New Life Functional Medicine

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Our homes are becoming increasingly toxic and unhealthy. Empower your community how to create a home for you and your family that fosters health and promotes a healthier planet!

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An oldie but a goodie!

We're having a sale on our FemiLift laser treatments!

Schedule an appointment for a FemiLift treatment between now and March 31st and get $100 off! Your first treatment will be $399 with no commitment for additional sessions unless you feel you need it. Most of our patients have improvements after 2-3 sessions.

Our FemiLift laser helps with urinary incontinence, vaginal dryness and recurring infections, post delivery rehab, and post menopausal symptoms.

Call or text us with questions or to schedule: (636) 735-3609

This is just one of the reasons I am always drinking tea! Come and have a cup!

If you need to order supplements soon, please check out my new Fullscript page first: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/sredhage

You can make an account using your email address, and then order your supplements from my page with a 10% discount. You can also be sure your supplements are coming from the manufacturer and aren't counterfeit versions of trusted brands. Text my work line if you have any questions!

Fullscript - New Life Functional Medicine - Sandra Redhage MSN, WHNP-BC

Gosh these good ones keep coming to me!

Harmonizing Gut and Mind for Optimal Wellness🧒

I am working on this this week…..

Balance Your Mind, Body, and Breath for Optimal Wellness❤️

So excited to attend this tomorrow!!!
It is virtual AND FREE!!!!
So can attend in my warm house in sweat pants! So can you as it is open to everyone!

🌟 Join us Tomorrow for Mental Health In Menopause PART 1! Remember to register for Part 1 & Part 2 separately! Don't miss insights from Dr. Sara Gottfried and Dr. Jaclyn Smeaton.

Register for free: https://plminstitute.org/2024-event-calendar/

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🌍 Imagine a world where breast cancer is no longer a death sentence. A world where you can heal naturally, without the harsh side effects of conventional treatments.

That world is possible, and the Breast Cancer Breakthroughs Summit is the first step to getting there.

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This online event will teach you everything you need to know about holistic approaches to managing and healing from breast cancer. You’ll learn from world-renowned experts how to:

✨ Improve your diet and nutrition to support your healing
✨ Reduce stress and inflammation
✨ Detoxify your body safely and effectively
✨ Optimize your environment
✨ Choose the right supplements

Join us for the summit and discover a new path to healing. Register for free today!

Great article about thyroid treatment!

Our FemiLift laser is helping so many of our patients who suffer from some of the more intimate side effects of hormone changes. Give us a call to see if it can help you find some relief.

New Life Functional Medicine New Life Functional Medicine is a boutique medical office founded by Sandi Redhage, NP. Our primary focus is offering hormone replacement therapy and finding the root cause of your health concerns.

No more mouth wash!

A recent study found that frequent users of mouthwash (twice daily or more) had a significantly higher risk of developing pre-diabetes or diabetes over a three-year follow-up period compared to less frequent or non-users.

Our mouth is a bustling microcosm, hosting a diverse range of microorganisms that not only aid in digestion, but also impact our overall health. On the contrary, the commercial mouthwashes we use to maintain oral hygiene can disrupt this complex microbiota, rendering a significant blow to these helpful microbes.

The potential mouthwash-diabetes link underscores the importance of maintaining a balanced oral microbiome — reinforcing the interconnection between all parts of our bodies and our health.

This is why, if you are considering a GLP-1 for weight loss, you need to have enough testosterone, protein intake and resistance training or you will lose just muscle.

Build muscle, lose the inflammation. 💪

Wow does this work well!! Call or text us at 636-735-3609 for pricing and scheduling.

FemiLift - Vaginal Rejuvenation Laser treatment by Alma Lasers FemiLift is a solution for a wide range of feminine indications such as stress urinary incontinence, vaginal dryness, laxity, and recurrent infections.

Love love love this stuff! And the PRO line is available at the office, which is up to 9x stronger!

This is a worthy listen!!!

Is Histamine Intolerance The Cause Of Your Mysterious Symptoms? Most people are familiar with certain histamine conditions, such as the development of a welt from a bee sting or hives from a peanut allergy. However, sympt...

No kidding!

When it comes to weight problems, the brain is running the show.

Unfortunately, this fact hasn't been fully recognized, appreciated, or honored in most discussions about weight gain and fatness.

Let me break it down for you.

Your brain is the source of your behaviors related to when you eat, what you eat, how much you eat, the type of movement your body performs, and regulation of body weight, fat composition, and hormones.

Your brain is not always rational in how it tells you to eat, and past stress can make you eat more. Stress is not your brain's friend, and often the parts of your brain wired for survival will guide you to eat calorie-dense foods, even if you're not at risk for food scarcity.

When you gain weight, your brain uses all the tools in its arsenal to make sure your body fat and weight retain the extra pounds. Your brain evolved in a way that it doesn't want you to lose too much fat because you might starve to death. But it can be overprotective and consequently hold on to that belly fat that you are trying to get rid of.
👉Your genes and your body’s feedback signals (stress response, heart rate, metabolism, etc.) have developed such that humans defend weight asymmetrically: we fight against weight loss much more than weight gain. Weight gain doesn’t threaten our ability to survive like weight loss could, so evolution makes it much easier to gain weight than to lose it.

