Heather's Mold Recovery
When Heather was 7, her parent’s house flooded, and just around that time, she developed an incessant cough that lasted throughout her entire childhood and into adulthood (3:38). It wasn’t until 40 years later that she connected the dots: while her parents thought they’d gotten rid of the hidden mold in their house, Heather’s body was being detrimentally affected from mold toxicity every minute she was inside.
Mitzi's Mold Recovery Story
Many people dealing with mold toxicity aren't aware of the root cause of their health issues, often attributing symptoms like fatigue, aches, and trouble breathing to other conditions. This is exactly what Mitzi experienced after being exposed to mold in her mother's home before developing an array of health issues.
Micki's Mold Recovery Story
Chronic illness can be incredibly debilitating and frustrating, especially when you’re not getting any answers from your healthcare provider! So what do you do when you’re tired of feeling sick, but you don’t know where to turn next?
Create Midlife Magic: Assess and Optimize These Six Areas
Midlife can bring a time of reckoning–that you are aging, that your parents are aging, that your kids are aging and moving out, that your marriage has timed out and is no longer working in its current state. In this article, I’ll give you some ideas on how to get creative and ‘light-producing’ in what can feel like a dark time.
Jessica's Mold Recovery Story
Mold toxicity can cause bodywide symptoms, such as exhaustion and joint aches, that can be difficult to attribute to any specific condition at first. Because doctors often misdiagnose mycotoxicity, those dealing with this issue often have to take their health into their own hands.
Marlon's Mold Recovery Story
What would you do if you could taste everything your hands touch? What if your body is hypersensitive to heat that you literally feel your skin stinging? What if your brain feels so foggy that you start doubting your own sanity? Marlon Chapman experienced these symptoms and more; read on to learn how he healed!
The Hormone-Brain-Axis: Are You Supporting It?
As you age, you need to fuel your body to preserve as much ‘youthfulness’ of your brain and hormones as possible. Many of you are already healthy eaters. So today I want to focus on an aspect I see missing in our community—a focus on building muscle mass through exercise and eating protein.
How Your Energy Levels Are Affected by Toxins
Are toxins lowering your energy? Your mitochondria make you energy and keep every cell functioning at its best. Life is so much better...or so much worse...depending on your mitochondria. So let’s learn about these unique little powerhouses and how to take good care of them.
Things to Consider Before Choosing a Multivitamin
Do you know how to choose a multivitamin? We rely on supplements to give us what our diets don’t. Grocery store shelves are overflowing with generic vitamins that offer little nutritional value, so it’s important to know what to look for when choosing the best multivitamins for your unique needs!
Vitamin D: How a Deficiency Is Hurting You
Do you spend most of your time indoors, slather on sunscreen before going outside, or live in the northern half of the United States? If you answered yes to any of these, then you probably have a vitamin D deficiency!
How to Choose the Best Type of Magnesium for You
Magnesium, dubbed “nature’s chill pill,” is a mineral involved in over 300 crucial biological processes. But there are a ton of different types of magnesium. So, choosing one isn’t as easy as you think! But don’t worry. In this article, we’ll go over five different types of magnesium and explain the upsides (and downsides) of each one.
Healthy Fats for Immunity, Gut Health, and Inflammation
Every cell in our body has a membrane that is made up of mostly fat. Fats are critical, but it’s important to get the right kind. In this article, we explore differences between dietary fats, sources of “good” fat, and the benefits of fat for immunity, gut health, and inflammation.
Can You Get Enough Nutrients from Diet Alone?
Can you get enough nutrition from diet alone? This is a hotly debated question! I have been in the health field since 2000 and I now know you cannot get adequate daily nutrition from diet alone. In this article, I’ll explain how I came to this conclusion, and the daily essential vitamins I take to ward off nutritional deficiencies.
Folate vs Folic Acid: What You Need to Know
Although many people use the terms interchangeably, folate and folic acid are two distinct forms of vitamin B9. If you’re dealing with chronic health conditions, or if you’re pregnant, it’s crucial for you to know the differences between these two forms of vitamin B9—one of them can cause a lot of problems!
Top Ten Nutrients for Immunity
Amidst the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the natural next step is understanding how to boost your immune system to keep yourself, your family and everyone else healthy. This article discusses the ten best nutrients for immune system function, which are particularly urgent right now.
Intestinal Parasites: What You Need to Know
Parasites have been around a long time so it’s surprising I didn’t learn about them in my Chinese medicine training. Included was more on febrile disease, which was probably more of a terminal threat back then.
Stages of Recovery from Chronic Illness
Healing your body will be a roller coaster, but you can make it a kiddie roller coaster and not that great big loopy-do roller coaster by practicing awareness and good habits.
The Mold-Thyroid Connection
Did you know the Salem Witch Trials could be blamed on foods contaminated with toxic mold? Moldy ergot growing on rye in the 16th and 17th centuries has been linked with witch trials! Mold has been among us for a long time! This article highlights common places to find it, effects of mycotoxin exposure, and how to test for it.
Gluten Exposure and High Histamine Symptoms
Gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye grains, is known to be difficult for many people to digest properly. Unfortunately, gluten is found in so many different foods and products, such as breads, noodles, desserts, cereals and others made with flour, that it's hard to avoid entirely unless you're very careful
Mold Toxicity and Histamine Intolerance: What’s the Connection?
Some foods are a double whammy for people with mold toxicity. That’s because many foods that grow mold easily are also high in histamines, adding more fuel to the inflammation fire. Think you may be struggling with histamine intolerance? Learn the common symptoms and some helpful solutions in this article!