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⛵️Being a sailor, I was delighted this week began with World Oceans Day. The ocean summons a peace I find nowhere else. Curious about its affect on our population as a whole?  🛶Oceans are being fished at more than 250% of the rate that the fish can regenerate.  🐠In...

👉A good resource to consult if seafood is a part of your diet is the Environmental Working Group’s Guide to Seafood: www.ewg.org/research/ewgs-good-seafoodguide .  🐠Wild caught salmon is one of the best low mercury options  🌊Salmon has omega-3 fatty acids that can...

👀Forest gazing for 20 minutes compared to urban gazing for 20 minutes revealed a 13.4% lower salivary cortisol.  Shinrin-yoku: ⬇️ Cortisol ⬇️ Blood Pressure ⬇️ Pulse ⬆️ Heart rate variability  🌳Essentially the physiology of the body decreases its release of...

🌵Love nature but stuck at home due to cold, high heat temperatures or physical isolation due to quarantine? 🌷Musings in Nature eBook, comprised of more than 65 poems and photographs about nature, allows you to experience the outside from the comfort of your home. The...

Do you ever just take the time to BE? You know, that experience before you do and before you have, the experience of just being, in the moment, treasuring that moment for its great value as if that is that there is in life? Throwback to the incredible experience of...

📚I read a study measuring physiological stress markers in adults that transplanted non-flowering plants from one pot to another compared to adults filling pots with soil only🕳 The plant 🌱 group experienced:  ⬆️ alpha waves on their electroencephalogram [used to...

Had the honor of being featured on Down To Earth's podcast. Give it a listen, in the podcast I dive deep into one of my favorite topics… AUTOIMMUNITY! https://drinkdowntoearth.com/podcast/ Read this excerpt from the show notes for a quick summary:  “Autoimmune...

✈️In a pilot study of cherry juice concentrate for gout prophylaxis (prevention of flares), 55% of patients ingesting cherry juice concentrate were flare-free and stopped taking their NSAIDs (non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs).  ✅Ultimately the study found that...

👉You’re not alone! More than 8 million adults are affected by psoriasis each year in the United States. 👉And there may be more options than you are aware of...Naturopathic News & Doctor Review recently published my case study “Psoriasis: Resolution Using...

🤩I know I am working on re-establishing mine.👏  👩‍⚕️In order to prosper in medical school, it seems I checked some of my creativity at the door!  💡I am embracing it wholeheartedly and I commit to continue doing that work to spark and maintain my fire 🔥during these...