Functional Medicine La Crosse, WI – Hansen Health
Holistic and Integrative Health Coaching for Optimal Wellness
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Gonna get a little personal with ya: I wanted to share a perspective shift and explain why I’m now grateful for the wart on my knee. Wait, What?! Sounds pretty gross, right? So, here’s the deal, I’ve had a wart on my knee for probably the last 20+ years. I’ve done everything to try and …
Sleep is so important in maintaining your health I thought I’d dive in to one of the lesser known things that happend during sleep. There are 4 stages to sleep that we go through every night: Deep sleep and REM sleep are the most important of these. Deep sleep occurs predominantly in the first half …
Bone health is all about calcium and if I don’t drink milk, my bones will pay for it , right?…
Everyone occasionally has aches and pains that need short-term relief to break the pain cycle. Often we turn to over-the-counter anti-inflammatory pain killers such as Ibuprofen (Advil) or Naproxen (Aleve). While these can provide quick relief, they are not without side effects. The prostaglandins that NSAIDs disrupt are also involved in providing protection in the …
Does food really impact our day-to-day life that much? Absolutely! You’re body is constantly taking cues from your environment (Everything you breathe, eat, drink, and think) and responding to these accordingly. One fascinating study from 2004 found that after eating a sausage mcmuffin and 2 hash browns from mcdonalds, participants blood levels of inflammatory markers …
A second common source of aluminum is actually in common baking powder! Who doesn’t have this in their cupboard?! Turns out the ingredient list includes : Ingredients Corn Starch, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate. One easy switch that’s readily available is by Bob’s Red Mill Double Acting Baking Powder. Works the same way …
One of the focuses on doing a Detox program is limiting the toxins coming into our body, while maximizing our ability to excrete them. Last issue we discussed ‘saying No’ to receipts to limit another source of BPA. This issue I want to encourage you to look into your bathroom cabinets at your deodorant. Aluminum …