I love RxBars and often recommend them to my naturopathic patients as an on-the-go breakfast or a smart snack. But I thought I could tweak them just a bit to make a good for your skin treat too.

Breakfast, Desserts and SnacksIvy BraninMarch 5, 2020recipe, gluten-free, dairy-free, grain-free, skin, acne, aging, magnesium, tumeric, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, vitamin e, vitamin aComment

Simple Steps to Beautiful Summer Skin

Looking at the weather forecast for this weekend makes me think that summer is finally here! If you are like me, you can't wait to spend as much time as possible outside soaking up some much-needed Vi...

logan coxJune 8, 2017vitamin e, vitamin c, fermentation, anti-inflammatory, quercetin, aging, skin, vitamin d, fungus, water, sunburn, acne, wrinklesComment

Going Japanese to Prevent Disease

For many years Japan has surpassed the rest of the world in life expectancy with the average person living to be 83.7 years. Unfortunately, with a life expectancy of 79.3, the US has fallen quite behi...

logan coxSeptember 3, 2016stress, exercise, aging, cognition, memory, cardiovascular, cancer, antioxidants, omega 3, dha, weight, diabetes, pain, anti-inflammatory, JapanComment

Paving the Way to Better Memory

It is scary to think that an estimated thirty-five million people worldwide have dementia and roughly 5.3 million people in the United States have Alzheimer's. It is a just another cruel fact of life,...

logan coxJuly 31, 2016anxiety, yoga, sleep, exercise, aging, meditation, cognition, memoryComment

Healthy Homemade Holiday Gifts for Everyone on Your List

Finding the perfect gift for everyone on your list can be stressful especially for those that seem to have everything. This year why not have bit of fun by making your own gifts. Here are some of my h...

Ivy BraninDecember 7, 20155-mthf, Holiday, Multiple sclerosis, acne, adhd, adrenals, aging, alkylphenols, allergies, anti-inflammatory, antioxidants, anxiety, arthritis, asthma, beet, belladonna, bone broth, bpa, bph, breast cancer, breathing, brocoli, budget, bug bites, burdock, buying clubs, calcium, cancer, canning, cardiovascular, castor oil, chia, child's pose, chocolate, choline, chondroitin sulphate, coconut oil, cod liver oil, cognition, cold sore, colds, constipation, coronary artery disease, crab apple, crohn's, csa, dairy-free, dandelion, depression, detoxification, dha, diabetes, dioxin, ear infection, earache, electrolytes, enoki, erectile dysfunction, exercise, fermentation, fertility, flax, food preservation, foraging, france, fungus, ginseng, glucosamine, gluten-free, gnocchi, grain-free, headache, homeopathy, immunity, immunity shitake, indole-3-carbinol, insomnia, iron, jet lag, kale, kid's health, kidney, kidney stones, kimchi, knee, kombucha, lavendar, liver, maca, magnesium, meditation, memory, miso, mochi, mood, natto, neti pot, nettles, nutritional yeast, nuts, omega 3, organic, osteoporosis, pain, parsnip, pcos, pesto, phthalates, pregnancy, proanthocyanidin, protein, psorasis, psorasis vitamin d, quercetin, recipe, retreat, rose hips, seaweed, sinusitis, skin, sleep, smoking, sore throat, soup, stevia, stress, sugar, sunburn, superfoods, sweat, teething, travel, triphala, tumeric, ulcerative colitis, umeboshi, vegan, vegetarian, vitamin a, vitamin c, vitamin d, vitamin e, water, weight, wrinkles, yogaComment

Graceful Aging

I use to roll my eyes when someone would say, "I'm like a fine wine, I get better with age." But now as I'm creeping towards my 36th year, I am beginning to see things a little differently. Though t...

Ivy BraninOctober 8, 2015organic, exercise, aging, skin, sleep, smoking, anti-inflammatory, cardiovascular, wrinkles, vitamin a, vitamin e, vitamin c, coronary artery disease Comment

Moving Benefits

The time for the summer beach body might have already passed, but don't quit the gym just yet. There are so many other benefits of exercise. Even if you have spent the first half of your life on the...

Ivy BraninAugust 14, 2014exercise, skin, memory, cognition, depression, cardiovascular, fermentation, agingComment

As if You Needed a Reason to Love Chocolate

This is probably one of the most common guilty pleasures revealed in my office. But don't worry you are not alone. Americans consume over 11 pounds of chocolate per year. Which is not surprising as ch...

Tori CoxFebruary 6, 2012breast cancer, sugar, chocolate, anti-inflammatory, aging, antioxidants, cancer, cardiovascular, coronary artery disease, depression, mood, diabetes

Winterize Your Skin Radiantly: Inside and Out

Our skin definitely takes a toll during the winter and sometimes we feel that we don't look our best. It can become dry, cracked, irritated, red, and itchy not to mention pale. However we don't have t...

Tori CoxJanuary 3, 2012anti-inflammatory, antioxidants, vitamin a, detoxification, skin, wrinkles, water, vitamin d, vitamin e, vitamin c, psorasis, Cod Liver Oil, vitaminD, omega 3, aging, acne

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