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    Sea Buckthorn oil has very specific qualities: high in vitamin A and E, and in possession of the rare omega 7 and omega 9 fatty acids. With these glaring qualities, there are specific benefits: to the eyes, skin and mucosal membranes throughout the body. Of note, is its specific ability to lubricate vaginal […]

    It seems ironic that oxalates can be found mostly in what we would term as healthy foods: spinach, rhubarb, swiss chard, beet greens, almond/flour, soy, cacao, okra, chia seeds, black raspberries, star fruit, sweet potato, and others. But I guess these healthy foods are smart foods, since oxalates are their natural defense mechanism […]

    Because of carbon’s ability to form diverse and flexible bonds with other things, it is considered the building block for all organic, living organisms on earth. Carbohydrates are hydrated carbons, or rather, carbons that are hydrated, hence the term, ‘carbo’-‘hydrates’. Carbohydrates could have easily been also called, “carbo-oxy-hydrates”, since they consist of carbon, […]

  Congratulations — you have decided to add water to your daily hydration routine! If someone simply recommends for you to drink five, six or eight glasses of water per day to hydrate your body, don’t listen to them! Hydration entails much more than that. I 100 percent (%) agree that hydration should equal both […]

When doctors narrow down and label your gastrointestinal issues as IBS, what they are really saying is, they don’t know what’s wrong with you! You cannot really blame them for being idiopathic — just the small and large intestine alone can stretch out to 27 feet! Finding what is causing your gastrointestinal issues can sometimes […]

  Understanding gastrointestinal issues is in its infancy stage for BOTH medical doctors AND functional medicine. My gastroenterologist told me it may take another decade before her profession gets a grasp of it. And that includes bacterial overgrowth, specifically Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). In this article, I will discuss what SIBO is, how and […]

  Science defines ulcerative colitis as an incurable, autoimmune, chronic, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). I have no idea what they are talking about — do you? I do agree that it is an inflammatory condition, often affecting different parts of the colon — but I have no idea what the phrase “autoimmune disease” means, and […]

  Many people have fatty liver and don’t even know it. When someone says, “fatty liver”, most people don’t know what that means — including the person saying it! To my understanding, it means everything: fatty acids, like triglycerides, phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol esters, bilirubin, dead red blood cell remnants, iron waste and water! In other words, […]

  Five years ago, I wrote about nine of my most cherished herbs. Now, I will list eighteen more.   Bhumi Amalaki: I previously wrote about herbs good for the liver, like kutki, eclipta alba and guduchi. Now I’ll add another ayurvedic herb, Bhumi Amalaki. This herb goes well with kutki, in rejuvenating a dying, […]

Do not be fooled — our body needs histamine.  We need histamine to help secrete stomach acid, to contract the lungs, gut wall and uterus, to dilate blood vessels so as to manage blood pressure and nutrient distribution. Histamine is involved in the sleep-wake cycle, to keep us up and alert. We also need histamine […]