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Stress Contributes to Chronic Health Conditions
Stress Contributes to Chronic Health Conditions
Authored by Jesse Haas, CNS, LN As I was driving out to Hutchinson for my weekly farm fix at Loon Organics yesterday, MPR was reporting on how stress contributes to poor health and poor health contributes to stress. You can easily empathize with the stress of someone with illness, but...
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Sara Jean Barrett, N.D.
Sara Jean Barrett, N.D.
What made you choose to pursue your profession? While pursuing my undergraduate degree at Georgia Tech I worked as a research assistant investigating breast cancer. I felt that in our research we were looking at the wrong end of things. We were looking for modern treatments for cancer but we...
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Know Your Numbers
Know Your Numbers
Authored by: Dr. BarrettYou just had some labs done for your corporate wellness program and the results came back normal. This means you are healthy and don’t need any additional tests, right? Wrong. Corporate wellness screenings offer very minimal insight in to your overall health. Many screenings only look at...
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Holiday Survival Guide
Holiday Survival Guide
Authored by Jesse Haas, CNS, LN​The holiday season is a wonderful chance to spend time with family, relax, and recharge. Or not. For many of us, the holiday season is stressful and exhausting, not to mention how it derails our good eating habits. In truth, the holidays can really a...
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Bodywork for Expecting and New Parents

Authored by Amy Daws, CMT, ShT Photo by Janko Ferlič – @specialdaddy on Unsplash There have been so many new and expecting parents in my life lately! Many of my friends are becoming parents and I have seen an influx

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Get to Know Dr. Clair Hamilton

Dr. Hamilton is a naturopathic doctor and licensed acupuncturist. She brings a full bag of tools to her work with patients, including acupuncture, visceral manipulation, herbal medicine and more to curate a truly personalized approach to health care. Q: Why

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Finding Your Perfect Home Work Environment

Authored by Dr. Jillian Skluzacek Photo by Arnel Hasanovic on Unsplash These last few weeks have abruptly changed our work dynamic, and many of us are now forced to work at home in a totally new environment. Even though this

Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Authored by Dr. Aidanne IBS is considered a “diagnosis of exclusion” which means that it is typically given once the more serious conditions that affect the structure or function of the GI tract are ruled out (ie. IBD, celiac, endometriosis,

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