How to Sneak More Flax Into Your Diet and Why You Should
One of our favorite family stories came courtesy of my middle daughter (now a teenager) when she was just a toddler. We were visiting family on vacation, and my aunt wanted to give her a little mid-day snack of some yogurt and fresh fruit. When the bowl of yogurt was presented to her…she looked at […]
Eat more Papaya: Here is Why and How
As lovers of global cuisine, we are fortunate to live in an area where there are world-class ethnic restaurants all over town. One of our family favorites is an authentic Thai restaurant that never disappoints. Whenever we go, I always order a “som tum” salad, which is made from shredded unripe papaya. Som tum salad […]
9 Dressings That Won’t Kill Your Salad
One of my all-time patient stories came from a 400 pound man who told me that every day, he ate a big salad for lunch and dinner every day. At 400 pounds, I had to assume that his “salads” probably looked quite a bit different than mine. So I asked… and I was right. In […]
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation and How Can It Help Me?
This week, I had a patient come in to see me with complaints of neck pain that radiated down into his right arm and hand. I did an orthopedic and neurologic exam, which not only confirmed my suspicions that he had a nerve impingement but also made it clear that the muscles in his neck […]
3 Lemon Balm Recipes and Other Great Ways to Use Lemon Balm
When we first moved to our current home about 6 years ago, we brought transplants of some of our favorite plants from our old house, hoping that they would like their new home as much as we did. One of those plants was a small root cutting of Melissa officianalis, also known as lemon balm. […]
7 Ways to Use Calendula For Health
In my days as a naturopathic medical student, oh so many years ago, one of my jobs on the Bastyr University campus was to manage the botanical medicine laboratory. This was a facility that we built right next to the botanical medicine gardens for the purposes of taking the plants from the gardens and turning […]
7 Plant Proteins You Should Be Eating and Why
If you’ve been involved in any discussion on this issue, you’ve probably heard that plant foods which contain amino acids (the building blocks of protein) need to be combined in order to form a complete protein. The idea is that plants like beans, grains, and legumes contain most, but not all, of the essential amino […]
Science Backed Pros and Cons of Barefoot Running
A toddler’s first pair of shoes is often celebrated as a milestone. In fact, most parents get their baby their first pair before they even learn to walk. And when baby outgrows that first pair of shoes, many families have a tradition of preserving them in bronze for posterity. What most of us (and our […]
