Everyone's talking about GLP-1 drugs and inflammation. Here's the science, plus 5 foods that act on the same pathways, gently and deliciously.

Six years ago, "GLP-1" was a phrase you'd hear in an endocrinology lecture and nowhere else. Now, it's a household term, and I've been asked about GLP-1 more in the last year than pretty much any other supplement or medication. Just in general, acupuncturists do not really have prescriptive power, so while we are generally trained to look at medications for the purpose of herb drug interactions or areas we may wish to flag to a prescribing physician, you'll likely find that a

If you're a man over 40, your prostate is quietly having a growth spurt, and depending on how it goes, you'll either never think about it again or you'll be up twice a night arguing with your bladder. This post walks through what the prostate actually does, what changes with age, and what the evidence says about acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and food-based interventions. The last section is the cheat sheet: if your prostate is already enlarged, here's how the options stack up.

Before Brain Body Bold, there was an undiagnosed illness, a seizure, and a son's stroke — and one method that kept working on both. The origin story and a bit of life after, finally written down.

Parkinson’s disease is more than a dopamine deficiency. While medications like levodopa remain essential, emerging research explores how acupuncture, nutrition, inflammation support, and traditional Chinese medicine may complement conventional care.

In previous posts, we looked at how dopamine is made, and what goes awry in Parkinson's Disease (PD), commonly considered a dopamine illness. This post uses that same scaffolding to ask a different question: what does the research actually support nutritionally at each stage? Starting Material vs Support One rule carries over from previous discussions: the I Love Lucy principle. If an enzyme is the bottleneck, more raw material doesn't help unless you were deficient. Even the

Ever seen the I Love Lucy chocolate factory scene? Turns out it's a surprisingly good model for how dopamine gets made, and where the whole system can go sideways in Parkinson's. Tyrosine, trafficking, storage, Lewy bodies, all of it, explained.

"Neuroinflammation plays a role" sounds like an explanation, but it functions more like a shrug. Here's what's actually driving Parkinson's, ranked by how confident we should be, not by how satisfying the explanation sounds, plus an honest look at which supplements the evidence actually supports.

Hormones, hypermobility, and injury risk: what the research actually says about running in a female body.

Hypermobility isn't the problem — neuromuscular control is. What actually breaks the injury cycle for hypermobile runners.

Timing matters with herbal allergy support. Here's how to use it strategically and what acupuncture adds to the picture.

Your immune system is tanking your runs. What cedar fever actually does to performance and how to manage it during training.

The three most common running injuries have more in common than overuse. Here's what's underneath and where acupuncture fits in.

Endurance running tops bucket lists for a reason. But what actually happens in your body when you run 5K, 10K, 50K, and beyond? Is it the healthy thing we think it is? It depends, but multiple factors play in. Let's talk about it!

Aging after 35 is different maintenance, not inevitable decline. Here's what changes and what actually helps.

First, define couch! Not all beginner runners start from the same place. Here's how injury risk differs and where acupuncture fits in.