What are Blue Zones? Explorer, Earth trekker, researcher and journalist, Dan Buettner partnered with National Geographic in 2005 to investigate human longevity in relation to geography. The outcome from over five years of research was the premise of “blue zones,” the communities on the planet with the largest population of healthy centenarians (people who live to […]
There has been plenty of research about the microbiome and vaginal birth. No doubt, if you just google it and you will be flooded with NCBI reports and other studies. That being said, I am happy to share some of the fascinating highlights of microbiome transfer via vaginal birth, before we talk about lesser known […]
We have come a long way in the US, where only a couple generations ago, new mothers were not encouraged to breast feed their babies. Although breast feeding is an obvious function for all mammals, (actually it is the function that defines the term “mammals”), humans walk the confusing path, muddied by our determination to […]
Vitamin D can only be obtained from three sources: the Sun (Ultraviolet Light), Food, and Supplements Since each person’s vitamin D is affected differently by sunlight, nutrient absorption from food and supplements, there is no one-size-fits-all-guideline. Although I will refer to vitamin D throughout this article as a vitamin, the truth is that it is […]