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Holding Space, to Find Place: Practically applying nutritional therapy for our most vulnerable communities
In the wake of crisis, there will always be home for nourishment. It’s the universal language that speaks to one’s resilient spirit and provi...
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Soothing menopausal dryness from inside out
Vaginal atrophy affects almost half of all menopausal women. Recent studies demonstrate that supplementation with Sea Buckthorn extract can s...
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Like a warm embrace, Poria cocos is the dispensary essential for our time
If we created a modern-day proverb reflecting the therapeutic capacity of Poria cocos (Fu-Ling) it would be ‘the one that takes care of us’. ...
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Probiotic Supplementation and Traditional Fermented Foods for Mood Balance
Humans have been unwittingly consuming good bacteria through fermented foods since the beginning of time. Our Paleolithic ancestors, for ...
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Rhodiola reduces burnout symptoms – preliminary research results
Almost 90 per cent of people with symptoms of burnout improved after taking the herb, Rhodiola rosea for 12 weeks, with some symptoms impr...
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L. rhamnosus HN001 and B. longum BB536 – together regulate gut microbiota
The specific combination of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 and Bifidobacterium longum BB536 has been shown in humans, to significantly impr...
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NAC could be the new, natural flu antidote
Preliminary research in the lung cells infected with Influenza A virus strains has made some exciting discoveries. N-acetylcysteine (NAC),...
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Detecting the B3 deficiency linked to birth defects: The Dosage that makes the Difference
Supplementing women with 140mg of niacin before and during pregnancy could prevent the development of birth defects in infants, according ...
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New insights into adaptogenic activity
As practitioners, we regularly see patients walk into our clinics with a common underlying presenting complaint. “I don’t have the...
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Which kava chemotype are you prescribing?
It is commonly accepted that synergistic interactions are of vital importance in phytomedicines, with the intricate combinations of variou...
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Can probiotics be used as first-line treatment for depression?
There is so much talk about the role of gut microbiota on our health, the roughly 100 trillion-strong band of micro-organisms that live wi...
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IAP – an important key to modern chronic inflammatory diseases
The enzyme, Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase (IAP), is crucial as a modulator of gut health and inflammation, and the good news is diet pla...
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Demethoxycurcumin: Few Findings to Support the Hype
Numerous studies have investigated the pharmacological efficacy of the phytochemical curcumin, however due to its limited bioavailability ...
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