What mineral is aging you fast?

Iron! What do hormone imbalance, hair thinning and shedding, accelerated aging and dementia all have in common? Iron! While everyone is debating how much vitamin d and zinc to take, researchers are marching on and finding deeper root causes for the above-mentioned issues. As the Healthy Gut Girl, I am always bringing every imbalance back…

How to Heal a Leaky Gut.

Something you may not know about Dr. Charlie and I both, we both suffered from major leaky gut since childhood. What causes leaky gut as an infant? Well believe it or not, infants are born with leaky guts and it is the beneficial microbes that baby collects on the birth canal journey out into the…

Sleep Hygiene

“Beauty Rest” is certainly a coveted thing as we age. Who doesn’t long for the days when ‘nap time’ was part of the daily routine? The more rested we are the better we tend to look, however, getting a full nights rest is so much more profound than just beauty.  And simply being exhausted is…

Progesterone Therapy

Most people think of pregnancy when they hear the word ‘progesterone’, but progesterone is far more important that just the magical hormone that makes the baby “stick”. Without adequate progesterone, we cannot properly produce testosterone, cortisol or estrogen. And without adequate progesterone, estrogen goes unopposed which is the beginning of the hellacious cycle many of…