Wellness Wave Wisdom

  By Kim Marquardt, RN MSN This blog post is from the Nurse Kim archives of myth busting. I want to share some "alternative" or maybe just lesser known health and wellness viewpoints for you to chew on. *These posts are not intended as official medical advice. They ARE meant to be fun, informative, and thought provoking, hopefully sparking an interest for you to do your own research (you can start with the links I provide!) and discover the marvels of the human body, and how it can function at its optimal performance level if we understand how it works and interacts with our environment and our diet. I have a passion for health and wellness through lifestyle and nutrition and have done thousands of hours of research in addition to being a registered nurse for 23 years. I have done A LOT of self-experimentation in and around diet, lifestyle, body care, and supplementation and have spent a lot of time looking into the science behind it all (or lack thereof!). Check back weekly ...

  By Kim Marquardt, RN MSN This blog post is from the Nurse Kim archives of myth busting. I want to share some "alternative" or maybe just lesser known health and wellness viewpoints for you to chew on. *These posts are not intended as official medical advice. They ARE meant to be fun, informative, and thought provoking, hopefully sparking an interest for you to do your own research (you can start with the links I provide!) and discover the marvels of the human body, and how it can function at its optimal performance level if we understand how it works and interacts with our environment and our diet. I have a passion for health and wellness through lifestyle and nutrition and have done thousands of hours of research in addition to being a registered nurse for 23 years. I have done A LOT of self-experimentation in and around diet, lifestyle, body care, and supplementation and have spent a lot of time looking into the science behind it all (or lack thereof!). Check back weekly ...

  COVID Vaccine Q&A By Kim Marquardt, MSN-RN, Director of Health Services *The following information was accumulated to the best of my knowledge and understanding with the research I have done. Please consult your medical provider for more information and before making any healthcare decisions. How did the vaccine development happen so fast? The lengthy process in the development of vaccines mostly has to do with the length of time it takes to conduct the clinical trials - specifically to recruit participants, and then wait for those participants (who were either vaccinated or given a placebo) to naturally be exposed to the disease and collect data on level of immunity in the vaccinated group. Before COVID, every vaccine developed was done so for diseases that were relatively rare plus it was difficult to get participants for the clinical trials in general. With COVID, the disease was very widespread (meaning lots of people were being exposed all the time), and individuals wer...