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04/05/2026

🌿 It's growing alongside my Dandelion and easy to harvest , but it is an early spring bloomer for pollinators, so I like to leave some for the bees

Do you have this growing in your yard or neighborhood?

It has a long list of medicinal properties.
• Anti-inflammatory
• Antifungal
• Antibacterial
• Immune enhancement
• Kidney support
• Astringent
• Hemostatic (stops bleeding cuts)
• Diuretic, mild

Nutritionally, it's high in vitamin C, iron, antioxidants, calcium, magnesium, and so much more. Truly a superfood that can be enjoyed as food & beverage

It can be used like any other greens. I put it in soups, stews, stir fry, salads, sandwiches and tea blends.
How would you like to enjoy it?

PURPLE DEADNETTLE
Lamium purpureum

The Latin (scientific) name for purple dead nettle is Lamium purpureum L.. It belongs to the Lamiaceae (mint) family and is a common, low-growing winter annual w**d characterized by its square stems, triangular-ovate leaves, and reddish-purple tops. It is also known as red dead-nettle, purple archangel, or simply deadnettle.

However

IT NEEDS A NEW NAME! Seriously. It has nothing to do with stinging nettle, and doesn't sting. Since I believe that plants should be named after who they are, their own character and what they do -- not who they aren't, I'm on a mission to rename this plant. Can you think of a better name for it?
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04/05/2026

● What's on your seasonal plate this month that's not the same ole?

If you're not changing it up, and keeping up with the seasons, you're missing the full measure of enjoyment, vitality, nourishment & health benefits that dietary diversity has to offer

Save and take this with you on your next grocery run and be sure to try something different. Please share what you'd like to try and how this helps you break out of an eating rut

If you need food, prep suggestions and recipes, you'll find them on my veggie-loaded and fruit-filled Profile page.
You're welcome to share your favorite prep methods and serving suggestions in comments

How many of the 8 benefits of dietary diversity listed in comments are you familiar with? How many more could you benefit from?

04/03/2026

What skin conditions are you dealing with and how is your alcohol consumption?

🍷 ALCOHOL 🍺

• Dries you out - from the inside out

• Messes with your hormones

• Damages your liver
(Which then compromises another 30 vital bodily functions. See my separate LIVER HEALTH post)

• Whacks your blood sugar

• Causes nutrient depletion
(Chews up B vitamins & minerals faster than any anti-nutrient known to man)

• Reduces immune function

• Contributes to inflammation

• Rots your brain & nervous system

• Exacerbates anxiety, depression & mood disorders

Last but not least

• Disrupts your gut biome
(Skin is the gut turned inside out. If your skin is screaming, your gut is screening louder. Alcohol acts similar to an antibiotic - a nuclear biome bomb 💥

See related, supportive ALCOHOL & WHOLE MIND-BODY-SPIRIT HEALTH posts along with the ongoing ESSENTIAL GUT HEALTH series on my Profile page

If you're not going to completely cut it out, at least take the 30 day challenge

PROOF POSITIVE ~ Are you dependent on alcohol or can you live without it? Will you accept the 30-day abstinence challenge? Can you go 30 days with zero alcohol? If not, you may need help! Because alcohol dependency & abuse can creep in beneath the radar of our awareness, it's a good idea to rule this out with a 30-day abstinence once or twice a year

In addition to confirming absence of dependency, it's interesting that since it takes the skin 31 days to renew itself this challenge should reflect noticeably improved skin condition

After being off alcohol for 30 days, refer to the SKIN HEALTH post on my page for what to do for healthier skin

If you'd like more personal skin and whole body care comma link in profile to the contact page on my website to request brochure and session schedule

For those who went 30 days without alcohol
• 93% had
• 67% had a...
• 58% lost

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04/02/2026

🍃 Both green and black tea originate from the Camellia sinensis plant, but their primary difference lies in processing: green tea is unoxidized, maintaining a fresh, vegetal, and light flavor profile. Conversely, black tea is fully oxidized, resulting in a dark, robust, and often malty or earthy flavor.

KEY DIFFERENCES
• Processing (Oxidation):
• Green Tea: Leaves are plucked, dried, and immediately heated (via steaming or pan-firing) to prevent oxidation, allowing them to maintain their green color and delicate, grassy notes.

