The Science of a Gut Feeling: The Gut-Brain Axis
The gut-brain axis communicates between the gut and brain and facilitates the relationship between gut health and brain health. Supporting the...
Article • September 17, 2022 • 4 min read
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The Role of the HPA Axis in Stress
The HPA axis coordinates the body’s response to short- and long-term stress. Supporting HPA axis balance through a healthy diet, stress-modulating...
Article • September 10, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
Top Health Challenges for Men and Women
Men and women do not always experience similar level of risk for certain diseases. Some conditions are more prevalent in one sex compared to the...
Article • June 25, 2022 • 3 min readBookmark
A Deep Dive into Men’s Health: Prostate and Bladder Concerns
Conditions affecting the prostate and bladder are common in men, especially in older age. Adopting healthy habits such as consuming a balanced diet,...
Article • June 18, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
What Does It Mean to Be Healthy?
Giving “health” a precise definition is challenging. Health encompasses mental health, spiritual health, financial health, and physical health....
Article • June 4, 2022 • 6 min readBookmark
The Science of a Gut Feeling: The Gut-Brain Axis
The gut-brain axis communicates between the gut and brain and facilitates the relationship between gut health and brain health. Supporting the...
Article • September 17, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
The Role of the HPA Axis in Stress
The HPA axis coordinates the body’s response to short- and long-term stress. Supporting HPA axis balance through a healthy diet, stress-modulating...
Article • September 10, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
Top Health Challenges for Men and Women
Men and women do not always experience similar level of risk for certain diseases. Some conditions are more prevalent in one sex compared to the...
Article • June 25, 2022 • 3 min readBookmark
A Deep Dive into Men’s Health: Prostate and Bladder Concerns
Conditions affecting the prostate and bladder are common in men, especially in older age. Adopting healthy habits such as consuming a balanced diet,...
Article • June 18, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
What Does It Mean to Be Healthy?
Giving “health” a precise definition is challenging. Health encompasses mental health, spiritual health, financial health, and physical health....
Article • June 4, 2022 • 6 min readBookmark
Supporting Women’s Health Throughout the Lifecycle
Women’s bodies face a variety of changes throughout the lifecycle. Through puberty, childbearing years, perimenopause, menopause, and beyond,...
Article • May 28, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
What Is The Endocannabinoid System?
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) consists of cannabinoid receptors, endocannabinoid molecules, and metabolic enzymes. All three parts work together...
Video • April 17, 2022 • 13:42 min watchBookmark
Minerals: Inorganic Cofactors for Healthy Cells
Minerals are vital cofactors for many reactions and have diverse functions throughout the cells in the body. Altered metabolism of micronutrients due...
Article • March 12, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
Immune Herbs: Tonics Vs. Enhancers Vs. Stimulators
Medicinal herbs work in the human body to impact physiological processes through a variety of actions. One herb may act...
Podcast • February 4, 2022 • 32:16 minBookmark
While cholesterol can come from the diet, the body makes enough cholesterol on its own. High levels of LDL cholesterol impact the risk for heart...
Article • January 22, 2022 • 3 min readBookmark
The Science of a Gut Feeling: The Gut-Brain Axis
The gut-brain axis communicates between the gut and brain and facilitates the relationship between gut health and brain health. Supporting the...
Article • September 17, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
The Role of the HPA Axis in Stress
The HPA axis coordinates the body’s response to short- and long-term stress. Supporting HPA axis balance through a healthy diet, stress-modulating...
Article • September 10, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
Top Health Challenges for Men and Women
Men and women do not always experience similar level of risk for certain diseases. Some conditions are more prevalent in one sex compared to the...
Article • June 25, 2022 • 3 min readBookmark
A Deep Dive into Men’s Health: Prostate and Bladder Concerns
Conditions affecting the prostate and bladder are common in men, especially in older age. Adopting healthy habits such as consuming a balanced diet,...
Article • June 18, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
What Does It Mean to Be Healthy?
Giving “health” a precise definition is challenging. Health encompasses mental health, spiritual health, financial health, and physical health....
Article • June 4, 2022 • 6 min readBookmark
Supporting Women’s Health Throughout the Lifecycle
Women’s bodies face a variety of changes throughout the lifecycle. Through puberty, childbearing years, perimenopause, menopause, and beyond,...
Article • May 28, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
Minerals: Inorganic Cofactors for Healthy Cells
Minerals are vital cofactors for many reactions and have diverse functions throughout the cells in the body. Altered metabolism of micronutrients due...
Article • March 12, 2022 • 4 min readBookmark
While cholesterol can come from the diet, the body makes enough cholesterol on its own. High levels of LDL cholesterol impact the risk for heart...
