So many Chickahominy Falls neighbors and Woodside Farms friends are new to the Richmond area, or even new to Virginia as a whole. This...

We all know we shouldn’t indulge in processed foods. But many of us might not know why we shouldn’t. Did you know that there are...

Has there ever been a week in the history of weeks that felt more winter-like than this past week? I mean, sure... probably, but this...

February, among many other things, is American Heart Month. And while I could astonish you with several heart-health-related statistics...

Here we are, mid-January and I don’t feel too dramatic when I say I’M SO TIRED. The short window of winter daylight hours along with the...

With the new year, there is often a renewed sense of focus on starting new projects or finishing up old ones. If you’re like me, you...

Happy New Year! We made it! 2020: the year that kept on giving, even though we begged and begged it to stop, is finally over and we can...

This time of year we tend to slip into well-worn habits, cycles, and traditions. While this whole year has been the least traditional...

Hippocrates, in all his divine wisdom, once said “all disease begins in the gut.” And since then, researchers have, in fact, found that...

Antibiotics obviously have many positive impacts and have been rightfully credited with saving many lives from what we now see as common,...

It’s somehow two-thirds of the way through October, well past two-thirds of the way through the year, the weather is changing, the...

Unfortunately, as the autumn season marches on and we slowly creep into winter, we may find it more and more difficult to avoid coming...

Our diets tend to change as the days get shorter and the air gets cooler. We often forego the out-of-season cold cucumber salads and...

By now, most of us know that chronic inflammation is the largest culprit when it comes to the onset of chronic health conditions such as...

It’s the Autumnal Equinox this week! What does that mean? Our many hours of daylight are slowly leaving us and are being replaced by...

Early this week, we were given our first glimpse of beautiful autumnal weather. The humidity was relatively low and the mornings were a...

The human body has a highly developed built-in stress response system, otherwise known as fight or flight, that has adapted throughout...

Bee balm, also known as wild bergamot, is a wild perennial native to the United States. It’s a purple and fuzzy flower and it looks sort...

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” A phrase that has been attributed to the Father of Medicine himself, Hippocrates....

With longer and warmer days, we often experience a renewed sense of energy and hope while we start making plans into the summer that...