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02/22/2026

MOOD IS MADE IN THE GUT ~
Lactobacillus ➡️ Serotonin
Bacillus ➡️ Dopamine
Bifidobacterium ➡️ GABA

Anxiety & depression are not a brain issue, they are a gut-brain issue. Although 90% of our neurotransmitters are made in the gut, psychiatric meds such as SSRI's target brain neurotransmitters. There are more messages sent from the gut-brain to the head-brain, than the other way around.

Balancing the gut biome isn't easy nor straightforward. A mismatched probiotic can do more harm than good. See the post by the title of the first sentence for how to personalize your biome & mood Balancing Act. One size probiotic doesn't fit all

If you'd like personalized gut-brain care, link in Profile to the CONTACT page on my website to request brochure & session schedule. If you don't see it in a day or two, be sure to check your spam folder

👦 VEGGIE-LOADED KIDS HAVE BETTER BRAINS ~ Children who eat a better diet, packed with fruit and vegetables, have better mental health — according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA)

The recent study investigated the association between fruit and vegetable intakes, breakfast and lunch choices, and mental wellbeing in over 10,000 U.K. school children. Children and young teens who consumed five or more portions of fruit and veggies a day had the highest scores for mental wellbeing…
The complete report is in the November post by the above title on my profile page

How is your and your child's gut-brain health ?

02/21/2026

🐟 Am I really supposed to believe that there are no fish in the Mediterranean sea, the China sea and the Pacific Ocean?

Show me a Sardinian who doesn't eat Minestrone WITH BEANS and I'll show you a 200 year old Sub Saharan African

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BEANS BEANS The Longevity Fruit, the more you eat... the longer you live.
Be a good, long-lived human BEAN ~ Did you know that eating beans can add years to your life? Researchers have found an 8% reduction of premature death for every 2 tablespoons of legume intake. Beans are the number 2 underutilized SuperFood and a common denominator in all blue zones around the world.

In fact the intake of legumes may be the single most important dietary predictor of a long life span. Everything you've always wanted to know about beans but have been too gassy to ask, including enhancing digestibility and debunking the lectin myth... on my bean-rich veggie-loaded functional nutrition page. Eat more beans, live long & prosper! 💚

CONSIDER the SOURCE
Carnivores

One size centurions diet doesn't fit all

We need a new approach, an understanding that nutrition can must be PERSONALIZED.

One size carnivore doesn't fit all. Neither does one size vegan...
Continued in comments, along with more on the importance of bio-individuality

02/20/2026

💥 Mineral Salt + Water = Life & Health
Minerals are not only the foundation of the human structure, they are they spark of life❗️

SALT is foundational to our physiology. My patients frequently ask about the quality of salt, whether timing matters and how salt supports such vital functions as stress resilience and hormonal balance, especially through the adrenal glands and their regulation of fluid balance and mineralocorticoids

Stress doesn't just drain energy. Overtime, it can erode structure. Chronic stress affects the body's architecture, from bone, skin and the gut lining to immunity, neurology, circulation and our ability to hold fluids and maintain internal stability

Naturally occurring mineral salt exists as a crystalline lattice, an organized structure that helps the body properly retain water, support healthy blood volume and maintain cellular communication. Electrically charged minerals called electrolytes, are the most bioactive form accomplishing these physiologic functions

Water, in turn is dynamic flow, a living network that carries electrical and biochemical signals throughout the body. When structured minerals and water come together, they support hydration, bioelectrical balance and resilience at a foundational level

All of this has direct application for any disease you can name!

Salt grounds. Water flows. Together, they help the body hold energy. It's not about more salt. It is about the right salt, in the right context. Context matters. YOU are the context!

