Category: holistic nutrition Friday, January 20, 2023 Sex Hormones 101 Hormones 101 An Overview of the Three Most Commonly Known Sex Hormones That Affect Health: Estrogen, Testosterone and Progesterone Hormones and nutrients work together to create balance in the body. One cannot exist without the other. Micronutrients regulate, synthesize and detoxify hormones. Like nutrients, hormones work in balance and affect each other profoundly. Following is a primer on basic hormones that affect our health: Estrogen Estrogen actually exists in three main f... Read More Posted by Nichole Herms at Friday, January 20, 2023 #micronutrients #micronutrienttesting Advanced Nutritional Testing holistic nutrition Hormones Intracellular Analysis intracellular micronutrient status Lab testing micronutrient deficiency micronutrient test micronutrient testing SpectraCell Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Methylation 101 What is methylation? Biochemically speaking, methylation is the process of adding or removing a methyl group – which is a single carbon attached to three hydrogens – to a molecule. It is a simple chemical reaction that can totally alter the biology of a person – for better or worse – depending on where the methylation occurs. Methyl groups are chemically inert, but adding them to a protein (the process of methylation) changes how that protein behaves in major wa... Read More Posted by Nichole Herms at Wednesday, July 6, 2022 #micronutrients Effective weight loss Functional Nutrition holistic nutrition methylation micronutrient deficiency micronutrient testing MTHFR sports nutrition Thursday, June 2, 2022 Want to Maintain a Healthy Weight? What You Need to Know About Micronutrients and Fat Metabolism If you are like most people, you are probably aware of how various diets emphasize different macronutrients. Low fat or low carb? That is a macronutrient question. Only three macronutrients exist – fats, carbohydrates and protein. Some consider water a macronutrient, which is debatable. Spectracell goes deeper. Much deeper. Spectracell’s focus is micronutrients, of which there are dozens. Examples of ... Read More at Thursday, June 2, 2022 #micronutrients diet diet routine Effective weight loss exercise Functional Nutrition holistic nutrition mealprep micronutrient micronutrient deficiency micronutrient testing Micronutrients and Breast Health Nutrition sports nutrition vitamins weight optimization weightloss Healthy Body, Healthy Mind – It All Starts In The Cell. In the last decade, there’s been an orchestrated effort to change the culture around mental health issues; But, while public service announcements may intend to remove the stigma, if we are honest with ourselves, that stigma remains. Why is that? One potential reason is this: The ability to quantify emotional health is inherently challenging. Consider how “easy” it is to quantify heart health – we have blood tests that monitor our risk o... Read More #functionalmedicine #micronutrienttesting addiction amino acids that affect depression anxiety Chronic Fatigue Environmental Influence on Gene Expression Folic Acid Functional Zinc Status holistic nutrition Mental Health metal health and nutrition Micronutrients and Mental Health
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