The brain sets a stable body weight for every adult, called the body weight set point, based on genetics, hormones, behavior, and environment.

The set point theory holds that your brain strongly regulates and defends your weight at a predetermined point based on your body's feedback loops. So, when you exercise more, you crave more food, and the scale doesn't budge, and when you eat less, you get hungrier.

The bottom line is that weight problems are complicated, and the brain plays a significant role.

Understanding this can help you make better choices and work towards a healthier weight.

This should be interesting!

I am thrilled to be speaking at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Women’s Health Symposium which will be held on July 18-19, 2023. Join us for this free, virtual symposium.
This symposium will identify research, prevention, and treatment focusing on the impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on women’s health and explore actionable solutions.

Learn more and register here. https://event.roseliassociates.com/owh-edc-womens-health/

Good article on the benefits of magnesium!

Dietary magnesium intake is related to larger brain volumes and lower white matter lesions with notable s*x differences - PubMed Higher dietary Mg intake is related to better brain health in the general population, and particularly in women.

This is a great AT HOME Vaginal Microbiome test kit for those of us ladies who like to be in control of our own health.

Link in bio to see a full sample report from Evvy, or read on to learn what Evvy tests for 👇

In short, Evvy tests for all bacteria and fungi that have been found in the vaginal and urinary microbiomes — with one swab. 🔬
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All other vaginal microbiome tests, including those at the doctor's office or available online, use technology (called either PCR or 16s) that screens for a predefined & limited list of microbes.
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Evvy's test is the only one to use metagenomics, an advanced form of testing that sequences the whole genome of all microbes present. That means you don’t have to order several tests to get a good picture of what’s up down there — just one. ☝️

👉 Please note that Evvy does not test for STIs and does not replace your Pap smear or regular OB-GYN visits.

This is great advice. Just don’t exceed 1mg per day for long periods of time, or there is a risk of thinning of the retina!

Melatonin is a key healthspan and anti-aging hormone that controls more than five hundred genes.

▪Melatonin is made in the brain.

▪Apart from maintaining the body’s circadian rhythm, it also regulates other hormones and controls the timing and release of female reproductive hormones.

▪Additionally, melatonin may help seal the blood-brain barrier—the key barrier to keep out toxins and other blood components that may disturb the brain—and reduces inflammation. (You find the full list of studies in the Notes for BRAIN BODY DIET)

▪Melatonin lowers estrogen and may prevent breast cancer.

▪Low melatonin has also been linked to a greater risk of endometrial cancer, another estrogen-dependent cancer.

▪Melatonin is at its highest level during sleep.

Are you routinely awake at night with the lights on? If so, your health might be more at risk. Screen time and light at night disrupt melatonin production. The fastest way to throw off your biological clock is to blast your eyeballs with ALAN (artificial light at night). The blue wavelengths of digital screens are fine during the day because they improve your attention, reaction times, and mood, but they turn on you after sundown. Not all colors are the same; the blue light emitted from digital screens, such as smartphones or e-readers, suppresses melatonin production more than other colors of light.

When you’re short on sleep, your sleep/wake cycle is disrupted, taking extra melatonin beyond what your body makes can help you fall asleep faster, increase total sleep time, and improve overall sleep quality.

👉I recommend supplemental melatonin to improve sleep, correct jet lag, help shift workers, repair mitochondria, and improve brain/body function when compromised.
Dose: 0.3 to 3 mg at night.

My melatonin level is low-normal, so periodically, I will perform a melatonin reset by taking a tiny dose of melatonin (0.4 mg) four hours prior to bedtime. After I take this small dose, my melatonin level initially spikes and then starts to decline. My body detects the decline and causes my pineal gland to make more melatonin so that, four hours later, I can sleep more soundly.

And this is why I always have a pot of tea going at the office!

Tea Consumption & Mortality A recent prospective cohort study of nearly half a million tea drinkers from the UK found that intake of tea at a level of 2 or more cups per day may be associated with lower mortality risk, regardless of genetic variations in caffeine metabolism. Tea is a very popular beverage worldwide, with black...

Sounds a little like a few people I know (including myself).

Are you nodding your head yes to any of these? The more of these traits that you said yes to, the more likely it is that you are a highly sensitive person.

A highly sensitive person, or HSP, is a characteristic discovered and coined by the well-known psychologist Elaine Aron. This distinct and inborn personality trait is also known as sensory-processing sensitivity, or SPS, and is estimated to be present in about 15-20% of the population.

So what exactly does it mean to be a highly sensitive person?

In simplest terms, HSPs have a greater responsiveness and sensitivity to stimuli. That means as an HSP, you’re significantly more perceptive and reactive to the world – which can be a double-edged sword.

For the pros and cons of a HSP, click here: https://www.jillcarnahan.com/2023/03/01/the-highly-sensitive-person-signs-you-might-be-one/