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Drinking Green Tea | The Benefits
Green tea seems to have become wildly popular overnight! I was at a popular coffee shop chain recently and found a green tea latte and a matcha smoothie. I love it when healthy products hit the mainstream market! Green tea is not just a fun-colored drink at a coffee...
Columbia Gorge Physical Therapy
Jeff Horacek, MD, Heather Nielsen-Horacek, LPC and the team at Healthy Connections Hood River are thrilled to partner with Bettina Bardin-Sorensen, PT , MSPT, CAFS and her team at Columbia Gorge Physical Therapy to bring a truly unique, comprehensive collaboration to...
“Do You Take My Insurance?” Heather Dives Deep
Functional Medicine is catching on. As more and more Americans realize their daily choices directly impact their health and vitality, we as a culture are seeking health care providers who share this belief and who have tools to help us prevent and reverse disease, not...
Blood Sugar & Autoimmunity with Dr. Jeff Horacek – New Podcast
For those of you who don't know, Jeff and I met in Portland 10 years ago when he invited me to speak at the Diabetes Support Group that he facilitated. I had never met a physician who ran his own support groups, and from the get-go, I knew he was a special kind of...
Food Waste with Kavita Shukla | A New Podcast
Did you know that scientists suggest that Food Waste is the #3 contributor to global climate change? Wow. How frustrating for those of us trying to eat more fresh food - which can go to waste so quickly. What's a conscious (and health-conscious) consumer to do? At...
Signs and Symptoms of Leaky Gut | Part Two
A few weeks back, we sent out Part One of Signs and Symptoms of a Leaky Gut. Today we present Part Two: Symptoms of a leaky gut do vary, but there are signs that tend to be consistent across many symptomatic individuals. If the leakage is minor, symptoms will...