The four main heavy metals that can cause health issues are mercury, lead, arsenic, and cadmium. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration1 monitors levels of these “big four” heavy metals in food and drinking water, but some sources inevitably fall through the cracks. (Take the high levels of lead in the water in Flint, Michigan, for example.) Here are four sources of heavy metals to look out for and avoid consuming in high doses....
To give comes from a place deep within us that wants to share what we have with another person. The quality of giving is not, “I’ll go without so you can have,” but is more like, “I have something I’d like to share with you.” The act of real giving evokes a sense of receiving at the same time—it is very enjoyable to share what we have with others, especially with the intention of helping another person out....
This phrase traces back at least a century, with one of the first written records of it coming from a 1907 article in the Leicester Chronicle newspaper in England. “…My friend has what old country women call ‘a Green Thumb,’ that is to say, the gift of making anything and everything grow,” writes Ms. O’Conor Eccles. “Plants will endure liberties at her hands which a less affectionate, though more scientific gardener could not attempt....
However, if you’ve always struggled to reach an ideal daily greens intake (hey, no one is perfect), one supplement solution to consider is a greens powder. We consulted experts to get the scoop on all of their varied benefits, and find the best greens powders out there. While greens powders aren’t a direct substitute nor an excuse to push whole vegetables off your plate, they can help bridge the gap. Some greens powders use a combination of these methods to get their finished product....
Your partner walks into the kitchen in her jogging gear, at ease, a half-smile on her face. There’s perspiration on her forehead. “Hi,” she says. “What’s for dinner?” Your partner’s shoulders stiffen. “You said you’d get some last week.” She removes her earbuds and rolls her eyes. “Wow, you’re in a foul mood,” she says. “And you’re out jogging while I’m cooking us dinner!” you yell. “I mean, do I have to do all the shopping, now, too?...
There is, however, one food group that I consistently find interferes with my patient’s hormone goals. It’s deemed healthy, but time and time again in my practice, I’ve found it to get in the way of my patients’ abilities to find natural hormone balance. Apples, oranges, pineapples, and cranberries have 24, 21, 32, and 31 grams of sugar, respectively. Fruit-filled smoothies often contain more sugar than a candy bar! Cortisol, a glucocorticoid (steroid hormone), is the one that’s known as our fight-or-flight hormonal response....
I’d recently come off a yearlong odyssey healing my Hashimoto’s one lifestyle change at a time, and as part of it had learned the do’s and don’ts of living with my microbiome in mind. I was eating plenty of fiber, dousing my grain bowls in kefir green goddess dressing and kimchi, and washing it all down with homemade kombucha. Small-intestinal bacterial overgrowth is exactly what it sounds like: a type of dysbiosis1, which simply means an imbalance in the trillions of bacteria that take up residence in your gut....
