What’s that picture in the header? If you look carefully you may notice some bubbles: It’s a close up of the salad-smoothie I made on a recent scorching Saturday. (See pictures of the whole thing on Instagram.) It was fast, easy and delicious. And what a...
Fish oil is one of my top prescriptions in practice because it does all the things: supports healthy mood, heart, skin, fertility, cholesterol, joints, inflammation, really everything. But after announcing the possibly one-time-only supplement sale on Nov. 29, I got a...
Are superfoods a thing? I spent a sunny Sunday morning going down the rabbit hole of food-nutrition research. Why? Because someone on the internet said something … with which I disagreed. A friend posted a short piece about the value of goji berries — a small Asian...
Portlanders are a pretty food-savvy bunch. We know what to ask about the provenance of our food. We pay attention to ingredients, to gluten, to dairy, to grass-fed/free-range/high-omega-3/sustainability parameters (except when we just go for a donut.) So it sometimes...
I’ve loved popcorn since I was a small child. Maybe it was the association with movies (the watching of which became my undergraduate major.) Or maybe it’s just the combination of crunchy, salty and fatty — a flavor combination we’re hardwired to favor. But popcorn...
I’m a big proponent of nature as a prescription — for mood, for stress, for immune resilience. It’s one of the core principles of both my practice and my profession. (Here’s the replay video of the Vitamin N session of my Immune Resilience Action...
