Meditating for a Healthier, Happier You. By Justin Baker, Ph.D. I didn’t grow up with today’s functional and integrative medicine Dr. Baker — my dad. Nope. Being the eldest of his children, I grew up with the completely conventional, hardly-at-home,...
Endocrine Disruptors: How Environmental Chemicals Affect Health. As a continuation of my discussion about ways to support your body’s detoxification through nutrition, today I would like to talk about ways to reduce your exposure to environmental toxins. It has become...
Nettles! While the weather continues to toy with my emotions, the songs of robins I hear in the trees on my lunchtime walks continue to encourage me that spring is on the way. As a continuation of last week’s article on supporting detoxification through nutrition,...
Low Thyroid? by Healing Sanctuary Staff Do you feel like you have all the symptoms of thyroid disease but every time you get your labs done your thyroid is normal? Or have you already been diagnosed with hypothyroidism (low thyroid) and you feel like your treatment is...
Last week when the weather was warming up and the snow was melting I was convinced that spring was around the corner. Now as I sit watching flurries of snowflakes dance their way to coat the streets in another blanket of snow, I realize I might have been premature in...
NEW YORK — Shela Bryan, 63, has been comparing prices for individual health insurance plans since May, and she can’t believe what she sees. “They cost a thousand, $1,200 [a month], and they have a deductible of $6,000,” she said. “I don’t...
