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Toxins are and have been a part of the human situation forever. Even before the industrial era, toxins came from bacteria, yeast, and fungii in food, minerals and biological products in the water, and compounds in the air. Now that humans have turned into giant trash heap creatures, your detoxification systems are always working to keep you alive, but they can't always keep up.

Detox is easy to get wrong - even for practitioners. So here are some of the basic foundations to good, effective, ongoing detoxification.

Sex hormones influence your energy, sleep, motivation and drive. Estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone are all big factors in how you feel on a daily basis.

Staying asleep comes down to managing everything that would wake you up, like blood sugar, nighttime cortisol spikes, histamine, hormones, and pain. Supplements to stay asleep have to cover whichever of these problems you're struggling with. Let's talk about those things with the exception of pain, which is its giant topic, and very personal to the circumstance and type of pain.

Falling asleep should be as natural and easy as letting gravity pull you down a slide, but sometimes it isn't. In these cases, the first step in fixing the problem is making sure that you aren't taking something that causes the problem.

MTHFR and sleep are intertwined, so here are some of the most important things you can do to get the best sleep moving forward.

Sleep anxiety is the nightmare scenario where fearing that you won't get good sleep causes you to not get good sleep.

Methylation is a very small, foundational chemical function in your body. It involves the moving of a methyl group, which is a carbon with three hydrogens that you can picture a lot like a Mickey Mouse head with an extra ear (shudder).

Sleep problems can be divided into four main categories based on the pattern of sleep disturbance that you experience. These patterns can help you narrow down some of the contributing factors in your sleep trouble.

These two complex symptoms have a terrifyingly circular relationship, often blending seamlessly into each other, making it impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins

Castor oil has, in fact, been used for thousands of years and was considered so valuable it was included in the tombs of ancient Pharos in Egypt as early as 4,000 B.C.

Sleep is one of our basic biological functions. We'll talk about what it is, what it's for, and also 8 keys to a healthy sleep cycle.

Understanding fatigue means understanding what gives you the feeling of having energy in the first place.

If you're tired all the time, here are some factors to rule out at home or with your doctor.

Fatigue, which is a feeling of extreme tiredness, weakness, or exhaustion, is the first symptom of almost every medical problem, including MTHFR. It can be linked to almost every body system, and it is the most general symptom we have. It is also linked to a number of common gene SNPs, including MTHFR, fast MAOA, fast COMT, and more. It is tied to lifestyle factors like diet, nutrition, sleep, and stress. So, actually, in light of all of that, it is surprising any of us don't

As with so many other conditions, the research shows that people with the MTHFR gene mutation are more likely to have migraines....

Blood tests for folate have one big fatal flaw, making them both innaccurate and functionally useless, and the most common folate levels that we see on the blood tests of people with MTHFR might surprise you.

Blood sugar matters for everyone because it is linked to or at the root of the top three killers in the US. Balanced blood sugar matters...

Glycemic index sounds highly unsexy, which is fair, but it's actually a diet hack that can help you to keep your blood sugars balanced with very little work. You don't even need to know the exact glycemic index of a particular food to understand how to use this system.

It is important to recognize stroke symptoms and seek treatment as soon as possible. Facial drooping, weakness or paralysis, and slurred...