Melatonin – Sleeping off a Viral Infection
Most people know melatonin for sleep support, but few know melatonin is helpful for the immune system, especially with viral infection. It turns out, melatonin…
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Fixing Fatty Liver
Fatty liver (steatohepatitis), from both alcoholic and bad dietary habits, is on the rise. Once classified as “benign,” the liver cysts found in Non-Alcoholic Fatty…
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How to Optimize a Plant-Based Diet
Many people seek a plant-based diet for health reasons, but some health and wellness experts are opposed to people consuming only plant-based foods. I have…
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Back To School Jitters: Anxiety & Learning
Summer is fun! Sleeping in, playing outside, sunshine, schedule freedom. But for many, the end of summer and looming return to school really challenges mental…
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Guest Blog: New Chapter on Fermentation
The good stuff in life is fermented! From bread to wine, kimchi to yogurt, fermentation has been the way humankind has transformed and “unlocked” food’s…
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Avoid Heat Stroke: A Quick Summer Guide
Summers in Texas seem more like oven temperatures than weather. The hottest day ever recorded in Austin, Texas was 112 degrees F on September 5,…
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Stress Much? Adaptogenic Herbs for the Win!
Have you heard of the fabulous class of herbs called adaptogens? They help our bodies cope with, be more resilient during, and recover from stress….
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The Gut Brain Connection – Your Emotions Are Linked to Your Digestion
It goes without saying that the last two years have been hard on our moods. Worry and stress mounted to new levels leading many people…
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Is My Sunscreen Safe?
The dirty truth is, there are several chemicals in traditional sunscreens that cause endocrine disruption and even have carcinogenic properties. I know what you are…
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Pets Need Nutrition Too! (This one’s for the dogs)
In honor of National Pet Week, May 1-7, Peoples Rx is featuring a few of our favorite nutritional support tips, foods, and products to help…
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Know Your Herbs: Bitter Melon for Weight Loss & Healthy Aging
Bitter melon has an intriguing name, but its evolution from odd-looking edible fruit to a plant medicine perfectly suited for modern times is even more…
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Is Intermittent Fasting Right for You?
More than 73% of Americans are considered to be overweight and of this population, 42% are obese.(1) This statistic is not to body-shame anyone. After…
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Reduce Stress & Balance Mood – Simple Tips from an ND
There’s no denying that the past few years have been stressful for everyone. In my practice nearly all of my patients have needed extra support…
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Lose Weight for Good!
This time of year, many people start thinking about getting in shape for the warmer weather inevitably on its way. With spring around the corner,…
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Dissolving Blood Clots – Supportive Care
Have you been hearing more about blood clots in the news lately? Anytime we cut ourselves, we’re certainly grateful for our ability to clot and…
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Better Life After Detox
So you just completed your cleanse, diet or detox program, now what? Whether it was to get out of inflammation, burn fat, boost energy or…
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Natural Support for the Omicron Variant
If you have recently contracted the omicron variant of Covid-19 or know someone who has, we are here to recommend ways to support your immune…
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Four Foundational Staples to Start the Year off Right
If you are like most Americans, making plans to improve your health in the new year, you’re going to want to make sure you are…
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Restart Health with a Detox
People often crave a detox as a way to change their lives. It may be a resolution, or just coming to terms with the fact…
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How to ‘Rise and Shine’ in the Era of Stress
Most of us are all too familiar with stress—both acute and chronic. Work-life balance, or lack thereof, is one of the many things that heavily…
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Why is Your Cholesterol High? It’s Not Because “It Runs in the Family”
“High cholesterol runs in my family.” I hear this a lot. But, truth be told, deducing things to “running in the family” is pretty dismissive…
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Functional Mushrooms for Fundamental Immune Support
Autumn weather brings moisture, fallen leaves, and the return of forest fungi. These mysterious and often colorful fruiting bodies remind us that matter is not…
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Ouch! Leg Cramps Demystified
We have all been there – middle of the night, you awake from a deep sleep with the slow, intense, cramp in the lower leg,…
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The Many Uses of Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
Peoples Rx recently held a free, live webinar providing insight into the science, physiology and mechanisms of action of LDN, as well as the many…
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Regenerative Agriculture and New Chapter
New Chapter has joined a growing agricultural movement and is working to inspire other companies to do the same. Regenerative agriculture goes beyond organic. Regenerative…
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Get to know herbs–Vitex for women’s health
Vitex / Vitex agnus-castus Commonly referred to as chaste tree, chasteberry, or monk’s pepper, Vitex has a long use in history and has been widely…
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The Mystery of Endometriosis
Anyone experiencing heavy periods, painful cramping, irregular cycles, and fertility issues has likely heard the word endometriosis. This diagnosis is made when tissue similar to…
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Getting your sleep on track before the school year
Sleep is essential not just for day-to-day alertness and energy, but for long-term health of the brain and body as well. Short-term lack of sleep…
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Get to know herbs–Passionflower for sleep
Passionflower / Passiflora incarnata It’s hard not to be captivated by the generous display of the striking purple flowers that the Passion vine offers us….
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Summertime with Siete
If you think it’s too hot for grilling this time of year, pull out the old air fryer and try out these trusty and tasty…
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Get to know herbs–Saw Palmetto for men’s health & more
Saw Palmetto / Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto has long been held in regard for its role in male reproductive health. This plant is a member…
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Supporting blood pressure by improving your blood flow
Did you know that heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States for the last 80 years running? Currently, nearly…
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Helping pets cope with anxiety
Many animals suffer from anxiety the same way people do. They may not experience job stress, relationship woes, or the toll of parenting, but they…
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Eczema is more than skin deep
Atopic dermatitis, commonly known as eczema, is classified as red, itchy, sometimes painful skin. This can occur in people of any age–from infants to the…
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Labeling menopause & perimenopause–are you being dismissed?
Perimenopause is the medical term for the transition into menopause, used to describe hormonal changes during the few years right before menopause. But lately it’s…
