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5 Ways to Manage and Relieve Hot Flashes
Despite being a natural stage in your life, menopause can still catch you by surprise and often unprepared for all the changes that come with it. The natural hormonal shifts lead to a common side-effect known as hot flashes, which can disrupt your sleep, lead to insomnia, affect your productivity at work, and alter your […]Read More
5 Nutrition Tips to Relieve Chronic Pain
Many people dealing with chronic pain know its root cause, be it an injury, an age-related illness, or a product of chronic, systemic inflammation left untreated. However, with or without knowing the key culprit, there’s still so much you can do to help your body relieve the pain, especially with the help of nutrition. The […]Read More
Nutrition and Mental Health – 5 Tips to Consider
Many people consider changing their eating habits when they feel they’re gaining too much weight, or perhaps when they are advised by their doctor to improve their health. As commendable as that is, too often people don’t look at their wellbeing holistically or ask themselves: how does my diet affect my mental and emotional wellbeing? […]Read More
Calmglow Joins Forum Health
Dear Patients, We at Calmglow are excited to announce that our practice will be joining Forum Health, as the newest partner in their expanding community of functional medical offices. Headquartered in Flint, Michigan, Forum Health LLC is the first national network of integrative and functional medicine practitioners, with over 27 offices located across ten states. Joining […]Read More
Your Kids’ Nutrition – 5 Tips for Picky Eaters
As a parent, you certainly put great stock in nutrition to keep your kids healthy, resilient, and to boost their physical and mental development. Yes, eating properly is crucial, but so is developing healthy eating habits, which can be tricky when you have picky eaters on your hands! To help your youngsters develop a fondness […]Read More
5 Tips to Heal Your Gut
You might not have been aware of this before, but your gut microbiome is comprised of trillions of organisms and bacteria that live in your digestive tract, which are essential to many healthy processes in the body. In fact, your gut health is directly linked to your brain health, and researchers are now looking into […]Read More
Going Gluten-Free – Is It an Option for Me?
There are fads and trends, and then there are life-changing diets that actually help people improve their quality of life. While some people rush to jump on the gluten-free bandwagon for no clear reason, others genuinely take years to realize that they should remove this carb from their diet to restore their wellbeing. To demystify […]Read More
Top 5 Health Benefits of Bone Broth
Some serve it as a regular part of their family meals, others prepare multiple batches from the same bones – broth is a beloved food, remedy, and an old tradition in many cultures that know how to tend for their wellbeing. The beauty of this delicious beverage is that it is brimming with health perks! […]Read More
Food Reactions and Eczema
If you’ve had a chance to familiarize yourself with some of our previous articles on gut health and its connection to our overall wellbeing, you certainly know that our nutrition and gastrointestinal health are linked. On the other hand, over the years the link between gut health and skin health has also become clearer with […]Read More
5 Ways Fasting Helps with Chronic Illness
We often think about dieting and nutrition from the perspective of weight loss. But taking a specific approach to your nutrition also has a major impact on your overall health, so every functional medicine expert makes sure to use it as a way to improve your quality of life. That also means that certain dieting […]Read More
Understanding and Treating Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Considering the tempo of modern living, it’s no wonder so many of us consider feeling tired a normal state. Whether you don’t get enough sleep once or twice, or you’re overworked, that sense of tiredness that comes with it is something you might overlook as natural. But when exhaustion accumulates and becomes a chronic issue […]Read More
5 Effective Ways to Manage and Eliminate Adrenal Fatigue
Stress is a normal, expected part of the human experience, but it seems that we have grown accustomed to more stress than our bodies can manage. We expect stress at home, at work, not to mention on a global scale during a crisis such as the pandemic. While we’re doing our best to mitigate the […]Read More