Immune & Environmental Health
Dive into expert articles, insightful blogs, and patient stories to empower your health journey.
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Detoxification Webinar: What is Detox and How to Eliminate Toxins Safely
Every day, we’re exposed to hundreds of toxins—from the air we breathe to the food we eat. Over time, this toxic burden can interfere with your body’s natural detoxification systems, impacting energy, digestion, metabolism, hormone function, and long-term disease risk. In this expert-led webinar from the UltraWellness Center, Functional Medicine physician Dr. Todd LePine, MD,…
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Immune Supporting Ginger-Miso Soup
With the cold months now upon us, it’s time to bring out the stock pot and commence the season of soups! Soups are a great option when meal prepping for the week and freeze well for later use. This is a simple soup recipe inspired by immune supportive, anti-inflammatory ingredients like turmeric, ginger, garlic, and…
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Detox Pesto
This pesto can be used the same as any other pesto! Top your favorite vegetables, wild-caught seafood, or gluten-free pasta with this delicious detox-supporting pesto. Ingredients: 4 cloves garlic 15 Brazil nuts (high in selenium) ¼ cup pine nuts (high in vitamin E, manganese, zinc, magnesium, and selenium) 1/3 cup raw/sprouted sunflower seeds (high in…
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Low Histamine Chicken Salad for Allergy Season
This twist on a curry chicken salad includes ingredients that support the immune system including turmeric, a potent anti-inflammatory spice. This recipe also includes foods high in flavonoid compounds luteolin (celery, lettuce, apple), quercetin (onions, shallots, cilantro) and rutin (red grapes, apple peel) which have been found to counter inflammation and have anti-allergy and anti-microbial…
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Top Allergy-Fighting Foods
As we transition from the cold winter months, many of us look forward to new growth that happens all around us during springtime. Vibrant flowers and budding trees can be incredibly beautiful, but for about 26% of adults (67 million) and 19% of children (14 million), their beauty is dampened by sneezing, watery eyes, runny…
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Detox Breakfast Bowl
Flaxseed is high soluble fiber which can help manage blood sugar and promote a healthy and robust microbiome, it is also considered a phytoestrogen (plant-based estrogen source). Flaxseed contains lignans and omega-3 fatty acids. Lignans are antioxidants with weak estrogen-emulating characteristics and have some anti-cancer effects. Flaxseed also appears to have anti-estrogen properties and has…
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Water Filtration
Clean water is at the foundation of good health. All over the world, assess to clean water has become increasingly difficult due to changes to the climate and pollution contaminating ground water. As we work to find ways to protect and preserve our water sources, it’s important to make sure the water you and your…
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Detox Soup
With the start of the New Year, many people are considering a detox diet. Instead of trying to do a water fast or juicing (see our recent blog called Detox with Food by my fellow nutritionist as to why this is not recommended), here is a soup that can support detoxification during these cold winter…
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Detox WITH Food
It’s a new year, and with the abundance of the holidays behind us, many people start to think about ways they can reset and recharge their bodies. When we think of “detoxing,” the concepts of juice fasting, master cleanses, and even water fasting often come to mind as ways to boost autophagy and reset our…
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Nutrition 4: Lyme Disease and Post Lyme Syndrome
Living in the beautiful Berkshires and being diagnosed with Lyme disease is an all too common occurrence. As an avid hiker, I wasn’t surprised when a bout of unexplained fatigue and joint pain ended up exposing the presence of my own Lyme antibodies. While Lyme treatment is common and often generalized, I found it difficult…
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How To Tell If Mercury Toxicity Is The Cause Of Your Mysterious Symptoms
Changes in environmental mercury levels have been dramatic in recent decades; industrial exposure to mercury is significant and mostly comes from coal burning and chlor-alkali plants. The more mercury we are exposed to, the more we are likely to be toxic. The main ways that humans are exposed to mercury are from contaminated fish and…
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Getting Rid of Cold Sores and Canker Sores
While there is a difference between cold sores and canker sores, they are similar in that common occurrence of either is an indication that something is out of balance in the body. Most of us have had canker sores at one time or another. They usually occur at the side of your mouth, by your…
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Nutrigenomics: Supporting Your Immune System and Beyond
“The science shows that food is information, and it gives instructions. It can upgrade or downgrade your biological software with every bite.” This is a quote from Dr. Mark Hyman, and he is referring to the science of nutrigenomics. Nutrigenomics is an exciting and rapidly growing field of study that looks at the relationship between…
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Five Tips for Building a Better Immune System
What we do every day to stay well can really impact the strength of our immune system. You can’t stop every infection from invading your body, but you can do a lot to support your immunity to be its best. Right now we’re hearing a lot about the coronavirus. This is actually a family of…
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Getting to the Root | Episode 3 | Supporting the Immune System
In our third episode of Getting to the Root, Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Physician Assistant Kristin Boyt explore how we can support the immune system. Cold and flu season is a great time of year to focus on immunity, but there are plenty of other reasons to make it a priority all year long, like…
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Conventional vs. Organic: How to Shop Smarter
When it comes to making the best decision for you and your family, should you buy conventional or organic produce? The answer depends on many factors and it may not be black and white. Where do you live and what do you have access to? What is your food budget? It’s important to understand the…
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Top 5 Foods to Support Your Immune System
The holidays are fast approaching, and with it comes flu season. No one wants to ruin their holiday by catching a cold or the flu! One of the best ways to keep these infections away is to use food to strengthen your immune system. These five foods can be used to prevent viruses from invading…
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Breast Cancer Risk and Prevention
An estimated 330,000 new cases of breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in American women this year. This is a scary statistic, but an important one to be aware of. Through conscious lifestyle choices, you can reduce your risk for breast cancer, while reducing your risk for other chronic diseases as well. Though there’s…