Your Immune System Supports You All Year, Treat it in Kind

Every year I usually long for a little more summer when fall’s cool days take over and winter is sure to follow. But it is these seasonal changes that are good reminders to appreciate what has kept you healthy throughout the year, what has kept you afloat as cold and flu season approaches

The 6 Pillars of Healing: Guest Blog by Dr. Stephen Sinatra

I’ve learned that it’s all the little things that are a part of our daily lifestyles that matter. They eventually add up, and can “make or break” your health. That’s why I recommend these six foundational practices – my “pillars of optimal health” – as long-term lifestyle choices to help you get healthy and stay healthy.

Holistic Vet, Marlene Siegel, talks Gut Health, Toxin Exposure, and Elimination!

If asked, what are the 3 things that could be done for our fur children to keep them healthy, I would answer: Gut health, Reduce toxin exposure, and Detoxify all 6 organs of elimination

Shining a Light on “World Autism Month.”

According to the Autism Society, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disability with signs typically appearing during early childhood. The CDC has determined a staggering number—1 in 59 children—are diagnosed with autism, with boys four times more likely to develop it than girls. 

We Are What We Eat

"You are what you eat." How many times have we heard that saying? Often, it's said to discourage us from over-indulging in sweets and what we generally call "junk food." A more accurate expression, however, would be, "You are what you digest." What we consume literally becomes part of us. The nutrients in a banana assimilate into our bodies, and we excrete what we cannot use.

Yes: what we eat (and digest) becomes us.

Therasage is getting to the Heart of the Matter

Lately we have been hearing a lot of debate in the fitness world over the differences between aerobic and anaerobic exercise. For an example of aerobic activity, think "steady state cardio," such as cycling or running on the treadmill for 30 minutes or more. Anaerobic exercise, on the other hand, includes high intensity interval training (HIIT), which alternates between short bursts of activity followed by longer periods of rest.