Whether your child is playing high impact contact sports or not, knowing how to effectively offset the downstream cascade of effects from a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) should be an essential part of your at home treatment. Secondary to the initial event of TBI is potential secondary damage that results from inflammation, oxidative stress due to fee radicals, chemical imbalances due to cytotoxicity and high calcium influx to neurons, loss of circulation, and insufficient oxygenation. All of these lead to permanent tissue and neuron damage if left unchecked.

What would a three-part guide to surviving the holidays be without our favorite recipes? Our graphic shows some super easy swaps for your own recipes, plus we’re sharing our favorite holiday recipes.

It’s that time of year again. Holiday Season. Family, Parties and…fun??? This season can bring stress like no other! Staying mentally healthy is just as important, if not more so, than staying on track with healthy eating this season. Let’s take a few minutes to map out a strategy to stay focused on your goals, relaxed and hopefully stress free.

f you’ve ever been on a “diet” during the holidays, you might be cringing at the approaching seasons. As a society, we associate decadent food with happy times. And while there’s nothing wrong with this in particular, the onslaught of holidays, one right after another, and the incredible amount of parties we seem to be required to attend, can easily derail our otherwise healthy lifestyles. If this is your first holiday season trying to stay on track, DON’T PANIC! We have put together our top three tips and tricks from well seasoned practitioners as well as everyday people just trying to stay the course on their Wellness Journey.

Enzymes are proteins made by cells in all living organisms including our bodies. They exist in all raw food, so the more raw food you consume, the less your body need’s to produce them. Any type of cooking or processing of food destroys these necessary enzymes, which is one reason supplementing is necessary.

Methyl B12 works as a cofactor, or coenzyme, and is needed to activate the methionine/homocysteine biochemical pathway.

Undermethylater? Overmethylater? Should you take folic acid? avoid leafy greens? We break down the issue for you.

If someone has a sensitivity to a specific food, an IgG (Immunoglobulin G) response occurs in the body. This is different from the IgE response which occurs in an “allergy”. The IgE response activates an immediate release of histamine. However, with the IgG immune response there is still a reaction happening which activates cytokines (immune response chemicals) in the body, though this is very commonly a delayed response and does not have the antigen-antibody response that the IgE reaction does.

Many times, children are getting even more sugar than adults. In fact, it is estimated that children between ages of 9-18 may be getting 34 teaspoons of sugar daily!

Added sugar is one of the worst additives to foods today. We all know about “sugar highs” and the short term effects sugar can have on a child’s behavior, but there are many problems associated with excessive sugar intake over time as well.