Nutrition & Lifestyle

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Will San Francisco Out-MAHA the Fed on Processed Foods?

By Janet Gulland, Contributing Writer

In a move that could out-MAHA MAHA, the City of San Francisco is suing Kraft Heinz, Coca Cola, Nestle, Kellogg, and six other producers of ultra-processed junk foods, claiming the companies have knowingly “engineered a public health crisis” by marketing highly addictive, nutrient-poor, sugar- and salt-laden foods linked to higher incidence of diabetes, fatty liver, […]

Exploring the Gut-Bone Connection

By John Neustadt, ND, Contributing Writer

Extensive research over the past several decades has revealed a dynamic connection between the gut and the bones. It turns out that bone health and strength is closely tied to the health of the digestive system. Gastrointestinal disorders contribute to the development of osteoporosis and, by extension, risk of fractures. This line of research suggests […]

Krill Oil Protects Muscle During Intensive Weight Loss

By Erik Goldman, Editor

For overweight people, diet-based weight loss interventions are a critical factor in restoring health. But dieting alone without concurrent exercise—which is the reality for many—results in loss of skeletal muscle along with the fat. And that can be very problematic. Some studies indicate that loss of fat-free mass (aka muscle) accounts for between 25%–30% of […]

Redox, Repair, and Resilience: Breaking the Sympathetic Spiral of Doom with Methylene Blue and GABA Modulation

By Erik Goldman

Modern life keeps our foot glued to the sympathetic gas pedal—creating a spiral of stress, inflammation, and mitochondrial breakdown. In this free webinar, Dr. Scott Sherr explores how clinicians can break that “Sympathetic Spiral of Doom” by restoring mitochondrial redox balance with methylene blue and rebalancing the nervous system through targeted GABAergic modulation.  We’ll examine […]