If you live in Boulder, Colorado, you probably know someone who follows a vegan or ketogenic (keto) diet. Maybe you are one of them. But do you know how these diets affect your immune system and your health? We all worry that vegan diets are protein-deficient and keto diets can clog arteries, but is this true? A recent study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)1,2 reveals some surprising insights into how switching to a vegan or a keto diet rapidly impacts your immune system, metabolism, and gut microbiome in just 2 weeks.      Study Design The study involved 20 healthy volunteers who... Read More

Welcoming Dr. Brenna Bray as the AboutBoulder Wellness Edition Blogger! Faces of Boulder Health and Wellness As AboutBoulder stands at the forefront of community engagement and information dissemination, it is with immense pleasure that we announce Dr. Brenna Bray’s transition into a more significant role within our team. Dr. Bray, a respected name in the fields of Complementary and Integrative Health Research, Integrative Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Coaching, is no stranger to the academic and practical aspects of health and wellness. Dr. Bray’s journey in academia and research... Read More

The Precision Medicine Initiative, a long-term research endeavor involving the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and multiple other research centers, aims to understand how a person’s genetics, environment, and lifestyle can help determine the best way to prevent or treat disease.  Last year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) changed the initiative’s name to the warmer and fuzzier, All of Us, and began testing for a 2018 launch in hopes of achieving its goal of gaining anonymous health information from one million Americans. Fitbit is the first wearable device company to get the... Read More