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WholisticMatters Podcast Series with John P. Troup, PhD | Episode 68 | Patient Education and A Wholistic Perspective | Interviewing Simon Agger, DC
Simon Agger, DC, is a consulting practitioner for the Oregon Ballet Theater and runs his own practice, Agger Chiropractic &...
Podcast • August 21, 2019 • 30:22 min
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Neuroplasticity Part II with Ryan Lazarus, DC, MSc, CNS
Ryan Lazarus, DC, MSc, CNS, presents neuroplasticity, reviewing the various conditions associated with neuroplasticity as well as brain-derived...
Download • August 20, 2019 • 5 min readBookmark PREMIUM
Neuroplasticity Part I with Ryan Lazarus, DC, MSc, CNS
Ryan Lazarus, DC, MSc, CNS, presents neuroplasticity, defining the concept and reviewing its history. Lazarus compares and contrasts functional...
Download • August 20, 2019 • 5 min readBookmark PREMIUM
Endocannabinoid System: Activation, Omega-3s, and Key Functions
What are the major components of the endocannabinoid system (ECS)? How do omega-3 fatty acids and the ECS act synergistically?...
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The Full Hemp Oil Profile
What’s the difference between hemp and marijuana? Between hemp oil and seed oil? Between hemp and CBD? This helpful infographic...
Download • August 19, 2019 • 1 min readBookmark 
Antioxidants and Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction
Almost 50 percent of Americans have at least one major risk factor for heart disease. What can be done to...
Article • August 19, 2019 • 3 min readBookmark PREMIUM
WholisticMatters Podcast Series with John P. Troup, PhD | Episode 66 | Phytochemicals, Bitter Receptors, and Carbohydrate Processing | Interviewing Slavko Komarnytsky, PhD
Slavko Komarnytsky, PhD, from the N.C. State University Plants for Human Health Institute, returns to the WholisticMatters podcast series with...
Podcast • August 16, 2019 • 23:02 minBookmark 
WholisticMatters Podcast with John P. Troup, PhD | Episode 65 | Culinary Wellness and Why He Became A Chef | Interviewing Mark Allison
In this podcast episode we follow the career and life of Chef Mark Allison, current executive chef at Cabarrus Health...
Podcast • August 10, 2019 • 40 minBookmark 
Fruits and Vegetables
As part of the WholisticMatters Color of Food series, this booklet presents the top 20 fruits and top 20 vegetables...
Download • August 9, 2019 • 10 min readBookmark 
Color of Food: Top Crops and Phytoactives
13 crops. Multiple phyoactives. Endless colors. The WholisticMatters Color of Food series takes you through some of the most nutrient-...
Download • August 9, 2019 • 2 min readBookmark
Antioxidants and Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction
Almost 50 percent of Americans have at least one major risk factor for heart disease. What can be done to...
Article • August 19, 2019 • 3 min readBookmark PREMIUM
A New Regulatory Framework for Cannabis As A Plant-based Product
In a recent issue of the peer-reviewed journal HerbalGram published by the American Botanical Council (ABC), authors discuss a long-term...
Article • August 5, 2019 • 1 min readBookmark 
Specialized Pro-resolving Mediators and Omega-3s
Specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) exist at the heart of the physiological response vital for resolving inflammation. Inadequate inflammation...
Article • August 5, 2019 • 3 min readBookmark 
More Plants, Less Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis from Harvard
A systematic review and meta-analysis of nine prospective observational studies, including more than 300,000 participants and more than 23,000...
Article • August 5, 2019 • 2 min readBookmark 
Take Care of Your Liver, and Your Liver Will Take Care of You
The liver plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism, balancing blood glucose levels, and lipoprotein synthesis and metabolism. [1] Balance...
Article • July 29, 2019 • 3 min readBookmark 
Herbal Approaches to Digestive Health
The fast-paced Western lifestyle offers many exciting opportunities; however, the human body was not necessarily designed to keep up with...
Article • July 25, 2019 • 5 min readBookmark PREMIUM
Berberine for Gut & Metabolic Health
Phellodendron bark, golden seal, Oregon grape, and many other herbs have something in common: berberine, a natural substance associated with...
