During this season of Thanksgiving, we each have a lot to be grateful for. I encourage you to reflect on what you're thankful for by writing it down, sharing it with a friend, or leaving a comment below.

Recent breakthrough research has identified a gut bacteria that produces excessive amounts of histamine which correlates to gut pain. The researchers took gut bacteria from people suffering from IBS and implanted it in rats.

Dr. Roca's background in geology has inspired him to "see below the surface" in efforts to uncover the "why" behind health. Although the studies of geology & health may seem distant, Dr. Roca has used the two to merge the way medicine is viewed.

Depression and anxiety exists on a continuum from worry, fear, dread, shame, unworthiness to stress to super-stress to depressiveness with or without anxiousness to diagnoseable mood disorders. And we fluctuate at any given time along this trajectory.

The Social Safety Theory describes how our social environment influences our thoughts and feelings which then triggers physiologic processes through our sympathetic nervous system, our stress response, our vagal nerve responses, and our ability to conceive of our world. Social Safety is protective.

We’d love to be able to predict just who will get long COVID. We can’t yet say for sure who would get Long COVID but we are developing the capacity to understand it a bit better. This study is an elegant study of genomics and immune activation. If you are into detailed studies of genomes then you’ll love this study.

"Community is the cocoon within which we live, we grow, we become well." -Dr. Roca

Moving forward, we can expect COVID to affect us in waves as it continues to mutate. A significant question is how long COVID may lve within us, even if we aren’t able to infect others. This idea of long -term COVID infections could be related to the presence of Long COVID in some.

Where do your roots and values come from? At OneMedicine Wellness Services, Dr. Roca’s inspiration comes from his mothers’ work in nursing. What if your provider worked from a place of helping you get back to health on a journey WITH you, instead of simply telling you.

When we reach the end of the road, we are challenged with the question- with what limits us vs. what gives us wings? The end of the road is the beginning of our wings. Whether you are dealing with chronic illness or challenges in life, the question is, where do we go from here?

In the case of EBV, the data is growing that indicates EBV can cause Multiple Sclerosis which is a disease that breaks down the insulation around nerves and causes the nerves to lose functionality. It is a challenge to conclude that EBV can cause any particular disease because EBV infects almost 90% of the population, usually when we are young.

Reducing ultraprocessed foods while increasing minimally processed foods can reduce your dementia risk. Minimally processed foods are those that were/are alive, grown nearby, and look and taste like they would have when they were picked or culled.

At night this molecule (along with others) determines how easily and rapidly we slip into and out of sleep. If we are too reactive, we may not spend much time in restorative sleep or we may slip out of sleep very rapidly. It would appear that a more relaxed brain retains memories more easily.

A recent report indicated that both bought and prepared baby food contains levels of heavy metals that may be toxic to a developing brain.

Dr. Roca’s takeaway from the International Research Congress in Integrative Medicine and Health! The answer may not be in antibiotics, but in restoring the colonic flora.

Several recently published articles question the usefulness of taking vitamins and supplements.

Changes in metabolic rate can lead to: Weight gain, Obesity, Pre-diabetes, Diabetes, High blood pressure, Pain & Arthritis, and Potentially Cancer & Dementia. The 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 & 𝗕𝗔𝗗 news is…it's a process. Let me help you 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 the process & gain control over your health trajectory.

What is Pause, Notice, and Choose? - A technique that helps individuals be present in the moment without judgement so they can make their best decisions.

A remarkable 70%+ of individuals who have had COVID can complain of at least one symptom persisting for greater than 6 months. THAT’S AMAZING!! And that portends very poorly for future health of the population.

The “Mighty Mississippi” teaches us many lessons! Particularly lessons of perseverance & the importance in finding your flow. Are you able to find the “flow” within your life challenges & experiences? Are you able to allow things to move by/ push forward even though that “big thing” still exists?