For many of us, the thought of doing our own nutritional research by reading countless works of health-based literature can be daunting, if not completely overwhelming. Is whole grain the staff of life or can it damage the brain or…
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Practice Daily Mindfulness for Increased Success This Holiday Season
by Samuel Zeiler •
It is certainly fall here in Seattle, and soon (or already, depending on who you ask) winter will be knocking on our doors. During the transition from fall to winter, our bodies not only experience a shift in the number…
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Benefits of Vitamin D More Than Skin Deep
by Samuel Zeiler •
Chances are good recently that you’ve been hearing more and more regarding the controversial Vitamin D topic, especially as we make the shift with Daylight Savings into shorter hours of sunlight each day and, from here in the Pacific Northwest…
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Why Stressing Over Cold and Flu Season Makes You a Perfect Target
by Samuel Zeiler •
As we officially enter the ‘Cold and Flu Season,’ many out there are likely searching for ways to prevent catching the dreaded bugs being passed around the water cooler at work; either giving in to the societal pressures of the…
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Detox Series Finale Part I: Supportive Therapies in Detoxification
by Samuel Zeiler •
The past four weeks have been spent getting to know all about topic of detoxification: what it is and what it means to detoxify; the history of various cultural detoxification rituals throughout time; organs of the body involved in the…
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Detox Series Part V: The Secondary Detoxification Pathways – Kidneys, Skin, Lymphatic & Respiratory Systems
by Samuel Zeiler •
Last week’s article described the major pathway through which the body detoxifies itself: the liver and associated organs (gall bladder and intestines). The importance of the liver cannot be overstated; not only is it responsible for upwards of 500 functions…