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Recent Posts
- The Immune System
- Food Sensitivity Testing
- Perimenopause
- Patient Centered Wellness
- Sleep and Cortisol
- Why we can’t perceive chronic stress
- Shift the Care Back to You: Nurse Wellness Package 🩺
- Reflexology and Stress Reduction
- Cardiometabolic Health
- Cortisol
The Immune System
Your immune system is not a single entity but two closely cooperating branches—the innate and the adaptive immune systems. Together, they defend against infections, clear away damaged or abnormal cells, and keep your body in balance. Innate Immunity: The Rapid, General-Purpose Response This is your body’s first line of defense. It reacts within minutes to…
Food Sensitivity Testing
Understanding Your Food Sensitivity Test How food sensitivity and allergy testing works Food-related testing looks for signs that your body is reacting to a specific food. The most reliable tests measure your immune system’s response to a food—either through a blood test or a skin prick test, where a tiny amount of the food is…
Perimenopause
Perimenopause is the transitional phase before menopause, characterized by fluctuating ovarian hormone levels (declining estradiol and progesterone, rising FSH) and irregular menstrual cycles. It typically begins in the mid-to-late 40s, though it can start as early as the mid-30s, and lasts 4–10 years. It is defined it as encompassing the menopausal transition plus the 12…
Patient Centered Wellness
If you are tired of a healthcare system that only addresses your symptoms and leaves you feeling unheard, it might be time to take a different approach. Holistic RI (HolisticRI.com) is the destination for functional medicine in Rhode Island, offering a truly transformative, root-cause approach to your well-being. What sets them apart is their unwavering…
Sleep and Cortisol
Exploring Reflexology as an intervention Reflexology: Effects on Sleep Quality and Cortisol Regulation Reflexology is a complementary holistic therapy involving targeted manual pressure applied to specific reflex zones on the feet, hands, face, or ears that is frequently utilized to promote systemic relaxation. While historically rooted in traditional practices, modern clinical literature has increasingly sought…
Why we can’t perceive chronic stress
We are poor at gauging chronic stress levels due to neurobiological, psychophysiological, and cognitive mechanisms that systematically separate subjective awareness from the body’s actual physiological stress state. The brain and body actively obscure chronic stress from conscious perception. Otherwise, how would we get anything done? 1. Subjective and Physiological Stress Operate Through Independent Systems Perceived…
Shift the Care Back to You: Nurse Wellness Package 🩺
You spend your entire shift advocating for patients, tracking vitals, and running on pure adrenaline and caffeine. But who is looking out for your health? Between flipping schedules, high-stress environments, and skipped meals, your body takes a heavy hit. It’s time to investigate what’s happening under the hood. Designed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals,…
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