OY Orel Yariv, ND Clinical Naturopathy
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Articles on nutrition, environment and chronic health

These articles cover questions that arise in clinical work and research. Each one separates established findings from uncertainty and draws out the practical implications.

How a focused 15-minute consultation moves from one practical question to a useful next step
Longevity and lifestyle

Blue Zones: what longevity regions can genuinely teach us

Social life, lower stress, natural movement, vegetables and legumes, fish, olive oil, local food and modest red wine within a complete way of life.

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Environment, food and packaging

Microplastics in the kitchen: where exposure begins

What is known about particles in food and water, why heat and wear matter, and which practical changes offer the greatest value without turning the home into a laboratory.

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Wheat, the gut and immune health

Wheat, lectins and gluten: where harm really begins

What modern breeding changed, what Wheat Belly overstated, and what the evidence says about gluten, lectins, fructans and ATIs.

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Environmental health and food safety

Mold at home and in food: what matters and what to do

Where mold hides, what respiratory and mycotoxin evidence shows, which foods to discard, and how to fix the source without fear-driven testing.

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Food quality and minerals

Today's vegetables compared with those of earlier decades

Measured mineral and vitamin declines, yield dilution, cultivars, carotenoids, selenium and the practical case for more vegetables and greater variety.

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Oxidative load and nutrition

Antioxidants in modern life

Air pollution, smoking, metabolic strain, carotenoids, selenium and mercury, with a clear distinction between food and high-dose supplements.

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Children and metabolic health

Sugary drinks in children: attention, sleep and health

Weight, teeth, sleep and ADHD-related observations, with a clear line between association and causation.

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Environmental health

Lead, mercury, and environmental toxicants: what matters

Where meaningful exposures occur, who is more vulnerable, and how to act without turning toxicology into fear or detox marketing.

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Micronutrients

Iodine and thyroid health: deficiency and excess

Thyroid hormone chemistry, food sources, deficiency risk, and why aggressive iodine dosing can backfire.

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Respiratory ecology

Asthma and the environment: air pollution and indoor triggers

Airway inflammation, PM2.5, indoor triggers, oxidative stress, and the role of environmental assessment.

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Gut inflammation

Crohn's disease: inflammation, nutrition, and the intestinal wall

A short clinical essay on Crohn's as chronic intestinal inflammation involving immune response, microbiome, nutrition, and medical monitoring.

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Autoimmune joints

Rheumatoid arthritis: treatment and lifestyle support

Synovial inflammation, environmental triggers, systemic load, and why support must respect disease-modifying care.

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Metabolic inflammation

Gout: uric acid, flares, and metabolic health

Urate crystals, purines, sugar-sweetened drinks, alcohol, kidneys, metabolic syndrome, and flare patterns.

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Inflammatory terrain

Chronic inflammation: how biological stressors add up

A longer essay on inflammation, oxidants, nutrition, micronutrients, environmental load, and chronic disease patterns.

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Everyday toxicants

How to choose personal care products without fearing every ingredient

How to think about SLS, fluoride, aluminum salts, fragrance, skin barrier, sunscreen filters, and natural alternatives.

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Food quality

Organic food: when does it make a difference?

Pesticide residues, production standards, animal foods and budget priorities without turning every purchase into a purity test.

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Mechanical load

Workplace ergonomics: reducing repetitive strain and pain

Posture, screen work, wrists, neck, lower back, static positions, and the body as a mechanical system.

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Common deficiencies

Common nutrient deficiencies: when testing may help

Omega-3, magnesium, vitamins and minerals can affect energy, muscles, immunity and recovery. This article explains when testing is useful.

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Fat-soluble micronutrients

Vitamin K2 and Weston Price's Activator X

Price's observations, calcium-binding proteins, bones, arteries, food sources and the evidence behind common deficiency claims.

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