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A Functional Medicine Approach to Male Fertility
Half of a baby’s DNA comes from the guy and almost half of fertility cases are due to male factors. Subfertility in males is becoming all too common, but luckily it’s pretty easy to improve sperm health if you know what to do. Here’s what you and your guy should know:...
A Functional Medicine Approach to Uterine Fibroids
Uterine fibroids (myomas and leiomyomas) are the most common benign tumor in women, affecting 60% of reproductive-aged women and 80% of women at some point in their lives. Black women are much more likely to develop fibroids and report more severe symptoms. Uterine...
A Complete Guide to Holistic Morning Sickness Treatment
Oh, mama, I FEEL YOU! “Morning sickness”, or more accurately, nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) SUCKS! NVP affects up to 80% of pregnant women and usually occurs between 5 and 18 weeks of gestation. Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), extreme nausea and vomiting that...
Vitamin D: The “Sunshine Vitamin” Most of Us Are Low In
Vitamin D has been in the news a lot lately because it’s so critical for immune function. Recent studies have shown that Vitamin D levels are lower in patients with SARS-CoV-2 (PMID: 32397511) and that supplementation with Vitamin D can reduce the risk of COVID-19...
Baby-Making 101
Sperm + egg = baby, right? I used to think it was that simple.. but many of us realize in adulthood that it can be more challenging than expected. Timing intercourse While your high school "Sex Ed" class tried to scare you into thinking you could get pregnant just by...
Vitamin K and Why You Should Probably Be Taking It
Vitamin K is actually a family of compounds made up of K1 (phylloquinone) and K2 (menaquinones, further classified into MK4-13). It's a critical cofactor in blood clotting and maintains normal calcification (ie. in bones and teeth and not in soft tissues and blood...