• Black Tea: Leaves are allowed to fully wither and oxidize (exposed to oxygen) after harvesting, which turns them dark brown or black, creating stronger flavor compounds like theaflavins.

• Flavor and Aroma:
• Green Tea: Often described as grassy, oceanic, nutty, or steamed-vegetable, with a lighter body.
• Black Tea: Features bold, robust, and hearty flavors, often with notes of malt, chocolate, or dried fruit

Oolong tea is middle of the road lightly fermented oxidized.

CAFFIENE CONTENT
• Green Tea: Generally lower, containing roughly 25-45 mg per 8oz cup.
• Black Tea: Generally higher, containing roughly 40-70 mg per 8oz cup.
• Appearance:
• Green Tea: Brews a pale green or light yellow color.
• Black Tea: Brews a dark amber, reddish-copper, or deep brown color.

HEALTH BENNIES
• Green Tea: High in catechins (specifically EGCG), which are potent antioxidants.
• Black Tea: Rich in complex flavonoids (theaflavins and thearubigins), which are known to support heart health.

Where are you on the tea continuum?

03/31/2026

⚠ 🍫 ⚠ CAUTION ~ Nobody likes this news, but we can't stick our heads in the cocoa powder just because we don't like what we're seeing.⁠ As it turns out, dark chocolate has a darker side! ⁠⠀

An independent study from As You Sow on chocolate and cacao powder from 2017 found that 96 of the 127 chocolate products tested contain lead and/or cadmium above California’s Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs). Some as high as 15x above the limit!⁠ 😢⁠

🍫 In the health space we loooooooove our cocao, and because we recognize the functional antioxidant properties, may consume even more than most people⠀

🍫 Organic chocolate is great, but organic does not mean that heavy metals aren't present⠀ ⁠⠀ .

🍫 Heavy metals found in cocao are primarily from the soil, even organically farmed, but can also enter the product from processing & shipping

🤔 How to find out if your favorite brand is contaminated...
Explained in comments
Hint: most are!

Not ALL chocolates and cacao powders contain higher levels of heavy metals. And not all individuals bio accumulate them at the same level. This is precisely why it's essential to be tested so as to remove the guesswork

Neither do all individuals detoxify at the same rate. I've seen patients who have accumulated only very small quantities of a heavy metals, and yet have symptoms all over the map. While others can...

THINGS TO KNOW⠀ ⁠⠀
🍫 Heavy metals bioaccumulate in the body - they build up over time.⁠⠀ Because hair tissue mineral testing is an historic document that reveals such accumulation, it is absolutely the best screening tool for heavy metals

🍫 Heavy metals affect every single organ system - from hormones, fertility and immune system function to neurological/brain, musculoskeletal and gut health⠀

🍫 When it comes to lead, there is technically NO safe level. ⁠Any amount is too much. Even in those individuals it doesn't exert a direct toxic effect neurologically or otherwise, at a minimum it will definitely interfere with the body's utilization of nutritional elements, hormone disruption and other metabolic impacts

Continued in comments

➕Other popular sources of metals
Supplements
Bone Broth
Baby Food
Coffee
Fish
Rice
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03/30/2026

● Which one(s) are you?
It's never just one thing or one type
Comment about your gut feelings
Feel free to mix & match
Better yet, number from most to least concerning

▪ Low stomach acid gut
Most commonly expressed as heartburn acid reflux GERD

▪ Enzyme / mineral deficient gut
May feel like fullness, bloating, indigestion, etc

▪ Leaky gut
May look like allergies, autoimmune dz, skin conditions

▪ Dysbiotic gut
Anything from Candida & IBS to SIBO & hundreds of other stealthy infections & microbiome imbalances

▪ Slow motility gut
May look and feel like constipation

▪ Anxious / emotional gut
You tell.me how it feels!

▪ Nauseous gut
Secondary to liver congestion, enzyme deficiency, gall bladder issues

Supportive posts for each one of these in the ongoing ESSENTIAL GUT HEALTH series on my functional nutrition Profile page
Swipe pics

If you'd like more personalized gut care, link in Profile to the Contact page on my website to request brochure and session schedule via email.

Q & A all things gut health in comments

03/27/2026

🍃 WHAT IS A TONIC?

