One Digestive Trick You Need to Know Before Holiday Feasting
‘Tis the season of overindulgence (for many of us at least). Before and after your next holiday feast, think about adding digestive bitters into the mix. As the name implies, digestive bitters are a mixture of bitter herbs used to promote healthy digestive function and disperse accumulation of food, “dampness,” and “heat” in the body. These accumulations can cause us to feel heavy, …
Preparation Tips for International & Holiday Travel
Whether you’re traveling across the country or just across town this holiday season, these tips from our Naturopath, Dr. Nicole Killian, will ensure the time you spend with your loved ones is happy & healthy. Keep reading for immunity support, digestion, natural first-aid, and more Please consult with a healthcare provider about your specific allergies, constitution, and conditions before starting …
What would grandma do? Natural home remedies through the decades
They say moms and grandmas always know best. Many of us can contest to this when it came to home remedies that our faithful protectors whipped up for us over the years. Whether it was chicken soup for the common cold or aloe vera for a sun burn, we could always count on our motherly figures to have our backs …
Keep your family healthy this season
With Summer coming to an end and Fall quickly approaching, we are all getting back into our groove of scheduled life and activities. Students are back in school, flu season is creeping around the corner, seasonal sports are starting up, etc. With all the daily hustle and bustle, it is easy to forget about our overall health and …
Tastes of the Season at Root Cafe
Tastes of the Season at Root Cafe At Root, one of our four key pillars of health is food. It’s no secret that food is medicine– what you feed your body has a huge impact on your overall health and happiness. Our NW cafe offers an array of dishes can be prepared vegan, gluten-free or you can add a protein such …
Root Providers Now Taking Health Insurance
Dr. Katherine Walker, ND Naturopathic Primary Care Physician Blue Cross Blue Shield American Specialty Health Network Providence Health Plans Aetna HealthNet Moda Health Cigna United Healthcare Optum Health Dr. Seth Means, DC Chiropractic Physician Blue Cross Blue Shield (coming soon) American Specialty Health Network (coming soon) Providence Health Plans (coming soon) Aetna (coming soon) HealthNet (coming soon) Jon Conant, LAC …
Find your alignment with Dr. Seth Means
We are proud to introduce our newest physician to the Root Whole Body family, Dr Seth Means! He is now available for booking and is contracted with many insurance plans as well. Call to find out if you can apply your coverage to your appointment! NW Slabtown 503.292.7668 | NE Irvington 503.288.7668 Dr. Seth Means is a board certified Chiropractic …
What Your Posture Can Tell You about Your Health
It’s a chicken-or-egg question: What came first, the stress that caused bad posture, or the bad posture that enhances a foul mood? Our emotional and physical health are intertwined; awareness of one often leads to straightening up the other, Our bodies are designed for movement and stability. As we age, we create muscle imbalances from bad habits in how we …
The Power of Consistency: Yoga as a Lifestyle
“Yoga in America is becoming what it needs to be. We cannot step backward from those ways of doing things [in India], because we never had them to begin with.” – Nina Moliver The practice of yoga, which began about 5000 years ago in India, has become a booming $27 Billion industry in the U.S., with more than 15 million …
Food is Medicine
What did people do before the giant pharmaceutical corporations took a stronghold on the ‘health and wellness’ field, trying to convince us that the best way to heal our bodies is to ingest chemical cocktails packaged in pretty little pills? It is simple. They used food as medicine instead, and in many traditions such as Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine and …
One simple thing: Store food and leftovers in mason jars to stay fresh longer in the fridge
This simple DIY life hack is simple to do. Mason jars are plentiful in grocery stores now, at the end of the summer/fall canning season. Or you can pick up a case of them on Amazon. Glass is non-reactive, so no chemicals can leach into your food (great especially if you’re storing foods high in acid, like tomatoes). They …