Summer is here. Do you enjoy spending your time at the beach or prefer quieter places, hiking in nature far from the crowd?
Did you know that you could get infected with Lyme disease after a tick bite? Tick are natural carrier of the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease and infected tick can not only found in the North east but now in many states including California.
Each year, approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to ...
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By Amanda Miller MS, RN Clinical Integrative Nutrition Nurse Consultant
Vitamin A packs a powerful punch when it comes to its benefits to the body. Working as both a powerful antioxidant and a fat soluble vitamin, Vitamin A takes the cake as a crucial nutrient for summer, and for any season for that matter!
Found in two forms in nature, Vitamin A either comes as its active form of retinol or its inactive form of beta carotene. Retinol is found mostly ...
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Ahhhh, summer. So many wonderful things that we look forward to all year. The kids are out of school and there’s more time for the unstructured and fun.
But sometimes a house full of people with unstructured time can also mean more noise and stress. When we start feeling stressed, there’s a quick, simple mindfulness practice that may help. This is a mental exercise to decrease the reactivity we have throughout the day. This one can even ...
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By Jean-Marc Sobczyk, MD ND
Should we consider testing Men for MTHFR mutations ?
Why is it important and what is the function of the MTHFR enzyme?
MTHFR (Methylene Tetra Hydro Folate Reductase) converts (contained in high amount in Dark Leafy Greens) into its active form, known as methylfolate. Methylfolate is then used to create news cells or repair the damaged ones, provides the material to make DNA , helps our body getting rid of toxins.
When trying to conceive, it is crucial ...
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By: Amanda Miller MS, RN Clinical Integrative Nutrition Nurse Consultant
When thinking of essential nutrients for Men’s health, you would likely skip over this one – yet it is required for several important processes within the body, carried out hundreds of times every day.
I am talking about Choline, an essential micronutrient used in the process of methylation, used for nerve signaling, detoxification, and to create DNA.
Snapshot of Choline’s roles in the body:
“When a baby is born, so is a father.”
By Edison de Mello, MD, PHD
Being a dad is so much more than passing on genes to our offspring. It’s about compassion, patience, and careful listening. It is about being present. And so, for this Father’s Day, I want to honor the people who taught me those invaluable skills: my kids.
As we continue to evolve past the stereotype of the traditional meaning of fatherhood – breadwinner, strong, hardworking, man-of-the-house – we have come to understand ...
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By Bren Boston, MD
Aging in men does not carry the same taboo as it does for women. There is not the same pressure to dye your gray hair and botox your wrinkles if you are a guy. But men have the same desire for longevityand prolonging the feeling of vitalityas women.
Healthy aging requires a whole lifestyle approach:
As ...
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By: Amanda Miller MS, RN Clinical Integrative Nutrition Nurse Consultant
Anyone trying to promote women’s health, a healthy pregnancy, and a safe birth is probably confused by competing research regarding folic acid.
Unfortunately, research is never black and white and confusion can set in — even for trained researchers.The fortification of our food supply with folic acid in 1998 reduced spina bifida birth defects by 19 percent. Great! But some estimate it may have caused an additional 15,000 cancer deaths per year. ...
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By Bren Boston, MD
Many women who enter the transition into menopause will say, “I’m so frustrated! I can’t remember the word that’s on the tip of my tongue, or where I left my keys!”
While some of this can be chalked up to the fact that women in mid-life are typically juggling their whole family’s schedules, to-do lists, and endless multitasking, a decline in estrogen also plays a role.
Our brains have estrogen (estradiol) receptors that mediate protection of our brain cells (neurons). The ...
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Maggie Ney, ND
How frustrating is it to be eating well and exercising but not see a change in your body? This is a very common experience among the women I see in my practice. Understanding weight loss and metabolism is so much more complex and interesting than calorie in and calorie out. When weight is stagnant, despite a healthy diet and exercise, it is essential to do a comprehensive review of your entire health so that all variables that affect metabolism ...
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The Akasha center is great both medically and spiritually. Every person here is incredibly friendly. Dr. de Mello is not only brilliant and an expert, he is also k…
