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4 Harmful Health Effects of Toxic Mold Exposure
4 Harmful Health Effects of Toxic Mold Exposure When you hear the words “mold illness,” what comes to mind? Maybe you think of “mold illness” as a fringe illness that must only impact a tiny subset of people. Alternatively, you’ve never heard of mold illness and didn’t know that people could experience sickness in response…
Read MoreHow Trauma and Stress Affect Gut Health
Did you know that trauma and gut health are connected? This may come as no surprise since your gut is connected to almost every system in your body. In fact, gut health is related to your immune system, metabolism, hormones, thyroid, adrenals, skin, and even your brain and mental health. This is why the gut…
Read MoreHow Long Does it Take to Heal the Gut?
Looking for a quick fix or overhaul for your gut? Gut healing takes time, patience, energy, and a little help from the experts. Depending on your root cause of dis-ease or illness, it may take longer to heal the gut than many realize. But no matter the cause, achieving gut health is something we can…
Read MoreConnecting With Your Circadian Rhythm
Your circadian rhythm is a 24 hour cycle that your body relies on. How can your actions and lifestyle positively or negatively effect it? The answer might surprise you! What is circadian rhythm? Think of your body like a clock – it intuitively knows what it needs at what times. Of course, our work schedule,…
Read MoreThe Gut Brain Axis
Here at Rachel Scheer Nutrition, we often refer to our gut as “the second brain.” Kind of a funny turn of phrase, but keep reading for more of an explanation as to why we focus on gut health so heavily in our practice. When you hear the term “gut health” what might come to mind…
Read MoreYour Labs Say WHAT About Inflammation?
In order to function properly, our bodies undergo routine biological processes. However, if your body notices a threat or that something isn’t right, inflammation is one of the key markers. Many of us don’t even know we have inflammation in our bodies! Before getting into specific lab testing, let’s dive into a little more detail…
Read MoreIs Estrogen Dominance Causing Your Symptoms?
To achieve optimal health, females need to achieve balance in all of their hormones, including estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. But what happens if one or more hormones go array? Estrogen dominance is one example that can wreak massive havoc on the body. Before diving into this common, yet frustrating imbalance, it is important to understand…
Read MoreYour Thyroid Does WHAT?
Critical Thyroid Functions: Regulating Energy Levels, Hormone Production, Metabolism, and Food Breakdown Your thyroid is an important organ but thyroid complications are becoming increasingly prevalent, especially Hashimoto’s disease (also known as autoimmune thyroiditis) and Graves disease. This makes thyroid health even more foundational! What does thyroid disease look like and how does our gut play…
Read MoreCan Functional Lab Testing Discover Your Root Cause?
Functional lab testing helps us find the ROOT cause of your health concerns. You may have heard our team use the phrase, “test, don’t guess!” This is because we know that utilizing comprehensive, analytical lab testing can helps our clients in a multitude of ways. Not only do we find exactly what is occurring in…
Read MoreBack to School with RSN!
It’s that time of year again: back to school! The grocery stores are full of single serving snack bags with bright and fluorescent colors abound through the shopping aisles. Once again, you have peace and quiet in your house. The kids are finally off at school. Back to school is such a fun time of…
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