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Epigenetics: A Functional Medicine Pillar
This term is commonly used in functional medicine and I am not confident it's always clear to my clients, or even my colleagues what this...

Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 2, 20206 min read
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Electromagnetic Allergies: Are you at Risk?
The American Medical Association now recognizes the medical diagnosis of #electromagnetic sensitivity. Scientists have been expressing...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 30, 20204 min read
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Modern Science Meets Ancient Medicine
Our world is full of energetic and electrical frequencies. Our own bodies are a mass of vibrating fields of energy. That is why when we...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 29, 20205 min read
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Garlic: My Garden Favorite
I absolutely love the smell of wild onions as I walk through town and love planting garlic in my #garden. I even love the smell of garlic...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 23, 20203 min read
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Pomegranate: Gorgeous & Cancer Fighting
Another beautiful fruit which is full of #phytonutrients, from the peel to the seed. This is a food I talk quite a bit about actually in...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 22, 20203 min read
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Broccoli: Why we need ALL our Broccoli
There are people who have specific genetic #polymorphisms or gene mutations who require more broccoli than others to detoxify poisons...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 21, 20202 min read
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The Ugly Truth about the Beauty Industry
As I work through the #detoxification program, I've been updating my readings on all things environmental health, which is all a bit...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 17, 20207 min read
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Sleep: Potentially THE Greatest Impact on Our Health
As a midwife, missing an entire night's rest was common. Sometimes this happened several times each week and opportunity to "catch up"...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 13, 20205 min read
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Colorful, Plant-Based Food: Eating the Rainbow
Everyone has their favorite diet. Experts argue which is more effective. The meat group has a fan-base and certainly so does the vegan...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 9, 20209 min read
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COVID Vaccine Approval: What Now?
Admittedly, my position on #vaccines is that it is really challenging for those who take a scholarly approach to today's healthcare to...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 9, 20207 min read
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Getting Serious about your Drinking Water
Having the great privilege of living in a first world country has meant for many of us that we don't have to think about the cleanliness...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 8, 20206 min read
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Massage: Detoxification Support
Certainly don't want to usurp actual #massage therapists, because I don't even pretend to play one at home, but as a clinician, I must...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 8, 20203 min read
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Detoxification: Reducing Your Body's Burden
Wellness visits are about more than evaluating one's need for a pap smear or whether they need their cholesterol checked. Its about...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 8, 20205 min read
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Flaxseed: Two Tablespoons per Day
No way you are going to study about clean eating and not hear about flaxseeds, particularly if you are educating yourself on improving...

Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 2, 20205 min read
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Bitters for Gut Health
Bitters are a specific class of herbs for the digestive system and part of the gut health program I offer clients, but they do so much...

Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 29, 20204 min read
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Glorious Goldenrod
Fall has always been my favorite season, yet this fall, I seem to feel it's only a loud alarm bell for the end of such a beautiful summer...

Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 23, 20204 min read
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Earth Medicine: Is it Safe?
There are concerns that traditional #herbal medicine lacks sufficient scientific validation and may not meet basic standards of safety...

Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 15, 20206 min read
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Earth Medicine: Reassurance in Mother Earth
It may be argued that earth medicine is a hippie movement. Maybe so, but those interested in self-sufficiency and an organic lifestyle...

Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 15, 20204 min read
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Earth Medicine: Women Healers
Women have always used herbs. Historically, women have been the healers. The only medicine available came from the woods, beside streams,...

Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 15, 20206 min read
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Perfection lacks Authenticity
I've had a few things on my mind these past few weeks, primarily my own #insecurity in moving forward as a yoga instructor and even a...

Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 14, 20204 min read
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