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Evidence-Informed Health & Practical Recipes
Articles on digestion, hormones, immune health, and simple recipes to support everyday wellbeing.
Understanding the Gut Barrier: Beyond Intestinal Permeability
Learn how intestinal permeability and the gut's protective mucus layer influence digestion, immunity, food sensitivities, and inflammation. Discover symptoms, testing options, and evidence-based strategies to support gut barrier health.
PMOS (Previously PCOS): Understanding Symptoms, Testing, and Naturopathic Treatment
Learn about PMOS (formerly PCOS), including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, testing, and evidence-based naturopathic treatment options. Discover how nutrition, supplements, and lifestyle strategies can support hormone balance and metabolic health.
Melatonin Benefits Beyond Sleep: The Surprising Roles of Melatonin in Immune Health, Aging, Brain Function, and More
Discover the science-backed benefits of melatonin beyond sleep. Learn how melatonin supports brain health, immunity, mitochondrial function, healthy aging, metabolism, gut health, and more.
Lyme Disease: The Complete Guide to Symptoms, Testing, Tick Bites, Co-Infections, and Prevention
Learn everything you need to know about Lyme disease, including symptoms, stages, testing, co-infections, tick bite prevention, tick removal, and what to do after a tick bite. A comprehensive guide from a naturopathic doctor.
Graves' Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Testing, and Naturopathic Management
Learn the symptoms, causes, testing, and naturopathic management of Graves' disease. Discover how Graves' differs from hyperthyroidism and evidence-based strategies to support thyroid, immune, bone, and muscle health.
Coffee Sensitivity, Genetics, and Liver Detox: Why Caffeine Affects Everyone Differently
Why caffeine causes anxiety, sleep issues, or PMS in some people. Learn how CYP1A2 genetics, liver detox, and hormones affect coffee tolerance.
The Cytokine Theory of Anxiety and Depression: How Inflammation Impacts Mental Health
Chronic inflammation may drive anxiety and depression. Learn how cytokines affect the brain, key lab markers to assess, and a naturopathic approach to immune-related mood disorders.
Using Functional Lab Testing in Naturopathic Practice
Functional testing helps uncover root causes of chronic symptoms when standard labs appear normal. Learn how naturopathic functional testing supports personalized, data-driven treatment plans.
Why Your Deep Sleep is the Night’s Greatest Detoxifier
Discover how detox happens while you sleep. Learn how glymphatic brain clearance, autophagy, mitophagy, and circadian liver detox work overnight to support cellular repair, brain health, and metabolic resilience.
Tips to Beat Jet Lag
Understand how circadian rhythm works and how to reduce jet lag with strategic light exposure, sleep timing, melatonin, and integrative tools for faster recovery.
Fasting Mimicking Diets and Longevity
Fasting-mimicking diets support metabolic health, insulin sensitivity, and autophagy—offering a science-backed metabolic reset without prolonged fasting.
Akkermansia muciniphila: Why This Microbe Matters More Than You Think
Akkermansia muciniphila is a key gut bacterium linked to gut barrier integrity, insulin sensitivity, metabolic health, and inflammation. Learn how it works, why it matters, and how to support it naturally.
Glutathione: The Body’s Master Detoxifier and Antioxidant
Learn how glutathione supports detox, immunity, and antioxidant defense, plus the nutrients and genetic factors that affect glutathione production.
Measures of Healthy Aging That Actually Matter: The Real Longevity Markers You Should Be Tracking
Discover the most evidence-based measures of healthy aging and longevity—including grip strength, calf circumference, walking speed, VO₂ max, HRV, muscle mass, and metabolic markers. Learn what each metric means, why it matters, and how to improve your biological age naturally.
Epstein-Barr Virus, Autoimmunity & Chronic Fatigue: What the New Lupus Research Really Means
Discover how Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) contributes to chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune diseases like lupus, and long-COVID. Learn about reactivation, immune dysregulation, and approaches to supporting long-term recovery.
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Symptoms, Causes, and Naturopathic Management
Learn about Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, including symptoms, causes, diagnostic tests, and naturopathic treatments. Discover evidence-based strategies with selenium, myo-inositol, omega-3, vitamin D, and botanicals to support thyroid health.
The Role of mTOR in Longevity Medicine
Learn how the mTOR pathway influences aging, longevity, metabolism, and chronic disease. Understand what happens when mTOR is overactive or underactive — and how lifestyle, nutrition, and stress influence this essential longevity pathway.
Bone Broth Recipe for Gut Health & Immune Support
Discover how to make collagen-rich bone broth that supports digestion, joints, skin, and overall wellness. Easy, comforting, and nutrient-dense.