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Fertility: The Impact of Bacteria and Food Choices
Savannah Helm
In 2021, there were over 3.6 million babies born in the United States.1 The mean age of a woman’s first birth in 2021 was 27 years. That is 6 years later than the mean age of a woman’s first birth in 1970.2 Clare Fleishman MS, RDN, author of Fertility: Why Microbes, Weight & Nutrition Matter, suggests that this delay can be attributed to the increased desire for women to pursue education and a career but, it may be also affected by concerns for the state of our current world: political unrest, pandemic, etc.3
The Critical Role of Follow-Up in Patient Care
Savannah Helm
Believe it or not, for many decades, dietitians following the traditional medical model have been relying on one-off nutrition appointments to transform people's eating habits. As we know, this approach rarely works unless the patient or client is highly motivated. As dietitians, it's our responsibility to ensure our patients receive the comprehensive care they need to make lasting changes.
Toxins in Our Environment - Part 2
Savannah Helm
In this 2nd blog on environmental toxins, we are going to take an abbreviated look at toxins in our environment from polluted living spaces, beauty products, medications, and plastics. Find out how to improve health outcomes.
Toxins In Our Food Supply - Part 1 of a 2 Part Series on Toxins
Savannah Helm
The study of environmental medicine and the impact our surroundings have on our body’s ability to perform optimally is a growing field revealing more and more about the toxic world facing the human race. Toxins can be in the food we eat and in the places we live. This blog will be on the toxins we face in the food we eat while the subsequent blog will focus on toxins in our environment.
Chronic Disease Health Focus at the Root or the Fruit?
Savannah Helm
Newer medical therapies recognize that chronic diseases usually have many years of development and offer better laboratory testing to identify contributing factors for disease, which includes interventions centered on lifestyle choices (better nutrition, fitness, stress management, relationships, etc.) and latent nutrient deficiencies that may contribute to cellular dysfunction. The goal is to reverse or delay the disease process.
In the United States, health care is mainly for acute issues and patients must get ill or start to have symptoms before receiving treatment, which is usually extreme. Examples include surgery, powerful drugs, or end-of-life interventions.
Some of the therapies for chronic diseases fall within the categories of complementary, alternative, integrative, or functional. The terms can erroneously be interchanged or meld into one another. Consider their distinctions...