Autumn is officially here, and with it comes the bountiful fall harvest. It’s long been known that eating food that’s in season is not only fresher and tastier, but it also offers more nutrients and other significant benefits. Here we talk to Yoko Kawashima, functional medicine certified health coach at AAPRI’s Center for Functional Medicine, to gain some insights into the top 4 healthy benefits of eating food that’s in season—including a free seasonal recipe!
Read MoreRecently we posted Dr. Z’s Top 6 Inflammatory Foods where we highlighted the worst inflammatory foods you should avoid. Now we’re flipping the discussion and focus on foods that can actually reduce inflammation, what we call anti-inflammatory foods. Because as Dr. Z explains, “What you put in your body can have either a healthful and […]
Read MoreAs a functional allergist, Dr. Z is always looking beyond the symptoms to find the root cause of illness. Over and over, he finds that the food we eat has a major impact on our health. “Food really is medicine,” he says, “so what you put in your body can have either a healthful and beneficial […]
Read MoreAs a functional allergist, Dr. Z is always looking beyond the symptom to find the cause of illness. And over and over, he finds that what we put into our bodies matters a lot. “We have to understand the role of our internal environment at the cellular level of the gut,” he explains. This means understanding […]
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