Functional/Integrative Medicine
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How to Recover From Vertigo and Inexplicable Dizziness
Dizziness disorders, including vertigo, often occur without a clear cause — and when they persist, they can seriously hamper quality of life. Mind-body methods might hold the key to recovery.
Breaking Insulin Resistance: Your Guide to Blood-Sugar Mastery (Performance & Longevity Series)
Understand the widespread and critical issue of insulin resistance, including its implications for health and the steps you can take to monitor and manage your blood sugar.
Can Microdosing Support Mental Health?
Psilocybin “magic mushrooms” have long been considered a route to expanded consciousness. Researchers are now exploring how tiny doses might help manage depression and anxiety.
The Benefits of Cold Therapy
If the idea of regular icy morning showers leaves you cold, you’re not alone. Fortunately, benefits of cold-water immersion begin with a single exposure. Learn more.
The Benefits of Heat Therapy
Hot springs, saunas, hammams, and other heat therapies boast a range of benefits for body and mind. These are just a few.
The Health Benefits of Thermal Stress
Ritual saunas and cold plunges have long been central practices in many cultures, and research now shows they can boost circulation, immune function, and mental clarity. Here’s the science behind hot and cold therapies.
The Connection Between Your Gut and Your Mental Health
In his new book, The Gut-Brain Paradox, Steven Gundry, MD, talks about how maintaining a healthy gut microbiome may improve your mood.
Can Chiropractic Care Help Treat Vertigo?
There are two causes of vertigo — benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and cervicogenic vertigo — where chiropractic treatment may be effective for alleviating symptoms.
What Is Earthing?
Connecting regularly to the earth’s electrical energy can offer myriad physical and mental health benefits.
What Is Metabolic Health, Anyway?
Gain an understanding of eight factors that can help you better understand your current metabolic health, including why each is important for longevity and vitality.
What Is Craniosacral Therapy?
This subtle treatment bridges the gap between massage and energy medicine.
6 Products to Support Your Oral Microbiome
Support your oral microbiome with these
alternatives to traditional dental products.
5 Surprising Ways the Health of Your Mouth Affects Your Body
From heart health to cancer resistance, these are some of the ways the oral microbiome affects your overall health.
8 Ways to Activate the Vagus Nerve — and Relieve Anxiety
The following techniques all safely stimulate the vagus nerve, but people with severe asthma, sleep apnea, or heart conditions should use caution with any electrical forms of VNS.
Is Mouthwash Bad for You?
You may want to cut down on the amount of mouthwash you use. Here’s why.
How Can the Vagus Nerve Help Lower Inflammation?
Stimulating the vagus nerve leads to the release of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that affects inflammation. Learn more.
What Is Reiki?
This energy-healing technique may help the body heal itself.
How to Do Resonant Breathing
Resonant breathing — also known as coherent breathing — is a simple breathing technique that may help regulate your nervous system. Here’s how to do it.
What to Do If You Get a Cancer Diagnosis
Integrative cancer experts offer advice to help you prepare for the journey.
How to Do Alternate-Nostril Breathing
Learn how to do Nadi Shodhana, a traditional breathing technique that has been practiced for centuries.
How Are High-Dose Vitamin C Infusions Being Used for Cancer?
Learn more about this treatment and how it works to support radiation and chemotherapy.