CORE BLOG

When we talk about the metabolism, we are talking about the sum of all the chemical changes occurring within your body to keep you alive and healthy. This is both the breaking down of calories to create chemical energy, and the construction of new molecules as your cells renew themselves. ...

Musculoskeletal pain and related soft tissue injuries affect the lives of many. In 2012, one of every two American adults was affected by a type of musculoskeletal disorder (1). Musculoskeletal pain is one of the leading causes of disability, and many times it leaves individuals unable to engage in routine ...

Massage therapy has been anecdotally accepted as a treatment for stress and anxiety for as long as it has been practiced, but only fairly recently have rigorous clinical investigations of this folk wisdom been undertaken. After sufficient research had been performed to get a clear sense of the relationship between ...

For a long time, associations have been observed between adverse maternal intrauterine environments and the incidence of non-communicable diseases in later life. For example, the thrifty phenotype hypothesis studies the link between the epidemiological evidence of poor fetal and infant development with permanent detrimental changes in glucose-insulin metabolism (1). These ...

The Hype Over Coconut: There has been a lot of hype in the recent years about the health benefits of coconut and its products. Almost everyday a new article or blog post (like this one) is popping out with a list of coconut’s many benefits and uses. Yet some of ...

On a misty, overcast day in June, we celebrated the Jay Race's 17th year. Although the weather made for rough paddleboard conditions, that is "just the way Jay would want it", his late wife reported. Not only did this event act in memory of famous Santa Cruz Waterman, Jay Moriarity, ...

Research on the field of regenerative medicine expands every day. Probably one of the most well-known subjects in this field that of stem cells. Stem cell research has grabbed a lot of attention recently because of huge it’s healing potential.  Furthermore, there has been much controversy behind embryonic stem cells. ...

Diet is only one of the many aspects that define nutrition. For this reason, Functional Integrative Nutrition (FIN) targets health status through more than diet alone. FIN takes many aspects into account including emotional state, daily activity, stress levels, sleep, genetic predispositions, and medical history on top of nutritional status. ...

Our body has an abundance of healing pathways for self-repair. Many of these self-repair mechanisms can be clinically manipulated for the creation of new therapies, making use of the body’s own self-healing potential. Platelets, normally found circulating in our blood, bear many of these self-healing mechanisms to clinically manipulate and ...

Nutrition is an evolving field of the healthcare industry that is essential to combat the growing rates of non-communal diseases (2). Non-communal diseases are those which stem from poor dietary choices and a sedentary lifestyle, also known as chronic conditions. Examples of such conditions include cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, cancer, and ...

Curcumin is a healing substance found in the spice turmeric. Due to its medicinal properties, curcumin has been getting a lot of attention from the medical community. This awesome supplement reduces inflammation and may help treat cancer, although studies are still underway (1). Although the specific mechanisms of curcumin’s therapeutic ...

Consumers are faced with literally thousands of food options on a stroll through the supermarket. What is alarming about all these food options is how many are disguised as healthy through misleading labels like “all-natural” or “made with real fruit.” Sadly, the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) does a poor ...