Blood pressure is about far more than salt. This food-first guide explores how vitamin K2, calcium, and magnesium help keep arteries flexible, why the kind of salt you use matters, and how to be sure a high reading is even accurate before acting on it.

Nickel allergy is the most common contact allergy, and for sensitized people it can reach far beyond the skin into the gut, the microbiome, and possibly the thyroid. This guide covers the links to eczema, IBS and IBD, inflammation, hormones, and cancer, where nickel hides from cheap jewelry and 18/10 cookware to braces and high-nickel foods, what Ray Peat taught about nickel and pans, and practical ways to lower your exposure.

Allergies and intolerances can look alike but behave very differently once you dig into the biochemistry. Ivy Ham unpacks onset timing, dose thresholds, and mast-cell dynamics so you can communicate clearly with your provider and chart a smarter path to relief.

Sitz baths, astringent herbs, softer stool, and a footstool cover most mild hemorrhoid flares. Here is what I use, what the research supports, and when to see a provider.

Insulin resistance builds from more than diet. Here is what the trials show about sleep, sitting, stress hormones, thyroid, and medications, the food-order method that cut post-meal glucose by a third, and an honest evidence ranking of berberine, gymnema, cinnamon, bitter melon, and kutki.

What the research says about acne, the skin barrier, and the gut, plus the food-first changes and simple unscented routine I use after years of severe acne.

Butterbur, freeze-dried nettle, quercetin, and spirulina have the strongest research among natural options for seasonal allergies. Here is what the trials show and how to use each safely.

Hidden hypothyroidism may be silently sabotaging your metabolism, making weight loss feel impossible while disrupting hormone balance and overall energy. This article explores how modern diets, stress, and environmental toxins contribute to thyroid dysfunction—and what you can do to restore optimal function naturally.

Nearly one in three adults has fatty liver disease, most without symptoms. Here is what causes it, how to spot it, and 11 tips ranked by the strength of the evidence behind them.

The chemicals with documented hormone activity, the products that carry them, and what I changed at home.

Gliadin, stress, alcohol, and NSAIDs each raise intestinal permeability in controlled human studies. Here is what the research shows, how permeability is tested, and which supports have trial evidence.

Evidence review of fifteen commonly recommended approaches to low testosterone, from shilajit and tongkat ali to thyroid function and interval training, with study designs and their limitations.

High cholesterol can be a symptom of something deeper, especially low thyroid function. Learn the thyroid-cholesterol connection, how the definition of "high" cholesterol has shifted over the decades, the real trade-offs of with statins, + natural strategies to support healthy levels.

Astragalus, elderberry and echinacea each have a distinct job across a cold season. Here is what the traditions claimed, what the trials found, and how I prepare each one in my Montana kitchen.

Four herbs come up in nearly every conversation about low mood. A clinical herbalist reviews the trial record for saffron, St. John's wort, rhodiola, and ginkgo, including how each was tested, which preparations were used, and the interactions that rule some of them out.

Gotu kola and bacopa have the longest traditional record and the most human trial data of any herb studied for brain injury support. Here is what the research shows for them, and for hyperbaric oxygen, nutrition, breathwork, and ginkgo, with the evidence graded for each.