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Non-Dairy Sources of Calcium
Last week, I talked about Magnesium. This week, I wanted to talk about calcium and specifically how to get it through your diet without always looking to dairy products. Yes, dairy products do contain high amounts of calcium and so do many other foods. Dairy can tend...
A Favorite Supplement: Magnesium
Magnesium is one of my favorite and most useful supplements. It does so many things! Magnesium works with calcium to keep the bones strong. It helps muscles contract and nerves send and receive signals. It helps us maintain a steady heart beat and a strong immune...
Gentle Exercises for Breast Health
The Rainbow Diet
The Rainbow Diet is something I talk about all the time and it's the only "diet" I ever recommend. Most traditional diets don't work, aren't actually based on science, and generally make people feel deprived and down-right bad about themselves. When someone comes to...
Breast Health Basics
While we can't change what are called non-modifiable risk factors for breast health issues, we can change the modifiable ones. Non-modifiable risk factors are such things as family history, being born with breasts, and your age. Modifiable risk factors are the things...
Let’s Talk About Palm Oil
Did you know that palm oil is the main fat used in over 50% of the products you see in major stores today? It's used in many processed foods, such as bread, pastries, cereal, peanut butter, chocolate and margarine. It's also used in personal products like shampoo,...
COVID-19 Health Update
This week, I was able to attend a webinar hosted by the American Herbalists Guild called "Evolving Therapeutic Strategies in the Stages of COVID-19" with Registered Herbalist, Paul Bergner. Paul is known for his decades of herbal medical experience and his expertise...
I Can’t Go On Like This….
I don't know about you, but I'm still kind of in shock about everything that's happened over the last two months. I'm sharing this vulnerable post with you in case you've been in a similar boat as I've been in. ? It was actually kind of fun at first to know I had to...
Are You Feeling Puffy?
Written by Jen Owen, our Integrative Medicine Nurse Practitioner One of the commonalities I’ve observed in the “at-risk” groups for COVID is the common theme of chronic inflammation. In the integrative world, we’ve been looking at inflammation as a “root cause” of...
FLOURISH Definitions
At FLOURISH, our Nurse Practitioner, Jen Owen practices Integrative Medicine. She offers Primary and Specialty care for teens through older adults utilizing conventional medicine, functional medicine, herbal medicine, food medicine, mind-body medicine, and Holistic...