Article • July 20, 2019 • 1 min readBookmark 
Black Cumin Seed for Digestion, Metabolism, and Women’s Health
Black cumin seed (Nigella sativa) is an herb known for its relief of indigestion, arthritis, and asthma among many other...
Article • July 20, 2019 • 1 min readBookmark 
Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Heart Health
Poor nutrition is responsible for up to half of all deaths from heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, and...
Article • July 15, 2019 • 2 min readBookmark 
What is Metabolic Syndrome?
There are various definitions of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). Essentially, it is a group of metabolic conditions that are major risk...
Article • July 1, 2019 • 2 min readBookmark 
The Whole Food Advantage: System of Care to Address the American Health Challenge
John Troup, PhD, describes the “Great American Dietary Experiment” that has led to chronic disease states and challenges experienced by...
Video • July 8, 2019 • 11:29 min watchBookmark PREMIUM
Managing Stress and Resolving the Inflammatory Response
Carina Kern, PhD, shares the basics and recent clinical insights about inflammation: why it matters and why a systems approach...
Video • July 8, 2019 • 18:14 min watchBookmark PREMIUM
Role of Hormones
Erika Schwartz, MD, founder and medical director of Evolved Science, discusses the role of hormones in aging and addressing stress....
Video • June 26, 2019 • 5:31 min watchBookmark 
The Endocannabinoid System: Part 2 – Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Inflammation
CB2 receptors are present on cells throughout the immune system and are involved in resolving inflammation. Your immune system often...
Video • June 24, 2019 • 2:00 min watchBookmark 
The Endocannabinoid System – Part 1
What is the endocannabinoid system and how does it work? The endocannabinoid system, or ECS, is a body-wide signaling network...
Video • June 24, 2019 • 1:45 min watchBookmark 
Managing Stress with Whole Food Magnesium
We are stressed. About money, work, family, the news. Hopefully you have helpful stress management techniques like meditation and exercise,...
Video • June 24, 2019 • 2:10 min watchBookmark 
The Nervous System and Inflammation
Christopher Bump, DC, MS, DCBCN, IFMCP, explores neuroinflammation in the chiropractive practice from a nutritional and metabolic perspective. Topics...
Video • June 10, 2019 • 52:26 min watchBookmark PREMIUM
Brain Health, the Omega-3 Index, and the Western Diet
BrainSpan Founder and CEO Dan Johnston, MD, MPH, discusses the history of human civilization in the context of human health...
Video • June 10, 2019 • 33:54 min watchBookmark PREMIUM
Practical Applications of Nutrient Support for Military Personnel – Part 1
Kate Burks, MS, RD, CSSD, LD, discusses concussion in military personnel, nutrients like omega-3s and vitamin D, musculoskeletal injury,...
Video • June 10, 2019 • 28:09 min watchBookmark PREMIUM
Practical Applications of Nutrient Support for Military Personnel – Part 2
Laurel Wentz, PhD, RD, CSSD, LDN, discusses nutrition status in military personnel, including nutrition and immune modulation, traumatic brain...
Video • June 10, 2019 • 20:05 min watchBookmark PREMIUM
WholisticMatters Podcast Series with John P. Troup, PhD | Episode 68 | Patient Education and A Wholistic Perspective | Interviewing Simon Agger, DC
Simon Agger, DC, is a consulting practitioner for the Oregon Ballet Theater and runs his own practice, Agger Chiropractic &...
Podcast • August 21, 2019 • 30:22 minBookmark
WholisticMatters Podcast Series with John P. Troup, PhD | Episode 66 | Phytochemicals, Bitter Receptors, and Carbohydrate Processing | Interviewing Slavko Komarnytsky, PhD
Slavko Komarnytsky, PhD, from the N.C. State University Plants for Human Health Institute, returns to the WholisticMatters podcast series with...
Podcast • August 16, 2019 • 23:02 minBookmark
WholisticMatters Podcast with John P. Troup, PhD | Episode 65 | Culinary Wellness and Why He Became A Chef | Interviewing Mark Allison
In this podcast episode we follow the career and life of Chef Mark Allison, current executive chef at Cabarrus Health...