Tonifies & Restores
Nourishes & Nutritive
Energizes & Balances
Cleanses & Detoxifies
Blood builder & Purifier
Lymphatic & Mucolytic
Skin renewal
Anti-histamine/ Allergy
Liver help
Digestive aid
WHOLE BODY GOOD

+ What MORE is a TONIC? In botanical medicine tonics are restorative, nutrient-dense preparations made from plants.are designed to be taken in sync with and during a season to strengthen, nourish, and improve the function of specific body systems and overall vitality. They aim to build health, boost resilience to stress, and encourage homeostasis rather than provide immediate, acute treatment

These are also customizable, meaning you can add or remove ingredients.
Link in Profile to request ordering info
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More of my targeted Custom Herbal Tonics in comments
Blood Sugar Balance & Craving Control
Bowel Tonic - Lower GI
Digestive Bitters - Upper GI
Tummy Soother Tonic
Lung & Lower Respiratory Tonic
Sinus & Upper Respiratory Tonic
Allergy Tonic
Liver Tonic
Gall bladder Tonic
Hormone balancing Tonic
Hearty Cardio Hawthorne Blend
Adrenal Stress Tonic
Kidney Bladder UTI Tonic
Skin Clear Burdock Blend
Brain Tonic
Sleepful Nights Tonic

Continued in comments
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03/26/2026

🐛 Our gut biome is home to 500 different strains of healthy bacteria, all in a very delicate balance. So what do you suppose happens when you take a megabillion potency supplement with only 10 strains?

A mismatched probiotic can actually have antibiotic like impact

Recent research Is casting a dark shadow on probiotic supplements, something I've cautioned about for years. A mismatched probiotic can indeed do more harm than good

Supplemental probiotics can disrupt the overall balance of bacteria in the intestinal tract leading to less microbial diversity

Possible harmful effects of probiotics include production of harmful substances by the probiotic microorganisms, and transfer of antibiotic resistance genes from probiotic microorganisms to other microorganisms in the digestive tract and infections [NIH NCCIH]

Our individual gut biome and bacterial strain needs are as different as our fingerprint. One size probiotic doesn't fit all. In fact, a mismatched probiotic can do more harm than good, something patients frequently report -- that is, before I microbiome profile them!

🎯 NUTRI-BIOME is PERSONALIZED MICROBIOME PROFILING without pricey, inaccurate p**p testing.
See comment for how to better hit your personal probiotic bullseye 🎯
MUST READ in comments
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03/24/2026

How is your carb consumption?

The truth about
carbohydrate essentiality

Are carbs "essential"? Although not essential for survival, carbs are absolutely essential for optimal health

While not technically considered so by government scientists, the right type of carbs are definitely essential, as all functional practitioners recognize

Science isn't God, although many worship it as such. Science has never been the law. Science is the pursuit of understanding that which is the law, nature, AKA creation which has a Creator
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Then God said: “Here I have given to you every seed-bearing plant that is on the entire earth and every tree with seed-bearing fruit. Let them serve as food for you
Genesis 1:28

Who do you trust more, the scientists & carnivores or the Creator of all things?

Consider just 3 of the top reasons why carbohydrate really is essential

🌈 Plants = carbs are where the color is. Where there is color there is micro- and phyto-nutrient density including medicinal polyphenols

🌿 Fiber and resistant starch, found only in carbs, feed healthy gut bacteria.

🧠 Whole food complex carbs are preferentially used by the body for fuel. Long before protein and fat is utilized for brain, muscle and mitochondrial fuel, our metabolic machinery preferentially burns carbohydrate This fact alone teaches us much about the body's preference for and essentiality of good carbs

The type of carbohydrate matters!

Obviously, processed, refined carbs are definitely not essential.
But even within the whole foods arena of complex carbs, we find two very distinct types of carbohydrate. High starch and low starch
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For example, there's a big difference between potatoes and leafy greens. While both can be healthy, we should be eating predominantly low starch plants. High starch plants only in moderation.
Smack in the middle of these are mid starch such as beans, which contain nearly as much protein as carbohydrate

How is your carb consumption?

