Coffee Isn’t Just For Drinking
Our office is all about detoxification--sweating, breathing, urinating, and of course, pooping. Coffee has several health benefits, which come in handy when needing to detoxify. If you haven't caught on yet, I'm talking about using coffee as an enema, aka inserted rectally.
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Peptide Therapy–What is it?
One physician described it to me like this: Imagine you have a flashlight. And it shines bright for a bit, but the batteries keep dying out. So, you continually replace them. And each time you get a little stretch of bright light (feeling well) again. But this gets really old because you want sustained light (healing), not this roller coaster. This is where peptides come in. They recharge that flashlight and keep the light shining bright without dimming.
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Group B Strep and Pregnancy
We're here to say a positive test doesn't immediately mean you need antibiotics. Studies have shown that while you might test positive one day, if you ask to be swabbed again the next week, there's a good chance you will then test negative. Asking for a retest is something we would suggest if you test positive.
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True Detoxification or Just a Gimmick?
Extreme restriction, drinking gallons of lemon water with cayenne pepper, or eliminating entire macro categories are some of the more common ones we hear--and trust me when I say that these will not truly give you the detoxification you're hoping for.
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Healthy Restaurant Eating
So, you've got the healthy eating down when you're at home. You buy all the right things and feel confident in your diet. And then you go out to eat. All the rules go out the window, right? Not so fast. For some people eating outside the home is rare, but for others it happens fairly often. Regardless, in order to set yourself up for success when eating out, it's helpful to have a game plan ahead of time.
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5 Ways to Bounce Back After the Holidays!
Feeling like you overdid it during the holidays? Maybe too much sugar, alcohol, or consumption of foods that are inflammatory for you personally? We're here to help!
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Health Benefits of Saunas
Did you know that 99% of people in Finland use a sauna once a week? And did you know that we at Nebraska Functional Medicine have the very BEST sauna? Not only is it infrared, it is all three wavelengths: near, far, and mid. These rays are what nature brings us. Those warm, healing rays from the sun? Those are it! It's not like dry, desert heat when you sit in an infrared sauna. It's heat that radiates deep within your body; warming you up from the inside out.
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