Article • January 22, 2022 • 3 min readBookmark
Iron Needs for Female Athletes
Females require a significantly higher intake of iron than males, mostly to make up for the amount that is lost during menstruation. Female athletes...
Article • January 2, 2022 • 3 min readBookmark
Supporting Restorative Sleep with Herbal Adaptogens
Correction of HPA axis abnormalities with agents that can modulate and restore homeostasis within the endocrine and nervous system such as herbal...
Article • November 6, 2021 • 2 min readBookmark
What Is The Endocannabinoid System?
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) consists of cannabinoid receptors, endocannabinoid molecules, and metabolic enzymes. All three parts work together...
Video • April 17, 2022 • 13:42 min watchBookmark
An Integrative Approach to Sleep Issues & Insomnia
From causes related to blood sugar, gut health, and blood flow, Dr. Rivera discusses potential methods for improving the root of sleep problems.
Video • January 12, 2022 • 1:12:02 min watchBookmark
Mindfulness with Meghan Hamrock, MS, MPH
Nutritionist and certified health coach Meghan Hamrock, MS, MPH, leads a discussion on mindfulness. Meghan discusses the importance of everyday...
Video • April 29, 2020 • 10:04 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
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
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
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Cannabinoid Receptors: From Omegas to Phytonutrients
Slavko Komarnytsky, PhD, reviews the endocannabinoid system and its role in human health.
Video • April 9, 2019 • 31:35 min watchBookmark
Methylation and microRNA | Epigenetics Part 2
Two processes that influence epigenetics are methylation and microRNA (miRNA).
Video • March 13, 2019 • 1:40 min watchBookmark
What Is Epigenetics? | Epigenetics Part 1
Though DNA remains the same throughout life, lifestyle and diet can actually determine which genes turn on, and which turn off.
Video • March 13, 2019 • 1:23 min watchBookmark
Immune Herbs: Tonics Vs. Enhancers Vs. Stimulators
Medicinal herbs work in the human body to impact physiological processes through a variety of actions. One herb may act...
Podcast • February 4, 2022 • 32:16 minBookmark
Pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood in general can be both incredibly magical and overwhelmingly exhausting. Pregnancy and the postpartum period...
Podcast • November 5, 2021 • 36:47 minBookmark
Healthy Years for Geriatric Dogs
This is the fourth episode of the Wholistic Approach to Pet Care: Part II. Dr. Madeline Yamate joins us to...
Podcast • November 2, 2021 • 1 minBookmark
This is the second episode of the Wholistic Approach to Pet Care: Part II. Dr. Laura Gaylord joins us to...
Podcast • October 19, 2021 • 23:22 minBookmark
The Role of Whole Foods in a Veterinary Practice
This is the first episode of the Wholistic Approach to Pet Care: Part II. Dr. Sue Howell joins us to...
Podcast • October 12, 2021 • 27:24 minBookmark
Part II Trailer: The Wholistic Approach to Pet Care Podcast
This is the trailer for Part II of the third season of the WholisticMatters Podcast Series, “The Wholistic Approach to...
Podcast • October 12, 2021 • 01:46 minBookmark
Aging, Osteoporosis, and Medicinal Herbs
In the 17th episode of the Medicinal Herbs podcast from WholisticMatters, naturopath and medical herbalist Berris Burgoyne joins our host,...
Podcast • October 1, 2021 • 29:10 minBookmark
Professor Kerry Bone’s New Book on Functional Herbal Therapy
In this episode of the Medicinal Herbs series from the WholisticMatters Podcast, Professor Kerry Bone joins our host Sara Le...
Podcast • August 6, 2021 • 48:09 minBookmark
In this episode, naturopath and medical herbalist Amanda Williams joins our host Sara Le Brun-Blashka, MS, to talk about “the new...
Podcast • July 2, 2021 • 49:46 minBookmark
Teens Grow Greens: Experiential Internship Cultivates Young Minds
In the last regular episode of the Nutrition Education and Racial Disparities in Health podcast series, our guest is Charlie...
Podcast • June 7, 2021 • 1 minBookmark
Top 10 Chiropractic Health Targets
Out of all health conditions targeted by chiropractors, compiled here are the top ten along with potential underlying imbalances, associated...
Download • November 26, 2019 • 3 min readBookmark
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This PDF covers four major topics in cardiometabolic health: liver health and understanding healthy lipid levels metabolic syndrome and factors...
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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...
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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...
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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
What’s the difference between hemp and marijuana? Between hemp oil and seed oil? Between hemp and CBD? This helpful infographic...
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Daily consumption of fruits and vegetables is significantly lower than what is recommended on average.
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