The Connor Wellness Clinic Blog: Hormones
Thoughts and suggestions on how you can increase your wellness, infinitely...
What Is the Vagus Nerve and Why Is It So Important to Our Health and Well-being?
The name “vagus” in Latin means “wandering”. The vagus nerve originates in the brainstem. It is the 10th cranial nerve, which is responsible for the parasympathetic control of the majority of our internal organs, including the heart, the lungs, and the digestive...
The Limbic Loop
As a Functional Medicine practitioner, I’m always looking at the root cause and interested in how not only to help my patients heal but to help them thrive. As much as I emphasize optimizing diet, restoring nutritional deficiencies, reducing toxicity, and adopting...
A Boomer’s Guide to Sleeping Well
The idea that you need less sleep as you get older is a myth. You need just as much if not more! However, the way you sleep does change. In your older years, you’re likely to wake up earlier and feel sleepy long before your usual bedtime. You’ll experience fewer hours...
Improve Your Sugar With These Alternatives
Sugar doesn’t have much of a place in the healthy anti-inflammatory diet. It throws your hormones off balance and contributes to obesity, diabetes, weight gain, heart disease, liver damage, and inflammation. That’s why high-fat, low-carb diets work so well – they...
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
When you hear the acronym SAD, you would rightly assume that it is referring to the Standard American Diet. But there is another SAD which is also important to talk about - Seasonal Affective Disorder. What is this particular SAD? Think “winter blues”. Many people...
Quick Tips to Stay Ahead of the Game During Holidays
It’s here. We’re officially heading into one of the busiest times of the year! Before everything ramps up … let’s take some time to get prepared NOW. A little bit of effort now will help you cruise through the holidays without the stress. And It all starts with...