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Can Phosphatidylserine Lower Cortisol? What the Research Actually Shows
Can phosphatidylserine lower cortisol? A functional medicine practitioner's guide to the evidence, the mechanisms and how PS fits into a broader cortisol support protocol.
Why Does Magnesium Glycinate Make You Sleepy? The Mechanism Explained
Magnesium glycinate makes you sleepy because it's doing two separate calming jobs at once.
Focus Supplements for ADHD: What Actually Works? An Evidence-Based Guide (2026)
Managing ADHD and poor focus requires looking beyond willpower. It involves addressing genetic, environmental, and neurotransmitter bottlenecks (dopamine, norepinephrine, glutamate, and GABA). While conventional treatments remain primary, specific evidence-based supplements...
Best Supplements for Menopause: A Practitioner's Complete Guide
What are the best supplements for menopause? A functional medicine practitioner's guide covering hot flushes, sleep, mood, brain fog and bone health. Written by Marie Guerlain BSc NT, ND.
Menopause Brain Fog Supplements: What Actually Works and Why
If you have found yourself walking into a room and forgetting why you are there, losing words mid-sentence, struggling to hold a thought or feeling like your sharpness has quietly...
How To Be Yourself and Quiet Your Inner Critic
Authenticity isn't a fixed state; it’s the practice of aligning your actions with your deeply held values rather than external pressures. Your inner critic is actually an evolutionary survival mechanism...
Adrenal Fatigue and Cortisol Supplements: What the Science Actually Says
If you are exhausted in a way that sleep does not fix, wired but tired at the same time, struggling to respond to stress the way you once did, or...
How To Stop Overthinking (A Neuroscientist’s Guide)
Overthinking is a learned neural habit, not a result of "thinking too much." Because it stems from a communication glitch between brain networks, it can be intentionally unlearned.