One size salt doesn't fit all. Because individual needs vary, it's best to work with a health practitioner to determine the right approach for your context -- health history, current conditions and especially if you have hypertension, kidney or heart concerns or have been advised to follow a sodium restricted diet

If you'd like help with your personal mineral balancing act, link in Profile to the CONTACT page on my website to request brochure & session schedule. If you don't see it in a day or 2, be sure to check your spam folder

02/19/2026

🎯 To optimize your health & personal nutrition plan, prioritize what we call the Non-negotiable Trifecta:
• sufficient quality sleep
• regular bowel movements
• stable blood sugar levels

These foundational pillars allow the body to effectively absorb and utilize nourishment. Without them, even the best intentions & products can fail to deliver results

Which one of the 3 is your biggest struggle and what's your plan for overcoming it?

The reason that I practice functional naturopathic nutritional therapy only within the context of one's total lifestyle, is because I have noticed that without doing so it doesn't produce deep-rooted sustainable results

Functional nutrition brings us back to the foundation of what health care should be about -- the needs of the patient.
It’s success is rooted in these 3 principles
▪ A full body systems approach
▪ Therapeutic partnership
▪ Root cause resolution
A FUNCTIONAL QUESTION is about the person, not the diagnosis

When I'm asked how I would treat this or that condition, my favorite answer is it depends. Two individuals with the same condition can have two completely different root causes and require two different treatment protocols. I treat people, not a diagnostic label.

It's more important that I know the patient that has the disease, than it is that I know the disease the patient has. Tell me more about you, and I'll tell you how to treat it

If you'd like help bringing your metabolic health, and your life, into better balance, link in Profile to the Contact page on my website to request brochure & session schedule via email. What do you most need help with?

02/18/2026

🌱 30 DIFFERENT PLANTS each week is a good start

150 is better❗

Some of the healthiest cultures around the world consume this many and have some of the healthiest gut biomes on a planet.
I don't recommend starting there, but working gradually toward it

Personally, it's easy for me to obtain 20 ~ 30 plants in one DAY. Remember, plants include not just veggies & fruits, but nuts, seeds, beans, grains, herbs & spices
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The biome of each plant feed different colonies of beneficial gut bacteria. The wider plant variety we eat the greater diversity & health of our biome
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We all are creatures of habit and it takes ongoing effort to break out if our eating rut to include wider variety. But even if we eat only one new veggie per month, look back over the year and you've got a dozen new goodies

Set yourself a realistic goal, keep it in mind and spend some time listing possible swaps for some of your favorites. Favorite, after all can become a bad, unhealthy word. Nice thing about our taste buds, they are like our mind, re trainable. The more we eat them, the more we literally learn to like new foods

Expand your eating horizon on my wfpb very veggie-loaded, bean-rich functional food page including the chart on HOW TO FEED A HAPPY MICROBIOME
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How do you do dietary diversity?

🌈 DIETARY DIVERSITY is VITAL for all of us. It's not just about eating more fruits & vegetables, it's about eating a greater variety of a lot of fruits & vegetables. Variety is not only the spice of life, there are at least 8 more solid science reasons to expand our eating horizon & dietary diversity. Here they are in comments...

If you're a batch cooker who preps large quantities, how can you still keep it diversified? See comments
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02/17/2026

Following up yesterday's post about the liver's role in hormone metabolism, readers had some smart questions that I'm answering here

What's the difference between beets, dandelion and broccoli sprouts for liver health, especially phase 1 and 2 detoxification

Somewhat similar with subtle and nuanced differences for each of these in their respective roles in phase 1 and 2 liver detoxification

Dandelion, beets, and broccoli sprouts all support liver detoxification, but they work through different mechanisms to support the two main phases of detoxification.

Broccoli sprouts are unparalleled for inducing Phase 2 enzymes via sulforaphane

Beets primarily aid Phase 2 through betaine and bile stimulation, and dandelion acts as a gentle, bitter, "tonic" that stimulates bile flow (phase 3/elimination) and provides Phase 2 antioxidant protection

More about my top 2 liver foods & herbs
⭕ BEETS are my top recommended liver support food. They also go a long way toward nitric oxide (NO) production which relaxes smooth muscle to dilate blood vessels, not only for cardiovascular health but oxygenating the lungs & brain. NO enhances mitochondrial function, ATP energy production, circulation, athletic performance & stamina
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DANDELION is the best liver plant on the planet, my top recommended herb especially for liver detox. The entire plant is edible and medicinal. A far better liver detoxifier than the popular milk thistle, which is more liver protective & regenerative

