If you’ve followed me for a while, you may know that thyme (Thymus vulgaris) was the plant that brought me to herbalism. That story was one of the first I told on my YouTube channel. It’s in a category of its own in my Immune Resilience Action Guide. And...
When I was a tiny baby, I’m told that one of my uncles decided to be mischievous with me. “I’m going to make the baby make a face,“ he determinedly said. He cut a lemon and put it in my mouth. Defying expectations, I just smiled. And thus began a life-long love affair...
How is the climate crisis changing not just landscapes, but fundamental sustenance sources such as plant foods and medicines? I’ve been leaning into this question for decades, starting as a reporter in the early aughts and now as a naturopathic doctor who...
I was reading a nutrition article in the New York Times the other day, and it made the same mistake as so much of such writing: it referred to veggie recommendation in terms of “servings” per day, a term that gives zero guidance for actual people. How much...
There was a period of time when kale was everyone’s favorite health food (whether or not they personally enjoyed it.) Then came the backlash, with dozens of articles and YouTube videos sharing titles like “the dark side of kale.” Obviously, anything...
