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Ease Holiday Stress With This One Essential Supplement

Healthy Mindframe, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

As we previously talked about here, probiotics have been found to be so powerful in stabilizing the mind/gut axis that they are actually a treatment for depression. Add to that, a new study that shows taking probiotics for only one month reduces stress, decreases anxiety and even improves memory! Researchers looked at the strain of Bifidobacterium longum and followed what effect this probiotic had when used as a “psychobiotic” — looking at mood, stress, and even cognitive performance. Turns out, not only does the gut play an essential role in your ability to absorb and utilize nutrients… …and …

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Nov 30 2015

Probiotics Help Lower Blood Pressure

Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Honestly, what can’t probiotics do? They lift your mood, help digestion, alleviate constipation, boost your immune system, control yeast and fungal overgrowth, promote healthy skin, and now… … lower blood pressure! A recent meta-analysis looked at over 9 different clinical trials spanning over 500+ patients, and found that consuming probiotics lead to a decrease in systolic blood pressure by an average of 3.5 mmHg… …and the results were even more beneficial for folks who consumed more than one type of probiotic. Folks consuming more than one species of probiotics had an average drop of 5.8 …

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Sep 29 2014

Pesticide Exposure and Autism

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

There is ample proof to show that pesticides are contributing to the steep rise of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and developmental delay (DD.) The latest study was published a few weeks ago on June 23, 2014 in Environmental Health Perspectives. This study specifically links prenatal exposure of organophosphates (the most commonly applied agricultural pesticide) and other commonly used pesticides to autism rates in offspring. Pesticides are neurotoxins that are clearly having a known, predictable and permanent effect on the developing fetal neurology during gestation. This particular study looked at northern CA residents (the state of CA alone …

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Jul 28 2014

Probiotics An Alternative To Antidepressants

Female Health, Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

A new study, published on Nov 15, 2013 in Biological Psychiatry, shows that probiotics might be more aptly named psychobiotics for their mind and mood enhancing effects. The latest statistics estimate that about one in every ten Americans now takes an antidepressant, and antidepressants are the third most prescribed form of medication. Whether because of personal preference, unwanted side effects, cost or other reasons, there are many folks looking for alternative, holistic solutions to treating depression and anxiety. Natural supplements like St. John’s Wort, Maca Root, Valerian, 5-HTP, GABA, and holistic therapeutic modalities such as acupuncture, massage, …

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Jan 13 2014

How To Get The Best of Yeast

Female Health, Intuitive Medicine / By Laura Koniver, MD

Yeast overgrowth is absolutely no fun. And it can really get worse in the warmer months as yeast love nothing more then moist, hot, sticky skin/mucosa to flourish on. I remember seeing a sweet older female patient that was absolutely miserable with Candida growth all over her skin… and it was particularly bad underneath her breasts where they touched her upper abdomen. Being that it was a particularly hot summer, she was hot and itchy and in her own personal hell! I was a bit more conventional back then, so I’m especially thinking of her as I type up this …

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Jun 18 2012

Thoughts On Health… Eat Your Bacteria!

Female Health, Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Hello folks! I hope you are having a great fall so far! I thought I’d do a round-up for you on my favorite way to get my probiotic cultures in. And in my kids. Yes, yogurt has probiotics, but unless you select one that specifically states the amount of probiotic cultures it has on the label, the amount of probiotics you are getting from regular yogurt is really small. At the very beginning of the probiotic trend, I resisted. First of all, I *gasp* actually hate yogurt. My kids and hubby like it but I seriously have to force it …

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Nov 14 2011

Ease Holiday Stress With This One Essential Supplement

Probiotics Help Lower Blood Pressure

Pesticide Exposure and Autism

Probiotics An Alternative To Antidepressants

How To Get The Best of Yeast

Thoughts On Health… Eat Your Bacteria!

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