More in comments
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02/16/2026

🔄 The Liver is the central processing plant for metabolizing all hormones. Yes, the ovaries & te**es produce estrogen & testosterone, but the liver conjugates or activates it. This is why even with sufficient production, or hormone replacement, we can still experience hormonal deficiencies & imbalances

We know the liver as a filter, detoxifier & drainage pathway, but few realize it processes also every good substance and is a major metabolic director

Located in the middle of the body, and the largest organ in the body, it is literally the body's central processing plant. For every AXIS -- gut-brain, gut-immune, gut-hormone, gut-skin -- we could insert the LIVER. It's job jar is huge, often overflowing

If the gut is the second brain, the liver is the third. Learn everything you need to know about your third brain in the 4 part LIVER HEALTH series on my Profile page.
Includes a sluggish liver starter list, which you'll also find in comments

Sluggish liver is definitely an upstream root cause -- of most everything❗ Even those with none of the 30 symptoms referenced, and with so-called "normal" serum liver enzymes, can have an underfunctioning liver. See comments
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02/15/2026

🍕 Most pizza is essentially cheese bread. When made commercially with processed white flour and pasteurized cheese, it's one of the worst foods on earth

Pizza can be made healthier in varying degrees.
• Gluten-free or even grain free vegetable-• based crusts such as cauliflower.
• Less cheese, more sauce
• Veggie loaded

What type of Pizza do you enjoy and how often do you eat it?

From conventional to super healthy, here's an addition that will take it to the next nutritional level

🌱 SPROUTS are how we turn common food into SuperFood. With the simple addition of water & time a seed, nut or grain is transformed into a living plant, increasing its nutrient density nearly a hundred fold and activating enzymes.

Seeds are to the plant kingdom what eggs are to the animal kingdom. Within this tiny kernel is every nutritional element needed to produce an entirely new life form. Just add water. Now that is a food with superpowers! Nothing short of a miracle.

Home sprouting is so simple & satisfying children can enjoy it.

Here are some of my favorite seeds to sprout
• Alfalfa
• Clover
• Broccoli
• Radish
• Mung
• Sunflower

Related supportuve posts on my living veggie loaded functional food page

Share your pizza story in comments
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02/14/2026

LIFESTYLE
• Physical activity: Not getting enough aerobic exercise
• Diet: Unhealthy diet
• Sleep: Not getting enough sleep or not sleeping well
• Smoking: Smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke
• Alcohol: Misusing alcohol or even moderate consumption can be harmful
• Air pollution: Exposure to high levels of air pollution, such as from traffic fumes or burning wood, may increase the risk

HEALTH CONDITIONS
• Cardiovascular disease: Conditions like heart disease, stroke, and coronary artery disease
• Diabetes: Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
• Other health issues: High blood pressure, hearing loss, and other chronic health issues
• Head injury: The severity of the injury may increase the risk of dementia

OTHER FACTORS
• Gender: Women are more prone
• Ethnicity: Hispanics and African Americans have higher risk

Cholesterol--Statin drug–Alzheimer's connection Cholesterol is essential for brain, hormone & whole body health, Including sterol hormones, vit D production & stabilizing cell membrane integrity. Nearly 25% of whole body cholesterol is contained in the brain.
There is a significant correlation between the introduction of cholesterol-lowering Statin drugs in the 1980's and the corresponding rise in Alzheimer's disease.
More about Cholesterol in Context on my Profile page

THE ALUMINUM FLUORIDE CONNECTION
Aluminum is bad, but when it comes to dementia, it's far worse when coupled with fluoride. My recent post explored this connection, which was the single most popular post i've ever done -- and it's still going strong! You'll find it on my Profile page

ALUMINUM is one of the most frequent heavy metals I see elevated on patient hair mineral profiles. Cookware is just the tip of the iceberg! Aluminum is as prevalent as plastic in the modern world, and even though a toxic metal, it is naturally occurring in the environment. For example...
Continued in comments

