by drsstephenson | May 18, 2020 | Mindfulness
It’s gardening season and everywhere I look, I see gardening inspiration—splashy photos, planting guides, aspirational kitchen gardens, gorgeous flower beds. It’s all lovely of course, and when I’m at my horse farm in the Midwest where I have plenty of space, I get...
by drsstephenson | May 8, 2020 | Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition
Just because garlic has antiviral properties doesn’t mean it’s some super-powered preventive or magical cure for the cold or the flu, let alone COVID-19.oToday, garlic is still widely used as a therapeutic supplement worldwide, and the more scientists study it, the...
by drsstephenson | May 1, 2020 | Spirituality & Health Magazine
There are many reasons to feel out of sorts right now, but one of them is likely the disruption in your circadian rhythm—the biological rhythm all living things (animals, plants, bacteria) experience. Circadian rhythms tell flowers when to bloom and trees when to drop...
by drsstephenson | Apr 28, 2020 | Suburban Woman Magazine
If you read health news at all, chances are good that you have heard of this new thing called “functional medicine.” It seems that people either embrace or criticize it, but from what I have been able to discern, many of functional medicine’s detractors don’t fully...
by drsstephenson | Apr 28, 2020 | Suburban Woman Magazine
Detoxes and cleanses are everywhere these days. It seems like every time I go online, I see some kind of juice fast or smoothie cleanse or detox supplement advertised. One of the questions people often ask me is: “Do I need to detox?” Now that it’s spring-cleaning...
