Dark Chocolate and Heavy Metals: What You Need to Know ... Food Safety and Heavy Metal Exposure I’ve been fielding a lot of questions about toxic metals in chocolate lately — and for good reason. Food safety can feel overwhelming. Rice has arsenic. Most fish contain...
When naturopathic doctors treat people in the early part of their lives, we strengthen them and optimize as much as possible. We help young people to go on to have vibrant lives, equipped with creativity and resilience for the journey. Then, they take their journeys...
After returning home to Colorado from Naturopathic medical school in Seattle, I felt a bit of ambivalence. On the one hand, I was home! On the other, I could no longer enjoy year-round forest running as part of my daily exercise. However, there was sun! But on the...
Back in the winter of 1995, I stayed with locals while travelling in Northern Finland. Increasingly excited to learn more about my Finnish roots (Lepisto means “grove of Alder trees” in Finnish), I had been raised with sauna in my childhood home. The most memorable...
Winter Solstice is a time for introspection and/or a walk about in the great outdoors. It’s a time for accepting and embracing the darkest day, realizing that the light is on its way. Celebrate Winter Solstice with holistic and naturopathic practices.
As the leaves start to turn vibrant shades of red, orange, and gold, and the crisp scent of autumn fills the air, it's a clear sign that summer is bidding farewell and making way for the enchanting season of fall. Fall, with its cool breezes and changing landscapes,...