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Nutrition & Lifestyle

The Common Biochemical Signatures Beneath Autism, ADHD, and Anxiety

By Julie Matthews, MS, Contributing Writer

One patient arrives with an autism diagnosis, another with ADHD, a third with anxiety. On paper, three separate conditions. But order the right labs and the same patterns turn up: low zinc, elevated copper, sluggish methylation, signs of oxidative stress. Outwardly, the diagnoses differ. The underlying biochemistry often doesn’t. These three diagnoses that present quite […]

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Pistachio-Derived Melatonin Improves Sleep Quality

By Janet Gulland, Contributing Writer

Pistachio nuts are a rich source of naturally-occurring melatonin, and Australian researchers have shown that supplementation with pistachio-derived melatonin is equally effective in improving sleep parameters, as more the widely available synthetic forms of melatonin. Some cultivars of pistachio (Pistacia vera, Anacardiaceae) naturally produce as much as 223 µg/g of phytomelatonin. That fact prompted Network […]

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Akkermansia Probiotic Improves Glycemic Control in Prediabetes

By August West, Staff Writer

Daily supplementation with an Akkermansia muciniphila probiotic led to marked improvement in fasting blood glucose, post-prandial glucose, and hemoglobin A1c after 60 days. Those are the upshots of a new placebo-controlled study involving 60 prediabetic individuals. The findings strengthen the case for clinical use of Akkermansia in the management of people at high risk for […]

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A New Clinical Tool to Assess “Food Noise”

By Janet Gulland, Staff Writer

Food noise—the relentless, intrusive, uncontrollable mental rumination about food—is a common experience reported by people struggling to manage their weight. The surge in use of GLP-1 inhibiting drugs has spotlighted this phenomenon because many patients report that GLP-1 treatments quell the intensity of food-related thoughts. But until recently, clinicians and researchers have been at a […]

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Beyond the Injection: Next Generation Nutraceuticals for Sustained Weight Management

By Administrator

As clinical weight management shifts ever further toward pharmaceutical interventions like GLP-1 agonists, a critical gap has emerged for patients seeking natural, sustainable alternatives. This free webinar provides holistic primary care practitioners with a deep dive into a new nutraceutical trio—Trpti, BioBerb, and ActivAMP—designed to address the root causes of metabolic dysfunction, and provide a […]

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Daily Peanut Butter Mitigates Age-Related Muscle Decline

By Erik Goldman

A few tablespoons of unsweetened peanut butter each day can mitigate some aspects of age-related muscle decline, according to a new study of 120 community-dwelling elders by researchers at the Deakin University School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. In general, nuts as a good dietary source of protein, healthy fats, and […]

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World Herb Library Offers a Bounty of Botanical Knowledge

By Janet Gulland, Contributing Writer

What happens when three of the world’s most renowned herbal medicine experts combine their rare botanical book collections and make them available to the public, free of charge? The World Herb Library, that’s what! A vast archive of over 3,000 volumes, some dating back to the 1500s, and covering everything from plant pharmacology to cultivation […]

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As Guidelines Shift, a Curious Debate Over Seed Oils Persists

By Claudia López Lloreda

Before beginning his tenure as secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted an old picture of his father, Bobby Kennedy, and another man at a drive-in fast food restaurant on the social media platform X. RFK Jr. took the family photograph as an opportunity to rail […]

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The Food Pyramid’s MAHA Makeover

By Janet Gulland, Contributing Writer

If the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) 2025-2030 report  has taught us anything so far, it’s that people love to argue about food as much as they love to argue about politics. And given that the Guidelines–jointly issued on January 7, by the Department of Health & Human Services and the Department of Agriculture—is […]

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Required Reading on GLPs: Ashley Koff’s “Your Best Shot”

By Robert Bonakdar, MD, Contributing Writer

GLP-1–based therapies, including glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (e.g., semaglutide), dual incretin agonists (e.g. tirzepatide), and forthcoming GLP-1–modulating drugs like retatrutide, have rapidly reshaped the clinical management of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiometabolic disease. In less than a decade, these drugs have moved from the weight management and endocrinology niches to much wider use in […]

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