by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Aug 22, 2022 | HORMONES, NUTRITION
In my over-two-decade journey to Balancing my Hormones, eliminating certain cooking oils was one of the most recent changes I made. (I’m not kidding.) Truth be told, I used sunflower and grapeseed oils for years; I had no idea how they, in recent years, have...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Jul 11, 2021 | ADRENAL HEALTH, FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, HORMONES
I can’t tell you how many messages I still receive on a regular basis from people asking me “if I was aware that Adrenal Fatigue is not real.” My answer is always the same: Just because it does not have a medical diagnosis, doesn’t mean it’s...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Jan 25, 2021 | ADRENAL HEALTH, D.I.Y. Remedies, FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, HORMONES, INFLAMMATION, MENTAL HEALTH, NUTRITION
EVIDENCE BASED! About fifteen years ago I went to a doctor for “brain fog,” and was told “it’s all in your head. There is simply no such diagnosis. You need more sleep.” And just like that I walked out of that office with a prescription for sleep medication. Which...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Jan 5, 2021 | ADRENAL HEALTH, FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, HORMONES, MENTAL HEALTH
EVIDENCE BASED! If you’ve been following me for any length of time you know that twenty years ago I was a NYC commuter working in corporate America. I spent three to four hours per day on trains and subways and my ten hour days were fueled by obnoxiously large...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Nov 13, 2020 | ADRENAL HEALTH, FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, HORMONES, INFLAMMATION, METABOLIC DISEASE
EVIDENCE BASED! In the always on-the-go, over-caffeinated, fast food society we live in these days, it’s no surprise that an estimated 80% of Americans suffer from an adrenal insufficiency. Adrenal glands, also known as suprarenal glands, are small,...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Sep 27, 2019 | FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, HORMONES, SKIN HEALTH
EVIDENCE BASED! The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that indoor levels of air pollutants can be two to five times higher and occasionally one-hundred times higher than the outdoors. (1) Which prompts me to wonder “do we give enough thought to the...
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