by Jennifer Reid | Dec 3, 2020 | Brain Health, Community
December 2020 Edition What’s New Though you can’t see it happening, every minute of the day we lose about 30,000 to 40,000 dead skin cells off the surface of our skin. That’s almost 9 pounds of cells every year! Here’s a truth we’re all...
by Elaine | Aug 30, 2019 | Autoimmune disease, Brain Health, Functional medicine
Children who recently had a strep infection and then go on to suddenly develop symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette’s, tics, odd behaviors, emotional instability, and other psychiatric and neurological disorders are believed to have PANDAS. PANDAS...
by Elaine | Jun 16, 2019 | Brain Health, Functional medicine
If you have a chronic health or autoimmune condition, chances are you also suffer from brain inflammation. Brain inflammation causes symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue, lack of motivation, and depression. We all have some degree of brain inflammation, but it can...
by Jennifer Reid | Aug 2, 2018 | Brain Health, Functional medicine
Most everyone has heard of SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder, when winter brings on chronic blues. But if you feel better in winter than summer, you may have summer SAD, also called reverse SAD. While the jury is still out on the causes of summer SAD, there are ways...
by Jennifer Reid | Apr 3, 2012 | Autoimmune disease, Brain Health, Fatigue, Functional medicine
Can’t fall asleep? You may need to turn the lights off earlier. Studies show exposure to light after dusk, particularly light from computer screens, iPads, iPhones, televisions, and other electronic items, significantly inhibits the production of melatonin, your...
by Jennifer Reid | Mar 27, 2012 | Autoimmune disease, Brain Health, Digestive health, Functional medicine, Gluten intolerance
For many people, a gluten-free diet erases all their chronic health problems like a magic wand. For others, it doesn’t make a dent, despite a proven gluten intolerance. What gives? A diet that also eliminates dairy, grains, and other foods may be necessary,...
