Vitamin D & Your Immune System As we all know, vitamin D is something we generally call “the sunshine vitamin” because it is produced in your skin by the interaction of UV light from the sunshine and cholesterol. Vitamin D plays a variety of essential roles in...
How to Eat Healthy when on the Go! By: Naomi – ND Life Spa When you glace at your schedule and realize that your week ahead is full of long days at work and then off to some evening event and think to yourself, I guess I will start my diet next week I...
As you push your cart down the vast aisles at your favorite shopping spot trying to locate or figure out which supplements with would best support your needs. You might quickly get lost in the sea of thousands of brands and false claims that are promising you some...
Dear Friend, “I know you.” That is what some people say when they meet me in town. “You’re Dr. Blackwood over at ND Life Spa.” In case you do not know me, I am the man in the picture. Perhaps I should tell you a little more about that photo, and why I chose to use it...
–Dr. Blackwood— Question from Weight Loss Patient: I am always motivated to ring in the New Year with weight loss goals and a healthier lifestyle. I seem to stay motivated for about a week or two, and then I fall into a winter depression. How can I stay on...
So many of us are looking in the mirror and wonder how our bodies mysteriously look so different. As over night we gained weight, got cellulite in places we didn’t know that we could get it. We look tired, overworked, and stressed. According to the World Health...
How you are feeling? Are you feeling tired, rundown, possibly overwhelmed? Or even experiencing a multitude of symptoms from fatigue, bloating, digestion issues, hormone imbalance to even stress. Your body is designed to heal itself. If you fall down and scuff up your...
The one thing that we all can agree on is that protein shakes are an essential part of a nutritional diet. What is certain is that it needs to help you reach your personal weight loss or health goals. These protein shakes should be apart of your goals to weight loss,...
As we are exploring this new undocumented time, there is one thing that we all can agree on- the world has changed with little warning. There has been many new norms that we have all had to get used too. The disruption of normal daily life- working from home where we...
Many of us know the importance of “pH balance” for our skin, but have you ever considered pH as a crucial aspect to your overall health? When it comes to wellness, pH balance affects everything from your skin to your metabolism to the creation of new cells to the...
