What if light could heal and all you had to do was sit in front of it each day to benefit? Sound too good to be true? It’s not – with red light therapy, light can truly heal. Research has shown that red light therapy reduces muscle and joint inflammation, speeds up recovery and healing,…
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I recently had the opportunity to join the Jeremy Scott Fitness podcast for a powerful conversation about some of the most pressing topics in health and wellness today. 🎙️ During the episode, we explored a wide range of subjects—from the role of GLP-1 medications in weight management and metabolic health, to hormone balance, nutrition, and…
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Nitric oxide – ever heard of it? Although this remarkable molecule may not have a common name, it has a profound impact on human health and physiology. Produced naturally in our bodies, nitric oxide plays a diverse role in maintaining optimal health. With its far-reaching impact on cardiovascular wellness, including blood pressure regulation and arterial…
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When it comes to supporting healthy blood sugar and insulin levels, there are a few key supplements I commonly recommend in my practice. The first one that often comes to mind is berberine. This powerful herbal compound has been well-researched for its ability to help regulate blood sugar levels, support healthy lipid profiles, and even…
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I’m excited to share that I recently joined DeLo for Episode 165 of the On the DeLo podcast! In this conversation, we explored my journey from conventional medicine to creating a purpose-driven, root-cause wellness practice. We talked about the moment I knew I needed to leave my high-stress specialty and why I chose to build…
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So what are the minimum labs we’re looking at when we do hormone replacement therapy? We obviously want to look at an estrogen level, so an estradiol, we definitely want to look at a progesterone level, and we also want to look at least a total testosterone, if not a total and free testosterone. And…
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What about checking lab values when you’re on hormone replacement therapy? I do find it to be helpful, but we also want to consider symptoms. So we always look at labs and symptoms combined when we’re doing hormone replacement therapy. We check labs to make sure that numbers don’t get super, super high, and we…
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Did you know that there’s a difference between food allergies, food sensitivities and food intolerances? Food allergies, the reactions tend to happen pretty immediately and then food sensitivities, the reactions can happen as much as three to four days later after being exposed to the food. And food intolerances have nothing to do with the…
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Eating a wide variety of whole foods is a key way to ensure a nutrient-rich diet full of vitamins and minerals. But what happens when you eat something your body doesn’t agree with? For example, you might eat a food item and suddenly experience digestive symptoms like diarrhea, cramping, and bloating—or these symptoms might not…
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What about adding testosterone replacement for women on hormone replacement therapy? Well, it can be really, really helpful for energy, libido, body composition changes. When we go through menopause we lose about half of our own body’s ability to make testosterone, and so it can be a really helpful part of hormone replacement therapy. Now,…
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What about progesterone therapy in menopause? So if you are on hormone replacement therapy with estrogen and you have a uterus, meaning you have not had a hysterectomy, then you should be on some form of progesterone. The preferred method for progesterone is oral micronized progesterone. And we do like oral progesterone because we do…
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When doing hormone replacement therapy for women, there are about four different ways we can get hormones into the body, especially estrogen. So our estrogens drop, and that’s what gives us the main symptoms of menopause, like hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, mood changes and so on. Vaginal dryness, all those things. So getting estrogen…
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