Podcast • August 10, 2019 • 40 minBookmark 
WholisticMatters Podcast with John P. Troup, PhD | Episode 64 | Introducing Culinary Wellness | Interviewing Meghan Hamrock, MS, MPH, and Mark Allison
Host John P. Troup, PhD, speaks with Meghan Hamrock, MS, MPH, CHWC and Chef Mark Allison on the new Culinary...
Podcast • August 8, 2019 • 10:34 minBookmark 
Bassem El-Khodor, PhD, on Detox vs. Purification vs. Cleanse
John Troup, PhD, talks to Bassem El-Khodor, PhD, a prominent thought leader on detox. El-Khodor discusses the different terms used...
Podcast • June 24, 2019 • 21:16 minBookmark 
Live at IHS 2019: Major Trends in Nutrition with Dr. Christopher Bump
Live at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium (IHS) 2019, WholisticMatters podcast host John Troup, PhD, talked to Christopher Bump, DC, MS,...
Podcast • May 31, 2019 • 28:17 minBookmark 
Oats, Bitter Compounds, and a Lifetime of Plant Study
Eric Jackson, PhD, is currently the Chief Technical Officer for 25:2 Solutions and the architect of the company’s NATIVCROP Lab....
Podcast • May 31, 2019 • 35:36 minBookmark 
Sustainability and Farming with N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler
N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has been in office for four terms now, and he sat down with WholisticMatters podcast series...
Podcast • May 30, 2019 • 22:00 minBookmark 
Pro-resolving Mediators and Underlying Inflammation
Jesmond Dalli, PhD, and WholisticMatters podcast host John Troup, PhD, discussed addressing the underlying problems of inflammation at the 2019...
Podcast • May 28, 2019 • 23:40 minBookmark 
Managing Inflammation with Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Andrew Heyman, MD, describes the importance of lipids in the body on the cellular level, on the subcellular level, and on the organ system level.
Podcast • April 9, 2019 • 22:43 minBookmark
Neuroplasticity Part II with Ryan Lazarus, DC, MSc, CNS
Ryan Lazarus, DC, MSc, CNS, presents neuroplasticity, reviewing the various conditions associated with neuroplasticity as well as brain-derived...
Download • August 20, 2019 • 5 min readBookmark PREMIUM
Neuroplasticity Part I with Ryan Lazarus, DC, MSc, CNS
Ryan Lazarus, DC, MSc, CNS, presents neuroplasticity, defining the concept and reviewing its history. Lazarus compares and contrasts functional...
Download • August 20, 2019 • 5 min readBookmark PREMIUM
Endocannabinoid System: Activation, Omega-3s, and Key Functions
What are the major components of the endocannabinoid system (ECS)? How do omega-3 fatty acids and the ECS act synergistically?...
Download • August 19, 2019 • 1 min readBookmark
The Full Hemp Oil Profile
What’s the difference between hemp and marijuana? Between hemp oil and seed oil? Between hemp and CBD? This helpful infographic...
Download • August 19, 2019 • 1 min readBookmark
Fruits and Vegetables
As part of the WholisticMatters Color of Food series, this booklet presents the top 20 fruits and top 20 vegetables...
Download • August 9, 2019 • 10 min readBookmark
Color of Food: Top Crops and Phytoactives
13 crops. Multiple phyoactives. Endless colors. The WholisticMatters Color of Food series takes you through some of the most nutrient-...
Download • August 9, 2019 • 2 min readBookmark 
Color of Food: Phytonutrients, Health Benefits, and Color
What phytonutrients are associated with specific colors and health benefits? From flavones to chlorophyll, this downloadable handout explains...
Download • August 9, 2019 • 1 min readBookmark 
Color of Food: Crops and Phytoactives
From beetroot to Brussels sprouts, this downloadable poster provides an overview of the crops featured in the WholisticMatters Color of...
Download • August 9, 2019 • 1 min readBookmark 
Essential Omega Fatty Acids
Essential fatty acids such as omega-3 and omega-6 are key components of a healthy diet. This series of infographics serves...
Download • July 25, 2019 • 4 mins min readBookmark 
The Brilliant Benefits of Plant-based Magnesium
Of the many forms of magnesium to choose from, natural, plant-based magnesium supplements are a superior choice. Learn more.
Download • June 27, 2019 • 2 min readBookmark Trending Articles
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