Back to School - The Mindfulness Toolbox Part 2: Nutrition

Why choose Integrative Medicine?

Alternative Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Mindfullness, Nutrition, Self-care, VideoLauren Houser, CRNPApril 21, 2017alternative medicine, education, holistic, holistic medicine, integrative, integrative medicine, prevention, self-careComment

Mindfulness

Alternative Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Mindfullness, Stress ManagementLauren Houser, CRNPApril 14, 2017alternative medicine, education, guest blog, holistic medicine, integrative medicine, mindfulness, self-careComment

Should I take herbs while I'm breastfeeding? (part 1)

Alternative Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Self-care, UncategorizedLauren Houser, CRNPMarch 31, 2017alternative medicine, education, holistic, holistic medicine, integrative medicine, self-careComment

Taper of PPI's, with help from Dr. T!

Holistic Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Medical Literature, Self-careLauren Houser, CRNPMarch 24, 2017education, integrative, integrative medicineComment

A Deeper Look into PCOS, Part ll

Dr. Tetlow and Lauren work with women with PCOS to make dietary and lifestyle changes in addition to focused nutrient supplementation.

A Deeper Look into PCOS, Part I

PCOS can cause hormone imbalance which causes changes in the menstrual cycle, skin changes, cysts in the ovaries, difficulty getting pregnant, and is often associated with type 2 diabetes and increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

The Benefits of Calcium and Magnesium

Recent discoveries have shown calcium plays an integral role in regulating adiposity (fat deposition), insulin resistance, and hypertension–all risk factors for coronary vascular disease (heart disease). Low magnesium intake has been associated with adverse cardiovascular events, including atherosclerosis, cardiac arrhythmias, and hypertension.

Integrative Recommendations for Rheumatoid Arthritis

An integrative approach to autoimmune illness, including rheumatoid arthritis, includes general measures to reduce inflammation in the body. Simultaneously reducing stress and improving stress management maximizes your healing response and can help reduce flares, because stress is expressed as inflammation in the body.

Using Diet to Reduce your Cancer Risk

Nutrition, Self-careLauren Houser, CRNPJanuary 27, 2017cancer, education, integrative, integrative medicine, preventionComment

How to Choose the Best Multivitamin

In my practice, I recommend multivitamins (MVI) because despite excellent food choices, foods often grow in depleted soil, and many people do not absorb nutrients as well as they could. MVI’s have been proved to help people in recovery from cancer and chronic illness, to prevent cancer, as well as address prevention of macular degeneration, cataracts, and much more.

Do Your Own Colon Cleanse--the less invasive way!

The jury is still out on the validity of these techniques. Until we have seen research supporting the validity of these techniques, we recommend focusing on nutrition, diet, and exercise to cleanse your colon.

The Benefits of Bone Broth

Is there truth in the old saying, “chicken soup is good for the soul”? Well in all honestly, there is a little bit of truth in that statement, and this post explores the benefits of broths, specifically bone broths.

Cooks within Our Communities

Do you cook? How often? What kinds of foods? This post explores an innovative teaching program designed to help us become healthier, more motivated cooks.

Fight or Flight: A Look into the Autonomic Nervous System Part-1

Heard of the “flight or fight” response? Our next two posts will explore the two sides of our autonomic nervous system and how these systems affect our daily lives.