Healthy Fyxxation

Inflammation and anti-inflammatory foods are a hot topic in nutrition. New research shows that inflammation, especially chronic inflammation, is at the heart of many common major diseases like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, stroke, and Alzheimer’s. Inflammation is swelling and a little bit can be good, like if you cut your finger, but too much can wreak havoc on the body, taxing some of our systems that keep us healthy and feeling well. Lack of fruits and vegetables, abundance of processed foods, sedentary lifestyle and other common features of modern culture can promote excess inflammation in the body.  Besides risk of...

According to an article published by Cureous in June 2018 and cited by the NIH, Vitamin D deficiency is becoming an epidemic across the United States, even among groups that were not previously labeled "at-risk."1 But now, our current situation with the pandemic, economic uncertainty, rising unemployment, and reduced access to healthcare, has exposed the problem of Vitamin D deficiency and the disparity across different populations to an even greater extent. First, let’s understand why Vitamin D is important. There are serious risks of Vitamin D deficiency on your health and immune system, accelerating the aging process. We have receptors...

Your gut does more than you think! By now you’ve probably heard the buzz about the microbiome, gut-health and the gut-brain connection. Science has learned that our gut does a lot more than just digest food, absorb nutrients and expel waste. In fact, 70-80% of our immune cells live in our gut1 and it’s now referred to as the second brain.2 Our gut consists of a long tube or gastrointestinal tract, that has over 4,000 square feet of lining3, controlling what gets into your bloodstream.  We host a bustling, diverse group of trillions of organisms often referred to as “healthy...

Everywhere you look, there’s information about how you can boost your immune system to stay healthy and ward off illnesses. Makes sense since we’re in the middle of a pandemic and stuck at home with time to read. But, the fact vs. fiction minefield of ‘internet nutrition’ & ‘guru-based health advice’ makes it hard to sift through all the junk to find the gems of science. When you’re reading online information about nutrition and immunity, it can feel like the game two truths and a lie. Let’s have some fun, make it simple and keep it real: Here’s the truth,...