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St. John’s Wort Benefits: Natural Support for Mental Wellness
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
With one out of every 10 American adults actively taking an antidepressant, promoting mental health through natural means has never been more important.[1] A healthy, organic diet and regular exercise are critical for laying the foundation of healthy living. Herbs...
How to Perform the Iodine Patch Test
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Iodine is one of the building blocks the thyroid uses to produce the hormones necessary for proper metabolic function. As you might guess, without enough iodine, you can experience a number of concerns, such as hypothyroidism. One of the most...
10 Benefits of Organic Coconut Oil
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Although it is 90 percent saturated fat, organic coconut oil contains medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) that can improve your health in many ways. It's delicious, versatile, and withstands high temperatures so it's a very stable oil for cooking. What's more,...
What Are Essential Oils? A Guide from Extraction to Uses
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Essential oils are the oil-based aromatic extracts derived from the leaves, stems, fruit, bark, flowers, roots, or seeds of plants. They are a highly concentrated form of volatile oils — another name for essential oils — and have many beneficial...
Aquaponics: How to Grow Your Own Food in Water
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Just because you live in an urban setting without adequate yard space, or in a cold or inhospitable climate, doesn't mean that you can't maintain a delicious selection of fresh fruits and vegetables year round. By setting up a proper...
10 Homemade Organic Pesticides
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Ever wonder what farmers did hundreds of years ago to fight off crop pests? Long before the invention of harmful chemical pesticides (yes, the kind that is linked to cancerous cellular activity), farmers and householders came up with multiple remedies...
99 Things You Probably Didn't Know You Can Compost
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Anybody who has a composting bin or compost pile at their house knows that old apple cores, banana peels, and potato skins can be composted. The list of compostable items doesn’t stop there, in fact, it barely scratches the surface....
What Is the MTHFR Genetic Defect and How Can it Affect You?
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Many news outlets, and indeed some pharmaceutical makers, lead us to believe that we are merely a product of our genes, but this isn’t true at all. In fact, studies on identical twins, who start out with identical genes, reveal...
The Top 5 Harmful Toxins in Air
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
A major part of how healthy we are comes from how clean the air we breathe really is. Fumes and carcinogens from factories and automobile exhaust, and tons of other harmful gases are all around us. These are dangerous molecules...
The Liver and Liver Stones
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
General Statistics Herbs Common Diseases Symptoms Supplementation Each year, millions of people in the United States have gallstone-related pain. However, it may surprise many of these individuals to discover they are, in fact, experiencing the presence of liver stones. Liver...
Dr. Group, DC’s Recommendations for Stress Management
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
I was recently featured in Inc. Magazine for a piece on healthy stress management techniques, and I wanted to extend my observations and tips for stress relief to our incredible community here as well. We all have stress and stressors...
The Health Benefits of Phytase
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Phytase is a phosphatase enzyme that catalyzes, or kickstarts, the hydrolysis of phytic acid, also known as phytate. Phytic acid is a form of indigestible phosphorus that’s present in plant-based foods such as cereal, wheat, and various grains. Roughly two-thirds...