My clinical experience with both diet extremes, vegan & carnivore, and how I bring each of them to a point of nutritional balance...
Continued in comments

➕️ See what else you can find at the end of

03/22/2026

⚖ BALANCE is a nice word, but what does it really mean? Depends who you ask. Balance is a subjective term wide open to interpretation. It's often used as a justification for unhealthy things. Humans are a masters of self-deception who are capable of justufying just about anything but together we are better! For this very reason, whatever an individual's perspective on balance might be, I encourage my patients to seek out and consider a more objective perspective from others, and then re-evaluate their own viewpoint
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If we let the food industry define it, it means the 4 food groups, half of which come from the food industry, the Meat Board & the Dairy Council. Balance is one of my 3 guiding principles in nutrition, but throughout 40 years in clinical nutrition practice I've learned that it's only properly defined by a wide variety of COLOR, which basically translates to the eating of massive produce. But it's no longer just about eating a lot of fruits & vegetables, it's about eating a greater DIVERSITY of a lot of fruits and vegetables.This is where both the micro- & phyto-nutrient density reside
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BIO INDIVIDUALITY is one of my other 3 guiding principles.When it comes to micronutrients, especially mineral nutrition, this is the only way to achieve balance. Our nutrient needs are as different as our fingerprint. One size doesn't fit all

Here again, if we listen to the supplement industry, mineral balance equals two parts calcium one part magnesium. While this ratio may fit for some Individuals it is completely backward for most. If we are not testing we are guessing. We need a new approach, an understanding that nutrition can and must be PERSONALIZED

Related posts on my functional medicine nutrition page In the ongoing MINERAL NUTRITION series and HOW TO ESTABLISH YOUR PERSONAL NUTRITION BASELINE

If you'd like more individualized care to achieve your personal balancing act, DM me or link in Profile to the CONTACT page on my website to request brochure and session schedule

03/21/2026

⚡️ Perhaps the most meaningful stress coping strategy is how we THINK about it ~ our STRESS PERCEPTION
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Stress = CHANGE, no more no less. It is neutral, neither bad nor good. The difference between healthful and distressing health damaging change is how we ADAPT to it. For example the birth of a child racks up as many physiologic stress points as does the death of a loved one.
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Try swapping the word CHANGE for STRESS and see how it feels. Rather than saying I have a lot of stress ➡ I'm going through a lot of change. Question is, how well am I adapting to it? Am I resisting it, thinking that this shouldn't be happening to me, or I don't deserve this, or am I going with the flow?
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If you'd like to re-view & renew your stress perception and gain a healthier, more functionally adaptive stress response ➕ reduce inflammation & build your immune resilience see related post RE-EXAMINE YOUR STRESS on my functional medicine nutrition page.💚

03/20/2026

🔸️ My favorite answer to any food, nutrition, diet or supp question is
IT DEPENDS

• Nutrition is nuanced
• One size diet or supp doesn't fit all
• Our nutrient needs are as different as our fingerprint
• One person's health food can be another's junk food
• Personalization is key
• Bio-individuality has always ruled

🔸Another way to say BIO-INDIVIDUALITY is It's all about YOU! 70 years ago Dr Roger Williams coined the term BIOCHEMICAL INDIVIDUALITY. Our nutrient needs are as different as our fingerprint

🔸 While we all have a liver, stomach & brain, and we all need foundational macro & micro nutrients, individual variances in anatomic & metabolic make-up call for different diets & forms of nutrients, quantites, delivery methods, timing, consideration of lifestyle context and treatment. One size doesn't fit all

🔸️ Bio-individuality teaches us that 2 individuals with the same condition can have 2 different root causes that require 2 different treatment approaches. What's right and works for your friend isn't necessarily right for you -- even if it appears to "work"

🔸 I practice functional medicine naturopathic nutrition because it helps to set aside the subjective, the self (including myself), and the opinionated. Not that those aren't important, but I staunchly encourage my patients to have several different indicators & opinions pointing in the same food or nutrient direction before latching on and saying this is right for me on every level of my being

🔸️ We need a new approach, an understanding that nutrition can and must be PERSONALIZED!

🔹️ Here's how one patient put it
(80% of my patients are women, this is one of the relatively few men's experience)

🔹️ I want to thank you for being so helpful to me in my journey to better health. It's clear that you truly care for your patients and treat each one as an individual. You have reshaped my vision of what healthy eating looks and feels like

For years, I thought I was living my healthiest self. I exercised regularly and was eating what I thought were well balanced meals. When my health took a turn for the worst, I was incredulous. I wondered how someone like me could get this sick👇

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