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Posts by Sara Russell
We all need and want to feel connected to others and fully validated, especially during the holidays! However, those of us affected by complex health issues know how profoundly this can affect your holiday experience. This article offers effective strategies for voicing and honoring your needs so you can reclaim the connection and joy that you crave during the holiday season.Please note that these...
11/4/2022 4:00:00 AM
A lot of people have asked me to provide insight on the COVID-19 pandemic. We are all learning as we go. I’m sharing my current take on the issue, with the aim of providing a balanced, informative, and empowering perspective.I’m writing from a unique vantage point, as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner actively engaged in research and clinical practice, as an American living in Italy, and as someone...
3/30/2020 7:00:00 AM
So many moms struggle with the way they look after giving birth. During pregnancy, everyone appreciated your belly bump, but now you may feel like you just “want your body back.” It took you 9 months to grow your baby inside you (plus whatever time it took you to conceive in the first place), so please give your body time!Metabolic shifts are completely normal.After your baby is born, you may notice...
2/29/2020 8:00:00 AM
Starting a family is one of the most exciting chapters in your life as a couple. My purpose is to educate, empower and inform readers about some of the common mistakes couples make during this stage, to help you grow your family and strengthen your partnership so you can conceive with ease and transition pleasantly into parenthood!Sometimes we focus so much on the excitement of making a baby that we...
12/26/2019 8:00:00 AM
It's easy for mercury to get into the body and accumulate in cells and tissues, but quite difficult to remove it. Even at low exposure levels, mercury can cause and contribute to a variety of chronic illnesses by depleting nutrients. However, symptoms come on quite gradually after the initial exposure, and mercury's toxic effects are so broad that most cases of chronic, low-dose mercury poisoning go...
11/18/2019 8:00:00 AM
Several clients have asked me what they can do before conception and during pregnancy to prevent autism in their future children. The short answer is that autism is not 100% preventable because there isn’t a way to erase all the risk factors altogether. However, there are modifiable nutritional and lifestyle factors (epigenetic variables) that can greatly reduce risk. Here is a summary of what I’ve...
9/13/2019 7:00:00 AM
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