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.
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.