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Gut Connection to Oral Health
Did you know that there is a direct link between your digestive health and oral health? Many functional dentists (dentists that use more...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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The Nutritionists Thoughts on COVID-19
Does it seem like our world has turned upside down? This last week things have seemed to erupt in the U.S.--closed schools, canceled...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Mar 16, 20203 min read
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How Sweet is the Sweet? Raw Local Honey
We will begin our analysis of sweeteners with a traditional fructose produced by nature’s honeybee. History’s first record of the use of...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Jun 4, 20183 min read
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How Sweet is the Sweet? Part 1: Defining Sugar
November is here and the holidays ahead! This means sweets and sugar consumption are on the rise and so are many blood sugar levels....

Maria Boyuk FNTP
May 28, 20182 min read
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Local Spotlights: Quail Eggs
Quality nutrition is so important for healing and maintaining our physical body. Embracing this stewardship is my passion as a...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
May 21, 20183 min read
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The Six Protagonists of Craving: Part 2
There are a multitude of reasons we crave the foods we do. Last week, I defined them within six categories--which I playfully termed the...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
May 14, 20182 min read
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The Six Protagonists of Craving: Part 1
Why do we desire and choose to eat the foods we eat? Perhaps this seems like a very silly question! The answer is obvious, right? As I...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
May 7, 20182 min read
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Gleaning From the Food of Yesterday: Dr. Francis Pottenger
How often have you thought that the health or disease you experience is based upon your parents’ health (your genetics) rather than your...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Apr 30, 20183 min read
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Gleaning From the Food of Yesterday: Dr. Weston Price
Observation: an act or instance of regarding attentively; something that is learned in the course of observing things How often do we go...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Apr 23, 20183 min read
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Gleaning from the Food of Yesterday: The Diet-Heart Hypothesis
Change, though it may seem to occur in a moment, often evolves through a series of smaller events. If you reflect back on the the...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Apr 17, 20183 min read
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Gleaning From the Food of Yesterday: The Era of WWII
In a time of crisis, when livelihoods are threatened, the routines which maintain our health are often compromised. This is typically...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Apr 9, 20182 min read
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Gleaning from the Food of Yesterday: The FDA
There once was a day when the producer and consumer of a food product were one in the same. Or, at the least, the producer and the...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Apr 2, 20183 min read
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Gleaning From the Food of Yesterday: America's Food Giants
Although scientific advancements will often lead a shift in culture, as we saw through the Industrial Revolution, more often than not,...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Mar 26, 20182 min read
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Gleaning From the Food of Yesterday: The Industrial Revolution
The creativity and innovation of mankind can produce incredible and rapid change. Through periods of history, this is evident as...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Mar 19, 20182 min read
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Gleaning from the Food of Yesterday: Cane Sugar Consumption
Without receiving a great exhortation about the negative impact of sugar on our health, most individuals would agree that the average...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Mar 12, 20182 min read
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Introduction: Gleaning from the Food of Yesterday
“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.“ ~Michael Crichton When...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Mar 5, 20182 min read
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Supporting the Foundations: Minerals
As an essential nutrient to our health, minerals tend to receive a lot of positive attention. (Unlike fats, which I intended to redeem...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Feb 26, 20182 min read
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Supporting the Foundations: Fatty Acids
Fatty acids are one of the most culturally confusing macronutrients and foundations, and thus, could use some tender attention. Consider...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Feb 19, 20182 min read
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Supporting the Foundations: Blood Sugar Handling
Our bodies have a complex system that prioritizes the maintenance of proper blood sugar (glucose) levels. Ideally, when we eat food, or...

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Feb 12, 20182 min read
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Supporting the Foundations: Hydration
Supporting the Foundations: Hydration As nutritional therapy is integrated into our lives, many necessary changes can seem overwhelming....

Maria Boyuk FNTP
Feb 5, 20182 min read
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