Although, clothing and shade are the best sun protection, what do we do to protect our skin when playing in the sun? According to dermatologist, Dr. Van Roy, focus on using sunblock with at least 5% zinc, and avoid sunscreens with oxybenzone, parsonl 1789 (avobenzone) and octinoxate.
We adopted our first son, Stefan, when he was almost four. Bedtime started out a little rocky; we’d read a story, pray and kiss him good night, and then 10 minutes later he’d show up full of smiles and giggles. We’d put him back to bed, and he’d show back up. Speaking different languages added to the challenge of the situation, but we made it pretty clear that this was not a game we wanted to play, and yet he persisted.
The other day I forgot my work clothes and didn’t realize it until after I hopped out of the sauna at the health club. Since I had no time to go home, I ended up going to my teaching job in a running skort and t-shirt. That brought on a perfect opportunity for a sense-of-humor and some self-compassion.
Hormones, produced by our endocrine glands (i.e. adrenals, thyroid, pancreas and ovaries or testes), are essential for maintaining our overall health and well-being, because of their roll in communicating warnings and messages throughout the body in order to keep everything running smoothly. When our endocrine system is out of balance the sooner we can respond, the less likely we are to suffer chronic issues.
Wow! How things have changed. It is easy to remember a time when we were not talking about gut health, the microbiome, and microbes, and now it’s hard NOT to come across an article that speaks to the huge impact our gut health has on our overall health and wellbeing. Today we are not going to get into the what’s and why’s, but instead we are going to focus on two simple changes (that have nothing to do with taking probiotics) that we can make to improve our gut health.
