Genetics

By melanieavalon / October 23, 2016

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Learn how to get your raw genetic data for free with Genes For Good, and interpret it online with Genetic Genie and Prometheus. Explore your tendencies towards certain traits, health, and disease!

Allergies

Food Intolerances

Plant Antinutrients

By melanieavalon / October 12, 2016

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Are hidden food chemicals (even natural ones?) acting like kryptonite in your body?

Gut Health

Personal

SIBO

By melanieavalon / October 2, 2016

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This post is gonna be long. And personal. And TMI. And #allthethings. If you don’t like discussions of abdominal swelling and bowel movements (“BMs”), you might find this all a bit much. On the other hand, if you’re the type who…

Gut Health

By melanieavalon / September 19, 2016

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Say goodbye to IBS! Common digestive distress can be a sign of SIBO: small intestinal bacteria overgrowth. Learn how to treat it and rebuild your gut!

Diets

By melanieavalon / August 30, 2016

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Today’s post on the Blood Type Diet was inspired by a What When Wine Diet reader email:  Hi! I just started listening to your book and it’s great! I’m wondering your thoughts on blood type and paleo. I am a Type A and have always done well eating little meat. I want to eat exclusively Paleo but […]

Reviews

Wine

By melanieavalon / August 17, 2016

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I recently discussed the shocking hidden ingredients in wine, and the ambiguity of organic wine labeling. The time has come to jump into the meat drink of the matter: AKA – the actual affordable organic wines available. Without further adieu, here are my thoughts on 7 organic white wines which are better for your environment, […]

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By melanieavalon / August 9, 2016

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The suspicious lack of nutrition labels on alcoholic beverages may leave you thinking vodka is just vodka, beer is just beer, and wine is just wine. At least that’s what I always thought! I mean, you’d think a wine would be just fermented grape juice, right? Wrong. The truth is, a lot of stuff can go into wines, […]

Reviews

By melanieavalon / July 24, 2016

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I’m a Star Trek girl. Like really. My first crush was on Spock, before I arguably knew what crushes were.  I watched every single episode of the original series, memorizing episode titles and studying a companion guide. I constructed a mock Enterprise manual, complete with blueprints and organized by department (The Bridge, Engineering, Sick Bay, etc.). I […]

Genetics

By melanieavalon / July 8, 2016

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Hi! My name is Melanie, and I’m MTHFR homogeneous A1298C! How about you? A large percentage of us harbor variants of a genetic mutation which cause things in our body to go awry. Unfortunately, this isn’t some cool glitch which grants you superpowers, X-Men style. Rather, it’s a not-so-fun snag in your genetic coding, technically called a […]

Studies

By melanieavalon / June 25, 2016

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Look at the color wheel below. Can you quickly identify the blue square? Before you pat yourself on the back with glorious ideas of keen color perception… it’s pretty likely that you can. (Unless you’re color blind and didn’t realize it, in which case… #moment?) But here’s the thing: in scientific studies, cultures which don’t […]