by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Jun 25, 2019 | DIGESTIVE HEALTH, FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, INFLAMMATION, NUTRITION
EVIDENCE BASED! Did you know that it in the year 1700, the average individual consumed about 4 pounds of sugar each year. In 1800, it was about 18 pounds of sugar per year. In 1900, the average person ate 90 pounds of sugar per year (1). Today, the average...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Jun 11, 2019 | ADRENAL HEALTH, DIGESTIVE HEALTH, FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, HORMONES, INFLAMMATION
EVIDENCE BASED! A subject near and dear to my heart: sleep. Did you know that the CDC reports that over 40 million Americans get less than 6 hours of sleep at night. And if you know anything about sleep, all the clichés are true. You really do need adequate sleep so...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | May 14, 2019 | DIGESTIVE HEALTH, FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, INFLAMMATION, MENTAL HEALTH, NUTRITION
EVIDENCE BASED! Once you dive into wellness-based literature, websites, and media, it seems these days that you can’t get around hearing about a condition known as “Leaky Gut Syndrome.” Medically termed, “intestinal permeability,” or just “leaky gut” for short,...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | May 7, 2019 | DIGESTIVE HEALTH, FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, HORMONES, INFLAMMATION, MENTAL HEALTH
EVIDENCE BASED! In a 2017 survey, the National Institute of Health reports that an estimated 17.3 million adults in the United States had at least one depressive episode, more than half of that being among women. (1) That’s us moms! Busier than ever and more sad than...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Apr 30, 2019 | DIGESTIVE HEALTH, FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, HORMONES, INFLAMMATION, NUTRITION, SKIN HEALTH, WEIGHT-LOSS
EVIDENCE BASED! I have been practicing functional medicine for almost six years, and for the past year have operated a completely virtual practice. Want to know the most common question I still get after all these years? “What exactly is Functional Medicine?” While a...
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