by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Nov 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Functional medicine is a model of medicine that looks at addressing the root cause of imbalances in your health. We do this by looking at all aspects of a patient’s life: lifestyle factors, environmental exposure, even stress and happiness levels, genetics and...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Nov 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
What Are Hormones? Each part of your body from your brain to your skin, your heart, your kidneys, and your muscles has a specific job. They take direction from your endocrine system to get the work done. The glands of the endocrine system send out hormones that tell...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Oct 18, 2019 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs
In order to understand what Leaky Gut is, we have to review the anatomy of the digestive tract. The intestinal lining is very thing, with special cells that are held tightly together in order to properly digest food, absorb micronutrients, and filter out toxins and...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Oct 9, 2019 | Education For Professionals
Kellogg’s sells several cereals with artificial colors and flavors in America, all of which target young children (take the “Baby Shark” cereal and “Unicorn themed” cereal for example). These cereals have artificial colors and flavors. Millions...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Oct 7, 2019 | Health Blogs
With a focus on enhancing, preserving and maintaining health, and preventing illness, a health coach understands the emotional, physical, behavioral, nutritional and lifestyle factors that are needed to enhance overall health and well-being. Other benefits of working...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Oct 2, 2019 | Health Blogs
There are thousands of different types of both “good” and “bad” bacteria that populate the microbiome (gut). We need both to exist in balance to help prevent overgrowth of bad bacteria that can harm your health. Gut and gut microbes play an...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Sep 23, 2019 | Health Blogs
Article Credit: The Institute For Functional Medicine Healthy Aging all starts with staying active. The Institute of Functional Medicine knows “The Power of Movement,” and we wanted to share even more tips to help you stay active that you may not have...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Sep 18, 2019 | Health Blogs
The number of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to nearly double from 52 million in 2018 to 95 million by 2060. 26% of men and 18% of women 65+ will still be in the workforce. Are you ready? 1) Live An Active Life The key is to stay active, so do something you...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Aug 30, 2019 | Health Blogs
As a culture we are raised on bread. You go out to eat and they bring you free bread to the table. Every meal we have a tendency to gravitate towards the bagels, the biscuits, the sandwiches, or the rolls to feel like we have eaten a substantial meal and feel full....
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Aug 5, 2019 | Health Blogs
Who doesn’t want to live their best life possible? There are so many fad diets out these days. How are you supposed to know what works and what doesn’t? Carolina Healthspan is here to inform you WHY it’s good to START your health journey by...
