One cool thing about December of 2022 is the way so many of the season’s holidays actually overlap. Although lots of people consider Hanukkah the “Jewish Christmas” it entirely isn’t. Sometimes it happens to fall around the same season, but...
Many years ago, I was visiting some family friends who’d just bought a new house. I wanted to bring them some kind of present, but we lived in very different worlds. I was scraping by getting ready to start medical school. They were legitimately rich people for...
If you’ve ever heard me talk about herbs, you’ll know I usually also talk about the Herbs I Don’t Talk About. Some, like Valerian, are on the list because they are super popular but not appropriate for many people. Others make the list because of...
Hormone imbalances are one of the most common complaints people have when they first come to see, especially the so-called “sex hormones” like testosterone, estrogen and progesterone. (These do more for us than just manage reproduction, but let’s leave that aside for...
This is the overview to a multi-part series. You can skip ahead to posts about facial care, skin care, hair care or soaps. In this series of posts, I’m going off on a slight tangent to discuss something that’s health related, but not directly about food,...
