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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Mar 16, 20203 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Jun 4, 20183 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
May 28, 20182 min read
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....
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
May 21, 20183 min read
Local Spotlights: Quail Eggs
Quality nutrition is so important for healing and maintaining our physical body. Embracing this stewardship is my passion as a...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
May 14, 20182 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
May 7, 20182 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Apr 30, 20183 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Apr 23, 20183 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Apr 17, 20183 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Apr 9, 20182 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Apr 2, 20183 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Mar 26, 20182 min read
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,...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Mar 19, 20182 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Mar 12, 20182 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Mar 5, 20182 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Feb 26, 20182 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Feb 19, 20182 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Feb 12, 20182 min read
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...
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Maria Boyuk FNTP
Feb 5, 20182 min read
Supporting the Foundations: Hydration
Supporting the Foundations: Hydration As nutritional therapy is integrated into our lives, many necessary changes can seem overwhelming....
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