Heart Shaped Stone

New Heart Connections

For decades heart health advice centered around eating a healthy diet and including regular exercise in your weekly routine. Eating right and exercising is still important when it comes to taking care of your heart. Emerging research, however, tells us a much bigger picture, as we have come to realize that everything is connected. 

Our heart is deeply connected to the nervous system, gut microbiome, our muscular strength, our sleep and emotional well-being. New findings show that mental stress can influence inflammation, our gut bacteria affects cardiovascular risk, our muscles protect our blood vessels, and our heart repairs during sleep. So what can we do?

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Bitter Melon

Bitter Receptors for Sustainable Weight Management

Most of us associate the word “bitter” with unpleasant flavors — but in the body, bitterness is actually a biological signal for health. Long before modern nutrition science, traditional cultures valued bitter foods and herbs for digestion, appetite balance, and overall wellness. Today, science is catching up.
At the center of this connection are bitter taste receptors — powerful sensory receptors that do far more than help us taste food.
To help us get a better sense of what this means, we looked to someone who specializes in nutrition. We recently hosted an educational webinar with guest speaker, Carolyn Brown, licensed nutritionist and co-founder of Indigo Wellness Group based in Connecticut. She had some things to say about our bitter receptors that exist not only in our mouth, but throughout our entire gastrointestinal tract. They exist in the gut and intestines, the stomach, the pancreas, our lungs, the immune system and even in fat tissue.

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Back to School

Back to School Tips for Parents

Support your child’s return to school with care and confidence. As the summer winds down and the school year approaches, it’s the perfect time to prepare your child for a smooth return to the classroom. Preparing by making sure they have what they need in their wardrobe and school supplies is just part of the…

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Tea Time

If you don’t consume tea, it might be worth trying it out. Tea can be good for you physically, mentally and emotionally too. You can easily find various teas in your local grocery store, either packaged with individual tea bags for a convenient single serving option or you can buy loose leaf tea which allows…

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Healing Your Gut

Do you have gut issues? We were fortunate to sit down with Dr. Ken Brown, Functional Gastroenterologist, from Plano, Texas. As a functional doctor, he focuses on preventing disease as opposed to treating disease. He’s dedicated over 20 years of his practice to specializing in inflammatory bowl disease and irritable bowl syndrome. He also developed…

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Tips for a Healthier Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to come together with loved ones and celebrate. We often indulge and consume more than we’re accustomed to eating on a daily basis. It can be an opportunity to make healthier choices both physically and mentally while still ejoying this special holiday. Here are some tips for a healthier Thanksgiving: Before…

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Is Intermittent Fasting For You?

Some say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Some say to skip breakfast and hold out until you’re really hungry, as intermittent fasting (cycling between periods of eating and fasting) has shown to have many health benefits. Traditional diets often focus on what you eat, where intermittent fasting is primarily concerned with…

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