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Why Your Allergies Are Back Like It’s Spring Again
Why Your Allergies Are Back Like It’s Spring Again Last week we talked about warming up your gut for better fall digestion. But your digestive tract isn’t the only bodily system responding to the seasonal change. Your immune system is encountering a whole new...
Less Salad, More Soup: Digestion in Transition
Digestion in Transition I can’t stop thinking about soup. And roasted vegetables. After weeks of writing about fall, gravity, slowing down, and letting go - let's talk about food. The foods that sound good when the mornings turn cool and the sun sets before dinner...
Here We Are, Beholden to Gravity Again
Here We Are, Beholden to Gravity Again There’s a heaviness to fall. It reminds me of walking out of the ocean after swimming, pushing against the waves and suddenly finding yourself beholden to gravity again. Or stepping off a moving walkway at the airport, when your...
Tired, Unmotivated, Melancholy: Welcome to Fall
Tired, Unmotivated, Melancholy? Welcome to Fall! I’ve been feeling a little tired lately. And unmotivated. And a little melancholy. These are old familiar feelings this time of year as the days shorten, the nights lengthen, and the air cools. The fall equinox is...
It’s Not Just Folklore – The Impact of the Moon on Sleep
It’s Not Just Folklore: The Impact of the Moon on Sleep When my middle child was about a year old, he would occasionally break from his usual sleep pattern to wake up in the middle of the night and be wide awake – babbling and smiling, full of energy and ready to...
Compounding Pharmacies: Not New, Not Sketchy, Just Misunderstood (Part III)
Compounding Pharmacies: Not New, Not Sketchy, Just Misunderstood Modern healthcare is largely built around mass-produced medication – standardized formulas manufactured at scale. But it may surprise you to learn that this is a relatively modern model of pharmacy....
What You Can Do While Patches Are Hard to Get (Part II)
Bridging the Gap: What You Can Do While Estrogen Patches Are Hard to Get Last week, we covered why you're not imagining the estrogen patch shortage and how to search smarter when you're calling pharmacies. This week: what to do once you've confirmed there's nothing on...
The Estrogen Patch Shortage Is Real (Part I)
Why Is It So Hard to Find an Estrogen Patch Right Now? There are a lot of cranky perimenopausal, menopausal, and post-menopausal women in the world right now. Why? Because there's a shortage of topical estrogen patches. Finally, after a 20-year hiatus, largely due to...
To Sun or Not to Sun: The Sunscreen Aisle Problem (Part III)
Sunscreen as we know it is a modern invention. For most of human history, people managed sun exposure without it, using timing and clothing, not chemistry. Around the world in sun-intense regions, people learned to avoid peak midday sun and cover up. Think: siesta...
To Sun or Not to Sun: Sunscreen or Cover Up? (Part II)
To Sun or Not to Sun: Sunscreen or Cover Up? (Part II) Last week in To Sun or Not to Sun, Part I, we discussed how brief daily sun exposure supports blood pressure through nitric oxide release and vitamin D production. We also looked at why regular exposure, tailored...
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