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We are LIVING the (albeit in mostly still a whispered voices underground) REVOLUTION in how we think about health & healthcare! One only needs to know where to look/ listen. All hail the IFM.

Please don't think Atkins or Asprey. Those are pretty much unsustainable— either for you or the environment. This is not that. The...

I hate to use the word cure, but what else would you call it? Reversal, I guess. This is like the third or fourth (frankly, I've lost...

In Chinese medicine school, we had it drummed into our heads how harmful the non-stop onslaught of cold, usually ice-cold, beverages in...

Viral diseases, like SARS-CoV-2, are known for their ability to hijack and destabilize the intracellular environment, creating conditions...

Recent years have taken a toll that’s still catching up with us. Enuma Okoro in the weekend paper got me to thinking about this today—...

L. reuteri, a microbe lost by modern societies, is said to trigger the release of oxytocin in the brain, and with it, a surge in empathy.

The Science In the early phase of the emergence of research on Th17 cells, researchers realized that autoimmunity was being driven by...

The Evidence Only Continues To Mount: How Health Of Your Gut Microbiome Affects Outcome & Risk Of Stroke Previous studies have suggested...

March comes in like a lion, except when it comes in like a lamb. Or when it comes in like a chorus, a symphony and an exquisitely...

Seven simple things we can all teach ourselves (you can even aim for just six) to make our last decades much, much happier. Imagine...

As many as three-quarters of people who recover from Covid-19 report experiencing at least one lingering symptom six months later. Common...

Regular patient/client being followed for typical Standard American Diet health complaints of middle age-- hypertension, atherosclerosis,...

Cassandra Quave, an ethnobotanist at Emory University, searches for plants that may be used to treat life-threatening illnesses. Her lab...

Healthy digestion is at the root of well-being. Traditional medicines like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine build their...

(It could also be low Dhea. Or not getting enough sleep for that matter.) Fewer "good" gut bugs = more stress hormones Researchers at Cal...

Scientists are only just discovering the enormous impact of our gut health – and how it could hold the key to everything from tackling obesity to overcoming anxiety and boosting immunity. If you want to learn more about what’s going on in your gut, the first step is to turn your poo blue.* How long it takes for a muffin dyed with blue food coloring to pass through your system is a measure of your gut health: the median is 28.7 hours; longer transit times suggest your gut isn’

To treat mood and mind, look to the body. Nutritional status, hormone balance, food sensitivities, toxins and digestive function influence not only temperament and attention but also energy levels, sleep quality, and immunity. * ​ The idea that afflictions such as anxiety and autism, ADHD and Alzheimer's & Parkinson's, can be effectively treated, not by administering psychoactive medication, but by investigating and repairing the body's key basic systems, is resisted by most

A University of Alabama neurology research team reports finding abnormally large or small populations of three clusters of bacteria in the guts of Parkinson’s patients: one, a previously reported microbe that produces short-chain fatty acids, was present in low numbers. Two others were present in higher than expected numbers.