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100 Coronavirus Quarantine Activities: Home-Based Activities to Stay Healthy, Sane, and Connected
by Jessica Prince Here are ideas for home-based activities if you're social-distancing (not sick, not been exposed to anyone), isolated (sick with suspected or confirmed COVID-19), or quarantined (have been exposed to a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19)....
FREE VIEWING OF ORAL HEALTH DOCUSERIES – STARTS THURSDAY!
Oral Microbiome Documentary- "Gateway to Health"- is launching March 12th! Learn from the world's biggest experts on why your health depends on your mouth. Please spread far and wide to people who want to learn about oral microbial health. I was interviewed for this...
Good Gut Bacteria Are an Important Source of Bioavailable Vitamins, Especially Tetrahydrofolate and P5P
One of the most interesting things about the good bacteria in our bodies is that they make the vitamins we need to survive. Forty to sixty percent of the human gut microbiome makes B vitamins, says a 2015 genomic study of 256 gut bacteria. Even better, gut bacteria...
The Good News About Coronavirus
Are you worried you’ll pick up coronavirus (COVID-19) if you go to a crowded area of town? Are you figuring out ways to protect yourself from getting the coronavirus? The media outlets are spreading alarming news of coronavirus far and wide. I’m sure their ratings are...
ORAL HEALTH DOCUSERIES PREMIERE – MARCH 12!
Oral Microbiome Documentary- "Gateway to Health"- is launching March 12th! Learn from the world's biggest experts on why your health depends on your mouth. Please spread far and wide to people who want to learn about oral microbial health. I was interviewed for this...
Join Forces with your Microbiome to Lower Blood Pressure and Promote Heart Health
This February are you ready for valentine kisses and for a heart that keeps tick-tocking for many years to come? It’s American Heart Month and the month of starry-eyed valentines. What better time to check in on ways to improve your heart health? You can prevent heart...
BPA Levels May Have Been Grossly Underestimated by the FDA
A new study shows that human exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) may have been grossly underestimated by the FDA. Older, indirect measurements of BPA, long used for analysis of human exposure, may miss up to 90% of true BPA levels. Technological improvements now allow for...
Common, Household Toxins You Should Avoid in Pregnancy and 8 Natural, Healthy Steps to Get Rid of Them
Are you ready for a fresh start in the new year? Or do you want a fresh start because there is a baby on the way? You can freshen up your home by kicking these toxic chemicals to the curb and prepare for your new baby in the healthiest way possible. There are many...
Cass Nelson-Dooley, MS, is a researcher, author, educator, and laboratory consultant. She studied medicinal plants in the rain forests of Panama as a Fulbright Scholar and then launched a career in science and natural medicine. Early on, she studied ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, and drug discovery at the University of Georgia and AptoTec, Inc. She joined innovators at Metametrix Clinical Laboratory as a medical education consultant helping clinicians use integrative and functional laboratory results in clinical practice. She owns Health First Consulting, LLC, a medical communications company with the mission to improve human health using the written word. Ms. Nelson-Dooley is an oral microbiome expert and author of Heal Your Oral Microbiome. She was a contributing author in Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine and Case Studies in Integrative and Functional Medicine. She has published case studies, book chapters, and journal articles about the oral microbiome, natural medicine, nutrition, laboratory testing, obesity, and osteoporosis.
