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Rhythm as Medicine: How Sound Shapes the Mind and Body By Dr. Sandra McKenzie | Lifestyle Medicine Specialist We Are Rhythm Before We Are Thought I was recently listening to Terrence Howard, Jr. speak about what he refers to as sound theory —a way of thinking about vibration, frequency, and the role sound may play in shaping reality. While these ideas are not formally established within conventional scientific frameworks, they open an important doorway to a conversation tha

By Dr. Sandra McKenzie, Lifestyle Medicine Specialist When COVID-19 emerged, much of the conversation centered around public health measures, pharmaceuticals, and day-to-day precautions. But over the last few years, researchers in integrative and functional medicine have explored another important area: how certain nutrients and botanicals may support immune balance and resilience. While supplements do not treat or cure viral illness, more evidence now shows that key nutrien

The silent hormonal shifts no one teaches women to notice By Dr. Sandra Mckenzie / Lifestyle Medicine Specialist Women’s bodies move through seasons—puberty, motherhood, transition, and renewal. But while men often get obvious warning signs of hormonal decline, women are taught to normalize fatigue, weight gain, irritability, loss of libido, and brain fog as “aging.” But symptoms are not destiny. They are data. Your hormones are chemical messengers shaping: • Energy • Emotion

Lifestyle strategies that activate the body’s own pathways By Dr. Sandra McKenzie, Lifestyle Medicine Specialist In the conversation about GLP-1 medications, one truth often gets overshadowed: The human body is exquisitely designed with its own internal mechanisms to regulate appetite, manage weight, balance insulin, and maintain metabolic harmony. GLP-1 is not just a pharmaceutical target — it is a natural hormone we produce every day, and we have the power to support it gen