We’re entering the holiday season, which always makes me think of warming spices like cinnamon. The smell and flavor of cinnamon are due to an oil called cinnamaldehyde, which comprises about 90% of cinnamon’s essential oil. Cinnamaldehyde is believed to be the source of cinnamon’s spectacular array of health benefits. [...]
Today’s meditation comes from Mark 6:41. Jesus “looked up” = anablepo, also translated “receive sight” or “recover lost sight” elsewhere. Isaiah 26:3: “yetser” = “mind”, also translated conception or imagination. Numbers 13-14: 10 spies in the Promised Land, and 8 of them had an evil report This is the Living [...]
We know that there’s a huge connection between the gut and the brain—so much so that it’s got its own term: the gut-brain axis. We’ve also known for awhile that there is a definite relationship between the gut and mood regulation. Serotonin is the “happy” neurotransmitter best known for its [...]
If you have an excess of testosterone or androgen hormones such as in PCOS, or estrogen dominance, how does the body eliminate the excess? I wrote more extensively on finding and treating root causes for PCOS and estrogen dominance in the linked articles above. For this week’s article, I’m just [...]
Today’s podcast is a meditation on Psalm 69:30. We jump around to a few more verses: Psalms 69:30 says that thanksgiving magnifies God (gadal: same word as a child growing up physically). To make great, to lift up The leper who came back to thank Jesus glorified Him (Luke 17:16-18). Romans [...]
Methylation involves taking a group of one carbon and three hydrogens (-CH3) from one biochemical compound and tacking it on to another. This changes the identity of both compounds. The process mostly refers to the “activation” of folate, and it involves passing the methyl group from one compound to another to [...]
Guest post by: Dr Mariah Mosley Diabetes mellitus is unfortunately becoming a very common disease. There are two well known types of DM: type 1 and type 2. But what are the differences between these, and what is this type 1.5 or type 3 being talked about? Type 1 Diabetes [...]
There are some period symptoms that are common but fixable in most cases (like PMS, cramping, and moodiness), and others that, for the most part, are physiologic (like bowel changes)–but it’s possible to mitigate them with a few habit changes. Sleep disruption around menses falls into the latter category, too, [...]
Today’s podcast is a meditation on Habakkuk 2:3-4. We also jump to Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, and Hebrews 10:38. Download the latest episode of Christian Natural Health! Dr. Lauren Deville is board-certified to practice medicine in the State of Arizona. She received her NMD from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine [...]
Guest post by Dr Mariah Mosley There are always risks with any surgery or procedure. But sometimes, risks might not be truly understood yet. For example, you may have heard of “Breast Implant Illness”, a term used for a cluster of symptoms including but not limited to fatigue, chest pain, [...]
