Blog - Holly Warner Health

How Bile Flow Might Be The Reason You Aren’t Seeing Results

First off let's start by clarifying what bile is and where it comes from. Think of bile like a detergent that helps us break down fats. it's one of your digestive juices. This doesn't just mean fat from food, this means supplements (certain fat soluble nutrients like...

COVID – 19 Tips Prevention & Cautions

Hello everyone! Can I start this out by saying let’s all take a nice deep breathe, now hold it in and count to 10 ..... now slowly exhale. Congratulations, this is the first test to see if your lungs are ok! Not just an exercise for relaxation and calm although you...

How To Clean Effectively During COVID-19

To understand how to clean and keep our families safe we must first understand what we are dealing with. COVID-19 is a virus which is referred to as an envelope virus, it's developed in a lipid layer (that's a layer of fat). With all the science floating around I am...

Could Red Meat Be The Fountain Of Youth?

Red meat has often gotten a bad rep, however with the rise of the carnivore movement we seem to be seeing a change of heart, and I gotta to say as a lifelong red meat eater it's about time! The marbling is where it's at, any steak connoisseur knows this but we are...

Why I Became A Cannabis Sommelier

Wait.. you're a what? I thought a sommelier was only for wine? Much like wine, cannabis has many amazing varieties. Not everyone likes a Merlot just as not everyone enjoys a Kush... but what does that even mean? In order to provide the best medical cannabis...

Celery Juice. A Dangerous Fad?

I wasn't going to write about this, I mean I'm carnivore after all so what does this have to do with me? Well I wasn't always carnivore which means that a large number of my patients are also not carnivore (yet). I've noticed a few things with this fad but wanted to...

What If It’s Not The Food? What If It’s The Additives IN The Food…

By now I'm sure that most of you have heard of Glyphosate, I've written many articles about the dangers over these past few years,especially if you suffer MTHFR issues... I've also talked about our CYP450 enzyme pathway in regards to pharmaceuticals and cannabis....

Oxalate, Gallbladder, Leaky Gut and Gastric Bypass…What’s The Connection?

By now most of you have likely heard of a condition called leaky gut. I’m fact many of you are likely suffering from it and aren't really aware that this is the issue. So how does this relate to the oxalate conversation, the main reason is because oxalates leak in...

Oxalates and UTI’s

For those of you who are aware of what oxalates are you can skip this next part. Oxalates or oxalic acid are potentially harmful compounds found in certain foods. Spinach, chocolate, nuts and seeds, certain fruits and veggies... basically all the things we thought...

Boron, A Supplement For Carnivores Or Is It For Everyone?

If you look at the RDA you will see there isn't really a recommended dosage when it comes to boron, there is a max point where it was believed to be "toxic" I strongly disagree with both that and the fact that we supposedly don't need to supplement with it. That is of...

Stress, digestion and Cholesterol

We have a major stress hormone - cortisol, when we are stressed we produce cortisol, it’s a hormone that comes from our adrenal glands. One small catch, we need cholesterol to MAKE that cortisol molecule. If we don’t have enough we are in trouble, this is a coping...

Benefits of LDL Cholesterol

Wait did I just say benefits? But I thought that LDL was the "bad" cholesterol? Time to myth bust! The first trick is to ditch the carbs, you see it's not the fat that is raising your triglycerides, it's the carbs. When you cut carbs out (we really don't need them...