Brain Fog Part 6: Candida Overgrowth
Candida Overgrowth? So often, candida overgrowths reveal a system under chronic stress and out of balance. While it might seem important to “treat” the overgrowth, it is merely a symptom revealing a…
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Long-form guides, protocols, and reflections for clients navigating nervous system regulation, colon hydrotherapy, and metabolic healing.
Chocolate Fudge
"BUT IT HELPS CONTROL MY BODY" pleaded a little one at the market, hoping to convince his mother to buy him some chocolate. I'm always amazed at the innate wisdom in children, specifically when it co…
Befriending Cholesterol & Saturated Fat
Some questions to consider: - What if everything we thought we knew about “healthy fats” and having high cholesterol is backwards? - What if most of the nutritional claims we take to be true are fund…
Endotoxin, Carrots, and Gut-Healing Diets
Nutrition Experiments I enjoy staying open and changing my mind about nutrition. With every dietary shift, I am finding new and sometimes controversial ways to nourish our cells, increase energy prod…
Stress, Adaptation, & Repair
Understanding the Stages of Stress Key Points: - Chronic stress of all varieties, even imagined, leads to maladaptive adaptation in which the body grows accustomed to heightened levels of stress horm…
The Trauma-Brain-Gut Connection
“It's all in your head” is a phrase often tossed around by doctors failing to understand certain symptoms when lab tests come back normal. There is some truth to this statement, especially in the con…
Fecal Matter Transplant: At Home
After some standard blood work and testing nine samples of his stool, my fiancee was dubbed safe-HIV and parasite free, that is-to be a donor. With a smile on his face, he blended up his beet-tinted…
Hormonal Birth Control & Post-Birth Control Syndrome
Hormones took a sharp turn in the 1960s, with rippling repercussions largely influencing the current epidemic of chronic disease, gut disorders, and autoimmune conditions among young women. While som…
Brain Fog Part 5: Tension
Brain Fog, Calcification, and Myofascial Release Knots, constrictions, adhesions, and overly sore muscles filled with lactic acid often form as defense mechanisms from some initial trauma. Our body i…
Brain Fog Part 4: Magnesium
Magnesium, Brain Fog, and What to do About it (scroll to bottom for action steps) This might sound dramatic or overly serious, but the body will not function properly or heal from chronic illness if…