Constellation Naturopathic

06/09/2022

Anyone else look at their food (and by food I mean medicine) like this? 😍⁣
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Let’s go over the greatest hits for Lions Mane (Hericium erinaceus) and why I use it:⁣
✅ immune support⁣
✅ mood + stress support⁣
✅ memory + cognition support⁣
✅ digestion support⁣
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Shop local as possible, like I did at my neighborhood farmers market or with ⁣
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05/03/2022

The sun is returning to the PNW and my pup Luna and I got out to enjoy it! Since May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month 💚, I thought what better way to kick things off than share with you all how to properly remove ticks both from humans and our furbabies! 🐶 ⁣
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Steps for Removing a Tick:⁣
1. The Lyme bug, called Borrelia, and its friends are in the saliva, so anything you do to irritate the tick aside from removing it can increase the chance of transmission. ⁣
2. This means NO vaseline, no matches, and don’t squeeze it. ⁣
3. Grasp from the side using steady and gentle pressure and pull the tick out direct opposite from the way that it is attached. You’ll do this until the tick releases. ⁣
4. Don’t freak out when you see the skin tenting, this is normal. ⁣
5. Put the tick into a ziplock container and don’t touch it after this. ⁣
6. Your doctor might want to see the tick to identify it and/or want to have the tick tested itself for Lyme or other tickborne pathogens. ⁣
7. Have the tick sent to www.tickreport.com or www.ticknology.org for testing. ⁣
8. Call your provider immediately to help prevent Lyme infection. ⁣
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DM me to schedule an appointment if you have been diagnosed with Lyme disease or suspect that you may have it. I’m here to support you! ⁣
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02/01/2022

Our internal environment is reflection of our external environment. 🔄 ⁣
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I love applying this clinical pearl when working alongside .beauty.wellness to improve all sorts of skin conditions ranging from acne, skin laxity, rashes, hyperpigmentation and more. ⁣
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As Naturopathic Doctors like to say, the gut and skin have a profoundly close connection. All sorts of GI imbalances can and do directly impact the skin. It requires a workup and treatment that target deeper, underlying pathologies. ⁣
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This same is true for our hormones, which are massively tied to gut health, again, in more ways than I can simply list here. 😅⁣
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All this is to say, if you’re not getting to the root of your skin issues by treating topically, it should be a clue to investigate deeper, and in my practice that often looks like GI health and hormones. 🕵️‍♂️ ⁣
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03/05/2021

Pssst Constellation Naturopathic is MOVING! Meet Madrona’s newest constellation!

I’m so excited and fortunate to grow alongside our incredible team at Lifted. Making the jump to this neighborhood of Seattle has been a long term goal of mine, so it’s safe to say I’m beyond thrilled.

Stay tuned for more info y’all! 🌌

ICYMI: WE'RE ✨GLOWING✨ UP!

Our Wellness Center is becoming a reality. I am so excited to announce Lifted will find a new, larger home on the corner of 34th & Union in Madrona this Spring. Our new location welcomes Constellation Naturopathic on site! We can’t wait to have Dr. Fox with us full-time in the spa. Bonus, we have room for a yoga/meditation studio.

We are currently knocking down walls, tearing up flooring, designing the new layout, and selecting all of the beautiful elements to make this new space our home. Follow along on Instagram (because we can use all the help we can get . . . ).

Dreams do come true.

xoxo, Beth

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09/21/2020

⚙️ MAST CELLS ⚙️⁣
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Our immune system is made up of many cell types with mast cells being one of them. They have function across our entire bodies: Central Nervous System (CNS), Skin, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, GI, Menstrual, etc.⁣
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As the oldest of the white blood cell lines, they of course aid in immune support and combating foreign pathogens, especially parasites. They aid in the development of immune tolerance and adaptive defense as well as autoimmunity. They assist in wound healing, tissue development and remodeling, fat metabolism, and other pathways.⁣
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However, chronically elevated mast cell activation (called Mast Cell Activation Syndrome or Disease MCAS/MCAD) have less ideal downstream effects.⁣
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These immune cells release many compounds, including histamines, which we all know from the example of seasonal allergies which cause runny nose, sneezing, itchy and watery eyes. But the release of histamines isn’t just in the Respiratory system, it’s across all of the systems I mentioned above:⁣
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⚙️ CNS: headaches, nausea, vertigo, irritability, anxiety, depression, cognitive dysfunction, thermal dysregulation (aka inability to maintain core temperature), etc⁣
⚙️ Skin: itching, hives, heat, flushing, pain, swelling tenderness, etc⁣
⚙️ Respiratory: wheezing, shortness of breath, mucous production, bronchoconstriction, etc⁣
⚙️ Cardiovascular: tachycardia (elevated heart rate), orthostasis (low blood pressure when going from sitting/laying down to standing up), dysrhythmia, etc ⁣
⚙️ GI: nausea, cramps, leaky gut, constipation, loose stools, food sensitives, dysbiosis, etc⁣
⚙️ Menstrual: PMS, pelvic pain, endometrosis, etc⁣
⁣bryant and I are going live tomorrow, Tuesday September 22nd, 2020 at 5pm to talk more about the activation of mast cells and their particular role in GI health. Set a reminder and tune in for our chat! 💥 ⁣
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09/14/2020

CLIMATE and HUMAN HEALTH 💨 ⁣⁣
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Over the weekend I looked to escape the Puget Sound region up to Mount Baker, but as you can see with the picture above, it was not any better.⁣⁣
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It’s clear to all of us on the west coast right now with the wildfires that climate change is at the center of the issue. What’s more than that though, is how intimately tied our own bodies are with the health of our home (and host), the Earth. ⁣⁣
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As our environments get hotter, drier, and with increasingly warming of our planet at an alarming rate, this sad reality is one that will continue. It seems pretty damn depressing (I’m right there with you on this one 🙋‍♂️).⁣⁣
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Only with pressure on government and industry can we see gains to reverse course on a large enough scale. Using less water, reducing our reliance on plastics, becoming energy efficient are all ways we can help in our personal lives, and while these are excellent things we all NEED (not SHOULD) to do, you have to walk your talk. Don’t just talk about the change that we need to see, make those small step changes in whatever ways you can.⁣
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08/25/2020

is here (.bryant )! I’m excited to share what I’ve learned after wrapping up an incredible virtual conference with and .⁣
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I wanted to share this pic of the garden from years ago when I was an ND student. This picture is all about DIVERSITY. A healthy garden has a large variety of plants: attracting pollinators and preventing disease.⁣
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Just like a healthy garden, a diverse population of bacteria in your gut (and, for the record, viruses and fungi too!) is essential for health.⁣
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When people hear this, I think the first move is to utilize a probiotic, whether that be a supplement or in the form of eating probiotic rich foods. While this can work for some, for others adding probiotics into the mix can exacerbate symptoms like gas, bloating, abdominal discomfort, reflux…the list goes on and on.⁣
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Sometimes you have to w**d the garden, before you can replace it with new growth. The same is true for our gut! And like the garden, while you w**d, sometimes you have to address the soil and nutrients in the soil. If your soil is devoid of nutrients, what can grow?⁣
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Through this week I’ll be illustrating just how nuanced healing GI disease can really be. I hope you realize by the end the importance of a healthy and balanced microbiome.⁣
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