Health Tips for Overall Well-being from Hope Wellness Clinic

What do you know about Vitamin D? If you guessed that it’s that one vitamin that has to do with sunlight, good for you! But do you know what it really does? Did you know that there are several forms of Vitamin D? If you did, do you know what roles they play in the human body and where they’re located? Let’s talk about Vitamin in depth and the significance of it in how it relates to our bodies.

Vitamin D is a hormone and what’s known as a fat-soluble vitamin. Fat-soluble meaning that this vitamin is absorbed in the body with fats and is stored in the body for a long period of time as compared to water-soluble vitamins (B-vitamins).

Ah, summer grilling season is upon us! I have fond memories of burgers and dogs on grill growing up. Nowadays, I enjoy the more sophisticated flavors and challenges of healthy grilling with veggies and a few fruits. There is something that changes the flavor profile of your everyday run of the mill side dish veggies that when they come off the grill the move up into centerpiece status.

Hydration is achieving the optimal level of hydrogen ions in the body through the absorption of water into the body.

So how do we know if we are adequately Hydrated and how do we stay at that level?

First of all, please read the blog entitled “Your Gut & Toxins” as a baseline understanding for this blog.

Kids! As we all know, their bodies are different from an adult body. There are also some very specific and unique things about kids and their developing body of systems that we need to understand.