Total Gut Restoration: Recondition, Reinforce and Rebuild Your Microbiome
This introductory post outlines the basics of the Total Gut Restoration Trio…
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[Webinar Replay] Digestive Enzymes: A Powerful Tool for Optimizing Your Digestion
We recently sent out a survey asking our RHT community which health-building…
[Webinar Replay] New Research on the Gut-Brain Connection & Psychobiotics with Kiran Krishnan
We are joined by our favorite microbiologist, Kiran Krishnan, to discuss some…
Why Foam Rolling Might Not Be So Good For You
Foam rollers. You’ve probably seen them around and know them as little torture cylinders. They are now as ubiquitous in gyms as ab roller machines and given their crazy popularity – I bet it’s only a matter of time before we’ll start seeing foam rollers for dogs. Myofascial stretching and self-release have become a huge part…
Dream Come True: My Experience with The Human Longevity Project
Dream Come True: My Experience With The Human Longevity Project. I remember the day my parents bought a video camera. It was in the 80’s so this thing was huge and weighed a ton… but I was fascinated with it. I remember spending all summer making movies with my friends. I even remember creating storyboards,…
Still Learning: the Benefits of Meditation
My goal for the 2012 triathlon season was to win the Overall of the Great Floridian. The odds weren’t exactly stacked in my favor. I was coming off a four year layoff and hadn’t raced an Ironman since July of 2007. I was older. I had less training time available than at any other time…
Case Study: How Tracy Used Megaspore
Interested in how Megaspore has helped others? Read what Tracy has experienced while using Megaspore on her family and pet.
Yin and Yang : A Basic Introduction
Chinese Medical theory, though scientific in its own right, is built on a foundation of ancient philosophical thought. Many of these ideas are based on observations of nature and are the reason why Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM ) has remained a truly holistic approach to health and well being.
Practical Tips for Detoxing Through Your Skin
Believe it or not, your skin is considered to be the largest organ of your body. We usually think of our skin as a barrier, keeping microbes out and our body parts in. It wraps us in an outer shell that has become such a part of us, we forget it has the capacity to selectively allow…
10 Stoic Quotes That Will Cause You To Smash Your Mental Blocks
Stoicism has been used most effectively by both slaves and Emperors. By athletes and business executives. By fighter pilots taken captive. By people from every walk of life you could think of for thousands of years. In other words, as Ryan Holiday would say, it works. Yes, it’s a philosophy. But it’s more like an operating system…
Microbiome Part 3: Gut-Brain Connection
All right. We are onto the next subject, and one that often gets overlooked when we’re talking about microbiome, or gut health, or any of those topics, is the link to the brain. There’s a term that you as the reader might have come across in the past.
5 Kitchen Must Haves for Healthy Living
You may think healthy living in the kitchen is solely based on the physical food you eat; but, have you ever considered if the item you’re cooking IN is impacting your body? Because guess what, it is! The item you cook in may be releasing extremely harmful toxins into your delicious meal causing your healthy…
Microbiome Part 2: Leaky Gut
All right. We have a very popular topic here to talk about in the functional health world, and that is “leaky gut”. I’ll put that in quotes also because that’s a commonly thrown around term where I don’t know if people who use it often even understand really what it means or what it is.…
Microbiome Part 1: What Is It?
So we’re gonna start with the basics. What is the ‘microbiome,’ and I put that in quotes, because that word is used a lot. When someone says ‘microbiome’ or we read ‘microbiome’ on something, what, exactly, does that mean?
Favorite Family Recipe (that your child will love)
Do you have a favorite family recipe that is super simple? Cooking should be simple. It should be simple enough that we won’t spend hours preparing our food in the kitchen. Simple enough that there are no weird or exotic ingredients that we are not familiar with. Simple and tasty enough that even the pickiest…
The Sun Sessions Part Two: Chronobiology
Hello, I’m Jason Boyd from Bio+Logical Health and Nutrition. I’d like to welcome you to session two of the Sun Sessions. Today we’re going to be talking about chronobiology, or the biological timekeeping structures – or biological clocks – in the human organism that have profound influences on our health. Chronobiology Chronobiology is a relatively…
7 Ways to Raise Your Vibration
“If you want to find the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.” – Nikola Tesla. “I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.” – Drew Barrymore
How Plastic Can Mess With Your Hormones and Contribute To Chronic Health Issues
We Already Know Plastics Are A Nightmare For Our Environment. When most of us think of plastic, we think about the outrageous amount of pollution that’s piling up in all corners of the earth.