Wish you could lift your mood sometimes? Here are 5 quick ways to do just that…

Intermittent fasting means just what it says, going for periods of time without food.

The question is whether it might benefit you.

High blood pressure accounts for about 14 percent of all deaths each year. It is the single greatest risk factor for heart disease. And heart disease is the number one cause of death.

If you are familiar with Vitamin K, you may know about its role in normal blood clotting. You may have learned about Vitamin K when it was suggested for your newborn at birth.

That is Vitamin K1.

K2 is the little known but other very important form of Vitamin K.

Many men, and even many women, tend to think of women when they think of fertility… or infertility.

The truth is that about 30% of infertility is due to a “woman problem” such as PCOS or endometriosis. Another 30% is due to “the male factor”, and the final 30% is either unidentified or attributed to both male and female.

A group of researchers in the U.S. just published a study that adds to the now overwhelming body of evidence linking vitamin D to COVID-19.

This study examined the records of 287 patients who were hospitalized for COVID-19 at Boston University Medical Center from March through August of 2020.

You’ve heard that laughter is good medicine.

Just from your own experience you know that you feel good when you laugh. More relaxed, happier, more present.

The act of laughing itself creates endorphins, those feel-good hormones.

MTHFR stands for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase. You can see why it gets abbreviated.

It is an enzyme that plays a very important role in your body.

If you “have MTHFR” what does that mean?

Depression can mean moving through your day, completing tasks, fulfilling responsibilities, but having trouble smiling or finding joy. It may mean using all the energy you have just to get up in the morning and face another day.

Want to be pregnant but so far not happening?

Or not ready for pregnancy, but having infrequent or irregular cycles and know it’s not right?

There are some pretty easy steps you can take that will often remedy this.

Do you keep TUMS or something like that in your house, or even in your purse?

If you are using an antacid often enough to keep them around, that is a red flag for gastro-intestinal imbalance, and overall less efficient health.

Overwhelm, dread, lump in my throat, suffocating, debilitating, afraid, scary, can’t sleep, tense all over, pins and needles in arms and legs, heart racing, heart palpitations, like I’m drowning.

Pain in hips or knees?

Life is busy and demanding. It is really a drag to be keeping all those balls in the air while also hurting.

BEWARE… no matter what diet you follow, how much you exercise or what supplements you take…

There is still one element that can wreck your health and put you at risk for heart disease, diabetes, hypothyroid, autoimmunity and a host of other chronic diseases.

Sleep is absolutely essential for basic maintenance and repair of our neurological, endocrine, immune, musculoskeletal and digestive systems.

Maybe you’ve heard… sitting is the new smoking.

In the U.S. the typical adult is now sedentary for 60% of waking hours and sits an average of 6 hours each day.

So, why is so much sitting so bad?

A South American proverb says, “Good broth will resurrect the dead.” Literally speaking, that might be a bit of a stretch.

But figuratively? Maybe.

You are probably hearing a lot about Vitamin D right now. It has rightfully come into the spotlight due to Covid-19.

So, should you be taking vitamin D? Let’s talk about that.

Why is there so much buzz these days about healing your gut? Well, you may have seen or heard the following quote…“All disease begins in the gut.”

This is the “why” behind 13th Moon Functional Medicine for Women.