💇 Did you know that the only EPA-approved test for toxic metals is Hair Analysis...
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🧠 🫐 This is your brain on blueberries...
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02/13/2026

💊 One size multi doesn't fit all mom's to be.
Turns out that OM is the same multi that fits 75% of the patients that I test and perform a comprehensive personalized nutrition assessment workup on -- pregnant or not

Most prenatal formulas weather over-the-counter, online or prescription, are anemic. Their scanty & inferior ingredients sorely lack the comprehensive nutrient profile and well thought out formulation & quality that pregnant women & their child need

One glance at the OM supplement fact label reveals a superior formula to anything I've seen on the market

Here's just a few highlights
• Comprehensive formula with over 40 total nutrients
• Bioactive form of B vitamins (methylated)
• A more complete spectrum of all of the B vitamins than even a separate B complex products
• Higher magnesium to calcium ratio
• All 28 synergistic bone nutrient cofactors
• Iron free

Request the full Fact Sheet and ordering info via email by linking in Profile to the CONTACT page on my website. If you don't see it in a day or 2, be sure to check your spam folder
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02/12/2026

🫘 BEANS contain nearly as much protein as healthy high-fiber carbohydrate, and have a unique phytonutrient profile & smelly medicinal sulfur.

Especially the little-known Lupini bean, which is rapidly gaining a reputation of SuperBean. With 40% protein content, it's especially popular among vegans.

Beans are functional food medicine that is cardioprotective, stabilizes blood glucose levels, reduces inflammation and feeds healthy gut bacteria.

Also turns out they are a longevity food that can add years to our life. For every 2 tbsp consumed, there's an 8% reduction in premature death. You'll find more superfoods & tasteful recipes on my bean-rich, veggie-loaded, fruit-filled functional nutrition page

And start eating Minestrone like the Sardinians. Besides extended family, the secret ingredient?
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🎶 BEANS BEANS The Longevity Fruit, the more you eat... the longer you live. Be a good, long-lived HUMAN BEAN ~ Did you know that eating beans can add years to your life? Researchers have found an 8% reduction of premature death for every 2 tablespoons of legume intake

Beans are the number 2 underutilized SuperFood and a common denominator in all blue zones around the world. In fact the intake of legumes may be the single most important dietary predictor of a long life span. Everything you've always wanted to know about beans but have been too gassy to ask, including enhancing digestibility and debunking the lectin myth... on my bean-rich veggie-loaded functional nutrition page. Eat more beans, live long & prosper!

🔸DIGESTIBILITY of BEANS The natural gas factor in beans can be made worse or lessened by how they are cooked, portion control and what they are combined with. A Bean ➕ a Grain = 💥. A Bean ➕ a Green = nutritional balance and a happy gut
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COMPLETE PROTEIN can be achieved as long as a bean and a grain are eaten within the same 24 hours, they need NOT be eaten together on the same plate, and your gut will thank you!
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Loads more such goodies on my wfpb veggie-loaded bean-rich functional nutrition page

If you'd like personalized naturopathic nutrition care, link in Profile to the CONTACT page on my website for brochure
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02/11/2026

👀 Look carefully at the difference in the image of commercial white almond flour and ground whole almonds

What's missing?

Commercial almond flour and ground whole almonds (often sold as almond meal) differ primarily in skin inclusion, affecting texture and fiber content. Almond flour uses blanched, skinless almonds for a fine texture, while ground whole almonds retain skins, offering more fiber, antioxidants, and a coarser, denser texture with similar nutritional profiles in protein and healthy fats

Ground whole almonds (with skin) contain slightly higher fiber, minerals, and polyphenols (flavonoids, tannins) due to the skin

The skin on ground whole almonds provides a higher concentration of compounds that combat oxidative stress and protect against LDL cholesterol oxidation

The whole is always greater than the sum of its parts. Of course, we can't bake with whole almonds, but we can't grind up whole almonds, or buy Almond meal, instead of using processed almond flour

There's also another way that almonds have become the new wheat, in terms of allergy...
Continued in comments
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