Unveiling the Truth About Net Carbs
In some circles “carbs” has become a dirty word, something to be avoided at all costs. Carbs, or carbohydrates, are macronutrients that provide 4 calories per gram and have …
A Happy Gut for the Holidays
A Happy Gut for the Holidays Between the heaps of sugar from cookies and candies and the mountains of gravy from a seasonal roast, the months of November and …
The Ketogenic Diet for Women: Challenges & Solutions
Whether the ketogenic diet is suitable or not for females has stirred up some controversy. Women are in a constant balancing act with nature; as far as biology is concerned, one …