Dairy & Gluten: What Are They Doing to Your Body?
Food is medicine. The food we eat impacts our health, and it can also affect how we feel. And, while many people consider milk, cheese, bread, and pasta to be staples in their diet, what does their consumption do to your body? When you think of milk, what comes to...
10 Tips For Fortifying Your Immune System
Your body’s immune system is a complex network of proteins and cells that helps defend your body against infection. Keeping your immune system strong is vital in helping it protect against outside invaders such as viruses, parasites, fungi, toxins, and bacteria. A...
Flexercising with Dr. Maria
What Does Flexercising Mean? Flex is a word referring to one crucial aspect of exercise: flexion. From the Latin flexiorem meaning to bend or curve. The human body is comprised of bends and curves that are guiding us naturally to BEND or FLEX. Mobility is the Main...
On Men’s Health: What are the Roles of Estrogen and Testosterone and Why are Your Levels Not Right?
To register for Dr. Maria's live presentation on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 5:30 PM click here. Article Contents What are hormones and their relevance to daily function? Xeno-hormones: What are they and why be concerned? Hormone Disruptors: What are they and why be...
On Women’s Health: Re-Balancing the Im-Balance of Hormones
Balance is a special word that is what life is all about… Our bodies are all about keeping that proper equilibrium that we call homeostasis. Homeostasis is the natural ability of the body to maintain its internal stability. Given the best natural ingredients, balance...
Vitamin D: A Very Special Vitamin and Hormone
A Discussion on The Properties of Vitamin D and Why it is Essential in the Prevention of Disease and Viruses Here comes the sun and it’s alright... (Beatles, 1969) Most of us know of Vitamin D as “the Sunshine Vitamin.” Something we may not think about is that this...
How To Stay On Track With Your New Year’s Resolutions: 3 Keys to Success
Remember those resolutions of change you set for yourself moving out of the old year into the new year? Are you still on track? Or are they sitting on the shelf collecting dust? First off, it’s important to remember that resolutions, goals, intentions, whatever you...
A Call for Self-Action
It was sixty years ago this past month, on January 20, 1961, that the incoming president of our country, John F. Kennedy, would pose the statement “Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country”. As I reflect on this in 2021, I redirect...
Wake Up From the Illusion
The time to wake up to reality is yesterday. While you are living in the illusion that health is a given right, the powers of persuasion and seduction of a general “healthcare system” are leaping and hopping at wide open opportunities to hold you in its proverbial...