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Welcome to Denver Naturopathic Clinic!

by Kelsey Asplin, ND in Denver Naturopathic Community, natural news, naturopathic medicine, real talk November 11, 2019

Hello and welcome to the Denver Naturopathic Clinic – where we believe in the potential of people. Outside of the day-to-day contact with our patients, we will be occasionally posting here about current healthcare trends, those aspects of wellness we’re personally focusing on, new (or new-ish, or not so new-ish but still good or at […]

Gut Bacteria, Sleep, and Brain Health

by Kelsey Asplin, ND in brain health, gut health, natural news, sleep health May 21, 2018

Could gut microbiota be driving sleep disturbance and cognitive decline? This paper is part of NMJ’s 2018 Cognition and Mental Health Special Issue. The article can be seen in context, along with the rest of the issues here. Reference Anderson JR, Carroll I, Azcarate-Peril MA, et al. A preliminary examination of gut microbiota, sleep, and […]

The Link Between Fast Food and Infertility

by Kelsey Asplin, ND in mens health, nutrition, womens health April 29, 2016

The week of April 24-April 30 is National Infertility Awareness Week. Infertility, defined as the inability to conceive after 12 months of unprotected sex with the intention to become pregnant, is a troubling reality for many couples. The CDC estimates that 10.9% of women have trouble conceiving or carrying a pregnancy to term – that’s […]

High Protein Breakfasts Important in Adolescents

by Kelsey Asplin, ND in nutrition, teen health April 8, 2016

A recently published article by Baum et al. in the Journal of Nutrition explored the relationship between high-carbohydrate diets and high-protein diets in normal weight and overweight/obese teens age 8-12 years. They looked at a number of variables after the breakfast was consumed, including energy expenditure, blood sugar levels, level of satiety (appetite), and amount […]

Feeding Teens: A Dietary Dilemma

by Kelsey Asplin, ND in nutrition, teen health April 5, 2016

There seems to be a general oversight in the medical field when it comes to teen health. Parents and physicians alike often focus our efforts on growing strong babies and then skip forward to supporting healthy adults, assuming that our able-bodied teens require little to no medical intervention during this in-between time period. However, as […]

Lessons of the Common Cold

by Kelsey Asplin, ND in naturopathic medicine, real talk December 14, 2015

I was recently afflicted with my first cold since moving back to Colorado in August. While thankful that my immune system managed to withstand the germy threats of many new students on a college campus and all my fellow acro-yogis, the sniffles finally set in about 10 days ago (the day after my final lecture […]