A long-running journal on the genes that shape how your body works, and the food, supplements, and lifestyle choices that actually move the needle.
No fads. No "what's trending." Plain-English writing from a working clinical nutrigenomics practice. Educational, opinion-based, and grounded in peer-reviewed research.
Estrogen has to get into your cells and it has to get back out, and your genes affect both. Why too much and too little feel the same in your 40s, the six genes that govern receiving and clearing estrogen, why supporting the pathway is not the same as replacing the hormone, and a free printable guide.
Read the piece →Claritin and Pepcid block where histamine lands, not how much is there. The bucket model: five things that fill it, two drains that clear it, the 14-day reset used as a test rather than a diet, why your probiotic may be adding to the load, the estrogen connection that explains midlife flares, and the five genes that decide which fix works for you. Free printable workbook with worksheets.
Read the piece →In the largest survey of its kind, 31.3 percent of responding US OB/GYN residency programs teach menopause at all, and 6.8 percent of residents say they feel prepared to manage it. What the dismissal data does and does not show, why "estrogen will not help your heart" is a different claim from "estrogen could hurt your heart," where the hormone therapy guidelines contradict each other, and the questions worth bringing to the appointment.
Read the piece →At 25 you can do almost everything wrong and still grow. Somewhere in your 40s that stops, quietly. What anabolic resistance actually is and the per-meal protein number that fixes it, why fast-twitch fibers go first, heavy weights versus light, what "to failure" really means, why HIIT versus lifting is the wrong fight, and the genes that shape how each body responds.
Read the piece →Searches for organ supplements are up almost 300 percent this year. Nobody selling them shows you what ends up in the capsule, so I ran the numbers. Six liver capsules is about a tenth of a serving of liver. Three nutrients survive that math. The iron and CoQ10 claims do not, and the study the whole category rests on is from 1951 and used rats.
Read the piece →The aisle sells it as the master antioxidant you can swallow. Your body tells a more interesting story. Why glutathione is a loop your body runs, not a stockpile you top up, what your detox genes (GSTM1, GSTT1, NQO1) actually do, why taking more can just back up, and how to tell when you are being oversold rather than actually running low.
Read the piece →The internet decided this was the summer of the liver. Searches jumped almost 700 percent and cleanse sales nearly doubled. Underneath the trend is a real story: the most common liver condition was just renamed MASLD, and it is metabolic, not just about alcohol. What that means, why you protect the liver instead of flushing it (a lens from Dr. Bill Rawls), the supplements worth knowing about, and why the real answer is personal.
Read the piece →Everyone seems to be on one, and we started treating these drugs like a vitamin. They are genuinely impressive, and they are doing far more inside your body than "no big deal." The real benefits, the side effects nobody mentions (muscle, bone, the reward system, the gut), why the math quietly flips for people who only want to lose 10 or 20 pounds, and the genetics that decide which drug actually suits whom.
Read the piece →Everyone is asking about peptides right now, and the conversation has gotten loud. The useful question is not whether peptides work. It is which ones have real human data, and which ones are still a promising animal story. A plain-language map of the seven peptides people ask about most, ranked by what we actually know, plus the one question that sorts safety. A summary of the Huberman Lab episode with Dr. Abud Bakri, MD.
Read the piece →A plain-English read on retatrutide, drawn from Dr. Abud Bakri's Huberman Lab conversation. What the triple agonist is, why some think it will be the biggest drug ever, and the safety framing he applies to this whole GLP-1 class.
Read the piece →A lot of my clients are asking me about coconut water. They saw it on TikTok. They want to know if it is healthier than water. The answer is more complicated than the marketing makes it sound. What the research actually shows, the sugar that adds up, the sodium gap most people miss, and the group of people for whom it is genuinely dangerous.
Read the piece →A holistic practitioner's plain-English guide to homocysteine. What the marker actually measures, why most standard panels skip it, the difference between "normal" and optimal, and how to test it at home.
Read the piece →GERD medicine (the medical name is PPI, or proton pump inhibitor) is one of the most prescribed classes of drug in America. It was designed for short courses. It is being used for years. What that costs you in B12, magnesium, bone density, kidney function, and infection risk. The low stomach acid paradox most articles do not explain. The protocol that worked for me, with my doctor: tapering off the meds, hydrogen rich water, betaine HCl, and fixing what was driving the pattern in the first place.
Read the piece →What methylation actually is, why MTHFR keeps getting blamed for everything, the other genes that actually matter (MTR, MTRR, BHMT, COMT, CBS), the supplements that backfire, and what the research says about what actually moves the needle.
Read the piece →A holistic practitioner's perspective on the label, the medication, and the research most people aren't shown. Why the diagnosis deserves a second look, what the literature describes as the real diagnostic standard, what Synthroid's overprescription rate actually is, and the evidence behind selenium, vitamin D, and myo-inositol.
Read the piece →The food industry has turned protein into the new wellness gold star. Some of it helps. A lot of it is ultra-processed snacks with a halo. Here is how much you actually need, what the research says about high-protein processed foods, and how to spot the difference between a real nutrition tool and a clever package.
Read the piece →Perimenopause does not always start in your 50s. It can begin in the late 30s. A practitioner's perspective on the symptoms most often dismissed, what the research says about HRT and hormone testing, and how SNPs like COMT, MTHFR, and the estrogen detox pathway may shape your transition.
Read the piece →The journal is being written one piece at a time. Topics in progress, in roughly the order they'll land. Drop your email below and I'll send each piece when it's published.