The Green History of Pandemic Responses
You know the facts – historical unemployment rates, a tumbling economy, swathes of people forced out of bars and restaurants and into outdoor spaces (many
You know the facts – historical unemployment rates, a tumbling economy, swathes of people forced out of bars and restaurants and into outdoor spaces (many
Dear Reader, It’s an election year, and there’s a global pandemic. And that means we’re hearing a lot about universal healthcare again… Wherever you land
Some of the worst parts of childhood are the rainy weekends where you can’t go anywhere. Or those birthday-party-Saturdays when you’re sick and Mom won’t
The United States Government has made itself clear: When it comes to staying safe from Covid-19, we’re mostly on our own. Our social media feeds
When the Spanish Flu (note: not because it originated in Spain, but because Spanish newspapers reported it first) swept the globe in 1918, no one
If you’ve been inside for nearly a month and haven’t mastered cross-stitching, baking sourdough bread, organizing your pantry, learning a language, or doing the splits,
When the Spanish Flu (note: not because it originated in Spain, but because Spanish newspapers reported it first) swept the globe in 1918, no one
It’s been a little while since we touched base on the coronavirus pandemic.
Mainly, we’ve tried to focus on how we can minimize its physical and
Phases are set to stun. By that we mean, cities across America are in various states of opening their doors – cracked ajar, opened but the
You know the facts – historical unemployment rates, a tumbling economy, swathes of people forced out of bars and restaurants and into outdoor spaces (many
Dear Reader, It’s an election year, and there’s a global pandemic. And that means we’re hearing a lot about universal healthcare again… Wherever you land
Some of the worst parts of childhood are the rainy weekends where you can’t go anywhere. Or those birthday-party-Saturdays when you’re sick and Mom won’t
The United States Government has made itself clear: When it comes to staying safe from Covid-19, we’re mostly on our own. Our social media feeds
When the Spanish Flu (note: not because it originated in Spain, but because Spanish newspapers reported it first) swept the globe in 1918, no one
If you’ve been inside for nearly a month and haven’t mastered cross-stitching, baking sourdough bread, organizing your pantry, learning a language, or doing the splits,
When the Spanish Flu (note: not because it originated in Spain, but because Spanish newspapers reported it first) swept the globe in 1918, no one
It’s been a little while since we touched base on the coronavirus pandemic.
Mainly, we’ve tried to focus on how we can minimize its physical and
Phases are set to stun. By that we mean, cities across America are in various states of opening their doors – cracked ajar, opened but the
When Hippocrates famously said, “All disease begins in the gut,” he likely had no idea how right he was.
For example, could he have known that the gut contains 10 times more bacteria responsible for regulating your health than the rest of the body?
Or that the bacterial transfer that occurs at birth affects the diversity of your microbiome (collection of gastro-intestinal bacteria in the digestive tract) for life?
Is it possible that he knew the root cause of bacteria destruction in the gut flora also weakens the gut barrier and leads to leaky gut, diverticulitis, and other disorders?
Maybe not. But he was on the right track.
Is your refrigerator running?
Well… then you’d better catch on to the contribution you’re making to a convergence of global crises brought on by the greed and improvidence of two major industries poisoning the population, advancing climate change, benefiting from systemic poverty, destroying the soil, invading politics, and generally making a muck of what used to be our simplest need: food.
Our issues with the way we eat scale all the way to the top of the food chain… but they start in your refrigerator.
The EPA opened the doors on its US Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program in 1996. This branch of the agency was responsible for determining the impact on humans of industrial and agricultural chemicals either directly or indirectly.
Like what happens to our drinking water when herbicides run off of plants and into streams…
Or when children drink from plastic laced with BPA.
We’ve talked before about what endocrine-disruptors do — how they mimic naturally occurring hormones and interfere with signals in the body.
About Dr. Margaret Christensen. An Institute for Functional Medicine faculty member for 12 years, Dr. Christensen first became interested in functional medicine 15 years ago when
It’s essential for employers to prioritize their employees’ well-being by offering support and resources to help them maintain a healthy work-life balance, reduce stress, and prevent burnout.