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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

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...
Managing Psychological Impacts of Medical Trauma: Under-Recognized Effects
Savannah Helm

What Do You Know About Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Nutrition?
Savannah Helm

The first bariatric surgery was performed in the 1950’s, but it was quite different from the type of surgery performed today. Some aspects of bariatric surgery have persisted – for better or for worse. According to Melissa Majumdar, MS, RD, CSOWM, LDN, co-author of the Academy’s Pocket Guide to Bariatric Surgery, 3rd edition in a personal interview, one of the positive changes for the field is in the name. Bariatric surgery is now called Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery to show a broader scope of practice than just concern about a patient’s weight.